Omicron variants escape the persistent SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody response in 2-year COVID-19 convalescents regardless of vaccination

With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of various SARS-CoV-2 variants, a comprehensive evaluation of long-term efficacy of antibody response in convalescent individuals is urgently needed. Several longitudinal studies had reported the antibody dynamics after SARS-CoV-2 acute infection, but the follow-up was mostly limited to 1 year or 18 months at the maximum. In this study, we investigated the durability, potency, and susceptibility to immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody in COVID-19 convalescents for 2 years after discharge. These results showed the persistent antibody-dependent immunity could protect against the WT and Delta variant to some extent. However, the Omicron variants (BA.1, BA.2, and BA.4/5) largely escaped this preexisting immunity in recovered individuals. Furthermore, we revealed that inactivated vaccines (BBIBP-CorV, CoronaVac, or KCONVAC) could improve the plasma neutralization and help to maintain the broadly neutralizing antibodies at a certain level. Notably, with the time-dependent decline of antibody, 1-dose or 2-dose vaccination strategy seemed not to be enough to provide immune protection against the emerging variants. Overall, these results facilitated our understanding of SARS-CoV-2-induced antibody memory, contributing to the development of immunization strategy against SARS-CoV-2 variants for such a large number of COVID-19 survivors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Emerging microbes & infections - 12(2023), 1 vom: 06. Dez., Seite 2151381

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Miao [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Bing [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xinrong [VerfasserIn]
Liao, Xuejiao [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Jingyan [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Zhenghua [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Jingke [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Xiangyang [VerfasserIn]
Ju, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2 years after discharge
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Antibody response
BIBP COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19 convalescent
Inactivated vaccines
Journal Article
Omicron variants
SARS-CoV-2
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

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Date Completed 29.12.2022

Date Revised 06.01.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2022.2151381

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349575770