Improved Neutralisation of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant following a Booster Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) COVID-19 Vaccine

In late November 2021, the World Health Organization declared the SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.529 the fifth variant of concern, Omicron. This variant has acquired over 30 mutations in the spike protein (with 15 in the receptor-binding domain), raising concerns that Omicron could evade naturally acquired and vaccine-derived immunity. We utilized an authentic virus, multicycle neutralisation assay to demonstrate that sera collected one, three, and six months post-two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 had a limited ability to neutralise SARS-CoV-2. However, four weeks after a third dose, neutralising antibody titres were boosted. Despite this increase, neutralising antibody titres were reduced fourfold for Omicron compared to lineage A.2.2 SARS-CoV-2.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Viruses - 14(2022), 9 vom: 13. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Basile, Kerri [VerfasserIn]
Rockett, Rebecca J [VerfasserIn]
McPhie, Kenneth [VerfasserIn]
Fennell, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Johnson-Mackinnon, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Agius, Jessica E [VerfasserIn]
Fong, Winkie [VerfasserIn]
Rahman, Hossinur [VerfasserIn]
Ko, Danny [VerfasserIn]
Donavan, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Hueston, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Lam, Connie [VerfasserIn]
Arnott, Alicia [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Sharon C-A [VerfasserIn]
Maddocks, Susan [VerfasserIn]
O'Sullivan, Matthew V [VerfasserIn]
Dwyer, Dominic E [VerfasserIn]
Sintchenko, Vitali [VerfasserIn]
Kok, Jen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
BNT162 Vaccine
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Immunity
Journal Article
N38TVC63NU
Neutralising antibodies
Omicron
Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
VOC
Vaccine
Vaccines
Viral Envelope Proteins

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.09.2022

Date Revised 05.10.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/v14092023

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346632021