NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Germany.
Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.
Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 19;12(1):1152. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-20973-3.
The humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 is a benchmark for immunity and detailed analysis is required to understand the manifestation and progression of COVID-19, monitor seroconversion within the general population, and support vaccine development. The majority of currently available commercial serological assays only quantify the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response against individual antigens, limiting our understanding of the immune response. To overcome this, we have developed a multiplex immunoassay (MultiCoV-Ab) including spike and nucleocapsid proteins of SARS-CoV-2 and the endemic human coronaviruses. Compared to three broadly used commercial in vitro diagnostic tests, our MultiCoV-Ab achieves a higher sensitivity and specificity when analyzing a well-characterized sample set of SARS-CoV-2 infected and uninfected individuals. We find a high response against endemic coronaviruses in our sample set, but no consistent cross-reactive IgG response patterns against SARS-CoV-2. Here we show a robust, high-content-enabled, antigen-saving multiplex assay suited to both monitoring vaccination studies and facilitating epidemiologic screenings for humoral immunity towards pandemic and endemic coronaviruses.
针对 SARS-CoV-2 的体液免疫反应是免疫的一个基准,需要对其进行详细分析,以了解 COVID-19 的表现和进展,监测普通人群中的血清转化,并支持疫苗的开发。目前大多数可用的商业血清学检测仅定量检测针对个别抗原的 SARS-CoV-2 抗体反应,限制了我们对免疫反应的理解。为了克服这一问题,我们开发了一种多重免疫分析(MultiCoV-Ab),其中包括 SARS-CoV-2 的刺突蛋白和核衣壳蛋白以及地方性人类冠状病毒。与三种广泛使用的商业体外诊断检测相比,当分析一组经过充分表征的 SARS-CoV-2 感染和未感染个体的样本时,我们的 MultiCoV-Ab 实现了更高的灵敏度和特异性。我们在样本集中发现了针对地方性冠状病毒的高反应,但针对 SARS-CoV-2 没有一致的交叉反应 IgG 反应模式。在这里,我们展示了一种强大的、高内容启用的、节省抗原的多重分析方法,既适合监测疫苗研究,也适合促进针对大流行和地方性冠状病毒的体液免疫的流行病学筛查。
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