Increased Neutrophil-Subset Associated With Severity/Mortality In ARDS And COVID19-ARDS Expresses The Dual Endothelin-1/VEGFsignal-Peptide Receptor (DEspR) : An Actionable Therapeutic Target

Neutrophil-mediated secondary tissue injury underlies acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and progression to multi-organ-failure (MOF) and death, processes linked to severe COVID19. This 'innocent bystander' tissue injury arises in dysregulated hyperinflammatory states from neutrophil functions and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) intended to kill pathogens, but injure cells instead, causing MOF. Insufficiency of prior therapeutic approaches suggest need to identify dysregulated neutrophil-subset(s) and induce subset-specific apoptosis critical for neutrophil function-shutdown and clearance. We hypothesized that neutrophils expressing the pro-survival dual endothelin-1/signal peptide receptor, DEspR, are apoptosis-resistant just like DEspR+ cancer cells, hence comprise a consequential pathogenic neutrophil-subset in ARDS and COVID19-ARDS. Here, we report correlation of circulating DEspR+CD11b+ activated neutrophils (DESpR+actNs) and NETosing-neutrophils with severity in ARDS and in COVID19-ARDS, increased DEspR+ neutrophils and monocytes in post-mortem ARDS-patient lung sections, and neutrophil DEspR/ET1 receptor/ligand autocrine loops in severe COVID19. Unlike DEspR[-] neutrophils, ARDS patient DEspR+actNs exhibit apoptosis-resistance, which decreased upon ex vivo treatment with humanized anti-DEspR-IgG4S228P antibody, hu6g8. Ex vivo live-cell imaging of non-human primate DEspR+actNs showed hu6g8 target-engagement, internalization, and induction of apoptosis. Altogether, data differentiate DEspR+actNs as a targetable neutrophil-subset associated with ARDS and COVID19-ARDS severity, and suggest DEspR-inhibition as a potential therapeutic paradigm.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

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Research square - (2021) vom: 13. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Herrera, Victoria L M [VerfasserIn]
Walkey, Allan J [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Mai Q [VerfasserIn]
Gromisch, Christopher M [VerfasserIn]
Mosaddhegi, Julie Z [VerfasserIn]
Gromisch, Matthew S [VerfasserIn]
Jundi, Bakr [VerfasserIn]
Lukassen, Soeren [VerfasserIn]
Carstensen, Saskia [VerfasserIn]
Denis, Ridiane [VerfasserIn]
Belkina, Anna C [VerfasserIn]
Baron, Rebecca M [VerfasserIn]
Pinilla-Vera, Mayra [VerfasserIn]
Muller, Meike [VerfasserIn]
Kimberly, W Taylor [VerfasserIn]
Goldstein, Joshua N [VerfasserIn]
Lehmann, Irina [VerfasserIn]
Shih, Angela R [VerfasserIn]
Ells, Roland [VerfasserIn]
Levy, Bruce D [VerfasserIn]
Rulz-Opazo, Nelson [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ARDS
COVID19-ARDS
DEspR
Neutrophil subset
Preprint
Secondary tissue injury

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Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.21203/rs.3.rs-846250/v1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330872052