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- Title
Simvastatin Downregulates the SARS-CoV-2-Induced Inflammatory Response and Impairs Viral Infection Through Disruption of Lipid Rafts.
- Authors
Teixeira, Lívia; Temerozo, Jairo R.; Pereira-Dutra, Filipe S.; Ferreira, André Costa; Mattos, Mayara; Gonçalves, Barbara Simonson; Sacramento, Carolina Q.; Palhinha, Lohanna; Cunha-Fernandes, Tamires; Dias, Suelen S. G.; Soares, Vinicius Cardoso; Barreto, Ester A.; Cesar-Silva, Daniella; Fintelman-Rodrigues, Natalia; Pão, Camila R. R.; de Freitas, Caroline S.; Reis, Patrícia A.; Hottz, Eugenio D.; Bozza, Fernando A.; Bou-Habib, Dumith C.
- Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is currently a worldwide emergency caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In observational clinical studies, statins have been identified as beneficial to hospitalized patients with COVID-19. However, experimental evidence of underlying statins protection against SARS-CoV-2 remains elusive. Here we reported for the first-time experimental evidence of the protective effects of simvastatin treatment both in vitro and in vivo. We found that treatment with simvastatin significantly reduced the viral replication and lung damage in vivo , delaying SARS-CoV-2-associated physiopathology and mortality in the K18-hACE2-transgenic mice model. Moreover, simvastatin also downregulated the inflammation triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection in pulmonary tissue and in human neutrophils, peripheral blood monocytes, and lung epithelial Calu-3 cells in vitro , showing its potential to modulate the inflammatory response both at the site of infection and systemically. Additionally, we also observed that simvastatin affected the course of SARS-CoV-2 infection through displacing ACE2 on cell membrane lipid rafts. In conclusion, our results show that simvastatin exhibits early protective effects on SARS-CoV-2 infection by inhibiting virus cell entry and inflammatory cytokine production, through mechanisms at least in part dependent on lipid rafts disruption.
- Subjects
SARS-CoV-2; CORONAVIRUS diseases; LIPID rafts; VIRUS diseases; COVID-19; SIMVASTATIN
- Publication
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022, Vol 13, p1
- ISSN
1664-3224
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fimmu.2022.820131