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@ARTICLE{Rong:273942,
author = {Rong, Zhouyi and Mai, Hongcheng and Ebert, Gregor and
Kapoor, Saketh and Puelles, Victor G and Czogalla, Jan and
Hu, Senbin and Su, Jinpeng and Prtvar, Danilo and Singh,
Inderjeet and Schädler, Julia and Delbridge, Claire and
Steinke, Hanno and Frenzel, Hannah and Schmidt, Katja and
Braun, Christian and Bruch, Gina and Ruf, Viktoria and Ali,
Mayar and Sühs, Kurt-Wolfram and Nemati, Mojtaba and
Hopfner, Franziska and Ulukaya, Selin and Jeridi, Denise and
Mistretta, Daniele and Caliskan, Özüm Sehnaz and
Wettengel, Jochen Martin and Cherif, Fatma and Kolabas,
Zeynep Ilgin and Molbay, Müge and Horvath, Izabela and
Zhao, Shan and Krahmer, Natalie and Yildirim, Ali Önder and
Ussar, Siegfried and Herms, Jochen and Huber, Tobias B and
Tahirovic, Sabina and Schwarzmaier, Susanne M and Plesnila,
Nikolaus and Höglinger, Günter and Ondruschka, Benjamin
and Bechmann, Ingo and Protzer, Ulrike and Elsner, Markus
and Bhatia, Harsharan Singh and Hellal, Farida and Ertürk,
Ali},
title = {{P}ersistence of spike protein at the skull-meninges-brain
axis may contribute to the neurological sequelae of
{COVID}-19.},
journal = {Cell host and microbe},
volume = {32},
number = {12},
issn = {1931-3128},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {DZNE-2024-01416},
pages = {2112 - 2130.e10},
year = {2024},
abstract = {SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with long-lasting
neurological symptoms, although the underlying mechanisms
remain unclear. Using optical clearing and imaging, we
observed the accumulation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the
skull-meninges-brain axis of human COVID-19 patients,
persisting long after viral clearance. Further, biomarkers
of neurodegeneration were elevated in the cerebrospinal
fluid from long COVID patients, and proteomic analysis of
human skull, meninges, and brain samples revealed
dysregulated inflammatory pathways and
neurodegeneration-associated changes. Similar distribution
patterns of the spike protein were observed in
SARS-CoV-2-infected mice. Injection of spike protein alone
was sufficient to induce neuroinflammation, proteome changes
in the skull-meninges-brain axis, anxiety-like behavior, and
exacerbated outcomes in mouse models of stroke and traumatic
brain injury. Vaccination reduced but did not eliminate
spike protein accumulation after infection in mice. Our
findings suggest persistent spike protein at the brain
borders may contribute to lasting neurological sequelae of
COVID-19.},
keywords = {COVID-19: metabolism / COVID-19: virology / Animals / Spike
Glycoprotein, Coronavirus: metabolism / Humans / Mice /
SARS-CoV-2 / Brain: virology / Brain: metabolism / Disease
Models, Animal / Meninges: virology / Meninges: metabolism /
Skull: virology / Male / Female / Proteomics / Stroke:
metabolism / Stroke: virology / Neuroinflammatory Diseases:
metabolism / Neuroinflammatory Diseases: virology / Mice,
Inbred C57BL / Brain Injuries, Traumatic: metabolism / Brain
Injuries, Traumatic: virology / SARS-CoV-2 (Other) / brain
(Other) / long COVID (Other) / mRNA vaccine (Other) /
meninges (Other) / neurodegeneration (Other) /
neuroinflammation (Other) / skull (Other) / spike protein
(Other) / tissue clearing (Other) / Spike Glycoprotein,
Coronavirus (NLM Chemicals) / spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 (NLM
Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Tahirovic / Clinical Research (Munich)},
ddc = {570},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1140003 / I:(DE-2719)1111015},
pnm = {352 - Disease Mechanisms (POF4-352) / 353 - Clinical and
Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-352 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:39615487},
doi = {10.1016/j.chom.2024.11.007},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/273942},
}