Plasmodium infection is associated with cross-reactive antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein

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Sero-surveillance can monitor and project disease burden and risk. However, SARS-CoV-2 antibody test results can produce false positive results, limiting their efficacy as a sero-surveillance tool. False positive SARS-CoV-2 antibody results are associated with malaria exposure, and understanding this association is essential to interpret sero-surveillance results from malaria-endemic countries. Here, pre-pandemic samples from eight malaria endemic and non-endemic countries and four continents were tested by ELISA to measure SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 subunit reactivity. Individuals with acute malaria infection generated substantial SARS-CoV-2 reactivity. Cross-reactivity was not associated with reactivity to other human coronaviruses or other SARS-CoV-2 proteins, as measured by peptide and protein arrays. ELISAs with deglycosylated and desialated Spike S1 subunits revealed that cross-reactive antibodies target sialic acid on N-linked glycans of the Spike protein. The functional activity of cross-reactive antibodies measured by neutralization assays showed that cross-reactive antibodies did not neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in vitro. Since routine use of glycosylated or sialated assays could result in false positive SARS-CoV-2 antibody results in malaria endemic regions, which could overestimate exposure and population-level immunity, we explored methods to increase specificity by reducing cross-reactivity. Overestimating population-level exposure to SARS-CoV-2 could lead to underestimates of risk of continued COVID-19 transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.

Errataetall:

UpdateOf: medRxiv. 2021 May 12;:. - PMID 34013301

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 12(2022), 1 vom: 22. Dez., Seite 22175

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lapidus, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Feimei [VerfasserIn]
Casanovas-Massana, Arnau [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Yile [VerfasserIn]
Huck, John D [VerfasserIn]
Lucas, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Klein, Jon [VerfasserIn]
Filler, Renata B [VerfasserIn]
Strine, Madison S [VerfasserIn]
Sy, Mouhamad [VerfasserIn]
Deme, Awa B [VerfasserIn]
Badiane, Aida S [VerfasserIn]
Dieye, Baba [VerfasserIn]
Ndiaye, Ibrahima Mbaye [VerfasserIn]
Diedhiou, Younous [VerfasserIn]
Mbaye, Amadou Moctar [VerfasserIn]
Diagne, Cheikh Tidiane [VerfasserIn]
Vigan-Womas, Inés [VerfasserIn]
Mbengue, Alassane [VerfasserIn]
Sadio, Bacary D [VerfasserIn]
Diagne, Moussa M [VerfasserIn]
Moore, Adam J [VerfasserIn]
Mangou, Khadidiatou [VerfasserIn]
Diallo, Fatoumata [VerfasserIn]
Sene, Seynabou D [VerfasserIn]
Pouye, Mariama N [VerfasserIn]
Faye, Rokhaya [VerfasserIn]
Diouf, Babacar [VerfasserIn]
Nery, Nivison [VerfasserIn]
Costa, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Reis, Mitermayer G [VerfasserIn]
Muenker, M Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Hodson, Daniel Z [VerfasserIn]
Mbarga, Yannick [VerfasserIn]
Katz, Ben Z [VerfasserIn]
Andrews, Jason R [VerfasserIn]
Campbell, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
Srivathsan, Ariktha [VerfasserIn]
Kamath, Kathy [VerfasserIn]
Baum-Jones, Elisabeth [VerfasserIn]
Faye, Ousmane [VerfasserIn]
Sall, Amadou Alpha [VerfasserIn]
Vélez, Juan Carlos Quintero [VerfasserIn]
Cappello, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Ben-Mamoun, Choukri [VerfasserIn]
Tedder, Richard [VerfasserIn]
McClure, Myra [VerfasserIn]
Cherepanov, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Somé, Fabrice A [VerfasserIn]
Dabiré, Roch K [VerfasserIn]
Moukoko, Carole Else Eboumbou [VerfasserIn]
Ouédraogo, Jean Bosco [VerfasserIn]
Boum, Yap [VerfasserIn]
Shon, John [VerfasserIn]
Ndiaye, Daouda [VerfasserIn]
Wisnewski, Adam [VerfasserIn]
Parikh, Sunil [VerfasserIn]
Iwasaki, Akiko [VerfasserIn]
Wilen, Craig B [VerfasserIn]
Ko, Albert I [VerfasserIn]
Ring, Aaron M [VerfasserIn]
Bei, Amy K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Epitopes
GZP2782OP0
Journal Article
N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 26.12.2022

Date Revised 09.01.2024

published: Electronic

UpdateOf: medRxiv. 2021 May 12;:. - PMID 34013301

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-022-26709-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350618879