Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM, Necker Hospital for Sick Children 75015 Paris, France.
Imagine Institute, University of Paris, Paris 75015, France.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Nov 9;118(45). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2114390118.
We describe an unvaccinated child at risk for life-threatening COVID-19 due to an inherited deficiency of IRF9, which governs ISGF-3-dependent responses to type I and III interferons (IFN). She was admitted, with a high nasal SARS-CoV-2 load on day 1 of upper respiratory tract infection. She was viremic on day 2 and received casirivimab and imdevimab. Her clinical manifestations and viremia disappeared on days 3 and 4, respectively. Circulating SARS-CoV-2 virus induced the expression of IFN-stimulated genes in leukocytes on day 1, whereas the secretion of blood type I IFNs, which peaked on day 4, did not. Antibody-mediated SARS-CoV-2 neutralization is, therefore, sufficient to overcome a deficiency of antiviral IFNs.
我们描述了一名未接种疫苗的儿童,由于 IRF9 的遗传缺陷,她面临着危及生命的 COVID-19 风险,IRF9 调控着对 I 型和 III 型干扰素(IFN)的 ISGF-3 依赖性反应。该儿童因上呼吸道感染于入院第 1 天,鼻拭子 SARS-CoV-2 载量高。入院第 2 天,该儿童出现病毒血症,接受了 casirivimab 和 imdevimab 治疗。第 3 天和第 4 天,该儿童的临床表现和病毒血症分别消失。第 1 天,循环 SARS-CoV-2 病毒诱导白细胞中 IFN 刺激基因的表达,而第 4 天达到峰值的血液 I 型 IFNs 的分泌并未出现。因此,抗体介导的 SARS-CoV-2 中和足以克服抗病毒 IFN 的缺乏。