Notch1-CD22-Dependent Immune Dysregulation in the SARS-CoV2-Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
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ABSTRACT: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) evolves in some pediatric patients following acute infection with SARS-CoV-2 by hitherto unknown mechanisms. Whereas acute-COVID-19 severity and outcome were previously correlated with Notch4 expression on regulatory T (Treg) cells, here we show that the Treg cells in MIS-C additionally upregulated Notch1 expression. Genetic analysis revealed that MIS-C patients were enriched in rare deleterious variant impacting inflammation and autoimmunity pathways. Several variants mapped to Notch signaling-related genes including a loss of function mutation in the negative Notch1 regulator NUMB . Notch1 signaling in Treg cells induced CD22, leading to their destabilization in an mTORC1 dependent manner and to the promotion of systemic inflammation in proxy mouse models. These results establish the Notch1-CD22 axis as an immune dysregulatory mechanism critically involved in MIS-C and point to distinct immune checkpoints controlled by individual Treg cell Notch receptors that shape the inflammatory outcome in SARS-CoV-2 infection.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE186799 | GEO | 2021/12/01
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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