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CELL DEATH DISCOVERY
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41420-022-01122-1
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- FIOCRUZ/Inova Covid-19 Program [48402242029762, 48401353465647]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [311686/2019-2, 304523/2019-4]
- CoordenacAo de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) [88887.506989/2020-00]
- FundacAo de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) [E-26/200.992/2021]
- National Institutes of Science and Technology Program (INCT) on Diseases of Neglected Populations (INCT-IDPN) [465313/2014-0]
- COGEPLAN/Fiocruz funding [VPGDI-054-FIO-20-2-13]
- Fiocruz/COGEPLAN [VGPDI-054-FIO-20]
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Platelets play a significant role in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 through platelet activation, antiviral response, and disease severity.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected over 400 million people worldwide, leading to 6 million deaths. Among the complex symptomatology of COVID-19, hypercoagulation and thrombosis have been described to directly contribute to lethality, pointing out platelets as an important SARS-CoV-2 target. In this work, we explored the platelet proteome of COVID-19 patients through a label-free shotgun proteomics approach to identify platelet responses to infection, as well as validation experiments in a larger patient cohort. Exclusively detected proteins (EPs) and differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified in the proteomic dataset and thus classified into biological processes to map pathways correlated with pathogenesis. Significant changes in the expression of proteins related to platelet activation, cell death, and antiviral response through interferon type-I were found in all patients. Since the outcome of COVID-19 varies highly among individuals, we also performed a cross-comparison of proteins found in survivors and nonsurvivors. Proteins belonging to the translation pathway were strongly highlighted in the nonsurvivor group. Moreover, the SARS-CoV-2 genome was fully sequenced in platelets from five patients, indicating viral internalization and preprocessing, with CD147 as a potential entry route. In summary, platelets play a significant role in COVID-19 pathogenesis via platelet activation, antiviral response, and disease severity.
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