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SARS-CoV-2 drives JAK1/2-dependent local complement hyperactivation #MMPMID33827897
Yan B; Freiwald T; Chauss D; Wang L; West E; Mirabelli C; Zhang CJ; Nichols EM; Malik N; Gregory R; Bantscheff M; Ghidelli-Disse S; Kolev M; Frum T; Spence JR; Sexton JZ; Alysandratos KD; Kotton DN; Pittaluga S; Bibby J; Niyonzima N; Olson MR; Kordasti S; Portilla D; Wobus CE; Laurence A; Lionakis MS; Kemper C; Afzali B; Kazemian M
Sci Immunol 2021[Apr]; 6 (58): ä PMID33827897show ga
Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) present a wide range of acute clinical manifestations affecting the lungs, liver, kidneys and gut. Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) 2, the best-characterized entry receptor for the disease-causing virus SARS-CoV-2, is highly expressed in the aforementioned tissues. However, the pathways that underlie the disease are still poorly understood. Here, we unexpectedly found that the complement system was one of the intracellular pathways most highly induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection in lung epithelial cells. Infection of respiratory epithelial cells with SARS-CoV-2 generated activated complement component C3a and could be blocked by a cell-permeable inhibitor of complement factor B (CFBi), indicating the presence of an inducible cell-intrinsic C3 convertase in respiratory epithelial cells. Within cells of the bronchoalveolar lavage of patients, distinct signatures of complement activation in myeloid, lymphoid and epithelial cells tracked with disease severity. Genes induced by SARS-CoV-2 and the drugs that could normalize these genes both implicated the interferon-JAK1/2-STAT1 signaling system and NF-kappaB as the main drivers of their expression. Ruxolitinib, a JAK1/2 inhibitor, normalized interferon signature genes and all complement gene transcripts induced by SARS-CoV-2 in lung epithelial cell lines, but did not affect NF-kappaB-regulated genes. Ruxolitinib, alone or in combination with the antiviral remdesivir, inhibited C3a protein produced by infected cells. Together, we postulate that combination therapy with JAK inhibitors and drugs that normalize NF-kappaB-signaling could potentially have clinical application for severe COVID-19.
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