Severely ill COVID-19 patients display impaired exhaustion features in SARS-CoV-2-reactive CD8+ T cells

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The molecular properties of CD8+ T cells that respond to SARS-CoV-2 infection are not fully known. Here, we report on the single-cell transcriptomes of >80,000 virus-reactive CD8+ T cells, obtained using a modified Antigen-Reactive T cell Enrichment (ARTE) assay, from 39 COVID-19 patients and 10 healthy subjects. COVID-19 patients segregated into two groups based on whether the dominant CD8+ T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 was 'exhausted' or not. SARS-CoV-2-reactive cells in the exhausted subset were increased in frequency and displayed lesser cytotoxicity and inflammatory features in COVID-19 patients with mild compared to severe illness. In contrast, SARS-CoV-2-reactive cells in the dominant non-exhausted subset from patients with severe disease showed enrichment of transcripts linked to co-stimulation, pro-survival NF-κB signaling, and anti-apoptotic pathways, suggesting the generation of robust CD8+ T cell memory responses in patients with severe COVID-19 illness. CD8+ T cells reactive to influenza and respiratory syncytial virus from healthy subjects displayed polyfunctional features and enhanced glycolysis. Cells with such features were largely absent in SARS-CoV-2-reactive cells from both COVID-19 patients and healthy controls non-exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Overall, our single-cell analysis revealed substantial diversity in the nature of CD8+ T cells responding to SARS-CoV-2.

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UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2020 Jul 10;:. - PMID 32676602

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Science immunology - 6(2021), 55 vom: 21. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kusnadi, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Ramírez-Suástegui, Ciro [VerfasserIn]
Fajardo, Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Chee, Serena J [VerfasserIn]
Meckiff, Benjamin J [VerfasserIn]
Simon, Hayley [VerfasserIn]
Pelosi, Emanuela [VerfasserIn]
Seumois, Grégory [VerfasserIn]
Ay, Ferhat [VerfasserIn]
Vijayanand, Pandurangan [VerfasserIn]
Ottensmeier, Christian H [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
NF-kappa B
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 02.02.2021

Date Revised 11.11.2023

published: Print

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2020 Jul 10;:. - PMID 32676602

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/sciimmunol.abe4782

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NLM320412245