SARS-CoV-2 infection induces cross-reactive autoantibodies against angiotensin II

Patients infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) can experience life-threatening respiratory distress, blood pressure dysregulation and thrombosis. This is thought to be associated with an impaired activity of angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2), which is the main entry receptor of SARS-CoV-2 and which also tightly regulates blood pressure by converting the vasoconstrictive peptide angiotensin II (AngII) to a vasopressor peptide. Here, we show that a significant proportion of hospitalized COVID-19 patients developed autoantibodies against AngII, whose presence correlates with lower blood oxygenation, blood pressure dysregulation, and overall higher disease severity. Anti-AngII antibodies can develop upon specific immune reaction to the SARS-CoV-2 proteins Spike or RBD, to which they can cross-bind, suggesting some epitope mimicry between AngII and Spike/RBD. These results provide important insights on how an immune reaction against SARS-CoV-2 can impair blood pressure regulation.

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UpdateIn: Sci Adv. 2022 Oct 7;8(40):eabn3777. - PMID 36206332

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E-Artikel

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

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medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences - (2021) vom: 02. Nov.

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Englisch

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Briquez, Priscilla S [VerfasserIn]
Rouhani, Sherin J [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Jovian [VerfasserIn]
Pyzer, Athalia R [VerfasserIn]
Trujillo, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Dugan, Haley L [VerfasserIn]
Stamper, Christopher T [VerfasserIn]
Changrob, Siriruk [VerfasserIn]
Sperling, Anne I [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Patrick C [VerfasserIn]
Gajewski, Thomas F [VerfasserIn]
Hubbell, Jeffrey A [VerfasserIn]
Swartz, Melody A [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Electronic

UpdateIn: Sci Adv. 2022 Oct 7;8(40):eabn3777. - PMID 36206332

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10.1101/2021.11.02.21265789

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