TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tomić, Sergej
AU  - Đokić, Jelena
AU  - Stevanović, Dejan
AU  - Ilić, Nataša
AU  - Gruden-Movsesijan, Alisa
AU  - Dinić, Miroslav
AU  - Radojević, Dušan
AU  - Bekić, Marina
AU  - Mitrović, Nebojša
AU  - Tomasević, Ratko
AU  - Mikić, Dragan
AU  - Stojanović, Dragos
AU  - Čolić, Miodrag
PY  - 2021
UR  - https://imagine.imgge.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1446
AB  - Widespread coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 is causing pneumonia, respiratory and multiorgan failure in susceptible individuals. Dysregulated immune response marks severe COVID-19, but the immunological mechanisms driving COVID-19 pathogenesis are still largely unknown, which is hampering the development of efficient treatments. Here we analyzed similar to 140 parameters of cellular and humoral immune response in peripheral blood of 41 COVID-19 patients and 16 age/gender-matched healthy donors by flow-cytometry, quantitative PCR, western blot and ELISA, followed by integrated correlation analyses with similar to 30 common clinical and laboratory parameters. We found that lymphocytopenia in severe COVID-19 patients (n=20) strongly affects T, NK and NKT cells, but not B cells and antibody production. Unlike increased activation of ICOS-1+ CD4+ T cells in mild COVID-19 patients (n=21), T cells in severe patients showed impaired activation, low IFN-gamma production and high functional exhaustion, which correlated with significantly down-regulated HLA-DR expression in monocytes, dendritic cells and B cells. The latter phenomenon was followed by lower interferon responsive factor (IRF)-8 and autophagy-related genes expressions, and the expansion of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC). Intriguingly, PD-L1-, ILT-3-, and IDO-1-expressing monocytic MDSC were the dominant producers of IL-6 and IL-10, which correlated with the increased inflammation and accumulation of regulatory B and T cell subsets in severe COVID-19 patients. Overall, down-regulated IRF-8 and autophagy-related genes expression, and the expansion of MDSC subsets could play critical roles in dysregulating T cell response in COVID-19, which could have large implications in diagnostics and design of novel therapeutics for this disease.
PB  - Frontiers Media Sa, Lausanne
T2  - Frontiers in Immunology
T1  - Reduced Expression of Autophagy Markers and Expansion of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Correlate With Poor T Cell Response in Severe COVID-19 Patients
VL  - 12
DO  - 10.3389/fimmu.2021.614599
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Tomić, Sergej and Đokić, Jelena and Stevanović, Dejan and Ilić, Nataša and Gruden-Movsesijan, Alisa and Dinić, Miroslav and Radojević, Dušan and Bekić, Marina and Mitrović, Nebojša and Tomasević, Ratko and Mikić, Dragan and Stojanović, Dragos and Čolić, Miodrag",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Widespread coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 is causing pneumonia, respiratory and multiorgan failure in susceptible individuals. Dysregulated immune response marks severe COVID-19, but the immunological mechanisms driving COVID-19 pathogenesis are still largely unknown, which is hampering the development of efficient treatments. Here we analyzed similar to 140 parameters of cellular and humoral immune response in peripheral blood of 41 COVID-19 patients and 16 age/gender-matched healthy donors by flow-cytometry, quantitative PCR, western blot and ELISA, followed by integrated correlation analyses with similar to 30 common clinical and laboratory parameters. We found that lymphocytopenia in severe COVID-19 patients (n=20) strongly affects T, NK and NKT cells, but not B cells and antibody production. Unlike increased activation of ICOS-1+ CD4+ T cells in mild COVID-19 patients (n=21), T cells in severe patients showed impaired activation, low IFN-gamma production and high functional exhaustion, which correlated with significantly down-regulated HLA-DR expression in monocytes, dendritic cells and B cells. The latter phenomenon was followed by lower interferon responsive factor (IRF)-8 and autophagy-related genes expressions, and the expansion of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC). Intriguingly, PD-L1-, ILT-3-, and IDO-1-expressing monocytic MDSC were the dominant producers of IL-6 and IL-10, which correlated with the increased inflammation and accumulation of regulatory B and T cell subsets in severe COVID-19 patients. Overall, down-regulated IRF-8 and autophagy-related genes expression, and the expansion of MDSC subsets could play critical roles in dysregulating T cell response in COVID-19, which could have large implications in diagnostics and design of novel therapeutics for this disease.",
publisher = "Frontiers Media Sa, Lausanne",
journal = "Frontiers in Immunology",
title = "Reduced Expression of Autophagy Markers and Expansion of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Correlate With Poor T Cell Response in Severe COVID-19 Patients",
volume = "12",
doi = "10.3389/fimmu.2021.614599"
}

Tomić, S., Đokić, J., Stevanović, D., Ilić, N., Gruden-Movsesijan, A., Dinić, M., Radojević, D., Bekić, M., Mitrović, N., Tomasević, R., Mikić, D., Stojanović, D.,& Čolić, M.. (2021). Reduced Expression of Autophagy Markers and Expansion of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Correlate With Poor T Cell Response in Severe COVID-19 Patients. in Frontiers in Immunology
Frontiers Media Sa, Lausanne., 12.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.614599

Tomić S, Đokić J, Stevanović D, Ilić N, Gruden-Movsesijan A, Dinić M, Radojević D, Bekić M, Mitrović N, Tomasević R, Mikić D, Stojanović D, Čolić M. Reduced Expression of Autophagy Markers and Expansion of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Correlate With Poor T Cell Response in Severe COVID-19 Patients. in Frontiers in Immunology. 2021;12.
doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.614599 .

Tomić, Sergej, Đokić, Jelena, Stevanović, Dejan, Ilić, Nataša, Gruden-Movsesijan, Alisa, Dinić, Miroslav, Radojević, Dušan, Bekić, Marina, Mitrović, Nebojša, Tomasević, Ratko, Mikić, Dragan, Stojanović, Dragos, Čolić, Miodrag, "Reduced Expression of Autophagy Markers and Expansion of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Correlate With Poor T Cell Response in Severe COVID-19 Patients" in Frontiers in Immunology, 12 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.614599 . .