Direct Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and Cigarette Smoke Increases Infection Severity and Alters the Stem Cell-Derived Airway Repair Response.
Cell Stem Cell
; 27(6): 869-875.e4, 2020 12 03.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-927289
ABSTRACT
Current smoking is associated with increased risk of severe COVID-19, but it is not clear how cigarette smoke (CS) exposure affects SARS-CoV-2 airway cell infection. We directly exposed air-liquid interface (ALI) cultures derived from primary human nonsmoker airway basal stem cells (ABSCs) to short term CS and then infected them with SARS-CoV-2. We found an increase in the number of infected airway cells after CS exposure with a lack of ABSC proliferation. Single-cell profiling of the cultures showed that the normal interferon response was reduced after CS exposure with infection. Treatment of CS-exposed ALI cultures with interferon ß-1 abrogated the viral infection, suggesting one potential mechanism for more severe viral infection. Our data show that acute CS exposure allows for more severe airway epithelial disease from SARS-CoV-2 by reducing the innate immune response and ABSC proliferation and has implications for disease spread and severity in people exposed to CS.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stem Cells
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Smoking
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Respiratory Mucosa
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Cell Stem Cell
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.stem.2020.11.010
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