Pre-existing Autoantibodies Neutralizing High Concentrations of Type I Interferons in Almost 10% of COVID-19 Patients Admitted to Intensive Care in Barcelona.
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
acute kidney injury
auto-antibodies
type I interferons
Journal
Journal of clinical immunology
ISSN: 1573-2592
Titre abrégé: J Clin Immunol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8102137
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2021
11 2021
Historique:
received:
13
07
2021
accepted:
08
09
2021
pubmed:
28
9
2021
medline:
1
12
2021
entrez:
27
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
It is important to predict which patients infected by SARS-CoV-2 are at higher risk of life-threatening COVID-19. Several studies suggest that neutralizing auto-antibodies (auto-Abs) against type I interferons (IFNs) are predictive of critical COVID-19 pneumonia. We aimed to test for auto-Abs to type I IFN and describe the main characteristics of COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care depending on whether or not these auto-Abs are present. Retrospective analysis of all COVID-19 patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) in whom samples were available, from March 2020 to March 2021, in Barcelona, Spain. A total of 275 (70.5%) out of 390 patients admitted to ICU were tested for type I IFNs auto-antibodies (α2 and/or ω) by ELISA, being positive in 49 (17.8%) of them. Blocking activity of plasma diluted 1/10 for high concentrations (10 ng/mL) of IFNs was proven in 26 (9.5%) patients. Almost all the patients with neutralizing auto-Abs were men (92.3%). ICU patients with positive results for neutralizing IFNs auto-Abs did not show relevant differences in demographic, comorbidities, clinical features, and mortality, when compared with those with negative results. Nevertheless, some laboratory tests (leukocytosis, neutrophilia, thrombocytosis) related with COVID-19 severity, as well as acute kidney injury (17 [65.4%] vs. 100 [40.2%]; p = 0.013) were significantly higher in patients with auto-Abs. Auto-Abs neutralizing high concentrations of type I IFNs were found in 9.5% of patients admitted to the ICU for COVID-19 pneumonia in a hospital in Barcelona. These auto-Abs should be tested early upon diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, as they account for a significant proportion of life-threatening cases.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
It is important to predict which patients infected by SARS-CoV-2 are at higher risk of life-threatening COVID-19. Several studies suggest that neutralizing auto-antibodies (auto-Abs) against type I interferons (IFNs) are predictive of critical COVID-19 pneumonia.
OBJECTIVES
We aimed to test for auto-Abs to type I IFN and describe the main characteristics of COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care depending on whether or not these auto-Abs are present.
METHODS
Retrospective analysis of all COVID-19 patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) in whom samples were available, from March 2020 to March 2021, in Barcelona, Spain.
RESULTS
A total of 275 (70.5%) out of 390 patients admitted to ICU were tested for type I IFNs auto-antibodies (α2 and/or ω) by ELISA, being positive in 49 (17.8%) of them. Blocking activity of plasma diluted 1/10 for high concentrations (10 ng/mL) of IFNs was proven in 26 (9.5%) patients. Almost all the patients with neutralizing auto-Abs were men (92.3%). ICU patients with positive results for neutralizing IFNs auto-Abs did not show relevant differences in demographic, comorbidities, clinical features, and mortality, when compared with those with negative results. Nevertheless, some laboratory tests (leukocytosis, neutrophilia, thrombocytosis) related with COVID-19 severity, as well as acute kidney injury (17 [65.4%] vs. 100 [40.2%]; p = 0.013) were significantly higher in patients with auto-Abs.
CONCLUSION
Auto-Abs neutralizing high concentrations of type I IFNs were found in 9.5% of patients admitted to the ICU for COVID-19 pneumonia in a hospital in Barcelona. These auto-Abs should be tested early upon diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, as they account for a significant proportion of life-threatening cases.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34570326
doi: 10.1007/s10875-021-01136-x
pii: 10.1007/s10875-021-01136-x
pmc: PMC8475877
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antibodies, Neutralizing
0
Autoantibodies
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Interferon Type I
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1733-1744Subventions
Organisme : NIH HHS
ID : R01AI088364
Pays : United States
Organisme : NHGRI NIH HHS
ID : UM1HG006504
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR001863
Pays : United States
Organisme : fisher center for alzheimer's research foundation
ID : ANR-10-IAHU-01
Organisme : NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR001866
Pays : United States
Organisme : fundació la marató de tv3
ID : 202115-30-31
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : R01 AI088364
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : R01 AI163029
Pays : United States
Organisme : NHGRI NIH HHS
ID : U24 HG008956
Pays : United States
Organisme : NHGRI NIH HHS
ID : U24HG008956
Pays : United States
Organisme : horizon 2020
ID : 824110
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR001866
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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