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研究揭示恢复期个体对新冠病毒的趋同抗体反应
2020-06-22 10:56

美国洛克菲勒大学Michel C. Nussenzweig等研究人员合作揭示恢复期个体对新冠病毒(SARS-CoV-2)的趋同抗体反应。2020年6月18日,《自然》在线发表了这一成果。

研究人员报告了149名COVID-19康复者。在症状发作后平均39天收集的血浆具有不同的半最大假病毒中和滴度:33%小于1:50,79%小于1:1,000,而只有1%滴度高于1:5,000。抗体测序揭示了受体结合域(RBD)特异性记忆B细胞的扩展克隆,在不同个体中表达密切相关的抗体。尽管血浆滴度较低,但针对RBD上三个不同表位抗体的半最大抑制浓度(IC50值)低至纳克每毫升。因此,从COVID-19恢复个体中获得的大多数恢复性血浆不包含高水平的中和活性。
 
尽管如此,在所有测试的个体中都发现了具有有效抗病毒活性的RBD特异性抗体,这表明能够引发此类抗体的疫苗可能具有广泛效力。
 
据悉,在COVID-19大流行期间,SARS-CoV-2感染了数百万人,并夺去了数十万人的生命。病毒进入细胞取决于SARS-CoV-2突刺蛋白的RBD。尽管没有疫苗,但抗体很可能对保护至关重要。但是,关于人类对SARS-CoV-2的抗体反应知之甚少。
 
附:英文原文

Title: Convergent antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in convalescent individuals

Author: Davide F. Robbiani, Christian Gaebler, Frauke Muecksch, Julio C. C. Lorenzi, Zijun Wang, Alice Cho, Marianna Agudelo, Christopher O. Barnes, Anna Gazumyan, Shlomo Finkin, Thomas Hgglf, Thiago Y. Oliveira, Charlotte Viant, Arlene Hurley, Hans-Heinrich Hoffmann, Katrina G. Millard, Rhonda G. Kost, Melissa Cipolla, Kristie Gordon, Filippo Bianchini, Spencer T. Chen, Victor Ramos, Roshni Patel, Juan Dizon, Irina Shimeliovich, Pilar Mendoza, Harald Hartweger, Lilian Nogueira, Maggi Pack, Jill Horowitz, Fabian Schmidt, Yiska Weisblum, Eleftherios Michailidis, Alison W. Ashbrook, Eric Waltari, John E. Pak, Kathryn E. Huey-Tubman, Nicholas Koranda, Pauline R. Hoffman, Anthony P. West, Charles M. Rice, Theodora Hatziioannou, Pamela J. Bjorkman, Paul D. Bieniasz, Marina Caskey, Michel C. Nussenzweig

Issue&Volume: 2020-06-18

Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 infected millions of people and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Virus entry into cells depends on the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S). Although there is no vaccine, it is likely that antibodies will be essential for protection. However, little is known about the human antibody response to SARS-CoV-21–5. Here we report on 149 COVID-19 convalescent individuals. Plasmas collected an average of 39 days after the onset of symptoms had variable half-maximal pseudovirus neutralizing titres: less than 1:50 in 33% and below 1:1,000 in 79%, while only 1% showed titres above 1:5,000. Antibody sequencing revealed expanded clones of RBD-specific memory B cells expressing closely related antibodies in different individuals. Despite low plasma titres, antibodies to three distinct epitopes on RBD neutralized at half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50 values) as low as single digit nanograms per millitre. Thus, most convalescent plasmas obtained from individuals who recover from COVID-19 do not contain high levels of neutralizing activity. Nevertheless, rare but recurring RBD-specific antibodies with potent antiviral activity were found in all individuals tested, suggesting that a vaccine designed to elicit such antibodies could be broadly effective.

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2456-9

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2456-9

Nature:《自然》,创刊于1869年。隶属于施普林格·自然出版集团,最新IF:69.504
官方网址:http://www.nature.com/
投稿链接:http://www.nature.com/authors/submit_manuscript.html


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