SARS-CoV-2-specific serological and functional T cell immune responses during acute and early COVID-19 convalescence in solid organ transplant patients

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The description of protective humoral and T cell immune responses specific against SARS-CoV-2 has been reported among immunocompetent (IC) individuals developing COVID-19 infection. However, its characterization and determinants of poorer outcomes among the at-risk solid organ transplant (SOT) patient population have not been thoroughly investigated. Cytokine-producing T cell responses, such as IFN-γ, IL-2, IFN-γ/IL-2, IL-6, IL-21, and IL-5, against main immunogenic SARS-CoV-2 antigens and IgM/IgG serological immunity were tracked in SOT (n = 28) during acute infection and at two consecutive time points over the following 40 days of convalescence and were compared to matched IC (n = 16) patients admitted with similar moderate/severe COVID-19. We describe the development of a robust serological and functional T cell immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 among SOT patients, similar to IC patients during early convalescence. However, at the infection onset, SOT displayed lower IgG seroconversion rates (77% vs. 100%; p = .044), despite no differences on IgG titers, and a trend toward decreased SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cell frequencies, especially against the membrane protein (7 [0-34] vs. 113 [15-245], p = .011, 2 [0-9] vs. 45 [5-74], p = .009, and 0 [0-2] vs. 13 [1-24], p = .020, IFN-γ, IL-2, and IFN-γ/IL-2 spots, respectively). In summary, our data suggest that despite a certain initial delay, SOT population achieve comparable functional immune responses than the general population after moderate/severe COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 21(2021), 8 vom: 07. Aug., Seite 2749-2761

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Favà, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Donadeu, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Sabé, Nuria [VerfasserIn]
Pernin, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
González-Costello, José [VerfasserIn]
Lladó, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Meneghini, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Charmetant, Xavier [VerfasserIn]
García-Romero, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Cachero, Alba [VerfasserIn]
Torija, Alba [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Urquia, Ronny [VerfasserIn]
Crespo, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Teubel, Iris [VerfasserIn]
Melilli, Edoardo [VerfasserIn]
Montero, Nuria [VerfasserIn]
Manonelles, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Preyer, Rosemarie [VerfasserIn]
Strecker, Kevin [VerfasserIn]
Ovize, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Lozano, Juan J [VerfasserIn]
Sidorova, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Cruzado, Josep M [VerfasserIn]
Le Quintrec, Moglie [VerfasserIn]
Thaunat, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Bestard, Oriol [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adaptive immunity
Antibodies, Viral
Basic (laboratory) research / science
COVID-19 infection
Clinical research / practice
Heart transplantation / cardiology
Infection and infectious agents
Journal Article
Kidney transplantation / nephrology
Liver transplantation / hepatology
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Solid organ transplantation
T cell biology

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.08.2021

Date Revised 24.01.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ajt.16570

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323123112