Impaired innate and adaptive immune responses to BNT162b2 SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in systemic lupus erythematosus

Understanding the immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is critical to optimizing vaccination strategies for individuals with autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Here, we comprehensively analyzed innate and adaptive immune responses in 19 patients with SLE receiving a complete 2-dose Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine (BNT162b2) regimen compared with a control cohort of 56 healthy control (HC) volunteers. Patients with SLE exhibited impaired neutralizing antibody production and antigen-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses relative to HC. Interestingly, antibody responses were only altered in patients with SLE treated with immunosuppressive therapies, whereas impairment of antigen-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell numbers was independent of medication. Patients with SLE also displayed reduced levels of circulating CXC motif chemokine ligands, CXCL9, CXCL10, CXCL11, and IFN-γ after secondary vaccination as well as downregulation of gene expression pathways indicative of compromised innate immune responses. Single-cell RNA-Seq analysis reveals that patients with SLE showed reduced levels of a vaccine-inducible monocyte population characterized by overexpression of IFN-response transcription factors. Thus, although 2 doses of BNT162b2 induced relatively robust immune responses in patients with SLE, our data demonstrate impairment of both innate and adaptive immune responses relative to HC, highlighting a need for population-specific vaccination studies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

JCI insight - 9(2024), 5 vom: 08. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sarin, Kavita Y [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Chaichian, Yashaar [VerfasserIn]
Arunachalam, Prabhu S [VerfasserIn]
Swaminathan, Gayathri [VerfasserIn]
Eschholz, Alec [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Wirz, Oliver F [VerfasserIn]
Lam, Brandon [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Lori W [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Allan [VerfasserIn]
Lewis, Matthew A [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Janice [VerfasserIn]
Maecker, Holden T [VerfasserIn]
Boyd, Scott D [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Mark M [VerfasserIn]
Nadeau, Kari C [VerfasserIn]
Pulendran, Bali [VerfasserIn]
Khatri, Purvesh [VerfasserIn]
Utz, Paul J [VerfasserIn]
Zaba, Lisa C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adaptive immunity
Autoimmunity
BNT162 Vaccine
COVID-19 Vaccines
Innate immunity
Journal Article
Vaccines

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Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1172/jci.insight.176556

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369462521