Deep immunoglobulin repertoire sequencing depicts a comprehensive atlas of spike-specific antibody lineages shared among COVID-19 convalescents

Neutralizing antibodies are a key component in protective humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2. Currently, available technologies cannot track epitope-specific antibodies in global antibody repertoires. Thus, the comprehensive repertoire of spike-specific neutralizing antibodies elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection is not fully understood. We therefore combined high-throughput immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) repertoire sequencing, and structural and bioinformatics analysis to establish an antibodyomics pipeline, which enables tracking spike-specific antibody lineages that target certain neutralizing epitopes. We mapped the neutralizing epitopes on the spike and determined the epitope-preferential antibody lineages. This analysis also revealed numerous overlaps between immunodominant neutralizing antibody-binding sites and mutation hotspots on spikes as observed so far in SARS-CoV-2 variants. By clustering 2677 spike-specific antibodies with 360 million IgH sequences that we sequenced, a total of 329 shared spike-specific antibody clonotypes were identified from 33 COVID-19 convalescents and 24 SARS-CoV-2-naïve individuals. Epitope mapping showed that the shared antibody responses target not only neutralizing epitopes on RBD and NTD but also non-neutralizing epitopes on S2. The immunodominance of neutralizing antibody response is determined by the occurrence of specific precursors in human naïve B-cell repertoires. We identified that only 28 out of the 329 shared spike-specific antibody clonotypes persisted for at least 12 months. Among them, long-lived IGHV3-53 antibodies are likely to evolve cross-reactivity to Omicron variants through accumulating somatic hypermutations. Altogether, we created a comprehensive atlas of spike-targeting antibody lineages in COVID-19 convalescents and antibody precursors in human naïve B cell repertoires, providing a valuable reference for future vaccine design and evaluation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Emerging microbes & infections - 13(2024), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 2290841

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yan, Qihong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yudi [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Ruitian [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Wenjing [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Xijie [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Weiqi [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xiaohan [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Linbing [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Congli [VerfasserIn]
He, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Banghui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Xinwei [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Zihan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhaoming [VerfasserIn]
Li, Pingchao [VerfasserIn]
Han, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Xiong, Xiaoli [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jincun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Song [VerfasserIn]
Niu, Xuefeng [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ling [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Antibody repertoire
Antibodyomics
Epitope mapping
Epitopes
Journal Article
Lineage tracking
SARS-CoV-2
Spike
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 26.01.2024

Date Revised 27.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2023.2290841

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365358444