Rare predicted loss-of-function variants of type I IFN immunity genes are associated with life-threatening COVID-19

Abstract Background We previously reported inborn errors of TLR3- and TLR7-dependent type I interferon (IFN) immunity in 1-5% of unvaccinated patients with life-threatening COVID-19, and auto-antibodies against type I IFN in another 15-20% of cases.Methods We report here a genome-wide rare variant burden association analysis in 3,269 unvaccinated patients with life-threatening COVID-19 (1,301 previously reported and 1,968 new patients), and 1,373 unvaccinated SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals without pneumonia. A quarter of the patients tested had antibodies against type I IFN (234 of 928) and were excluded from the analysis.Results No gene reached genome-wide significance. Under a recessive model, the most significant gene with at-risk variants wasTLR7, with an OR of 27.68 (95%CI:1.5-528.7,P=1.1×10−4), in analyses restricted to biochemically loss-of-function (bLOF) variants. We replicated the enrichment in rare predicted LOF (pLOF) variants at 13 influenza susceptibility loci involved in TLR3-dependent type I IFN immunity (OR=3.70 [95%CI:1.3-8.2],P=2.1×10−4). Adding the recently reportedTYK2COVID-19 locus strengthened this enrichment, particularly under a recessive model (OR=19.65 [95%CI:2.1-2635.4];P=3.4×10−3). When these 14 loci andTLR7were considered, all individuals hemizygous (n=20) or homozygous (n=5) for pLOF or bLOF variants were patients (OR=39.19 [95%CI:5.2-5037.0],P=4.7×10−7), who also showed an enrichment in heterozygous variants (OR=2.36 [95%CI:1.0-5.9],P=0.02). Finally, the patients with pLOF or bLOF variants at these 15 loci were significantly younger (mean age [SD]=43.3 [20.3] years) than the other patients (56.0 [17.3] years;P=1.68×10−5).Conclusions Rare variants of TLR3- and TLR7-dependent type I IFN immunity genes can underlie life-threatening COVID-19, particularly with recessive inheritance, in patients under 60 years old..

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Preprint

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2024

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2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 23. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Englisch

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Matuozzo, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Talouarn, Estelle [VerfasserIn]
Marchal, Astrid [VerfasserIn]
Manry, Jeremy [VerfasserIn]
Seeleuthner, Yoann [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Bolze, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Chaldebas, Matthieu [VerfasserIn]
Milisavljevic, Baptiste [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Gervais, Adrian [VerfasserIn]
Bastard, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Asano, Takaki [VerfasserIn]
Bizien, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Barzaghi, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Abolhassani, Hassan [VerfasserIn]
Tayoun, Ahmad Abou [VerfasserIn]
Aiuti, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Darazam, Ilad Alavi [VerfasserIn]
Allende, Luis M. [VerfasserIn]
Alonso-Arias, Rebeca [VerfasserIn]
Arias, Andrés Augusto [VerfasserIn]
Aytekin, Gokhan [VerfasserIn]
Bergman, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Bondesan, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Bryceson, Yenan T. [VerfasserIn]
Bustos, Ingrid G. [VerfasserIn]
Cabrera-Marante, Oscar [VerfasserIn]
Carcel, Sheila [VerfasserIn]
Carrera, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Casari, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Chaïbi, Khalil [VerfasserIn]
Colobran, Roger [VerfasserIn]
Condino-Neto, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Covill, Laura E. [VerfasserIn]
El Zein, Loubna [VerfasserIn]
Flores, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Gregersen, Peter K. [VerfasserIn]
Gut, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Haerynck, Filomeen [VerfasserIn]
Halwani, Rabih [VerfasserIn]
Hancerli, Selda [VerfasserIn]
Hammarström, Lennart [VerfasserIn]
Hatipoğlu, Nevin [VerfasserIn]
Karbuz, Adem [VerfasserIn]
Keles, Sevgi [VerfasserIn]
Kyheng, Christèle [VerfasserIn]
Leon-Lopez, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Franco, Jose Luis [VerfasserIn]
Mansouri, Davood [VerfasserIn]
Martinez-Picado, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Akcan, Ozge Metin [VerfasserIn]
Migeotte, Isabelle [VerfasserIn]
Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Morelle, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Martin-Nalda, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Novelli, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Novelli, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Ozcelik, Tayfun [VerfasserIn]
Palabiyik, Figen [VerfasserIn]
Pan-Hammarström, Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Pérez de Diego, Rebeca [VerfasserIn]
Planas-Serra, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Pleguezuelo, Daniel E. [VerfasserIn]
Prando, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Pujol, Aurora [VerfasserIn]
Reyes, Luis Felipe [VerfasserIn]
Rivière, Jacques G. [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Gallego, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Rojas, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Rovere-Querini, Patrizia [VerfasserIn]
Schlüter, Agatha [VerfasserIn]
Shahrooei, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Sobh, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Soler-Palacin, Pere [VerfasserIn]
Tandjaoui-Lambiotte, Yacine [VerfasserIn]
Tipu, Imran [VerfasserIn]
Tresoldi, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Troya, Jesus [VerfasserIn]
van de Beek, Diederik [VerfasserIn]
Zatz, Mayana [VerfasserIn]
Zawadzki, Pawel [VerfasserIn]
Al-Muhsen, Saleh Zaid [VerfasserIn]
Baris-Feldman, Hagit [VerfasserIn]
Butte, Manish J. [VerfasserIn]
Constantinescu, Stefan N. [VerfasserIn]
Cooper, Megan A. [VerfasserIn]
Dalgard, Clifton L. [VerfasserIn]
Fellay, Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Heath, James R. [VerfasserIn]
Lau, Yu-Lung [VerfasserIn]
Lifton, Richard P. [VerfasserIn]
Maniatis, Tom [VerfasserIn]
Mogensen, Trine H. [VerfasserIn]
von Bernuth, Horst [VerfasserIn]
Lermine, Alban [VerfasserIn]
Vidaud, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Boland, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Deleuze, Jean-François [VerfasserIn]
Nussbaum, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Kahn-Kirby, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Mentre, France [VerfasserIn]
Tubiana, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Gorochov, Guy [VerfasserIn]
Tubach, Florence [VerfasserIn]
Hausfater, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Meyts, Isabelle [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shen-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Puel, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Notarangelo, Luigi D. [VerfasserIn]
Boisson-Dupuis, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Su, Helen C. [VerfasserIn]
Boisson, Bertrand [VerfasserIn]
Jouanguy, Emmanuelle [VerfasserIn]
Casanova, Jean-Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Abel, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Cobat, Aurélie [VerfasserIn]

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10.1101/2022.10.22.22281221

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