Antibody evolution to SARS-CoV-2 after single-dose Ad26.COV2.S vaccine in humans

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Abstract

The single-dose Ad.26.COV.2 (Janssen) vaccine elicits lower levels of neutralizing antibodies and shows more limited efficacy in protection against infection than either of the two available mRNA vaccines. In addition, Ad.26.COV.2 has been less effective in protection against severe disease during the Omicron surge. Here, we examined the memory B cell response to single-dose Ad.26.COV.2 vaccination. Compared with mRNA vaccines, Ad.26.COV.2 recipients had significantly lower numbers of RBD-specific memory B cells 1.5 or 6 mo after vaccination. Despite the lower numbers, the overall quality of the memory B cell responses appears to be similar, such that memory antibodies elicited by both vaccine types show comparable neutralizing potency against SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan-Hu-1, Delta, and Omicron BA.1 variants. The data help explain why boosting Ad.26.COV.2 vaccine recipients with mRNA vaccines is effective and why the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine can maintain some protective efficacy against severe disease during the Omicron surge.

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    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsConsent: All participants provided written informed consent before participation in the study and the study was conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice.
    IRB: The study was performed in compliance with all relevant ethical regulations and the protocol (DRO-1006) for studies with human participants was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Rockefeller University.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    Plates were washed 6 times with washing buffer and then incubated with anti-human IgG, IgM or IgA secondary antibody conjugated to horseradish peroxidase (HRP) (Jackson ImmunoResearch 109-036-088, 109-035-129, and Sigma A0295) in blocking buffer at a 1:5,000 dilution (IgM and IgG) or 1:3,000 dilution (IgA).
    anti-human IgG
    suggested: (Jackson ImmunoResearch Labs Cat# 109-036-088, RRID:AB_2337594)
    IgA
    suggested: None
    The half-maximal neutralization titers for plasma (NT50) or half-maximal and 90% inhibitory concentrations for monoclonal antibodies (IC50 and IC90) were determined using four-parameter nonlinear regression (least squares regression method without weighting; constraints: top=1, bottom=0) (GraphPad Prism).
    IC90
    suggested: None
    The enriched B cells were incubated in Flourescence-Activated Cell-sorting (FACS) buffer (1× PBS, 2% FCS, 1 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)) with the following anti-human antibodies (all at 1:200 dilution): anti-CD20-PECy7 (BD Biosciences, 335793), anti-CD3-APC-eFluro780 (Invitrogen, 47-0037-41), anti-CD8-APC-eFluor780 (Invitrogen, 47-0086-42), anti-CD16-APC-eFluor780 (Invitrogen, 47-0168-41), anti-CD14-APC-eFluor780 (Invitrogen, 47-0149-42), as well as Zombie NIR (BioLegend, 423105) and fluorophore-labeled Wuhan-Hu-1 RBD, NTD, and ovalbumin (Ova) for 30 min on ice.
    anti-CD20-PECy7
    suggested: None
    anti-CD3-APC-eFluro780
    suggested: None
    anti-CD8-APC-eFluor780
    suggested: None
    anti-CD16-APC-eFluor780
    suggested: None
    anti-CD14-APC-eFluor780
    suggested: None
    For B cell phenotype analysis, in addition to above antibodies, B cells were also stained with following anti-human antibodies (all at 1:200 dilution): anti-IgD-BV650 (BD, 740594), anti-CD27-BV786 (BD biosciences, 563327), anti-CD19-BV605 (Biolegend, 302244), anti-CD71-PerCP-Cy5.5 (Biolegend, 334114), anti-IgG-PECF594 (BD, 562538), anti-IgM-AF700 (Biolegend, 314538), anti-IgA-Viogreen (Miltenyi Biotec, 130-113-481)
    anti-human
    suggested: (Abnova Cat# H00007360-A01, RRID:AB_563327)
    anti-IgD-BV650
    suggested: None
    anti-CD27-BV786
    suggested: None
    anti-CD19-BV605
    suggested: None
    anti-CD71-PerCP-Cy5.5
    suggested: None
    anti-IgM-AF700 ( Biolegend , 314538) , anti-IgA-Viogreen ( Miltenyi Biotec , 130-113-481)
    suggested: None
    The frequency distributions of human V genes in anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from this study was compared to 131,284,220 IgH and IgL sequences generated by (50) and downloaded from cAb-Rep (51), a database of human shared BCR clonotypes available at https://cab-rep.c2b2.columbia.edu/.
    anti-SARS-CoV-2
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Briefly, 293T (CRL-11268) cells were obtained from ATCC, and the cells were transfected with pNL4-3 DEnv-nanoluc and pSARS-CoV-2-SΔ19.
    293T
    suggested: ATCC Cat# CRL-11268, RRID:CVCL_1926)
    Recombinant DNA
    SentencesResources
    Briefly, 293T (CRL-11268) cells were obtained from ATCC, and the cells were transfected with pNL4-3 DEnv-nanoluc and pSARS-CoV-2-SΔ19.
    pNL4-3
    suggested: None
    pSARS-CoV-2-SΔ19
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    The average of its signal was used for normalization of all the other values on the same plate with Excel software before calculating the area under the curve using Prism V9.1 (GraphPad).
    Excel
    suggested: None
    Prism
    suggested: (PRISM, RRID:SCR_005375)
    GraphPad
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)
    For monoclonal antibodies, the ELISA half-maximal concentration (EC50) was determined using four-parameter nonlinear regression (GraphPad Prism V9.1).
    GraphPad Prism
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)
    3,000 units/ml RNasin Ribonuclease Inhibitors (Promega, N2615)) per well using a FACS Aria III and FACSDiva software (Becton Dickinson) for acquisition and FlowJo for analysis.
    FACSDiva
    suggested: (BD FACSDiva Software, RRID:SCR_001456)
    FlowJo
    suggested: (FlowJo, RRID:SCR_008520)
    For B cell phenotype analysis, in addition to above antibodies, B cells were also stained with following anti-human antibodies (all at 1:200 dilution): anti-IgD-BV650 (BD, 740594), anti-CD27-BV786 (BD biosciences, 563327), anti-CD19-BV605 (Biolegend, 302244), anti-CD71-PerCP-Cy5.5 (Biolegend, 334114), anti-IgG-PECF594 (BD, 562538), anti-IgM-AF700 (Biolegend, 314538), anti-IgA-Viogreen (Miltenyi Biotec, 130-113-481)
    Biolegend , 314538) , anti-IgA-Viogreen ( Miltenyi Biotec
    suggested: None
    Miltenyi
    suggested: (Miltenyi Biotec, RRID:SCR_008984)
    Sequence analysis was performed using MacVector.
    MacVector
    suggested: (MacVector, RRID:SCR_015700)
    : Figures arranged in Adobe Illustrator 2022.
    Adobe Illustrator
    suggested: (Adobe Illustrator, RRID:SCR_010279)

    Results from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your code and data.


    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:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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


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