Ai Jingwen, Guo Jingxin, Lin Ke, Cai Jianpeng, Zhang Haocheng, Zhu Feng, Sun Gangqiang, Xue Quanlin, Zhu Kun, Yang Yixuan, Yuan Guanmin, Song Jieyu, Fu Zhangfan, Qi Xiao, Sun Yuhan, Lin Weifang, Qiu Chao, Jiang Ning, Wang Sen, Zhang Wenhong
Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Emergency Response, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Shanghai Sci-Tech InnoCenter for Infection and Immunity, Shanghai 20052, China.
Natl Sci Rev. 2024 Nov 15;12(8):nwae410. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwae410. eCollection 2025 Aug.
When SARS-CoV-2 became regional epidemics, a substantial number of patients suffered from post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC, aka long COVID). Exploring the pathogenesis and especially the heterogenicity features of long COVID subgroups is of paramount importance for understanding its etiology. In this study, through integrative multi-omics analyses encompassing transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, long COVID patients exhibited overall elevated MAPK pathway activation, while patients who have recovered from long COVID showed down-regulation of this response. Long COVID heterogenicity is described by multi-omics distinct signatures for each subgroup. The Multisystemic (MULTI) symptom subgroup is characterized by enhanced glycerophospholipid and ether lipid metabolism, Neurological (NEU) by augmented glycoprotein synthesis metabolism, Cardio cerebral (CACRB) by increased pyruvate metabolism and suppressed macrophage polarization, Musculoskeletal + Systemic (MSK + SYST) by elevated glycerophospholipid metabolism, and Cardiopulmonary (CAPM) by inhibited NF-κB signaling pathways. ABHD17A, CSNK1D, PSME4 and SYVN1 were general long COVID combination biomarkers, while CRH (MULTI), FPGT (NEU), CBX6 (CACRB) and RBBP4 (CAPM) were selected as serum-specific subgroup proteins. Our study provides a commonly shared and distinct pathophysiological explanation underpinning PASC, paving the way for future diagnosis and therapeutic interventions.
当严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)成为区域性流行病时,大量患者出现了新冠后遗症(PASC,又称长期新冠)。探索长期新冠的发病机制,尤其是其亚组的异质性特征,对于理解其病因至关重要。在本研究中,通过整合包括转录组学、蛋白质组学和代谢组学在内的多组学分析,长期新冠患者整体表现出丝裂原活化蛋白激酶(MAPK)途径激活升高,而从长期新冠中康复的患者则表现出这种反应的下调。长期新冠的异质性通过每个亚组的多组学独特特征来描述。多系统(MULTI)症状亚组的特征是甘油磷脂和醚脂代谢增强,神经(NEU)亚组是糖蛋白合成代谢增强,心脑(CACRB)亚组是丙酮酸代谢增加和巨噬细胞极化受抑制,肌肉骨骼+全身(MSK + SYST)亚组是甘油磷脂代谢升高,心肺(CAPM)亚组是核因子κB(NF-κB)信号通路受抑制。ABHD17A、CSNK1D、PSME4和SYVN1是常见的长期新冠联合生物标志物,而促肾上腺皮质激素释放激素(CRH,MULTI亚组)、磷酸甘露糖异构酶(FPGT,NEU亚组)、染色质盒蛋白6(CBX6,CACRB亚组)和视网膜母细胞瘤结合蛋白4(RBBP4,CAPM亚组)被选为血清特异性亚组蛋白。我们的研究为长期新冠提供了一个共同且独特的病理生理学解释,为未来的诊断和治疗干预铺平了道路。