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Single cell RNA sequencing of 13 human tissues identify cell types and receptors of human coronaviruses

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Qi, Furong, Qian, Shen, Zhang, Shuye, Zhang, Zheng·2020·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.03.044PMC PMC7156119

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The new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak from December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China, has been declared a global public health emergency. Angiotensin I converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), is the host receptor by SARS-CoV-2 to infect human cells. Although ACE2 is reported to be expressed in lung, liver, stomach, ileum, kidney and colon, its expressing levels are rather low, especially in the lung. SARS-CoV-2 may use co-receptors/auxiliary proteins as ACE2 partner to facilitate the virus entry. To identify the potential candidates, we explored the single cell gene expression atlas including 119 cell types of 13 human tissues and analyzed the single cell co-expression spectrum of 51 reported RNA virus receptors and 400 other membrane proteins. Consistent with other recent reports, we confirmed that ACE2 was mainly expressed in lung AT2, liver cholangiocyte, colon colonocytes, esophagus keratinocytes, ileum ECs, rectum ECs, stomach epithelial cells, and kidney proximal tubules. Intriguingly, we found that the candidate co-receptors, manifesting the most similar expression patterns with ACE2 across 13 human tissues, are all peptidases, including ANPEP, DPP4 and ENPEP. Among them, ANPEP and DPP4 are the known receptors for human CoVs, suggesting ENPEP as another potential receptor for human CoVs. We also conducted "CellPhoneDB" analysis to understand the cell crosstalk between CoV-targets and their surrounding cells across different tissues. We found that macrophages frequently communicate with the CoVs targets through chemokine and phagocytosis signaling, highlighting the importance of tissue macrophages in immune defense and immune pathogenesis.

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Authors
Qi, F., Qian, S., Zhang, S., & Zhang, Z.
Affiliations
  • Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital (CN)
  • Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University (CN)
  • Southern University of Science and Technology (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Zhang, Shuye
  • Zhang, Zheng
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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-05
Volume
526
Issue
1
Pages
135-140
ISSN
0006-291X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.03.044
PMC
PMC7156119
OpenAlex
W3011994656
Cited by
905
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 64 · 2023: 124 · 2022: 155 · 2021: 236 · 2020: 291
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26.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2, ACE2, coronavirus receptor, co-receptors, ANPEP, dipeptidyl peptidase IV, glutamyl aminopeptidase, proteolytic enzymes, intercellular communication, macrophages, chemokine signaling, phagocytosis, human tissue, cell types, single-cell transcriptomics, CellPhoneDB
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Humans, Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A, Macrophages, Organ Specificity, Peptide Hydrolases, Pneumonia, Viral, Receptors, Virus, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics, Single-Cell Analysis

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