在K18-hACE2转基因小鼠中,SARS-CoV-2Omicron亚型JN.1,KP.2和EG.5.1的致病性
Lila D Patterson1,2, Amany Elsharkawy1, Hamid Reza Jahantigh1
1Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Viruses
|September 27, 2025
概括
与JN.1和KP.2不同的是,SARS-CoV-2 EG.5.1变种在小鼠中引起了严重的疾病和100%的死亡率. EG.5.1还显示了神经侵入,突出显示了变种特定的致病性.
科学领域:
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 病理学 病理学 病理学
背景情况:
- 到2024年1月,SARS-CoV-2 JN.1系在全球占主导地位,与之前的Omicron亚型相比,呈现出显著的抗原差异和免疫逃避.
- 美国食品和药物管理局建议更新针对JN.1的疫苗配方,因为它具有明显的尖端突变和免疫逃避特性.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较SARS-CoV-2 JN.1-系 (JN.1,KP.2) 和XBB-系 (EG.5.1) 病毒的病原性.
- 在转基因小鼠模型中描述病毒感染和宿主-病原体相互作用.
主要方法:
- 表达人类ACE2的转基因小鼠感染了SARS-CoV-2亚变种JN.1,KP.2和EG.5.1.1.
- 评估了临床症状,体重减轻,死亡率,病毒复制,肺病理,神经侵袭和免疫细胞群.
主要成果:
- JN.1和KP.2感染导致疾病减弱,症状最小,体重没有显著下降.
- EG.5.1感染导致严重的疾病,在7天内100%的死亡率,显著的肺病理和具有高脑病毒负担的神经侵入.
- EG.5.1感染增加了肺中的CD8+T细胞和树突细胞.
结论:
- 与JN.1和KP.2相比,SARS-CoV-2 EG.5.1表现出明显而严重的致病性,包括神经侵入性.
- 这些发现强调了在相关动物模型中对新出现的SARS-CoV-2变种的持续监测和表征的重要性.
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