CGRP Plasma Levels Correlate with the Clinical Evolution and Prognosis of Hospitalized Acute COVID-19 Patients

SARS-CoV-2 is the etiological agent of COVID-19, an extremely heterogenous disease that can cause severe respiratory failure and critical illness. To date, reliable biomarkers allowing for early patient stratification according to disease severity are still lacking. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a vasoactive neuropeptide involved in lung pathophysiology and immune modulation and is poorly investigated in the COVID-19 context. In this observational, prospective cohort study, we investigated the correlation between CGRP and clinical disease evolution in hospitalized moderate to severe COVID-19 patients. Between January and May 2021 (Italian third pandemic wave), 135 consecutive SARS-CoV-2 patients were diagnosed as being eligible for the study. Plasma CGRP level evaluation and routine laboratory tests were performed on blood samples collected at baseline and after 7 days of hospitalization. At baseline, the majority our patients had a moderate to severe clinical presentation, and higher plasma CGRP levels predicted a higher risk of in-hospital negative evolution (odds-ratio OR 2.84 [IQR 1.07-7.51]) and were correlated with pulmonary intravascular coagulopathy (OR 2.92 [IQR 1.19-7.17]). Finally, plasma CGRP levels were also correlated with plasma IP10 levels. Our data support a possible crosstalk between the lung and the neuroimmune axis, highlighting a crucial role for plasma CGRP in sustaining COVID-19-related hyperinflammation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Viruses - 14(2022), 10 vom: 26. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rizzi, Manuela [VerfasserIn]
Tonello, Stelvio [VerfasserIn]
Morani, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Rizzi, Eleonora [VerfasserIn]
Casciaro, Giuseppe Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Matino, Erica [VerfasserIn]
Costanzo, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Zecca, Erika [VerfasserIn]
Croce, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Pedrinelli, Anita [VerfasserIn]
Vassia, Veronica [VerfasserIn]
Landi, Raffaella [VerfasserIn]
Mallela, Venkata Ramana [VerfasserIn]
D'Onghia, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Minisini, Rosalba [VerfasserIn]
Bellan, Mattia [VerfasserIn]
Castello, Luigi Mario [VerfasserIn]
Gavelli, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Avanzi, Gian Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Patrucco, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Pirisi, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Colangelo, Donato [VerfasserIn]
Sainaghi, Pier Paolo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
COVID-19
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)
Chemokine CXCL10
IP10
JHB2QIZ69Z
Journal Article
Neuropeptides
Observational Study
Pulmonary intravascular coagulopathy
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 28.10.2022

Date Revised 04.11.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/v14102123

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348130848