SARS-CoV-2 multi-antigen protein microarray for detailed characterization of antibody responses in COVID-19 patients

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Antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) target multiple epitopes on different domains of the spike protein, and other SARS-CoV-2 proteins. We developed a SARS-CoV-2 multi-antigen protein microarray with the nucleocapsid, spike and its domains (S1, S2), and variants with single (D614G, E484K, N501Y) or double substitutions (N501Y/Deletion69/70), allowing a more detailed high-throughput analysis of the antibody repertoire following infection. The assay was demonstrated to be reliable and comparable to ELISA. We analyzed antibodies from 18 COVID-19 patients and 12 recovered convalescent donors. The S IgG level was higher than N IgG in most of the COVID-19 patients, and the receptor-binding domain of S1 showed high reactivity, but no antibodies were detected against the heptad repeat domain 2 of S2. Furthermore, antibodies were detected against S variants with single and double substitutions in COVID-19 patients who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 early in the pandemic. Here we demonstrated that the SARS-CoV-2 multi-antigen protein microarray is a powerful tool for detailed characterization of antibody responses, with potential utility in understanding the disease progress and assessing current vaccines and therapies against evolving SARS-CoV-2.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 18(2023), 2 vom: 09., Seite e0276829

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Celikgil, Alev [VerfasserIn]
Massimi, Aldo B [VerfasserIn]
Nakouzi, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Herrera, Natalia G [VerfasserIn]
Morano, Nicholas C [VerfasserIn]
Lee, James H [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Hyun Ah [VerfasserIn]
Garforth, Scott J [VerfasserIn]
Almo, Steven C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
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 17.02.2023

Date Revised 31.08.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0276829

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35267721X