Translational Research Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Respiratory Infectious Diseases Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Dec;113 Suppl 1:S82-S87. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.090. Epub 2021 Mar 10.
The interaction of COVID-19 and tuberculosis (TB) are still poor characterized. Here we evaluated the immune response specific for Micobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and SARS-CoV-2 using a whole-blood-based assay-platform in COVID-19 patients either with TB or latent TB infection (LTBI).
We evaluated IFN-γ level in plasma from whole-blood stimulated with Mtb antigens in the Quantiferon-Plus format or with peptides derived from SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, Wuhan-Hu-1 isolate (CD4-S).
We consecutively enrolled 63 COVID-19, 10 TB-COVID-19 and 11 LTBI-COVID-19 patients. IFN-γ response to Mtb-antigens was significantly associated to TB status and therefore it was higher in TB-COVID-19 and LTBI-COVID-19 patients compared to COVID-19 patients (p ≤ 0.0007). Positive responses against CD4-S were found in 35/63 COVID-19 patients, 7/11 LTBI-COVID-19 and only 2/10 TB-COVID-19 patients. Interestingly, the responders in the TB-COVID-19 group were less compared to COVID-19 and LTBI-COVID-19 groups (p = 0.037 and 0.044, respectively). Moreover, TB-COVID-19 patients showed the lowest quantitative IFN-γ response to CD4-S compared to COVID-19-patients (p = 0.0336) and LTBI-COVID-19 patients (p = 0.0178).
Our data demonstrate that COVID-19 patients either TB or LTBI have a low ability to build an immune response to SARS-CoV-2 while retaining the ability to respond to Mtb-specific antigens.
COVID-19 和结核病(TB)之间的相互作用仍未得到充分描述。在这里,我们使用基于全血的测定平台评估了 COVID-19 患者中结核分枝杆菌(Mtb)和 SARS-CoV-2 的特异性免疫反应,这些患者患有 TB 或潜伏性结核感染(LTBI)。
我们使用 Quantiferon-Plus 格式或源自 SARS-CoV-2 刺突蛋白(Wuhan-Hu-1 分离株)的肽评估来自全血刺激的血浆中 IFN-γ 的水平。
我们连续纳入了 63 名 COVID-19 患者,10 名 TB-COVID-19 患者和 11 名 LTBI-COVID-19 患者。IFN-γ 对 Mtb 抗原的反应与 TB 状态密切相关,因此在 TB-COVID-19 和 LTBI-COVID-19 患者中明显高于 COVID-19 患者(p≤0.0007)。在 35/63 名 COVID-19 患者,7/11 名 LTBI-COVID-19 和仅 2/10 名 TB-COVID-19 患者中发现对 CD4-S 的阳性反应。有趣的是,TB-COVID-19 组中的应答者比 COVID-19 和 LTBI-COVID-19 组中的应答者少(p=0.037 和 0.044,分别)。此外,与 COVID-19 患者(p=0.0336)和 LTBI-COVID-19 患者(p=0.0178)相比,TB-COVID-19 患者对 CD4-S 的 IFN-γ 定量反应最低。
我们的数据表明,COVID-19 患者,无论是患有 TB 还是 LTBI,对 SARS-CoV-2 建立免疫反应的能力都较低,而对 Mtb 特异性抗原的反应能力却保留下来。