Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19

NIAID-USUHS/TAGC COVID Immunity Group, COVID Clinicians, Imagine COVID Group, COVID-STORM Clinicians, COVID-STORM Clinicians, French COVID Cohort Study Group, CoV-Contact Cohort, Amsterdam UMC Covid-19 Biobank, COVID Human Genetic Effort

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Abstract

Clinical outcome upon infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ranges from silent infection to lethal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We have found an enrichment in rare variants predicted to be loss-of-function (LOF) at the 13 human loci known to govern Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3)- and interferon regulatory factor 7 (IRF7)-dependent type I interferon (IFN) immunity to influenza virus in 659 patients with life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia relative to 534 subjects with asymptomatic or benign infection. By testing these and other rare variants at these 13 loci, we experimentally defined LOF variants underlying autosomal-recessive or autosomal-dominant deficiencies in 23 patients (3.5%) 17 to 77 years of age. We show that human fibroblasts with mutations affecting this circuit are vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2. Inborn errors of TLR3- and IRF7-dependent type I IFN immunity can underlie life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with no prior severe infection.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbereabd4570
JournalScience
Volume370
Issue number6515
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Oct 2020

Funding

FundersFunder number
European Regional Development Fund-European Social Fund
Square Foundation
Université de Paris
SCOR Corporate Foundation for Science
Université Paris-Saclay
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Bambino Gesù Hospital
Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Regione Lombardia
Sidra Medicine
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé
Fondation Bettencourt Schueller
Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation
National Institutes of Health
G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation
Rockefeller University
Roche and Illumina Covid Match Funds
French Ministry of Research
ZonMw
Grandir-Fonds de Solidarité pour l'Enfance
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Center for Mendelian Genomics, University of Washington
Organization Long-Term Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania
U.S. Department of Defense
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Columbia UniversityR01AI091707-10S1, UL1TR001873, 2U19AI111825, P01AI138398-S1
Amsterdam University Medical CentersHHSN272201800048C, U19AI142733, W81XWH-20-1-0270, U19AI135972, R35 HL135834
Ministère des Affaires Sociales et de la SantéPHRC 20-0424
UKRIMR/S032304/1
NWO-VICI91819627
Elite Journals Program at King Saud UniversityPEJP-16-107
FEDER-FSERTC-2017-6471-1
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme824110
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesP01AI138938, U19AI142733, R01AI091707, U19AI135972, R01AI088364, U19AI111825
National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesUL1TR001866, UL1TR001873
St. Giles FoundationR01AI088364
Agence Nationale de la RechercheANR-17-CE15-0003, ANR-10-IAHU-01
Instituto de Salud Carlos IIICOV20_01334, COV20_01333
Fondation pour la Recherche MédicaleRACPL20FIR01-COVID-SOUL, FRM-EQU202003010193
Cabildo Insular de TenerifeCGIEU0000219140
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science18K07814
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development AuthorityHHSO10201600031C
National Human Genome Research InstituteU24HG008956, UM1HG006504
Fonds Wetenschappelijk OnderzoekANR-17-CE15-0003-01, G0C8517N - GOB5120N
CRIPHHSN272201400008C, 75N93019C00051
JPB Foundation2020-215611(5384)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteR35HL135834
European Molecular BiologyALTF 380-2018
Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory of ExcellenceANR-10-LABX-62-IBEID
Horizon 2020COVID-19/PID12342
Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyHR0011-19-2-0020
Glenn Foundation for Medical ResearchANRS-COV05, EQU201903007798

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