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Article: Simulation of the clinical and pathological manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in golden Syrian hamster model: implications for disease pathogenesis and transmissibility
Title | Simulation of the clinical and pathological manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in golden Syrian hamster model: implications for disease pathogenesis and transmissibility |
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Keywords | coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 animal transmission |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/cid/ |
Citation | Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020, v. 71 n. 9, p. 2428-2446 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background:
A physiological small animal model that resembles COVID-19 with low mortality is lacking.
Methods:
Molecular docking on the binding between angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) of common laboratory mammals and the receptor-binding domain of the surface spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 suggested that the golden Syrian hamster is an option. Virus challenge, contact transmission, and passive immunoprophylaxis were performed. Serial organ tissues and blood were harvested for histopathology, viral load and titre, chemokine/cytokine assay, and neutralising antibody titre.
Results:
The Syrian hamster could be consistently infected by SARS-CoV-2. Maximal clinical signs of rapid breathing, weight loss, histopathological changes from the initial exudative phase of diffuse alveolar damage with extensive apoptosis to the later proliferative phase of tissue repair, airway and intestinal involvement with virus nucleocapsid protein expression, high lung viral load, and spleen and lymphoid atrophy associated with marked cytokine activation were observed within the first week of virus challenge. The lung virus titre was between 105-107 TCID50/g. Challenged index hamsters consistently infected naïve contact hamsters housed within the same cage, resulting in similar pathology but not weight loss. All infected hamsters recovered and developed mean serum neutralising antibody titre ≥1:427 fourteen days post-challenge. Immunoprophylaxis with early convalescent serum achieved significant decrease in lung viral load but not in lung pathology. No consistent non-synonymous adaptive mutation of the spike was found in viruses isolated from infected hamsters.
Conclusions
Besides satisfying the Koch’s postulates, this readily available hamster model is an important tool for studying transmission, pathogenesis, treatment, and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/285306 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 20.999 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.440 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chan, JFW | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, AJ | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yuan, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Poon, VKM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, CCS | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, ACY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, WM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fan, Z | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tsoi, HW | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wen, L | - |
dc.contributor.author | Liang, R | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cao, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Y | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tang, K | - |
dc.contributor.author | Luo, C | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cai, JP | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kok, KH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chu, H | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, KH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sridhar, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Z | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, H | - |
dc.contributor.author | To, KKW | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yuen, KY | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-18T03:52:14Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-18T03:52:14Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020, v. 71 n. 9, p. 2428-2446 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1058-4838 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/285306 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: A physiological small animal model that resembles COVID-19 with low mortality is lacking. Methods: Molecular docking on the binding between angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) of common laboratory mammals and the receptor-binding domain of the surface spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 suggested that the golden Syrian hamster is an option. Virus challenge, contact transmission, and passive immunoprophylaxis were performed. Serial organ tissues and blood were harvested for histopathology, viral load and titre, chemokine/cytokine assay, and neutralising antibody titre. Results: The Syrian hamster could be consistently infected by SARS-CoV-2. Maximal clinical signs of rapid breathing, weight loss, histopathological changes from the initial exudative phase of diffuse alveolar damage with extensive apoptosis to the later proliferative phase of tissue repair, airway and intestinal involvement with virus nucleocapsid protein expression, high lung viral load, and spleen and lymphoid atrophy associated with marked cytokine activation were observed within the first week of virus challenge. The lung virus titre was between 105-107 TCID50/g. Challenged index hamsters consistently infected naïve contact hamsters housed within the same cage, resulting in similar pathology but not weight loss. All infected hamsters recovered and developed mean serum neutralising antibody titre ≥1:427 fourteen days post-challenge. Immunoprophylaxis with early convalescent serum achieved significant decrease in lung viral load but not in lung pathology. No consistent non-synonymous adaptive mutation of the spike was found in viruses isolated from infected hamsters. Conclusions Besides satisfying the Koch’s postulates, this readily available hamster model is an important tool for studying transmission, pathogenesis, treatment, and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/cid/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Clinical Infectious Diseases | - |
dc.rights | Post-print: This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in [Clinical Infectious Diseases] following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version [Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020, v. 71 n. 9, p. 2428-2446] is available online at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa325]. | - |
dc.subject | coronavirus | - |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | - |
dc.subject | SARS-CoV-2 | - |
dc.subject | animal | - |
dc.subject | transmission | - |
dc.title | Simulation of the clinical and pathological manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in golden Syrian hamster model: implications for disease pathogenesis and transmissibility | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, JFW: jfwchan@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Zhang, AJ: zhangajx@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Yuan, S: yuansf@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Poon, VKM: vinpoon@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, CCS: cschan@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lee, ACY: cyalee@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, WM: mbally@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Fan, Z: fanzm@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Tsoi, HW: hwtsoi@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Liang, R: liangrh@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Tang, K: kmtang20@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Luo, C: cuiting@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Cai, JP: caijuice@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Kok, KH: khkok@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chu, H: hinchu@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, KH: chankh2@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Sridhar, S: sid8998@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chen, Z: zchenai@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chen, H: hlchen@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | To, KKW: kelvinto@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Yuen, KY: kyyuen@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, JFW=rp01736 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Zhang, AJ=rp00413 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Yuan, S=rp02640 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Tsoi, HW=rp00439 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Kok, KH=rp01455 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chu, H=rp02125 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, KH=rp01921 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Sridhar, S=rp02249 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chen, Z=rp00243 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chen, H=rp00383 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | To, KKW=rp01384 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Yuen, KY=rp00366 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/cid/ciaa325 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 32215622 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC7184405 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85083116424 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 312849 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 71 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 9 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 2428 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 2446 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000605984800041 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1058-4838 | - |