Lysosome activation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and prognostic significance of circulating LC3B in COVID-19

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly worldwide, causing significant mortality. There is a mechanistic relationship between intracellular coronavirus replication and deregulated autophagosome-lysosome system. We performed transcriptome analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from COVID-19 patients and identified the aberrant upregulation of genes in the lysosome pathway. We further determined the capability of two circulating markers, namely microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B (LC3B) and (p62/SQSTM1) p62, both of which depend on lysosome for degradation, in predicting the emergence of moderate-to-severe disease in COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization for supplemental oxygen therapy. Logistic regression analyses showed that LC3B was associated with moderate-to-severe COVID-19, independent of age, sex and clinical risk score. A decrease in LC3B concentration <5.5 ng/ml increased the risk of oxygen and ventilatory requirement (adjusted odds ratio: 4.6; 95% CI: 1.1-22.0; P = 0.04). Serum concentrations of p62 in the moderate-to-severe group were significantly lower in patients aged 50 or below. In conclusion, lysosome function is deregulated in PBMCs isolated from COVID-19 patients, and the related biomarker LC3B may serve as a novel tool for stratifying patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 from those with asymptomatic or mild disease. COVID-19 patients with a decrease in LC3B concentration <5.5 ng/ml will require early hospital admission for supplemental oxygen therapy and other respiratory support.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

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Briefings in bioinformatics - 22(2021), 2 vom: 22. März, Seite 1466-1475

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fang, Shisong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yingzhi [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Wenye [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Weihua [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Ziheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Renli [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaodong [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Francis Ka Leung [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Siew Chien [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Sunny Hei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Maggie Hai Tian [VerfasserIn]
Gin, Tony [VerfasserIn]
Joynt, Gavin Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Hui, David Shu Cheong [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Tiejian [VerfasserIn]
Wu, William Ka Kei [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Matthew Tak Vai [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Junjie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

97C5T2UQ7J
Autophagy
Biomarkers
COVID-19
Cholesterol
Journal Article
LC3B
MAP1LC3B protein, human
Microtubule-Associated Proteins
P62 protein, human
RNA-Binding Proteins

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Date Completed 14.04.2021

Date Revised 14.04.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/bib/bbab043

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321785487