Clearance of persistent SARS-CoV-2 associates with increased neutralizing antibodies in advanced HIV disease post-ART initiation

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SARS-CoV-2 clearance requires adaptive immunity but the contribution of neutralizing antibodies and T cells in different immune states is unclear. Here we ask which adaptive immune responses associate with clearance of long-term SARS-CoV-2 infection in HIV-mediated immunosuppression after suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. We assembled a cohort of SARS-CoV-2 infected people in South Africa (n = 994) including participants with advanced HIV disease characterized by immunosuppression due to T cell depletion. Fifty-four percent of participants with advanced HIV disease had prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection (>1 month). In the five vaccinated participants with advanced HIV disease tested, SARS-CoV-2 clearance associates with emergence of neutralizing antibodies but not SARS-CoV-2 specific CD8 T cells, while CD4 T cell responses were not determined due to low cell numbers. Further, complete HIV suppression is not required for clearance, although it is necessary for an effective vaccine response. Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection led to SARS-CoV-2 evolution, including virus with extensive neutralization escape in a Delta variant infected participant. The results provide evidence that neutralizing antibodies are required for SARS-CoV-2 clearance in HIV-mediated immunosuppression recovery, and that suppressive ART is necessary to curtail evolution of co-infecting pathogens to reduce individual health consequences as well as public health risk linked with generation of escape mutants.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 15(2024), 1 vom: 15. März, Seite 2360

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Karim, Farina [VerfasserIn]
Riou, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Bernstein, Mallory [VerfasserIn]
Jule, Zesuliwe [VerfasserIn]
Lustig, Gila [VerfasserIn]
van Graan, Strauss [VerfasserIn]
Keeton, Roanne S [VerfasserIn]
Upton, Janine-Lee [VerfasserIn]
Ganga, Yashica [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Khadija [VerfasserIn]
Reedoy, Kajal [VerfasserIn]
Mazibuko, Matilda [VerfasserIn]
Govender, Katya [VerfasserIn]
Thambu, Kershnee [VerfasserIn]
Ngcobo, Nokuthula [VerfasserIn]
Venter, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Makhado, Zanele [VerfasserIn]
Hanekom, Willem [VerfasserIn]
von Gottberg, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Hoque, Monjurul [VerfasserIn]
Karim, Quarraisha Abdool [VerfasserIn]
Abdool Karim, Salim S [VerfasserIn]
Manickchund, Nithendra [VerfasserIn]
Magula, Nombulelo [VerfasserIn]
Gosnell, Bernadett I [VerfasserIn]
Lessells, Richard J [VerfasserIn]
Moore, Penny L [VerfasserIn]
Burgers, Wendy A [VerfasserIn]
de Oliveira, Tulio [VerfasserIn]
Moosa, Mahomed-Yunus S [VerfasserIn]
Sigal, Alex [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 18.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-024-46673-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369807316