Relative Ratios of Human Seasonal Coronavirus Antibodies Predict the Efficiency of Cross-Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Binding to ACE2

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    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsIRB: Study approval: Use of human samples for this study was approved by the University of Ottawa Ethics Review Board: Certificates H-04-20-5727, H-04-21-6643 and H-07-20-6009.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    Antibody responses in pre-pandemic serum samples of all four cohorts were tested for the presence of antibody isotypes (IgA, IgM, IgG, and IgE) and IgG subtypes (IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4) using this ELISA binding assay.
    IgA
    suggested: None
    IgM
    suggested: None
    IgG
    suggested: None
    IgE
    suggested: None
    IgG1
    suggested: None
    IgG2
    suggested: None
    IgG3
    suggested: None
    IgG4
    suggested: None
    Accordingly, the control calibration antibodies were prepared with appropriate dilutions to generate the calibration curve (anti-COVID Ig).
    anti-COVID Ig) .
    suggested: None
    After two hours, plates were washed three times with 200uL PBS-T followed by the addition of secondary-HRP antibodies (1:3000) diluted in dilution buffer.
    secondary-HRP
    suggested: None
    50uL of the appropriate diluted secondary antibody-HRP was added to each well and the plates were incubated at RT for one hour of shaking (700rpm).
    antibody-HRP
    suggested: (Bioworld Technology Cat# MB001H, RRID:AB_2857326)
    Relieff is used to predict classification rank, i.e. within the group significance, for each feature in the training set classification, of serum antibody cross-reactivity to 4 different SARS-CoV-2 antigens (N, RBD, Spike) for IgA, IgM and IgG and separately for antibodies for seasonal viruses (OC43, HKU-1, 229E, NL63).
    antigens ( N , RBD , Spike ) for IgA , IgM and IgG
    suggested: None
    NL63
    suggested: None
    SARS-CoV-2 ELISA Antigens and Antibodies: To evaluate the functional antibody responses of sCoV antibodies against different SARS-CoV-2 proteins, SARS-CoV-2 S, RBD, and N proteins were used as coating antigen (see antigen production).
    Antibodies
    suggested: None
    antigen ( see antigen production) .
    suggested: None
    Secondary antibodies: Anti-human IgG-HRP (NRC anti-hIgG#5-HRP
    Anti-human IgG-HRP
    suggested: None
    Control antibodies: Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgG1 (Absolute Antibody, Ab01680-10.0), Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgA (Absolute Antibody, Ab01680-16.0), Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgM (Absolute Antibody, Ab01680-15.0), Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgE (Absolute Antibody, Ab01680-14.0), Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgG1 (Absolute Antibody Ab01680-10.0), Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgG2 (Absolute Antibody Ab01680-11.0), Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgG3 (Absolute Antibody Ab01680-12.1), and Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human Ig4 (Absolute Antibody Ab01680-13.12).
    Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgG1
    suggested: None
    Human
    suggested: (Imported from the IEDB Cat# CR3022, RRID:AB_2848080)
    Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgA
    suggested: None
    Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgM
    suggested: None
    Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgE
    suggested: None
    Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgG2
    suggested: None
    Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S CR3022 Human IgG3
    suggested: None
    Anti-SARS-CoV-2
    suggested: (Abcam Cat# ab273074, RRID:AB_2847846)
    The concentration of antigen, antibodies, and sample diluents were kept as above, although the volume was reduced to 10uL per well.
    antigen ,
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    The 229E RBD (P15423) was cloned in pCAGGs plasmid with a hexa-his Tag (C-term) with secretory signal (N-term) and transfected into 293F cells maintained in Freestyle 293 expression media (Thermo Fisher, 12338018) at 37°C, 7% CO2, with shaking (125rpm).
    293F
    suggested: None
    6 – FLAG tag was synthesized by Genscript with codon-optimization for expression in CHO cells.A biotin acceptor peptide sequence (BAP: GLNDIFEAQKIEWHE) was added in-frame at the C-terminus of ACE2.
    CHO
    suggested: CLS Cat# 603479/p746_CHO, RRID:CVCL_0213)
    The cDNA was cloned into pTT5 and ACE2-BAP cDNA was expressed by transient gene expression in CHO55E1 cells as described above with the addition of 5% (w:w) of pTT5-BirA (E. coli biotin ligase) expression plasmid.
    CHO55E1
    suggested: None
    Recombinant DNA
    SentencesResources
    The 229E RBD (P15423) was cloned in pCAGGs plasmid with a hexa-his Tag (C-term) with secretory signal (N-term) and transfected into 293F cells maintained in Freestyle 293 expression media (Thermo Fisher, 12338018) at 37°C, 7% CO2, with shaking (125rpm).
    pCAGGs
    suggested: RRID:Addgene_127347)
    The spike ectodomain (SARS2: MN908947; OC43: AAT84362.1; HKU1: Q0ZME7.1) cDNA constructs with furin site mutated, two stabilizing prefusion proline mutations, the human resistin as trimerization partner and a C-terminal FLAG-(His)6 (SARS2) or FLAG-Twin Strep Tag-(His)6 (OC43 and HKU1) tag were cloned into pTT241 vector and transfected in CHO2353 to generate stable pools.
    pTT241
    suggested: None
    The nucleocapsid (SARS2: YP_009724397; OC43: AY391777; HKU1: HM034837) cDNAs with a C-terminal FLAG-Twin Strep Tag-(HisG)6 tag were synthesized by Genscript (Cricetulus griseus codon bias) and cloned in the cDNA into pTT5™ expression plasmid.
    pTT5™
    suggested: None
    The cDNA was cloned into pTT5 and ACE2-BAP cDNA was expressed by transient gene expression in CHO55E1 cells as described above with the addition of 5% (w:w) of pTT5-BirA (E. coli biotin ligase) expression plasmid.
    pTT5
    suggested: RRID:Addgene_52326)
    pTT5-BirA
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Neutralizing activity was determined by calculating the % inhibition against SARS-CoV-2 S proteins using the following equation:

    Statistical and Machine learning analyses: Data analysis was conducted using GraphPad Prism v9, R and Matlab 2021a (Matworks Inc.).

    GraphPad Prism
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)
    Sample clustering was performed using fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering method (fcm function running under Matlab).
    Matlab
    suggested: (MATLAB, RRID:SCR_001622)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
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    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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