Boosting of serum neutralizing activity against the Omicron variant among recovered COVID-19 patients by BNT162b2 and CoronaVac vaccines

Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved..

BACKGROUND: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant evades immunity from past infection or vaccination and is associated with a greater risk of reinfection among recovered COVID-19 patients. We assessed the serum neutralizing antibody (NAb) activity against Omicron variant (Omicron NAb) among recovered COVID-19 patients with or without vaccination.

METHODS: In this prospective cohort study with 135 recovered COVID-19 patients, we determined the serum NAb titers against ancestral virus or variants using a live virus NAb assay. We used the receiver operating characteristic analysis to determine the optimal cutoff for a commercially-available surrogate NAb assay.

FINDINGS: Among recovered COVID-19 patients, the serum live virus geometric mean Omicron NAb titer was statistically significantly higher among BNT162b2 recipients compared to non-vaccinated individuals (85.4 vs 5.6,P < 0.0001). The Omicron seropositive rates in live virus NAb test (NAb titer ≥10) were statistically significantly higher among BNT162b2 (90.6% [29/32];P < 0.0001) or CoronaVac (36.7% [11/30]; P = 0.0115) recipients when compared with non-vaccinated individuals (12.3% [9/73]). Subgroup analysis of CoronaVac recipients showed that the Omicron seropositive rates were higher among individuals with two doses than those with one dose (85.7% vs 21.7%; P = 0.0045). For the surrogate NAb assay, a cutoff of 109.1 AU/ml, which is 7.3-fold higher than the manufacturer's recommended cutoff, could achieve a sensitivity and specificity of 89.5% and 89.8%, respectively, in detecting Omicron NAb.

INTERPRETATION: Among individuals with prior COVID-19, one dose of BNT162b2 or two doses of CoronaVac could induce detectable serum Omicron NAb. Our result would be particularly important for guiding vaccine policies in countries with COVID-19 vaccine shortage.

FUNDING: Health and Medical Research Fund, Richard and Carol Yu, Michael Tong (see acknowledgments for full list).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

Enthalten in:

EBioMedicine - 79(2022) vom: 01. Mai, Seite 103986

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lu, Lu [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Lin-Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ricky Rui-Qi [VerfasserIn]
Tsang, Owen Tak-Yin [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Jacky Man-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Tam, Anthony Raymond [VerfasserIn]
Leung, Wai-Shing [VerfasserIn]
Chik, Thomas Shiu-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Lau, Daphne Pui-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Chris Yau-Chung [VerfasserIn]
Fong, Carol Ho-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Jian-Piao [VerfasserIn]
Tsoi, Hoi-Wah [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Charlotte Yee-Ki [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiaojuan [VerfasserIn]
Abdullah, Syed Muhammad Umer [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Brian Pui-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Kwok-Hung [VerfasserIn]
Yuen, Kwok-Yung [VerfasserIn]
Hung, Ivan Fan-Ngai [VerfasserIn]
To, Kelvin Kai-Wang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Blocking
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
BNT162 Vaccine
Beta variant
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Delta variant
Inactivated vaccine
Journal Article
MRNA vaccine
N38TVC63NU
Neutralizing antibody
Omicron variant
SARS-CoV-2
Spike protein receptor binding domain
Surrogate neutralizing antibody test

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.05.2022

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.103986

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NLM339284145