Multi-omics integrated analysis reveals a specific phenotype of CD8+ T cell may contribute to immunothromosis via Th17 response in severe and critical COVID-19

Abstract T lymphocyte reduction and immunosenescence frequently occur in severe and critical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, which may cause immunothrombosis and numerous sequelae. This study integrated analyzed multi-omics data from healthy donors, pneumonia, COVID-19 patients (mild & moderate, severe, and critical), and convalescences, including clinical, laboratory test, PBMC bulk RNA-seq, PBMC scRNA-seq and TCR-seq, BAL scRNA-seq, and lung proteome. We revealed that there are certain associations among T lymphocyte reduction, CD8+ T cell senescence, Th17 immune activation, and immunothrombosis. A specific phenotype (S. P.) CD8+ T cells were identified in severe and critical COVID-19 patients in both PBMC and BAL scRNA-seq, which showed highly TCR homology with terminal effector CD8+ T cells and senescent CD8+ T cells. Pseudotime analysis showed that the S. P. CD8+ T cells were located in the transition trajectory from mild to severe disease. Which may be activated by terminal effector CD8+ T cells or senescent CD8+ T cells, thereby promoting Th17 cell differentiation. This phenomenon was absent in healthy donors, mild and moderate COVID-19 patients, or convalescences. Our findings are an important reference for avoiding the conversion of patients with mild to severe diseases and provide insight into the future prevention and control of COVID-19 and its variants..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 24. Nov. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Wen-Xing [VerfasserIn]
An, San-Qi [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Shao-Xing [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Zhao-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Guan-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Ying-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Ling-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, An-Qi [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yao [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Jun-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Mei-Juan [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Wu [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Dao-Gang [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Cheng [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2022.07.23.501235

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

XBI036628808