Thümmler Laura, Koldehoff Michael, Fisenkci Neslinur, Brochhagen Leonie, Horn Peter A, Krawczyk Adalbert, Lindemann Monika
Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Department of Infectious Diseases, West German Centre of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Jun 18;10(6):972. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10060972.
Protecting vulnerable groups from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is mandatory. Immune responses after a third vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 are insufficiently studied in patients after hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT). We analyzed immune responses before and after a third vaccination in HSCT patients and healthy controls. Cellular immunity was assessed using interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and interleukin-2 (IL-2) ELISpots. Furthermore, this is the first report on neutralizing antibodies against 11 variants of SARS-CoV-2, analyzed by competitive fluorescence assay. Humoral immunity was also measured by neutralization tests assessing cytopathic effects and by ELISA. Neither HSCT patients nor healthy controls displayed significantly higher SARS-CoV-2-specific IFN-γ or IL-2 responses after the third vaccination. However, after the third vaccination, cellular responses were 2.6-fold higher for IFN-γ and 3.2-fold higher for IL-2 in healthy subjects compared with HSCT patients. After the third vaccination, neutralizing antibodies were significantly higher (p < 0.01) in healthy controls, but not in HSCT patients. Healthy controls vs. HSCT patients had 1.5-fold higher concentrations of neutralizing antibodies against variants and 1.2-fold higher antibody concentrations against wildtype. However, half of the HSCT patients exhibited neutralizing antibodies to variants of SARS-CoV-2, which increased only slightly after a third vaccination.
保护弱势群体免受严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2型(SARS-CoV-2)感染是强制性的。造血干细胞移植(HSCT)患者接种第三剂SARS-CoV-2疫苗后的免疫反应尚未得到充分研究。我们分析了HSCT患者和健康对照在接种第三剂疫苗前后的免疫反应。使用干扰素-γ(IFN-γ)和白细胞介素-2(IL-2)酶联免疫斑点法评估细胞免疫。此外,这是首份通过竞争性荧光测定法分析针对11种SARS-CoV-2变体的中和抗体的报告。体液免疫也通过评估细胞病变效应的中和试验和酶联免疫吸附测定法进行测量。HSCT患者和健康对照在接种第三剂疫苗后均未表现出显著更高的SARS-CoV-2特异性IFN-γ或IL-2反应。然而,接种第三剂疫苗后,健康受试者的IFN-γ细胞反应比HSCT患者高2.6倍,IL-2细胞反应高3.2倍。接种第三剂疫苗后,健康对照中的中和抗体显著更高(p<0.01),但HSCT患者中并非如此。健康对照与HSCT患者相比,针对变体的中和抗体浓度高1.5倍,针对野生型的抗体浓度高1.2倍。然而,一半的HSCT患者表现出针对SARS-CoV-2变体的中和抗体,在接种第三剂疫苗后仅略有增加。