SARS-CoV-2 accessory proteins reveal distinct serological signatures in children

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The antibody response magnitude and kinetics may impact clinical severity, serological diagnosis and long-term protection of COVID-19, which may play a role in why children experience lower morbidity. We therefore tested samples from 122 children in Hong Kong with symptomatic (n = 78) and asymptomatic (n = 44) SARS-CoV-2 infections up to 200 days post infection, relative to 71 infected adults (symptomatic n = 61, and asymptomatic n = 10), and negative controls (n = 48). We assessed serum IgG antibodies to a 14-wide antigen panel of structural and accessory proteins by Luciferase Immuno-Precipitation System (LIPS) assay and circulating cytokines. Infected children have lower levels of Spike, Membrane, ORF3a, ORF7a, ORF7b antibodies, comparable ORF8 and elevated E-specific antibodies than adults. Combination of two unique antibody targets, ORF3d and ORF8, can accurately discriminate SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. Principal component analysis reveals distinct pediatric serological signatures, and the highest contribution to variance from adults are antibody responses to non-structural proteins ORF3d, NSP1, ORF3a and ORF8. From a diverse panel of cytokines that can modulate immune priming and relative inflammation, IL-8, MCP-1 and IL-6 correlate with the magnitude of pediatric antibody specificity and severity. Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 internal proteins may become an important sero surveillance tool of infection with the roll-out of vaccines in the pediatric population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 13(2022), 1 vom: 26. Mai, Seite 2951

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hachim, Asmaa [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Haogao [VerfasserIn]
Kavian, Otared [VerfasserIn]
Mori, Masashi [VerfasserIn]
Kwan, Mike Y W [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Wai Hung [VerfasserIn]
Yau, Yat Sun [VerfasserIn]
Chiu, Susan S [VerfasserIn]
Tsang, Owen T Y [VerfasserIn]
Hui, David S C [VerfasserIn]
Mok, Chris K P [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Fionn N L [VerfasserIn]
Lau, Eric H Y [VerfasserIn]
Amarasinghe, Gaya K [VerfasserIn]
Qavi, Abraham J [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Samuel M S [VerfasserIn]
Poon, Leo L M [VerfasserIn]
Peiris, J S Malik [VerfasserIn]
Valkenburg, Sophie A [VerfasserIn]
Kavian, Niloufar [VerfasserIn]

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Cytokines
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 30.05.2022

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-022-30699-5

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NLM341410616