Rodda Lauren B, Morawski Peter A, Pruner Kurt B, Fahning Mitchell L, Howard Christian A, Franko Nicholas, Logue Jennifer, Eggenberger Julie, Stokes Caleb, Golez Inah, Hale Malika, Gale Michael, Chu Helen Y, Campbell Daniel J, Pepper Marion
Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Center for Fundamental Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
Cell. 2022 Apr 28;185(9):1588-1601.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.03.018. Epub 2022 Mar 17.
Immune memory is tailored by cues that lymphocytes perceive during priming. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic created a situation in which nascent memory could be tracked through additional antigen exposures. Both SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination induce multifaceted, functional immune memory, but together, they engender improved protection from disease, termed hybrid immunity. We therefore investigated how vaccine-induced memory is shaped by previous infection. We found that following vaccination, previously infected individuals generated more SARS-CoV-2 RBD-specific memory B cells and variant-neutralizing antibodies and a distinct population of IFN-γ and IL-10-expressing memory SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific CD4 T cells than previously naive individuals. Although additional vaccination could increase humoral memory in previously naive individuals, it did not recapitulate the distinct CD4 T cell cytokine profile observed in previously infected subjects. Thus, imprinted features of SARS-CoV-2-specific memory lymphocytes define hybrid immunity.
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