Cardiorenal Tissues Express SARS-CoV-2 Entry Genes and Basigin (BSG/CD147) Increases With Age in Endothelial Cells.
JACC Basic Transl Sci
; 5(11): 1111-1123, 2020 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1065247
ABSTRACT
Vascular and cardiovascular inflammation and thrombosis occur in patients with severe coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Advancing age is the most significant risk factor for severe COVID-19. Using transcriptomic databases, the authors found that 1) cardiovascular tissues and endothelial cells express putative genes for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection, including angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and basigin (BSG); 2) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 receptor pathways ACE2/transmembrane serine protease 2 and BSG/peptidylprolyl isomerase B(A) polarize to lung/epithelium and vessel/endothelium, respectively; 3) expression of host genes is relatively stable with age; and 4) notable exceptions are ACE2, which decreases with age in some tissues, and BSG, which increases with age in endothelial cells, suggesting that BSG expression in the vasculature may explain the heightened risk for severe disease with age.
ACE2, angiotensin converting enzyme 2; ADAM17, ADAM metallopeptidase domain 17; BSG, basigin; COVID-19; COVID-19, coronavirus disease-2019; CTSB, cathepsin B; CTSL, cathepsin L; GTEx, Genotype-Tissue Expression; PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cells; PPIA, peptidylprolyl isomerase A; PPIB, peptidylprolyl isomerase B; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2; TMPRSS2, transmembrane serine protease 2; age; cardiovascular; endothelial cells
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Prognostic study
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English
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JACC Basic Transl Sci
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2020
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J.jacbts.2020.09.010
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