JAK inhibition reduces SARS-CoV-2 liver infectivity and modulates inflammatory responses to reduce morbidity and mortality

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Using AI, we identified baricitinib as having antiviral and anticytokine efficacy. We now show a 71% (95% CI 0.15 to 0.58) mortality benefit in 83 patients with moderate-severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia with few drug-induced adverse events, including a large elderly cohort (median age, 81 years). An additional 48 cases with mild-moderate pneumonia recovered uneventfully. Using organotypic 3D cultures of primary human liver cells, we demonstrate that interferon-α2 increases ACE2 expression and SARS-CoV-2 infectivity in parenchymal cells by greater than fivefold. RNA-seq reveals gene response signatures associated with platelet activation, fully inhibited by baricitinib. Using viral load quantifications and superresolution microscopy, we found that baricitinib exerts activity rapidly through the inhibition of host proteins (numb-associated kinases), uniquely among antivirals. This reveals mechanistic actions of a Janus kinase-1/2 inhibitor targeting viral entry, replication, and the cytokine storm and is associated with beneficial outcomes including in severely ill elderly patients, data that incentivize further randomized controlled trials.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Science advances - 7(2021), 1 vom: 13. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stebbing, Justin [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez Nievas, Ginés [VerfasserIn]
Falcone, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Youhanna, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Richardson, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Ottaviani, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Joanne X [VerfasserIn]
Sommerauer, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Tiseo, Giusy [VerfasserIn]
Ghiadoni, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Virdis, Agostino [VerfasserIn]
Monzani, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Rizos, Luis Romero [VerfasserIn]
Forfori, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Avendaño Céspedes, Almudena [VerfasserIn]
De Marco, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Carrozzi, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Lena, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez-Jurado, Pedro Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Lacerenza, Leonardo Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Cesira, Nencioni [VerfasserIn]
Caldevilla Bernardo, David [VerfasserIn]
Perrella, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Niccoli, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Méndez, Lourdes Sáez [VerfasserIn]
Matarrese, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Goletti, Delia [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Yee-Joo [VerfasserIn]
Monteil, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Dranitsaris, George [VerfasserIn]
Cantini, Fabrizio [VerfasserIn]
Farcomeni, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
Dutta, Shuchismita [VerfasserIn]
Burley, Stephen K [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Haibo [VerfasserIn]
Pistello, Mauro [VerfasserIn]
Li, William [VerfasserIn]
Romero, Marta Mas [VerfasserIn]
Andrés Pretel, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Simón-Talero, Rafaela Sánchez [VerfasserIn]
García-Molina, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Kutter, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Felce, James H [VerfasserIn]
Nizami, Zehra F [VerfasserIn]
Miklosi, Andras G [VerfasserIn]
Penninger, Josef M [VerfasserIn]
Menichetti, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Mirazimi, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Abizanda, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Lauschke, Volker M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Azetidines
Baricitinib
Cytokines
EC 2.7.10.2
Enzyme Inhibitors
ISP4442I3Y
Interferon alpha-2
Janus Kinases
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Purines
Pyrazoles
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Sulfonamides

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Date Completed 16.02.2021

Date Revised 10.11.2023

published: Electronic-Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/sciadv.abe4724

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31755445X