Severe COVID-19 patients have impaired plasmacytoid dendritic cell-mediated control of SARS-CoV-2-infected cells

Abstract Type I and III interferons (IFN-I/λ) are key antiviral mediators against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here, we demonstrate that plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are the predominant IFN-I/λ source following their sensing of SARS-CoV-2-infected cells. Mechanistically, this short-range sensing by pDCs requires sustained integrin-mediated cell adhesion with infected cells. In turn, pDCs restrict viral spread by an IFN-I/λ response directed toward SARS-CoV-2-infected cells. This specialized function enables pDCs to efficiently turn-off viral replication, likelyviaa local response at the contact site with infected cells. By exploring the pDC response in SARS-CoV-2 patients, we further demonstrate that pDC responsiveness inversely correlates with the severity of the disease. The pDC response is particularly impaired in severe COVID-19 patients. Overall, we propose that pDC activation is essential to control SARS-CoV-2-infection. Failure to unfold this response could be key to understand severe cases of COVID-19..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 08. Jan. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Venet, Manon [VerfasserIn]
Sa Ribeiro, Margarida [VerfasserIn]
Décembre, Elodie [VerfasserIn]
Bellomo, Alicia [VerfasserIn]
Joshi, Garima [VerfasserIn]
Villard, Marine [VerfasserIn]
Cluet, David [VerfasserIn]
Perret, Magali [VerfasserIn]
Pescamona, Rémi [VerfasserIn]
Paidassi, Helena [VerfasserIn]
Walzer, Thierry [VerfasserIn]
Allatif, Omran [VerfasserIn]
Belot, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Assant, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Ricci, Emiliano [VerfasserIn]
Dreux, Marlène [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.1101/2021.09.01.21262969

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XBI032540353