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Distinct antibody responses to endemic coronaviruses pre- and post-SARS-CoV-2 infection in Kenyan infants and mothers
Caitlin I Stoddard; Kevin Sung; Ednah Ojee; Judith Adhiambo; Emily R Begnel; Jennifer Slyker; Soren Gantt; Frederick A Matsen IV; John Kinuthia; Dalton Wamalwa; Julie Overbaugh; Dara A Lehman.
Afiliación
  • Caitlin I Stoddard; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Kevin Sung; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Ednah Ojee; University of Nairobi
  • Judith Adhiambo; University of Nairobi
  • Emily R Begnel; University of Washington
  • Jennifer Slyker; University of Washington
  • Soren Gantt; Universite de Montreal
  • Frederick A Matsen IV; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • John Kinuthia; University of Washington
  • Dalton Wamalwa; University of Nairobi
  • Julie Overbaugh; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Dara A Lehman; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Preprint en En | PREPRINT-BIORXIV | ID: ppbiorxiv-493651
ABSTRACT
Pre-existing antibodies that bind endemic human coronaviruses (eHCoVs) can cross-react with SARS-CoV-2, the betacoronavirus that causes COVID-19, but whether these responses influence SARS-CoV-2 infection is still under investigation and is particularly understudied in infants. In this study, we measured eHCoV and SARS-CoV-1 IgG antibody titers before and after SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in a cohort of Kenyan women and their infants. Pre-existing eHCoV antibody binding titers were not consistently associated with SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in infants or mothers, though we observed a very modest association between pre-existing HCoV-229E antibody levels and lack of SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in infants. After seroconversion to SARS-CoV-2, antibody binding titers to endemic betacoronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-HKU1, and the highly pathogenic betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-1, but not endemic alphacoronaviruses HCoV-229E and HCoV-NL63, increased in mothers. However, eHCoV antibody levels did not increase following SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in infants, suggesting the increase seen in mothers was not simply due to cross-reactivity to naively generated SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. In contrast, the levels of antibodies that could bind SARS-CoV-1 increased after SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in both mothers and infants, both of whom are unlikely to have had a prior SARS-CoV-1 infection, supporting prior findings that SARS-CoV-2 responses cross-react with SARS-CoV-1. In summary, we find evidence for increased eHCoV antibody levels following SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in mothers but not infants, suggesting eHCoV responses can be boosted by SARS-CoV-2 infection when a prior memory response has been established, and that pre-existing cross-reactive antibodies are not strongly associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in mothers or infants.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 09-preprints Base de datos: PREPRINT-BIORXIV Tipo de estudio: Cohort_studies / Experimental_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Rct Idioma: En Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Preprint
Texto completo: 1 Colección: 09-preprints Base de datos: PREPRINT-BIORXIV Tipo de estudio: Cohort_studies / Experimental_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Rct Idioma: En Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Preprint