Evidence of SARS-CoV-2-Specific T-Cell-Mediated Myocarditis in a MIS-A Case

Copyright © 2021 Vannella, Oguz, Stein, Pittaluga, Dikoglu, Kanwal, Ramelli, Briese, Su, Wu, Ramos-Benitez, Perez-Valencia, Babyak, Cha, Chung, Ylaya, Madathil, Saharia, Scalea, Tran, Herr, Kleiner, Hewitt, Notarangelo, Grazioli and Chertow..

A 26-year-old otherwise healthy man died of fulminant myocarditis. Nasopharyngeal specimens collected premortem tested negative for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Histopathological evaluation of the heart showed myocardial necrosis surrounded by cytotoxic T-cells and tissue-repair macrophages. Myocardial T-cell receptor (TCR) sequencing revealed hyper-dominant clones with highly similar sequences to TCRs that are specific for SARS-CoV-2 epitopes. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in the gut, supporting a diagnosis of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A). Molecular targets of MIS-associated inflammation are not known. Our data indicate that SARS-CoV-2 antigens selected high-frequency T-cell clones that mediated fatal myocarditis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 12(2021) vom: 20., Seite 779026

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vannella, Kevin M [VerfasserIn]
Oguz, Cihan [VerfasserIn]
Stein, Sydney R [VerfasserIn]
Pittaluga, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Dikoglu, Esra [VerfasserIn]
Kanwal, Arjun [VerfasserIn]
Ramelli, Sabrina C [VerfasserIn]
Briese, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Su, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xiaolin [VerfasserIn]
Ramos-Benitez, Marcos J [VerfasserIn]
Perez-Valencia, Luis J [VerfasserIn]
Babyak, Ashley [VerfasserIn]
Cha, Nu Ri [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Joon-Yong [VerfasserIn]
Ylaya, Kris [VerfasserIn]
Madathil, Ronson J [VerfasserIn]
Saharia, Kapil K [VerfasserIn]
Scalea, Thomas M [VerfasserIn]
Tran, Quincy K [VerfasserIn]
Herr, Daniel L [VerfasserIn]
Kleiner, David E [VerfasserIn]
Hewitt, Stephen M [VerfasserIn]
Notarangelo, Luigi D [VerfasserIn]
Grazioli, Alison [VerfasserIn]
Chertow, Daniel S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CDR3 sequences
Case Reports
Cd-hit
Journal Article
MIS-A
Myocarditis
RNA, Viral
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 epitopes
T cell receptor (TCR)

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Date Completed 06.01.2022

Date Revised 06.01.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2021.779026

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM334920965