Deficiency in the production of antibodies to lipids correlates with increased lipid metabolism in severe COVID-19 patients

Copyright © 2023 Piédrola, Martínez, Gradillas, Villaseñor, Alonso-Herranz, Sánchez-Vera, Escudero, Martín-Antoniano, Varona, Ruiz, Castellano, Muñoz and Sádaba..

Background: Antibodies to lipids are part of the first line of defense against microorganisms and regulate the pro/anti-inflammatory balance. Viruses modulate cellular lipid metabolism to enhance their replication, and some of these metabolites are proinflammatory. We hypothesized that antibodies to lipids would play a main role of in the defense against SARS-CoV-2 and thus, they would also avoid the hyperinflammation, a main problem in severe condition patients.

Methods: Serum samples from COVID-19 patients with mild and severe course, and control group were included. IgG and IgM to different glycerophospholipids and sphingolipids were analyzed using a high-sensitive ELISA developed in our laboratory. A lipidomic approach for studying lipid metabolism was performed using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization and quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS).

Results: Mild and severe COVID-19 patients had higher levels of IgM to glycerophosphocholines than control group. Mild COVID-19 patients showed higher levels of IgM to glycerophosphoinositol, glycerophosphoserine and sulfatides than control group and mild cases. 82.5% of mild COVID-19 patients showed IgM to glycerophosphoinositol or glycerophosphocholines plus sulfatides or glycerophosphoserines. Only 35% of severe cases and 27.5% of control group were positive for IgM to these lipids. Lipidomic analysis identify a total of 196 lipids, including 172 glycerophospholipids and 24 sphingomyelins. Increased levels of lipid subclasses belonging to lysoglycerophospholipids, ether and/or vinyl-ether-linked glycerophospholipids, and sphingomyelins were observed in severe COVID-19 patients, when compared with those of mild cases and control group.

Conclusion: Antibodies to lipids are essential for defense against SARS-CoV-2. Patients with low levels of anti-lipid antibodies have an elevated inflammatory response mediated by lysoglycerophospholipids. These findings provide novel prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 14(2023) vom: 30., Seite 1188786

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Piédrola, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Martínez, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Gradillas, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Villaseñor, Alma [VerfasserIn]
Alonso-Herranz, Vanesa [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez-Vera, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Escudero, Esther [VerfasserIn]
Martín-Antoniano, Isabel A [VerfasserIn]
Varona, Jose Felipe [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz, Andrés [VerfasserIn]
Castellano, Jose María [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz, Úrsula [VerfasserIn]
Sádaba, María C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

16824-65-0
COVID-19
Glycerophospholipids
Glycerylphosphoinositol
IgM
Immunoglobulin M
Inflammation
Journal Article
Lipidomic
Lysophosphatidylcholine
Lysophosphatidylethanolamine
Natural antibodies
Phosphatidylinositol
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sphingomyelins
Sulfoglycosphingolipids

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Date Completed 11.07.2023

Date Revised 18.07.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2023.1188786

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359277071