Antibody feedback contributes to facilitating the development of Omicron-reactive memory B cells in SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinees

© 2022 Inoue et al..

In contrast to a second dose of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine, a third dose elicits potent neutralizing activity against the Omicron variant. To address the underlying mechanism for this differential antibody response, we examined spike receptor-binding domain (RBD)-specific memory B cells in vaccinated individuals. Frequency of Omicron-reactive memory B cells increased ∼9 mo after the second vaccine dose. These memory B cells show an altered distribution of epitopes from pre-second memory B cells, presumably due to an antibody feedback mechanism. This hypothesis was tested using mouse models, showing that an addition or a depletion of RBD-induced serum antibodies results in a concomitant increase or decrease, respectively, of Omicron-reactive germinal center (GC) and memory B cells. Our data suggest that pre-generated antibodies modulate the selection of GC and subsequent memory B cells after the second vaccine dose, accumulating more Omicron-reactive memory B cells over time, which contributes to the generation of Omicron-neutralizing antibodies elicited by the third vaccine dose.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:220

Enthalten in:

The Journal of experimental medicine - 220(2023), 2 vom: 06. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Inoue, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Shinnakasu, Ryo [VerfasserIn]
Kawai, Chie [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Hiromi [VerfasserIn]
Sakakibara, Shuhei [VerfasserIn]
Ono, Chikako [VerfasserIn]
Itoh, Yumi [VerfasserIn]
Terooatea, Tommy [VerfasserIn]
Yamashita, Kazuo [VerfasserIn]
Okamoto, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Hashii, Noritaka [VerfasserIn]
Ishii-Watabe, Akiko [VerfasserIn]
Butler, Noah S [VerfasserIn]
Matsuura, Yoshiharu [VerfasserIn]
Matsumoto, Hisatake [VerfasserIn]
Otsuka, Shinya [VerfasserIn]
Hiraoka, Kei [VerfasserIn]
Teshima, Takanori [VerfasserIn]
Murakami, Masaaki [VerfasserIn]
Kurosaki, Tomohiro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article
RNA, Messenger
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 15.12.2022

Date Revised 13.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1084/jem.20221786

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350241066