Distinct roles of vaccine-induced SARS-CoV-2-specific neutralizing antibodies and T cells in protection and disease

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-specific neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) lack cross-reactivity between SARS-CoV species and variants and fail to mediate long-term protection against infection. The maintained protection against severe disease and death by vaccination suggests a role for cross-reactive T cells. We generated vaccines containing sequences from the spike or receptor binding domain, the membrane and/or nucleoprotein that induced only T cells, or T cells and NAbs, to understand their individual roles. In three models with homologous or heterologous challenge, high levels of vaccine-induced SARS-CoV-2 NAbs protected against neither infection nor mild histological disease but conferred rapid viral control limiting the histological damage. With no or low levels of NAbs, vaccine-primed T cells, in mice mainly CD8+ T cells, partially controlled viral replication and promoted NAb recall responses. T cells failed to protect against histological damage, presumably because of viral spread and subsequent T cell-mediated killing. Neither vaccine- nor infection-induced NAbs seem to provide long-lasting protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2. Thus, a more realistic approach for universal SARS-CoV-2 vaccines should be to aim for broadly cross-reactive NAbs in combination with long-lasting highly cross-reactive T cells. Long-lived cross-reactive T cells are likely key to prevent severe disease and fatalities during current and future pandemics.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy - 32(2024), 2 vom: 07. Feb., Seite 540-555

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yan, Jingyi [VerfasserIn]
Bangalore, Chandrashekar Ravenna [VerfasserIn]
Nikouyan, Negin [VerfasserIn]
Appelberg, Sofia [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Daniela Nacimento [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Haidong [VerfasserIn]
Pasetto, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Weber, Friedemann [VerfasserIn]
Weber, Sofie [VerfasserIn]
Larsson, Olivia [VerfasserIn]
Höglund, Urban [VerfasserIn]
Bogdanovic, Gordana [VerfasserIn]
Grabbe, Malin [VerfasserIn]
Aleman, Soo [VerfasserIn]
Szekely, Laszlo [VerfasserIn]
Szakos, Attila [VerfasserIn]
Tuvesson, Ola [VerfasserIn]
Gidlund, Eva-Karin [VerfasserIn]
Cadossi, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Salati, Simona [VerfasserIn]
Tegel, Hanna [VerfasserIn]
Hober, Sophia [VerfasserIn]
Frelin, Lars [VerfasserIn]
Mirazimi, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Ahlén, Gustaf [VerfasserIn]
Sällberg, Matti [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
CD8(+)
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Challenge models
DNA vaccine
In vivo electroporation
Journal Article
Neutralizing antibodies
SARS-CoV-2
T cells
Viral Vaccines

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 15.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.01.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367035839