Author: Lamers, Mart M.; Mykytyn, Anna Z.; Breugem, Tim I.; Wang, Yiquan; Wu, Douglas C.; Riesebosch, Samra; van den Doel, Petra B.; Schipper, Debby; Bestebroer, Theo; Wu, Nicholas C.; Haagmans, Bart L.
Title: Human airway cells prevent SARS-CoV-2 multibasic cleavage site cell culture adaptation Cord-id: bp5mjxoa Document date: 2021_1_22
ID: bp5mjxoa
Snippet: Virus propagation methods generally use transformed cell lines to grow viruses from clinical specimens, which may force viruses to rapidly adapt to cell culture conditions, a process facilitated by high viral mutation rates. Upon propagation in VeroE6 cells, SARS-CoV-2 may mutate or delete the multibasic cleavage site (MBCS) in the spike protein that facilitates serine protease-mediated entry into human airway cells. We report that propagating SARS-CoV-2 on the human airway cell line Calu-3 - th
Document: Virus propagation methods generally use transformed cell lines to grow viruses from clinical specimens, which may force viruses to rapidly adapt to cell culture conditions, a process facilitated by high viral mutation rates. Upon propagation in VeroE6 cells, SARS-CoV-2 may mutate or delete the multibasic cleavage site (MBCS) in the spike protein that facilitates serine protease-mediated entry into human airway cells. We report that propagating SARS-CoV-2 on the human airway cell line Calu-3 - that expresses serine proteases - prevents MBCS mutations. Similar results were obtained using a human airway organoid-based culture system for SARS-CoV-2 propagation. Thus, in-depth knowledge on the biology of a virus can be used to establish methods to prevent cell culture adaptation.
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