SARS-COV-2 Variants : Differences and Potential of Immune Evasion

Copyright © 2022 Hirabara, Serdan, Gorjao, Masi, Pithon-Curi, Covas, Curi and Durigon..

The structural spike (S) glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) plays an essential role in infection and is an important target for neutralizing antibody recognition. Mutations in the S gene can generate variants of concern (VOCs), which improve "viral fitness" through selective or survival advantages, such as increased ACE-2 receptor affinity, infectivity, viral replication, higher transmissibility, resistance to neutralizing antibodies and immune escape, increasing disease severity and reinfection risk. Five VOCs have been recognized and include B.1.1.7 (U.K.), B.1.351 (South Africa), P.1 (Brazil), B.1.617.2 (India), and B.1.1.529 (multiple countries). In this review, we addressed the following critical points concerning VOCs: a) characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 VOCs with mutations in the S gene; b) possible evasion of variants from neutralizing antibodies generated through vaccination, previous infection, or immune therapies; c) potential risk of new pandemic waves induced by the variants worldwide; and d) perspectives for further studies and actions aimed at preventing or reducing the impact of new variants during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 11(2021) vom: 20., Seite 781429

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hirabara, Sandro M [VerfasserIn]
Serdan, Tamires D A [VerfasserIn]
Gorjao, Renata [VerfasserIn]
Masi, Laureane N [VerfasserIn]
Pithon-Curi, Tania C [VerfasserIn]
Covas, Dimas T [VerfasserIn]
Curi, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Durigon, Edison L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19
Delta variant
Immune escape
Journal Article
Neutralizing antibody
Omicron variant
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Vaccines
Variant of concern

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Date Completed 08.02.2022

Date Revised 08.02.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fcimb.2021.781429

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336506619