SARS-CoV-2 Harnesses Host Translational Shutoff and Autophagy To Optimize Virus Yields: the Role of the Envelope (E) Protein

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Abstract

In late 2019, a new β-coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, entered the human population causing a pandemic that has resulted in over 6 million deaths worldwide. Although closely related to SARS-CoV, the mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis are not fully understood.

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Ethicsnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Cells and Viruses: The A549 cells (human lung adenocarcinoma), Caco-2 (human colorectal adenocarcinoma), HEK-293 (human embryonic kidney epithelial cells), and Vero E6 (normal monkey kidney epithelial cells) were obtained through ATCC.
    A549
    suggested: None
    Caco-2
    suggested: None
    HEK-293
    suggested: CLS Cat# 300192/p777_HEK293, RRID:CVCL_0045)
    Vero E6
    suggested: RRID:CVCL_XD71)
    At 48 h after transfection, the supernatant from the cultures was collected, filtered through a 0.45-μm-pore-size filter, and used to infect Vero-E6 cells, as described before (115, 116).
    Vero-E6
    suggested: None
    Recombinant DNA
    SentencesResources
    HEK-293 cells were seeded in a 60 mm dish at 60% confluence and were co-transfected with the pLenti-mCherry-FLAG-γ134.5 plasmid described above, the Gag-Pol-expressing plasmid, and the vesicular stomatitis virus G (VSV-G)-expressing plasmid at a ratio of 7:7:1 (5 μg total amount of DNA) using Lipofectamine 3000 (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
    pLenti-mCherry-FLAG-γ134.5
    suggested: None
    VSV-G)-expressing
    suggested: None
    The genes were expressed in the pcDNA3.1 (+) vector.
    pcDNA3.1 (+)
    suggested: RRID:Addgene_80020)
    The pcDNA3.1 (+)-N-eGFP-N plasmid, expressing N from SARS-CoV-2, was obtained from GenScript Biotech (Catalog # MC_0101137).
    pcDNA3.1 (+)-N-eGFP-N
    suggested: None

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • No conflict of interest statement was detected. If there are no conflicts, we encourage authors to explicit state so.
    • No funding statement was detected.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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