Department of Molecular Medicine, Laboratory of Virology, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale di Porta Tiburtina n° 28, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Clin Immunol. 2022 Aug;241:109068. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2022.109068. Epub 2022 Jun 25.
The presence of anti-IFN neutralizing antibodies (NAB) has been reported in critically ill COVID-19 patients. We found that 87.5% (7/8) of HIV-1 patients co-infected with SARS-CoV-2 had serum anti-IFN-I NAB against IFN-α subtypes, IFN-β and/or IFN-ω. Anti-IFN-I NAB were also detected in oropharyngeal samples. Patients with NAB were males, and those with high serum anti-IFN-α/ω NAB titer had severe illness and exhibited reduction in the expression of IFN-stimulated genes. Thus, high titer of anti-IFN-α/ω NAB may contribute to the greater severity of COVID-19 in HIV-1 infected patients.
在危重症 COVID-19 患者中已报道存在抗干扰素中和抗体(NAB)。我们发现,87.5%(7/8)合并 SARS-CoV-2 感染的 HIV-1 患者存在针对 IFN-α 亚型、IFN-β 和/或 IFN-ω 的血清抗 IFN-I NAB。在口咽样本中也检测到了抗 IFN-I NAB。NAB 阳性患者均为男性,高血清抗 IFN-α/ω NAB 滴度患者病情严重,并表现出 IFN 刺激基因表达减少。因此,高滴度的抗 IFN-α/ω NAB 可能导致 HIV-1 感染患者 COVID-19 病情更严重。