Diagnosis of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children by a Whole-Blood Transcriptional Signature

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society..

BACKGROUND: To identify a diagnostic blood transcriptomic signature that distinguishes multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) from Kawasaki disease (KD), bacterial infections, and viral infections.

METHODS: Children presenting with MIS-C to participating hospitals in the United Kingdom and the European Union between April 2020 and April 2021 were prospectively recruited. Whole-blood RNA Sequencing was performed, contrasting the transcriptomes of children with MIS-C (n = 38) to those from children with KD (n = 136), definite bacterial (DB; n = 188) and viral infections (DV; n = 138). Genes significantly differentially expressed (SDE) between MIS-C and comparator groups were identified. Feature selection was used to identify genes that optimally distinguish MIS-C from other diseases, which were subsequently translated into RT-qPCR assays and evaluated in an independent validation set comprising MIS-C (n = 37), KD (n = 19), DB (n = 56), DV (n = 43), and COVID-19 (n = 39).

RESULTS: In the discovery set, 5696 genes were SDE between MIS-C and combined comparator disease groups. Five genes were identified as potential MIS-C diagnostic biomarkers (HSPBAP1, VPS37C, TGFB1, MX2, and TRBV11-2), achieving an AUC of 96.8% (95% CI: 94.6%-98.9%) in the discovery set, and were translated into RT-qPCR assays. The RT-qPCR 5-gene signature achieved an AUC of 93.2% (95% CI: 88.3%-97.7%) in the independent validation set when distinguishing MIS-C from KD, DB, and DV.

CONCLUSIONS: MIS-C can be distinguished from KD, DB, and DV groups using a 5-gene blood RNA expression signature. The small number of genes in the signature and good performance in both discovery and validation sets should enable the development of a diagnostic test for MIS-C.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society - 12(2023), 6 vom: 30. Juni, Seite 322-331

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jackson, Heather R [VerfasserIn]
Miglietta, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Habgood-Coote, Dominic [VerfasserIn]
D'Souza, Giselle [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Priyen [VerfasserIn]
Nichols, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Vito, Ortensia [VerfasserIn]
Powell, Oliver [VerfasserIn]
Davidson, Maisey Salina [VerfasserIn]
Shimizu, Chisato [VerfasserIn]
Agyeman, Philipp K A [VerfasserIn]
Beudeker, Coco R [VerfasserIn]
Brengel-Pesce, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Carrol, Enitan D [VerfasserIn]
Carter, Michael J [VerfasserIn]
De, Tisham [VerfasserIn]
Eleftheriou, Irini [VerfasserIn]
Emonts, Marieke [VerfasserIn]
Epalza, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Georgiou, Pantelis [VerfasserIn]
De Groot, Ronald [VerfasserIn]
Fidler, Katy [VerfasserIn]
Fink, Colin [VerfasserIn]
van Keulen, Daniëlle [VerfasserIn]
Kuijpers, Taco [VerfasserIn]
Moll, Henriette [VerfasserIn]
Papatheodorou, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Paulus, Stephane [VerfasserIn]
Pokorn, Marko [VerfasserIn]
Pollard, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]
Rivero-Calle, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Rojo, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Secka, Fatou [VerfasserIn]
Schlapbach, Luregn J [VerfasserIn]
Tremoulet, Adriana H [VerfasserIn]
Tsolia, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Usuf, Effua [VerfasserIn]
Van Der Flier, Michiel [VerfasserIn]
Von Both, Ulrich [VerfasserIn]
Vermont, Clementien [VerfasserIn]
Yeung, Shunmay [VerfasserIn]
Zavadska, Dace [VerfasserIn]
Zenz, Werner [VerfasserIn]
Coin, Lachlan J M [VerfasserIn]
Cunnington, Aubrey [VerfasserIn]
Burns, Jane C [VerfasserIn]
Wright, Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Martinon-Torres, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Herberg, Jethro A [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Manzano, Jesus [VerfasserIn]
Kaforou, Myrsini [VerfasserIn]
Levin, Michael [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Diagnostic signature
Host diagnostics
Host response
Journal Article
MIS-C
Pediatric infectious diseases
Rapid diagnostics
Transcriptomics

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.07.2023

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jpids/piad035

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357574508