Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, Fuzhou 350122, China.
Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai). 2022 Apr 25;54(4):556-564. doi: 10.3724/abbs.2022014.
Age has been found to be one of the main risk factors for the severity and outcome of COVID-19. However, differences in SARS-CoV-2 specific antibody responses among COVID-19 patients of different age groups remain largely unknown. In this study, we analyzed the IgG/IgM responses to 21 SARS-CoV-2 proteins and 197 peptides that fully cover the spike protein against 731 sera collected from 731 COVID-19 patients aged from 1 to We show that there is no overall difference in SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses in COVID-19 patients in the 4 age groups. By antibody response landscape maps, we find that the IgG response profiles of SARS-CoV-2 proteins are positively correlated with age. The S protein linear epitope map shows that the immunogenicity of the S-protein peptides is related to peptide sequence, disease severity and age of the COVID-19 patients. Furthermore, the enrichment analysis indicates that low S1 IgG responses are enriched in patients aged <50 and high S1 IgG responses are enriched in mild COVID-19 patients aged >60. In addition, high responses of non-structural/accessory proteins are enriched in severe COVID-19 patients aged >70. These results suggest the distinct immune response of IgG/IgM to each SARS-CoV-2 protein in patients of different age, which may facilitate a deeper understanding of the immune responses in COVID-19 patients.
年龄被发现是 COVID-19 严重程度和结局的主要危险因素之一。然而,不同年龄组 COVID-19 患者中 SARS-CoV-2 特异性抗体反应的差异在很大程度上尚不清楚。在这项研究中,我们分析了 731 例 COVID-19 患者的 731 份血清中针对 21 种 SARS-CoV-2 蛋白和 197 个全长刺突蛋白肽的 IgG/IgM 反应,这些患者的年龄从 1 岁到 101 岁不等。我们表明,4 个年龄组的 COVID-19 患者中 SARS-CoV-2 抗体反应没有总体差异。通过抗体反应图谱,我们发现 SARS-CoV-2 蛋白的 IgG 反应谱与年龄呈正相关。S 蛋白线性表位图谱表明,S 蛋白肽的免疫原性与肽序列、疾病严重程度和 COVID-19 患者的年龄有关。此外,富集分析表明,S1 区 IgG 低反应在年龄<50 岁的患者中富集,而 S1 区 IgG 高反应在年龄>60 岁的轻症 COVID-19 患者中富集。此外,高龄 (>70 岁) 的严重 COVID-19 患者中,非结构/辅助蛋白的高反应富集。这些结果表明,不同年龄组患者对每种 SARS-CoV-2 蛋白的 IgG/IgM 免疫反应不同,这可能有助于更深入地了解 COVID-19 患者的免疫反应。