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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 27, Issue 5, Pages 1380-1392Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid2705.210023
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- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Response Laboratory and Testing Task Force
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While some kidney cell lines from monkeys are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, cell types from humans, dogs, minks, cats, mice, and chickens are not. MDCK cells commonly used for influenza virus surveillance are also not susceptible. Strengthening the cellular barrier to infection can prevent inadvertent propagation of the virus.
Co-infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and other viruses has been reported. We evaluated cell lines commonly used to isolate viruses and diagnose related diseases for their susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2. Although multiple kidney cell lines from monkeys were susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, we found many cell types derived from humans, dogs, minks, cats, mice, and chicken were not. We analyzed MDCK cells, which are most commonly used for surveillance and study of influenza viruses, and found that they were not susceptible to SARS-CoV-2. The low expression level of the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 receptor and lower receptor affinity to SARS-CoV-2 spike, which could be overcome by overexpression of canine angiotensin converting enzyme 2 in trans, strengthened the cellular barrier to productive infection. Moreover, a D614G mutation in the spike protein did not appear to affect SARS-CoV-2 cell tropism. Our findings should help avert inadvertent propagation of SARS-CoV-2 from diagnostic cell lines.
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