Neutralizing antibody and CD8+ T cell responses following BA.4/5 bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccination in adults with and without prior exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Copyright © 2024 Underwood, Sølund, Jacobsen, Binderup, Fernandez-Antunez, Mikkelsen, Inekci, Villadsen, Castruita, Pinholt, Fahnøe, Ramirez, Brix, Weis and Bukh..

As severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants continue to emerge, it is important to characterize immune responses against variants which can inform on protection efficacies following booster vaccination. In this study, neutralizing breadth and antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses were analyzed in both infection-naïve and infection-experienced individuals following administration of a booster bivalent Wuhan-Hu-1+BA.4/5 Comirnaty® mRNA vaccine. Significantly higher neutralizing titers were found after this vaccination compared to the pre-third booster vaccination time point. Further, neutralizing breadth to omicron variants, including BA.1, BA.2, BA.5, BQ.1 and XBB.1, was found to be boosted following bivalent vaccination. SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cells were identified, but with no evidence that frequencies were increased following booster vaccinations. Spike protein-specific CD8+ T cells were the only responses detected after vaccination and non-spike-specific CD8+ T cells were only detected after infection. Both spike-specific and non-spike-specific CD8+ T cells were found at much lower frequencies than CD8+ T cells specific to cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and influenza (Flu). Taken together, these results show that the bivalent Wuhan-Hu-1+BA.4/5 Comirnaty® mRNA vaccine boosted the breadth of neutralization to newer SARS-CoV-2 variants and that vaccination is able to induce spike protein-specific CD8+ T cell responses, which are maintained longitudinally.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 15(2024) vom: 03., Seite 1353353

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Underwood, Alexander P [VerfasserIn]
Sølund, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Jacobsen, Kivin [VerfasserIn]
Binderup, Alekxander [VerfasserIn]
Fernandez-Antunez, Carlota [VerfasserIn]
Mikkelsen, Lotte S [VerfasserIn]
Inekci, Dilek [VerfasserIn]
Villadsen, Signe Lysemose [VerfasserIn]
Castruita, Jose A S [VerfasserIn]
Pinholt, Mette [VerfasserIn]
Fahnøe, Ulrik [VerfasserIn]
Ramirez, Santseharay [VerfasserIn]
Brix, Liselotte [VerfasserIn]
Weis, Nina [VerfasserIn]
Bukh, Jens [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
BNT162 Vaccine
CD8 T cells
COVID-19
Journal Article
MRNA Vaccines
Neutralization
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
Vaccination

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Date Completed 05.04.2024

Date Revised 12.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2024.1353353

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370613740