Elevated Neopterin Levels Predict Fatal Outcome in SARS-CoV-2-Infected Patients.

Autor: Chauvin M; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France., Larsen M; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France., Quirant B; Division of Immunology, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital and Research Institute, Badalona, Spain.; Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain., Quentric P; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France., Dorgham K; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France., Royer L; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France., Vallet H; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France.; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Unité de Gériatrie Aigue, Paris, France., Guihot A; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France.; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupement Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Département d'Immunologie, Paris, France., Combadière B; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France., Combadière C; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France., Barallat J; Biochemistry Department, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Spain., Mayaux J; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupement Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation et Pneumologie, Paris, France., Luyt CE; Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Institut de Cardiologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Sorbonne-Université, Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation et Pneumologie, Paris, France., Mathian A; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France.; Service de Médecine Interne 2, Institut E3M, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France., Amoura Z; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France.; Service de Médecine Interne 2, Institut E3M, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France., Boddaert J; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France.; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Sorbonne-Université, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Département de Gériatrie, Paris, France., Armestar F; Critical Care Department, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Spain.; Department of Medicine Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain., Gorochov G; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France.; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Groupement Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Département d'Immunologie, Paris, France., Martinez-Caceres E; Division of Immunology, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital and Research Institute, Badalona, Spain.; Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain., Sauce D; Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France.
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Zdroj: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology [Front Cell Infect Microbiol] 2021 Aug 23; Vol. 11, pp. 709893. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 23 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.709893
Abstrakt: Highlights: Innate immune activation during Covid-19 infection is associated with pernicious clinical outcome.
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a worldwide threat that has already caused more than 3 000 000 deaths. It is characterized by different patterns of disease evolution depending on host factors among which old-age and pre-existing comorbidities play a detrimental role. Previous coronavirus epidemics, notably SARS-CoV, were associated with increased serum neopterin levels, which can be interpreted as a sign of acute innate immunity in response to viral infection. Here we hypothesize that neopterin may serve as a biomarker of SARS-CoV-2 viral infection and Covid-19 disease severity.
Methods: We measured neopterin blood levels by ELISA. Seric concentration was quantified from 256 healthy donors and 374 Covid-19 patients at hospital admission. Enrolled Covid-19 patients were all symptomatic and displayed a large spectrum of comorbidities. Patients were followed until disease resolution or death.
Results: Severe and critically ill SARS-CoV-2 infected patients were characterized by a profound exacerbation of immune activation characterized by elevated neopterin blood levels. Systemic neopterin levels above 19nM stratified healthy individuals from Covid-19 patients with 87% specificity and 100% sensitivity. Moreover, systemic neopterin levels above 53nM differentiated non-survivors from survivors with 64% specificity and 100% sensitivity.
Conclusion: We propose that neopterin concentration measured at arrival to hospital is a hallmark of severe Covid-19 and identifies a high-risk population of pernicious clinical outcome with a need for special medical care.
Competing Interests: ML and DS are inventors of patent EP20305794.8. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2021 Chauvin, Larsen, Quirant, Quentric, Dorgham, Royer, Vallet, Guihot, Combadière, Combadière, Barallat, Mayaux, Luyt, Mathian, Amoura, Boddaert, Armestar, Gorochov, Martinez-Caceres and Sauce.)
Databáze: MEDLINE