Omicron BA.2 breakthrough infection elicits CD8+ T cell responses recognizing the spike of later Omicron subvariants

Here, we examine peripheral blood memory T cell responses against the SARS-CoV-2 BA.4/BA.5 variant spike among vaccinated individuals with or without Omicron breakthrough infections. We provide evidence supporting a lack of original antigenic sin in CD8+ T cell responses targeting the spike. We show that BNT162b2-induced memory T cells respond to the BA.4/BA.5 spike. Among individuals with BA.1/BA.2 breakthrough infections, IFN-γ-producing CD8+ T cell responses against the BA.4/BA.5 spike increased. In a subgroup with BA.2 breakthrough infections, IFN-γ-producing CD8+ T cell responses against the BA.2-mutated spike region increased and correlated directly with responses against the BA.4/BA.5 spike, indicating that BA.2 spike-specific CD8+ T cells elicited by BA.2 breakthrough infection cross-react with the BA.4/BA.5 spike. We identified CD8+ T cell epitope peptides that are present in the spike of BA.2 and BA.4/BA.5 but not the original spike. These peptides are fully conserved in the spike of now-dominant XBB lineages. Our study shows that breakthrough infection by early Omicron subvariants elicits CD8+ T cell responses that recognize epitopes within the spike of newly emerging subvariants.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Science immunology - 9(2024), 91 vom: 19. Jan., Seite eade6132

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kim, Sang-Hoon [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jihye [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Sungmin [VerfasserIn]
Noh, Ji Yun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jinnam [VerfasserIn]
Park, Heedo [VerfasserIn]
Song, Young Goo [VerfasserIn]
Peck, Kyong Ran [VerfasserIn]
Park, Su-Hyung [VerfasserIn]
Park, Man-Seong [VerfasserIn]
Ko, Jae-Hoon [VerfasserIn]
Song, Joon Young [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Jun Yong [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Min Kyung [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Eui-Cheol [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BNT162 Vaccine
Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
Journal Article
Peptides

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Date Completed 22.01.2024

Date Revised 22.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/sciimmunol.ade6132

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367318911