Highly multiplexed immune repertoire sequencing links multiple lymphocyte classes with severity of response to COVID-19

TY - JOUR

T1 - Highly multiplexed immune repertoire sequencing links multiple lymphocyte classes with severity of response to COVID-19

AU - Dannebaum, Richard

AU - Suwalski, Phillip

AU - Asgharian, Hosseinali

AU - Du Zhipei, Gracie

AU - Lin, Hai

AU - Weiner, January

AU - Holtgrewe, Manuel

AU - Thibeault, Charlotte

AU - Müller, Melina

AU - Wang, Xiaomin

AU - Karadeniz, Zehra

AU - Saccomanno, Jacopo

AU - Doehn, Jan-Moritz

AU - Hübner, Ralf-Harto

AU - Hinzmann, Bernd

AU - Blüher, Anja

AU - Siemann, Sandra

AU - Telman, Dilduz

AU - Suttorp, Norbert

AU - Witzenrath, Martin

AU - Hippenstiel, Stefan

AU - Skurk, Carsten

AU - Poller, Wolfgang

AU - Sander, Leif E

AU - Beule, Dieter

AU - Kurth, Florian

AU - Guettouche, Toumy

AU - Landmesser, Ulf

AU - Berka, Jan

AU - Luong, Khai

AU - Pa-COVID Study Group

AU - Rubelt, Florian

AU - Heidecker, Bettina

N1 - © 2022 The Authors.

PY - 2022/6

Y1 - 2022/6

N2 - BACKGROUND: Disease progression of subjects with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) varies dramatically. Understanding the various types of immune response to SARS-CoV-2 is critical for better clinical management of coronavirus outbreaks and to potentially improve future therapies. Disease dynamics can be characterized by deciphering the adaptive immune response.METHODS: In this cross-sectional study we analyzed 117 peripheral blood immune repertoires from healthy controls and subjects with mild to severe COVID-19 disease to elucidate the interplay between B and T cells. We used an immune repertoire Primer Extension Target Enrichment method (immunoPETE) to sequence simultaneously human leukocyte antigen (HLA) restricted T cell receptor beta chain (TRB) and unrestricted T cell receptor delta chain (TRD) and immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) immune receptor repertoires. The distribution was analyzed of TRB, TRD and IgH clones between healthy and COVID-19 infected subjects. Using McFadden's Adjusted R2 variables were examined for a predictive model. The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of the adaptive immune repertoire on the severity of the disease (value on the World Health Organization Clinical Progression Scale) in COVID-19.FINDINGS: Combining clinical metadata with clonotypes of three immune receptor heavy chains (TRB, TRD, and IgH), we found significant associations between COVID-19 disease severity groups and immune receptor sequences of B and T cell compartments. Logistic regression showed an increase in shared IgH clonal types and decrease of TRD in subjects with severe COVID-19. The probability of finding shared clones of TRD clonal types was highest in healthy subjects (controls). Some specific TRB clones seems to be present in severe COVID-19 (Figure S7b). The most informative models (McFadden´s Adjusted R2=0.141) linked disease severity with immune repertoire measures across all three cell types, as well as receptor-specific cell counts, highlighting the importance of multiple lymphocyte classes in disease progression.INTERPRETATION: Adaptive immune receptor peripheral blood repertoire measures are associated with COVID-19 disease severity.FUNDING: The study was funded with grants from the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH).

AB - BACKGROUND: Disease progression of subjects with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) varies dramatically. Understanding the various types of immune response to SARS-CoV-2 is critical for better clinical management of coronavirus outbreaks and to potentially improve future therapies. Disease dynamics can be characterized by deciphering the adaptive immune response.METHODS: In this cross-sectional study we analyzed 117 peripheral blood immune repertoires from healthy controls and subjects with mild to severe COVID-19 disease to elucidate the interplay between B and T cells. We used an immune repertoire Primer Extension Target Enrichment method (immunoPETE) to sequence simultaneously human leukocyte antigen (HLA) restricted T cell receptor beta chain (TRB) and unrestricted T cell receptor delta chain (TRD) and immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) immune receptor repertoires. The distribution was analyzed of TRB, TRD and IgH clones between healthy and COVID-19 infected subjects. Using McFadden's Adjusted R2 variables were examined for a predictive model. The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of the adaptive immune repertoire on the severity of the disease (value on the World Health Organization Clinical Progression Scale) in COVID-19.FINDINGS: Combining clinical metadata with clonotypes of three immune receptor heavy chains (TRB, TRD, and IgH), we found significant associations between COVID-19 disease severity groups and immune receptor sequences of B and T cell compartments. Logistic regression showed an increase in shared IgH clonal types and decrease of TRD in subjects with severe COVID-19. The probability of finding shared clones of TRD clonal types was highest in healthy subjects (controls). Some specific TRB clones seems to be present in severe COVID-19 (Figure S7b). The most informative models (McFadden´s Adjusted R2=0.141) linked disease severity with immune repertoire measures across all three cell types, as well as receptor-specific cell counts, highlighting the importance of multiple lymphocyte classes in disease progression.INTERPRETATION: Adaptive immune receptor peripheral blood repertoire measures are associated with COVID-19 disease severity.FUNDING: The study was funded with grants from the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH).

U2 - 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101438

DO - 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101438

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

C2 - 35600330

VL - 48

JO - ECLINICALMEDICINE

JF - ECLINICALMEDICINE

SN - 2589-5370

M1 - 101438

ER -