Differential pre-pandemic breast milk IgA reactivity against SARS-CoV-2 and circulating human coronaviruses in Ugandan and American mothers

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OBJECTIVE: Uganda has registered fewer coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and deaths per capita than Western countries. The lower numbers of cases and deaths might be due to pre-existing cross-immunity induced by circulating common cold human coronaviruses (HCoVs) before the COVID-19 pandemic. To investigate pre-existing mucosal antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19, a comparison was performed of IgA reactivity to SARS-CoV-2 and HCoVs in milk from mothers collected in 2018.

METHODS: Ugandan and United States milk samples were run on an ELISA to measure specific IgA to SARS-CoV-2 and HCoVs NL63, OC43, HKU1, and 229E spike proteins. Pooled plasma from United States SARS-CoV-2-positive and negative cases were positive and negative controls, respectively.

RESULTS: One Ugandan mother had high milk IgA reactivity against all HCoVs and SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins. Ugandan mothers had significantly higher IgA reactivity against the betacoronavirus HCoV-OC43 than United States mothers (P = 0.018). By contrast, United States mothers had significantly higher IgA reactivity against the alphacoronaviruses HCoV-229E and HCoV-NL63 than Ugandan mothers (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.035, respectively).

CONCLUSION: Some Ugandan mothers have pre-existing HCoV-induced IgA antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, which may be passed to infants via breastfeeding.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:112

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 112(2021) vom: 16. Nov., Seite 165-172

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Egwang, Thomas G [VerfasserIn]
Owalla, Tonny Jimmy [VerfasserIn]
Okurut, Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Apungia, Gonzaga [VerfasserIn]
Fox, Alisa [VerfasserIn]
De Carlo, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Powell, Rebecca L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Breast milk IgA
COVID-19
Cross-reactivity
Human coronaviruses
Immunoglobulin A
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2
Spike proteins

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Date Completed 03.12.2021

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.039

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330893084