1. SARS-CoV-2-Induced ARDS Associates with MDSC Expansion, Lymphocyte Dysfunction, and Arginine Shortage
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Joelle Dulong, Kieran Pinceaux, Claude Bendavid, Benoit Painvin, Mikael Roussel, Pierre Tattevin, Murielle Gregoire, Yoann Launey, Simon Le Gallou, Jean-Marc Tadié, Audrey Le Bot, Thomas Lebouvier, Berengère Cador-Rousseau, Karin Tarte, Christophe Camus, Adel Maamar, Caroline Moreau, Mathieu Lesouhaitier, Mathieu Lederlin, Michel Cogné, Delphine Rossille, Arnaud Gacouin, Matthieu Revest, Florian Reizine, Yves Le Tulzo, Alice Ballerie, Maelle Latour, Clotilde Verdy, Chard-Hutchinson, Xavier, CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Microenvironment, Cell Differentiation, Immunology and Cancer (MICMAC), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), University hospital of Rennes, France, Fondation pour la Recherche MedicaleFondation pour la Recherche Medicale, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, Flash CoViD 'HARMONICOV ') grantFrench National Research Agency (ANR), Fondation de l'Avenir grant (Prix des donateurs, Mutualite Fonction Publique), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), and ANR-20-COVI-0039,HARMONICOV,Immunomonitoring haute définition & caractérisation d'anticorps spécifiques chez des patients CoV-2 critiques versus en rémission(2020)
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,ARDS ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Lymphocyte ,MDSC ,Immunology ,Arginine ,Severity of Illness Index ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cross infection ,law ,Lymphopenia ,medicine ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Prospective Studies ,Lymphocytes ,Aged ,Mechanical ventilation ,Respiratory Distress Syndrome ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells ,Mortality rate ,Immunosuppression ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Intensive care unit ,3. Good health ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Arginase ,Pneumonia ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Original Article ,Female ,Covid-19 ,business ,030215 immunology - Abstract
Purpose The SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to a severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with prolonged mechanical ventilation and high mortality rate. Interestingly, COVID-19-associated ARDS share biological and clinical features with sepsis-associated immunosuppression since lymphopenia and acquired infections associated with late mortality are frequently encountered. Mechanisms responsible for COVID-19-associated lymphopenia need to be explored since they could be responsible for delayed virus clearance and increased mortality rate among intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Methods A series of 26 clinically annotated COVID-19 patients were analyzed by thorough phenotypic and functional investigations at days 0, 4, and 7 after ICU admission. Results We revealed that, in the absence of any difference in demographic parameters nor medical history between the two groups, ARDS patients presented with an increased number of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) and a decreased number of CD8pos effector memory cell compared to patients hospitalized for COVID-19 moderate pneumonia. Interestingly, COVID-19-related MDSC expansion was directly correlated to lymphopenia and enhanced arginase activity. Lastly, T cell proliferative capacity in vitro was significantly reduced among COVID-19 patients and could be restored through arginine supplementation. Conclusions The present study reports a critical role for MDSC in COVID-19-associated ARDS. Our findings open the possibility of arginine supplementation as an adjuvant therapy for these ICU patients, aiming to reduce immunosuppression and help virus clearance, thereby decreasing the duration of mechanical ventilation, nosocomial infection acquisition, and mortality. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10875-020-00920-5.
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- 2021
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