Accumulation of mutations in antibody and CD8 T cell epitopes in a B cell depleted lymphoma patient with chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection

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Antibodies against the spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) can drive adaptive evolution in immunocompromised patients with chronic infection. Here we longitudinally analyze SARS-CoV-2 sequences in a B cell-depleted, lymphoma patient with chronic, ultimately fatal infection, and identify three mutations in the spike protein that dampen convalescent plasma-mediated neutralization of SARS-CoV-2. Additionally, four mutations emerge in non-spike regions encoding three CD8 T cell epitopes, including one nucleoprotein epitope affected by two mutations. Recognition of each mutant peptide by CD8 T cells from convalescent donors is reduced compared to its ancestral peptide, with additive effects resulting from double mutations. Querying public SARS-CoV-2 sequences shows that these mutations have independently emerged as homoplasies in circulating lineages. Our data thus suggest that potential impacts of CD8 T cells on SARS-CoV-2 mutations, at least in those with humoral immunodeficiency, warrant further investigation to inform on vaccine design.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 13(2022), 1 vom: 23. Sept., Seite 5586

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khatamzas, Elham [VerfasserIn]
Antwerpen, Markus H [VerfasserIn]
Rehn, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Graf, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Hellmuth, Johannes Christian [VerfasserIn]
Hollaus, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Mohr, Anne-Wiebe [VerfasserIn]
Gaitzsch, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Weiglein, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Georgi, Enrico [VerfasserIn]
Scherer, Clemens [VerfasserIn]
Stecher, Stephanie-Susanne [VerfasserIn]
Gruetzner, Stefanie [VerfasserIn]
Blum, Helmut [VerfasserIn]
Krebs, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Reischer, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Leutbecher, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Subklewe, Marion [VerfasserIn]
Dick, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Zange, Sabine [VerfasserIn]
Girl, Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Müller, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Weigert, Oliver [VerfasserIn]
Hopfner, Karl-Peter [VerfasserIn]
Stemmler, Hans-Joachim [VerfasserIn]
von Bergwelt-Baildon, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Keppler, Oliver T [VerfasserIn]
Wölfel, Roman [VerfasserIn]
Muenchhoff, Maximilian [VerfasserIn]
Moosmann, Andreas [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
Journal Article
Nucleoproteins
Peptides
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
Vaccines

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Date Completed 28.09.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-022-32772-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346674042