IgG1 responses following SARS-CoV-2 infection are polyclonal and highly personalized, whereby each donor and each clone displays a distinct pattern of cross-reactivity against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Abstract Using a recently introduced efficient mass spectrometry-based approach we monitored individual donors’ IgG1 clonal responses in molecular detail, examining SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein-specific IgG1 repertoires. We monitored the plasma clonal IgG1 profiles of 8 donors (4 male and 4 female) who had recently experienced an infection by either the wild type Wuhan Hu-1 virus or one of 3 VOCs (Alpha, Beta and Gamma). In these donors we charted the full plasma IgG1 repertoires as well as the IgG1 repertoires targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein trimer as antigen. We observed that shortly after infection in between <0.1% to almost 10% of all IgG1 antibody molecules present in plasma did bind to the spike protein. Each donor displayed a unique plasma IgG1 repertoire, but also each donor displayed a unique and polyclonal antibody response against the SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein variants. Our analyses revealed that certain clones exhibit (alike) binding affinity towards all four tested spike-protein variants, whereas other clones displayed strong unique mutant-specific affinity. We conclude that each infected person generates a unique polyclonal response following infection, whereby some of these clones can bind multiple viral variants, whereas other clones do not display such cross-reactivity. In general, by assessing IgG1 repertoires following infection it becomes possible to identify and select fully matured human plasma antibodies that target specific antigens, and display either high specificity or cross-reactivity versus mutated versions of the antigen, which will aid in selecting antibodies that may be developed into biotherapeutics..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 18. Nov. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

van Rijswijck, Danique M.H. [VerfasserIn]
Bondt, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Hoek, Max [VerfasserIn]
van der Straten, Karlijn [VerfasserIn]
Caniels, Tom G. [VerfasserIn]
Poniman, Meliawati [VerfasserIn]
Eggink, Dirk [VerfasserIn]
Reusken, Chantal [VerfasserIn]
de Bree, Godelieve J. [VerfasserIn]
Sanders, Rogier W. [VerfasserIn]
van Gils, Marit J. [VerfasserIn]
Heck, Albert J.R. [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.1101/2022.02.24.481778

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XBI035344040