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Activation of alveolar epithelial ER stress by b-coronavirus infection disrupts surfactant homeostasis in mice: implications for COVID-19 respiratory failure

GSE244820 Mus musculus (mouse) RNA-seq (gene expression) 10 samples Submitted 2024/06/27 Platform GPL24247
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RNA-seq (gene expression) · mouse · 10 samples

What it is
RNA-seq (gene expression)Gene activity measured by sequencing. The summary does not mention single-cell work, so this is most likely bulk: one average per sample, the usual starting point for comparing groups.
Organism
Mus musculus (mouse)
Samples
10 samples: 4 × Infected AT2 vs 3 × WT AT2 vs 3 × Transitional AT2Groups are read from the sample names, not from the paper. Check the list below.
Data you can get
A processed table (series matrix) and supplementary files from NCBI; the raw sequencing reads from ENA. Which of these hold counts depends on the study, so check the file list.
Paper
Activation of alveolar epithelial ER stress by β-coronavirus infection disrupts surfactant homeostasis in mice: implications for COVID-19 respiratory failureAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2024
Summary (written by the submitters)
Covid-19 syndrome is characterized by an acute lung injury phenotype marked by hypoxemic respiratory failure and high mortality. Alveolar Type 2 (AT2) cells are essential for gas exchange, repair, and regeneration of distal lung epithelium. We have shown that the causative agent, SARS-CoV-2 and other members of the b coronavirus genus induces an ER stress response in vitro however the consequences for host AT2 cell function in vivo are less understood.
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To study this, two murine models of coronavirus infection were employed– mouse hepatitis virus-1 (MHV-1) in A/J mice and a C57BL6/j adapted SARS-CoV-2 strain. MHV-1 infected mice exhibited dose-dependent weight loss through Day 8 (8dpi) with histological evidence of distal lung injury accompanied by elevated BALF cell counts and total protein. AT2 cells isolated at 4dpi and 8dpi showed evidence of both viral infection and increases in Bip /GRP78 expression, consistent with activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR). AT2 UPR signaling included elevations in spliced XBP-1 indicating activation of IRE1a signaling as well as a biphasic response in PERK signaling mark by phosphorylated eIF2a protein levels and expression of Atf4, Ppp1r15a, and Ddit3. Viral UPR activation was accompanied by marked reductions in AT2 and BALF surfactant protein (SP-B, SP-C) content, increases in surfactant surface tension, and emergence of a re-programmed epithelial cell population (Krt8+, Cldn4+, and Gdf15+) which was attenuated by treatment with the IRE1a inhibitor OPK711. As proof-of-concept, C57BL6 mice infected with mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 demonstrated similar lung injury and evidence of disrupted surfactant homeostasis. We conclude that hypoxic respiratory failure from b-coronavirus infection results from an aberrant AT2 cell host response activating multiple ER stress pathways, altering surfactant metabolism / function, and changing AT2 endophenotypes offering a mechanistic link between SARS-CoV-2 infection, AT2 cell biology, and hypoxemic respiratory failure.
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Activation of alveolar epithelial ER stress by β-coronavirus infection disrupts surfactant homeostasis in mice: implications for COVID-19 respiratory failure
Murthy A, Rodriguez LR, Dimopoulos T et al. · American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 2024 · PMID 38860845 · doi:10.1152/ajplung.00324.2023
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1 · Just have a look

Processed table

The series matrix: one table of values per sample as the submitters processed it. The smallest download, and it opens in Excel or R. Start here to see what the data look like.

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Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE244820_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

3 · Start from the raw reads

Raw sequencing reads

The original FASTQ files, straight from the sequencer, held at ENA. Large, and you align them yourself, so only choose this if you need to re-process the study from scratch.

What the files usually look like: For RNA-seq the counts are usually a table among the supplementary files (look for 'counts', 'expression', 'FPKM' or 'TPM' in the file name). The series matrix of a sequencing study is sometimes nearly empty.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA1024962 and SRA study SRP464901. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
4 × Infected AT2 vs 3 × WT AT2 vs 3 × Transitional AT2

Supports a case/control comparison: 4 samples read as cases, 3 as controls.

How we read this: 3 replicated groups read from 10 sample titles; they account for 10 of them. These groups are guessed from the sample names, not taken from the paper, so check them against the sample list below before relying on them.

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