Joshua M Thiede, Jenna K Dick, Nicholas N Jarjour, Venkatramana D Krishna, Lily Qian, Jules Sangala, Kellie Benzow, Kul Karanjeet, Shine Chin, Orion Rainwater, Maxim C-J Cheeran, Kristin A Hogquist, Stephen C Jameson, Geoffrey T Hart, Tyler D Bold, Michael D Koob
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Human ACE2 Gene Replacement Mice Support SARS-CoV-2 Viral Replication and Nonlethal Disease Progression.
Many mouse models of SARS-CoV-2 infection involve expression of the human ACE2 protein, the entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein, in mouse tissues. However, most of these models suffer from nonphysiological regulation of ACE2 expression, which can lead to atypically severe infections and aberrant sites of viral replication. In this report, we developed and characterized an ACE2 gene replacement (ACE2-GR) mouse strain in which the mouse Ace2 genomic locus was replaced by the entire human ACE2 gene locus, and we investigated the ability of these animals to respond to SARS-CoV-2 infection. We show that ACE2-GR mice support SARS-CoV-2 viral replication, but, in stark contrast to the widely used K18-hACE2 transgenic model, this infection leads to a mild disease with no detectable involvement of the CNS. Thus, ACE2-GR mice provide a novel, to our knowledge, model to explore immune responses and long-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection.