Lee Nuri, Jeong Seri, Park Min-Jeong, Song Wonkeun
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
PLoS One. 2021 Jun 29;16(6):e0253889. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253889. eCollection 2021.
The clinical significance of the quantitative value of antibodies in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection remains mostly unidentified. We investigated the dynamics and clinical implications of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody over time using three automated chemiluminescence immunoassays targeting either nucleocapsids or spikes.
A total of 126 specimens were collected from 23 patients with confirmed and indeterminate COVID-19 identified by molecular tests. SARS-CoV-2 antibody index was measured using SARS-CoV2 IgG reagent from Alinity (Abbott) and Access (Beckman Coulter) and SARS-CoV2 Total (IgG + IgM) from Atellica (Siemens).
Three immunoassays showed strong correlations with each other (range of Pearson' s correlation coefficient (r) = 0.700-0.854, P < 0.001). Eleven (8.7%) specimens showed inconsistencies. SARS-CoV-2 IgG showed a statistically significantly higher value in patients with severe disease than that in non-severe disease patients (P < 0.001) and was significantly associated with clinical markers of disease severity.
The quantitative value of the SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody measured using automated immunoassays is a significant indicator of clinical severity in patients with COVID-19.
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)感染中抗体定量值的临床意义大多仍不明确。我们使用三种针对核衣壳或刺突的自动化化学发光免疫分析法,研究了SARS-CoV-2抗体随时间的动态变化及其临床意义。
从23例经分子检测确诊和不确定的COVID-19患者中总共收集了126份样本。使用雅培公司Alinity、贝克曼库尔特公司Access的SARS-CoV2 IgG试剂以及西门子公司Atellica的SARS-CoV2 Total(IgG + IgM)试剂测量SARS-CoV-2抗体指数。
三种免疫分析法相互之间显示出很强的相关性(皮尔逊相关系数(r)范围 = 0.700 - 0.854,P < 0.001)。11份(8.7%)样本显示结果不一致。SARS-CoV-2 IgG在重症患者中的值在统计学上显著高于非重症患者(P < 0.001),并且与疾病严重程度的临床指标显著相关。
使用自动化免疫分析法测量的SARS-CoV-2 IgG抗体定量值是COVID-19患者临床严重程度的重要指标。