Persistent complement dysregulation with signs of thromboinflammation in active Long Covid

Author:

Cervia-Hasler Carlo1ORCID,Brüningk Sarah C.23ORCID,Hoch Tobias1ORCID,Fan Bowen23,Muzio Giulia23ORCID,Thompson Ryan C.456ORCID,Ceglarek Laura1ORCID,Meledin Roman1ORCID,Westermann Patrick7ORCID,Emmenegger Marc8ORCID,Taeschler Patrick1ORCID,Zurbuchen Yves1ORCID,Pons Michele1ORCID,Menges Dominik9ORCID,Ballouz Tala9ORCID,Cervia-Hasler Sara1ORCID,Adamo Sarah1ORCID,Merad Miriam4ORCID,Charney Alexander W.456ORCID,Puhan Milo9,Brodin Petter1011ORCID,Nilsson Jakob1ORCID,Aguzzi Adriano8ORCID,Raeber Miro E.1ORCID,Messner Christoph B.7ORCID,Beckmann Noam D.45612ORCID,Borgwardt Karsten23ORCID,Boyman Onur113ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.

2. Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.

3. Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

4. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.

5. Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.

6. Mount Sinai Clinical Intelligence Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.

7. Precision Proteomics Center, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research, University of Zurich, 7265 Davos, Switzerland.

8. Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.

9. Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland.

10. Unit for Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institute, 17165 Solna, Sweden.

11. Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.

12. Division of Data Driven and Digital Medicine (D3M), Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.

13. Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland.

Abstract

Long Covid is a debilitating condition of unknown etiology. We performed multimodal proteomics analyses of blood serum from COVID-19 patients followed up to 12 months after confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Analysis of >6500 proteins in 268 longitudinal samples revealed dysregulated activation of the complement system, an innate immune protection and homeostasis mechanism, in individuals experiencing Long Covid. Thus, active Long Covid was characterized by terminal complement system dysregulation and ongoing activation of the alternative and classical complement pathways, the latter associated with increased antibody titers against several herpesviruses possibly stimulating this pathway. Moreover, markers of hemolysis, tissue injury, platelet activation, and monocyte–platelet aggregates were increased in Long Covid. Machine learning confirmed complement and thromboinflammatory proteins as top biomarkers, warranting diagnostic and therapeutic interrogation of these systems.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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