Long-term persistence of RBD
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antibodies, Neutralizing
/ blood
Asymptomatic Diseases
COVID-19
/ immunology
Female
Humans
Limit of Detection
Male
Memory B Cells
/ metabolism
Middle Aged
Neutralization Tests
Protein Domains
/ immunology
SARS-CoV-2
/ isolation & purification
Severity of Illness Index
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
/ chemistry
Time Factors
Young Adult
COSIN
COVID
RBD
RBD tetramer
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus
functional MBCs
longitudinal tracking
memory B cells
neutralizing antibodies
Journal
Cell reports. Medicine
ISSN: 2666-3791
Titre abrégé: Cell Rep Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101766894
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 04 2021
20 04 2021
Historique:
received:
25
10
2020
revised:
08
02
2021
accepted:
09
03
2021
pubmed:
23
3
2021
medline:
23
3
2021
entrez:
22
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Considerable concerns relating to the duration of protective immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) exist, with evidence of antibody titers declining rapidly after infection and reports of reinfection. Here, we monitor the antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) for up to 6 months after infection. While antibody titers are maintained, ∼13% of the cohort's neutralizing responses return to background. However, encouragingly, in a selected subset of 13 participants, 12 have detectable RBD-specific memory B cells and these generally are increasing out to 6 months. Furthermore, we are able to generate monoclonal antibodies with SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing capacity from these memory B cells. Overall, our study suggests that the loss of neutralizing antibodies in plasma may be countered by the maintenance of neutralizing capacity in the memory B cell repertoire.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33748788
doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100228
pii: S2666-3791(21)00044-6
pmc: PMC7955929
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antibodies, Neutralizing
0
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
0
spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Pagination
100228Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interests.