IL-1 and IL-6 inhibition affects the neutralising activity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in patients with COVID-19.
IL-1 and IL-6 inhibition affects the neutralising activity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in patients with COVID-19.
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10.1016/s2665-9913(21)00321-0
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2021-12
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COVID-BioB study group
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Della-Torre E;Criscuolo E;Lanzillotta M;Locatelli M;Clementi N;Mancini N;Dagna L;COVID-BioB study group
Spatiotemporal dynamics of interleukin (IL)-6 expression in lymphoid organs influence the balance between antiviral humoral and cellular adaptive immunity. 1 In particular, cytopathic viruses typically induce IL-6-mediated differentiation of naive CD4+ T cells into follicular helper T-cells, facilitating the production of potent neutralising antibody responses. 1 SARS-CoV-2 (the causal agent of the COVID-19 pandemic) is a cytopathic virus that can cause a lifethreatening pneumonia characterised by a maladaptive inflammatory response whereby higher levels of serum IL-6 correlate with disease severity. 2, 3 Notably, patients who have recovered from severe forms of COVID-19 develop the most effective anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies, and convalescent plasma from these individuals is being studied to derive monoclonal antibodies for therapeutic purposes. 4 Yet, treatments that antagonise IL-6 have been repurposed from the beginning of the pandemic and are currently approved for the treatment of inpatients with severe COVID-19. 5 Given the crucial role of IL-6 in the development of neutralising antiviral humoral immunity, we assessed the titre of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and their neutralising capacity over time in patients recovered from life-threatening COVID-19 treated with IL-6 inhibitors. 30 patients admitted at San Raffaele Hospital (Milan, Italy) with severe COVID-19 pneumonia with hyperinflammation were studied. Ten patients were treated with local standard of care and ten with the anti-IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibodies sarilumab