NFKB2 haploinsufficiency identified via screening for IFN-α2 autoantibodies in children and adolescents hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2-related complications

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BACKGROUND: Autoantibodies against type I IFNs occur in approximately 10% of adults with life-threatening coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The frequency of anti-IFN autoantibodies in children with severe sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is unknown.

OBJECTIVE: We quantified anti-type I IFN autoantibodies in a multicenter cohort of children with severe COVID-19, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), and mild SARS-CoV-2 infections.

METHODS: Circulating anti-IFN-α2 antibodies were measured by a radioligand binding assay. Whole-exome sequencing, RNA sequencing, and functional studies of peripheral blood mononuclear cells were used to study any patients with levels of anti-IFN-α2 autoantibodies exceeding the assay's positive control.

RESULTS: Among 168 patients with severe COVID-19, 199 with MIS-C, and 45 with mild SARS-CoV-2 infections, only 1 had high levels of anti-IFN-α2 antibodies. Anti-IFN-α2 autoantibodies were not detected in patients treated with intravenous immunoglobulin before sample collection. Whole-exome sequencing identified a missense variant in the ankyrin domain of NFKB2, encoding the p100 subunit of nuclear factor kappa-light-chain enhancer of activated B cells, aka NF-κB, essential for noncanonical NF-κB signaling. The patient's peripheral blood mononuclear cells exhibited impaired cleavage of p100 characteristic of NFKB2 haploinsufficiency, an inborn error of immunity with a high prevalence of autoimmunity.

CONCLUSIONS: High levels of anti-IFN-α2 autoantibodies in children and adolescents with MIS-C, severe COVID-19, and mild SARS-CoV-2 infections are rare but can occur in patients with inborn errors of immunity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:151

Enthalten in:

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 151(2023), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 926-930.e2

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bodansky, Aaron [VerfasserIn]
Vazquez, Sara E [VerfasserIn]
Chou, Janet [VerfasserIn]
Novak, Tanya [VerfasserIn]
Al-Musa, Amer [VerfasserIn]
Young, Cameron [VerfasserIn]
Newhams, Margaret [VerfasserIn]
Kucukak, Suden [VerfasserIn]
Zambrano, Laura D [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, Anthea [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chung-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Moffitt, Kristin [VerfasserIn]
Halasa, Natasha B [VerfasserIn]
Loftis, Laura L [VerfasserIn]
Schwartz, Stephanie P [VerfasserIn]
Walker, Tracie C [VerfasserIn]
Mack, Elizabeth H [VerfasserIn]
Fitzgerald, Julie C [VerfasserIn]
Gertz, Shira J [VerfasserIn]
Rowan, Courtney M [VerfasserIn]
Irby, Katherine [VerfasserIn]
Sanders, Ronald C [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Schuster, Jennifer E [VerfasserIn]
Staat, Mary A [VerfasserIn]
Zinter, Matt S [VerfasserIn]
Cvijanovich, Natalie Z [VerfasserIn]
Tarquinio, Keiko M [VerfasserIn]
Coates, Bria M [VerfasserIn]
Flori, Heidi R [VerfasserIn]
Dahmer, Mary K [VerfasserIn]
Crandall, Hillary [VerfasserIn]
Cullimore, Melissa L [VerfasserIn]
Levy, Emily R [VerfasserIn]
Chatani, Brandon [VerfasserIn]
Nofziger, Ryan [VerfasserIn]
Overcoming COVID-19 Network Study Group Investigators, [VerfasserIn]
Geha, Raif S [VerfasserIn]
DeRisi, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Campbell, Angela P [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Randolph, Adrienne G [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Michele [Sonstige Person]
Sanders, Ronald C [Sonstige Person]
Yates, Masson [Sonstige Person]
Smith, Chelsea [Sonstige Person]
Cvijanovich, Natalie Z [Sonstige Person]
Zinter, MattS [Sonstige Person]
McLaughlin, Gwenn [Sonstige Person]
Tarquinio, Keiko M [Sonstige Person]
Coates, Bria M [Sonstige Person]
Rowan, Courtney M [Sonstige Person]
Randolph, Adrienne G [Sonstige Person]
Newhams, Margaret M [Sonstige Person]
Kucukak, Suden [Sonstige Person]
Novak, Tanya [Sonstige Person]
Moon, Hye Kyung [Sonstige Person]
Kobayashi, Takuma [Sonstige Person]
Melo, Jeni [Sonstige Person]
Young, Cameron [Sonstige Person]
Chen, Sabrina R [Sonstige Person]
Chou, Janet [Sonstige Person]
Flori, Heidi R [Sonstige Person]
Dahmer, Mary K [Sonstige Person]
Levy, Emily R [Sonstige Person]
Behl, Supriya [Sonstige Person]
Drapeau, Noelle M [Sonstige Person]
Schuster, Jennifer E [Sonstige Person]
Cullimore, Melissa L [Sonstige Person]
McCulloh, Russell J [Sonstige Person]
Gertz, Shira J [Sonstige Person]
Schwartz, Stephanie P [Sonstige Person]
Walker, Tracie C [Sonstige Person]
Nofziger, Ryan A [Sonstige Person]
Staat, Mary Allen [Sonstige Person]
Rohlfs, Chelsea C [Sonstige Person]
Fitzgerald, Julie C [Sonstige Person]
Mack, Elizabeth H [Sonstige Person]
Reed, Nelson [Sonstige Person]
Halasa, Natasha B [Sonstige Person]
Loftis, Laura L [Sonstige Person]
Crandall, Hillary [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Anti-interferon autoantibody
Autoantibodies
COVID-19
Inborn errors of immunity
Interferon Type I
Journal Article
MIS-C
Multicenter Study
NF-kappa B
NF-kappa B p52 Subunit
NFKB2
NFKB2 protein, human
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Date Completed 11.04.2023

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jaci.2022.11.020

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350212759