Humoral and T-cell response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine in multiple sclerosis patients : Correlations with DMTs and clinical variables

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Disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) can affect vaccine responses in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). We assessed the humoral and T-cell responses following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in MS patients receiving various DMTs. We prospectively enrolled 243 participants, including 113 healthy control subjects and 130 MS patients. Blood samples for detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were collected at three time points: T0, before the first vaccine dose; T1, before the second dose; and T2, one month after the second dose. In a subgroup of 51 patients and 20 controls, samples were collected at T0 and T2 to assess the T-cell immune response to the Spike antigen of SARS-CoV-2 using ELISPOT-IFNγ. The IgG levels in patients treated with fingolimod and ocrelizumab (159.1 AU/ml and 467.1 AU/ml, respectively) were significantly lower than those in healthy controls and patients on other DMTs (P ​< ​0.0001). The mean Ig titers were higher in patients with an absolute lymphocyte count ≥1000 ​cells/mm3 compared to those with a count between 500 and 1000 and with a count <500 (mean ​± ​SD:7205.6 ​± ​7339.2, 2413.1 ​± ​4515.4 and 165.9 ​± ​152.2, respectively; p ​= ​0.008). We found correlations between antibody levels and age (r ​= ​0.233, p ​= ​0.008). A positive Spike-specific T-cell response was detectable in 100 ​% of vaccinated healthy controls and patients treated with teriflunomide, dimethyl-fumarate, and natalizumab, in 90.5 ​% of fingolimod patients, and in 63.8 ​% of ocrelizumab patients. There is a correlation between IgG-specific titer after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and clinical variables (age, lymphocyte count). Notably, a T-cell-specific response to SARS-CoV-2 developed in patients treated with fingolimod and ocrelizumab, even with lower rates of humoral response.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

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Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics - 21(2024), 2 vom: 19. März, Seite e00307

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Barone, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Palmieri, Camillo [VerfasserIn]
Gallelli, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Rania, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Pascarella, Angelo [VerfasserIn]
Abatino, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Bruno, Pietro Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Casarella, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Pasquale, Marilisa [VerfasserIn]
Manzo, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
De Sarro, Giovambattista [VerfasserIn]
Gambardella, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Valentino, Paola [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 mRNA vaccine
Fingolimod Hydrochloride
G926EC510T
Humoral response
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
MRNA Vaccines
Multiple sclerosis
SARS-CoV-2
T-cell response

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.neurot.2023.e00307

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NLM367278758