澳大利亚墨尔本大学Adam K. Wheatley、Stephen J. Kent等研究人员合作报道了COVID-19康复患者的体液和循环滤泡辅助T细胞反应。该项研究成果于2020年7月13日在线发表在《自然—医学》杂志上。
Title: Humoral and circulating follicular helper T cell responses in recovered patients with COVID-19
Author: Jennifer A. Juno, Hyon-Xhi Tan, Wen Shi Lee, Arnold Reynaldi, Hannah G. Kelly, Kathleen Wragg, Robyn Esterbauer, Helen E. Kent, C. Jane Batten, Francesca L. Mordant, Nicholas A. Gherardin, Phillip Pymm, Melanie H. Dietrich, Nichollas E. Scott, Wai-Hong Tham, Dale I. Godfrey, Kanta Subbarao, Miles P. Davenport, Stephen J. Kent, Adam K. Wheatley
Issue&Volume: 2020-07-13
Abstract: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has dramatically expedited global vaccine development efforts1,2,3, most targeting the viral ‘spike’ glycoprotein (S). S localizes on the virion surface and mediates recognition of cellular receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)4,5,6. Eliciting neutralizing antibodies that block S–ACE2 interaction7,8,9, or indirectly prevent membrane fusion10, constitute an attractive modality for vaccine-elicited protection11. However, although prototypic S-based vaccines show promise in animal models12,13,14, the immunogenic properties of S in humans are poorly resolved. In this study, we characterized humoral and circulating follicular helper T cell (cTFH) immunity against spike in recovered patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We found that S-specific antibodies, memory B cells and cTFH are consistently elicited after SARS-CoV-2 infection, demarking robust humoral immunity and positively associated with plasma neutralizing activity. Comparatively low frequencies of B cells or cTFH specific for the receptor binding domain of S were elicited. Notably, the phenotype of S-specific cTFH differentiated subjects with potent neutralizing responses, providing a potential biomarker of potency for S-based vaccines entering the clinic. Overall, although patients who recovered from COVID-19 displayed multiple hallmarks of effective immune recognition of S, the wide spectrum of neutralizing activity observed suggests that vaccines might require strategies to selectively target the most potent neutralizing epitopes.
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-0995-0
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0995-0
Nature Medicine:《自然—医学》,创刊于1995年。隶属于施普林格·自然出版集团,最新IF:87.241
官方网址:https://www.nature.com/nm/
投稿链接:https://mts-nmed.nature.com/cgi-bin/main.plex
本期文章:《自然—医学》:Online/在线发表