SARS-CoV-2 infects the human kidney and drives fibrosis in kidney organoids

COVID Moonshot consortium; Jitske Jansen; Katharina C Reimer; James S Nagai; Finny S Varghese; Gijs J Overheul; Marit de Beer; Rona Roverts; Deniz Daviran; Liline A S Fermin; Brigith Willemsen; Marcel Beukenboom; Sonja Djudjaj; Saskia von Stillfried; Larissa E van Eijk; Mirjam Mastik; Marian Bulthuis; Wilfred den Dunnen; Harry van Goor; Jan-Luuk Hillebrands; Sergio H Triana; Theodore Alexandrov; Marie-Cherelle Timm; Bartholomeus T van den Berge; Martijn van den Broek; Quincy Nlandu; Joelle Heijnert; Eric M J Bindels; Remco M Hoogenboezem; Fieke Mooren; Christoph Kuppe; Pascal Miesen; Katrien Grünberg; Ties Ijzermans; Eric J Steenbergen; Jan Czogalla; Michiel F Schreuder; Nico Sommerdijk; Anat Akiva; Peter Boor; Victor G Puelles; Jürgen Floege; Tobias B Huber; Ronald P van Rij; Ivan G Costa; Rebekka K Schneider; Bart Smeets; Rafael Kramann

doi:10.1016/j.stem.2021.12.010

SARS-CoV-2 infects the human kidney and drives fibrosis in kidney organoids

COVID Moonshot consortium, Jitske Jansen, Katharina C Reimer, James S Nagai, Finny S Varghese, Gijs J Overheul, Marit de Beer, Rona Roverts, Deniz Daviran, Liline A S Fermin, Brigith Willemsen, Marcel Beukenboom, Sonja Djudjaj, Saskia von Stillfried, Larissa E van Eijk, Mirjam Mastik, Marian Bulthuis, Wilfred den Dunnen, Harry van Goor, Jan-Luuk HillebrandsSergio H Triana, Theodore Alexandrov, Marie-Cherelle Timm, Bartholomeus T van den Berge, Martijn van den Broek, Quincy Nlandu, Joelle Heijnert, Eric M J Bindels, Remco M Hoogenboezem, Fieke Mooren, Christoph Kuppe, Pascal Miesen, Katrien Grünberg, Ties Ijzermans, Eric J Steenbergen, Jan Czogalla, Michiel F Schreuder, Nico Sommerdijk, Anat Akiva, Peter Boor, Victor G Puelles, Jürgen Floege, Tobias B Huber, Ronald P van Rij, Ivan G Costa, Rebekka K Schneider, Bart Smeets, Rafael Kramann^*

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Kidney failure is frequently observed during and after COVID-19, but it remains elusive whether this is a direct effect of the virus. Here, we report that SARS-CoV-2 directly infects kidney cells and is associated with increased tubule-interstitial kidney fibrosis in patient autopsy samples. To study direct effects of the virus on the kidney independent of systemic effects of COVID-19, we infected human-induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived kidney organoids with SARS-CoV-2. Single-cell RNA sequencing indicated injury and dedifferentiation of infected cells with activation of profibrotic signaling pathways. Importantly, SARS-CoV-2 infection also led to increased collagen 1 protein expression in organoids. A SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitor was able to ameliorate the infection of kidney cells by SARS-CoV-2. Our results suggest that SARS-CoV-2 can directly infect kidney cells and induce cell injury with subsequent fibrosis. These data could explain both acute kidney injury in COVID-19 patients and the development of chronic kidney disease in long COVID.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	217-231.e8
Number of pages	24
Journal	Cell stem cell
Volume	29
Issue number	2
Early online date	25-Dec-2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2021.12.010
Publication status	Published - Feb-2022

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COVID Moonshot consortium, Jansen, J., Reimer, K. C., Nagai, J. S., Varghese, F. S., Overheul, G. J., de Beer, M., Roverts, R., Daviran, D., Fermin, L. A. S., Willemsen, B., Beukenboom, M., Djudjaj, S., von Stillfried, S., van Eijk, L. E., Mastik, M., Bulthuis, M., Dunnen, W. D., van Goor, H., ... Kramann, R. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infects the human kidney and drives fibrosis in kidney organoids. Cell stem cell, 29(2), 217-231.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2021.12.010

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SARS-CoV-2 infects the human kidney and drives fibrosis in kidney organoids

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