Focosi Daniele, Rosellini Alfredo, Spezia Pietro Giorgio, Macera Lisa, Lanza Maria, Paolicchi Aldo, Biagini Denise, Baj Andreina, Pistello Mauro, Maggi Fabrizio
North-Western Tuscany Blood Bank, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Division of Virology, Pisa University Hospital, Italy.
J Clin Virol Plus. 2021 Sep;1(3):100035. doi: 10.1016/j.jcvp.2021.100035. Epub 2021 Aug 8.
Several ABO blood groups have been associated with the likelihood of infection, severity, and/or outcome of COVID-19 in hospitalized cohorts, raising the hypothesis that anti-A isoagglutinins in non-A-group recipients could act as neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.
We run live virus neutralization tests using sera from 58 SARS-CoV-2 seronegative blood donors (27 O-group and 31 A-group) negatives for SARS-CoV-2 IgG to investigate what degree of neutralizing activity could be detected in their sera and eventual correlation with anti-A isoagglutinin titers.
We could not find clinically relevant neutralizing activity in any blood group, regardless of anti-isoagglutinin titer.
Our findings suggest that mechanisms other than neutralization explain the differences in outcomes from COVID19 seen in different ABO blood groups.
在住院患者队列中,几种ABO血型与感染新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)的可能性、严重程度和/或预后相关,这引发了一种假设,即非A血型受者体内的抗A同种凝集素可能作为针对严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)的中和抗体。
我们使用58名新型冠状病毒2血清阴性献血者(27名O型血和31名A型血)的血清进行活病毒中和试验,这些献血者的新型冠状病毒2免疫球蛋白G(SARS-CoV-2 IgG)呈阴性,以研究在他们的血清中能检测到何种程度的中和活性,以及与抗A同种凝集素滴度的最终相关性。
无论抗同种凝集素滴度如何,我们在任何血型中均未发现具有临床意义的中和活性。
我们的研究结果表明,除中和作用外的其他机制可解释不同ABO血型中COVID-19的预后差异。