A targetable 'rogue' neutrophil-subset, [CD11b+DEspR+] immunotype, is associated with severity and mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and COVID-19-ARDS

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Neutrophil-mediated secondary tissue injury underlies acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and progression to multi-organ-failure (MOF) and death, processes linked to COVID-19-ARDS. This secondary tissue injury arises from dysregulated neutrophils and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) intended to kill pathogens, but instead cause cell-injury. Insufficiency of pleiotropic therapeutic approaches delineate the need for inhibitors of dysregulated neutrophil-subset(s) that induce subset-specific apoptosis critical for neutrophil function-shutdown. We hypothesized that neutrophils expressing the pro-survival dual endothelin-1/VEGF-signal peptide receptor, DEspR, are apoptosis-resistant like DEspR+ cancer-cells, hence comprise a consequential pathogenic neutrophil-subset in ARDS and COVID-19-ARDS. Here, we report the significant association of increased peripheral DEspR+CD11b+ neutrophil-counts with severity and mortality in ARDS and COVID-19-ARDS, and intravascular NET-formation, in contrast to DEspR[-] neutrophils. We detect DEspR+ neutrophils and monocytes in lung tissue patients in ARDS and COVID-19-ARDS, and increased neutrophil RNA-levels of DEspR ligands and modulators in COVID-19-ARDS scRNA-seq data-files. Unlike DEspR[-] neutrophils, DEspR+CD11b+ neutrophils exhibit delayed apoptosis, which is blocked by humanized anti-DEspR-IgG4S228P antibody, hu6g8, in ex vivo assays. Ex vivo live-cell imaging of Rhesus-derived DEspR+CD11b+ neutrophils showed hu6g8 target-engagement, internalization, and induction of apoptosis. Altogether, data identify DEspR+CD11b+ neutrophils as a targetable 'rogue' neutrophil-subset associated with severity and mortality in ARDS and COVID-19-ARDS.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 12(2022), 1 vom: 04. Apr., Seite 5583

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]
Mueller, Meike [VerfasserIn]
Kimberly, W Taylor [VerfasserIn]
Goldstein, Joshua N [VerfasserIn]
Lehmann, Irina [VerfasserIn]
Shih, Angela R [VerfasserIn]
Eils, Roland [VerfasserIn]
Levy, Bruce D [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Opazo, Nelson [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 06.04.2022

Date Revised 17.05.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-022-09343-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339096918