Guardiani Mariasilvia, Zingaropoli Maria Antonella, Cogliati Dezza Francesco, Centofanti Anastasia, Carillo Carolina, Tortellini Eeva, Dominelli Federica, Napoli Anna, Del Borgo Cosmo, Gaeta Aurelia, Venuta Federico, Vullo Vincenzo, Lichtner Miriam, Ciardi Maria Rosa, Mastroianni Claudio Maria, Russo Gianluca
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Department of General and Specialistic Surgery "Paride Stefanini", Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Sep 30;10(10):1642. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10101642.
The aim of the study was to explore the humoral and T-cell response in lung transplant (LuT) patients. Two-time points were considered, before (T0) and after (Tpost) the third dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, comparing LuT with healthy donors (HD). LuT patients showed a lower serologic response against SARS-CoV-2 compared with HD at both time-points (p = 0.0001 and p = 0.0011, respectively). A lower percentage of IFNγ+orIL2+orTNFα+CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells LuT patients was observed in LuT patients compared with HD at T0 (CD4+: p = 0.0001; CD8+: p = 0.0005) and Tpost (CD4+: p = 0.0028; CD8+: p = 0.0114), as well as in the percentage of IFNγ+IL2+TNFα+CD4+ T-cells (T0: p = 0.0247; Tpost: p = 0.0367). Finally, at Tpost, a lower percentage of IFNγ+IL2+TNFα+ CD8+ T-cells in LuT patients compared with HD was found (p = 0.0147). LuT patients were stratified according to the lowest cut-off value for the detection of a humoral response (4.81 BAU/mL) at T0, into responder (R) and non-responder (NR) groups. In the R group, no differences in the percentage of IFNγ+or IL2+orTNFα+ and IFNγ+IL2+TNFα+CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells compared with HD at both time-points were observed. Otherwise, in the NR group, lower percentages of IFNγ+IL2+TNFα+CD4+ T-cells compared with the R group (T0: p = 0.0159; Tpost: p = 0.0159), as well as compared with the HD, at both time-points, were observed (T0: p = 0.0064; Tpost: p = 0.0064). These data seem to confirm that some LuT patients can mount cellular responses even in the absence of a positive humoral response (>33.8 BAU/mL), although this cellular response is dysfunctional and partially detrimental.
该研究的目的是探索肺移植(LuT)患者的体液和T细胞反应。研究考虑了两个时间点,即第三次接种BNT162b2 mRNA疫苗之前(T0)和之后(Tpost),并将肺移植患者与健康供体(HD)进行比较。在两个时间点,肺移植患者针对严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)的血清学反应均低于健康供体(分别为p = 0.0001和p = 0.0011)。与健康供体相比,在T0(CD4 +:p = 0.0001;CD8 +:p = 0.0005)和Tpost(CD4 +:p = 0.0028;CD8 +:p = 0.0114)时,肺移植患者中IFNγ +或IL2 +或TNFα + CD4 +和CD8 + T细胞的百分比更低,IFNγ + IL2 + TNFα + CD4 + T细胞的百分比也是如此(T0:p = 0.0247;Tpost:p = 0.0367)。最后,在Tpost时,发现肺移植患者中IFNγ + IL2 + TNFα + CD8 + T细胞的百分比低于健康供体(p = 0.0147)。根据T0时检测体液反应的最低临界值(4.81 BAU/mL),将肺移植患者分为反应者(R)组和无反应者(NR)组。在R组中,在两个时间点,与健康供体相比,IFNγ +或IL2 +或TNFα +以及IFNγ + IL2 + TNFα + CD4 +和CD8 + T细胞的百分比均未观察到差异。否则,在NR组中,与R组相比(T0:p = 0.0159;Tpost:p = 0.0159),以及在两个时间点与健康供体相比(T0:p = 0.0064;Tpost:p = 0.0064),IFNγ + IL2 + TNFα + CD4 + T细胞的百分比均较低。这些数据似乎证实,即使在没有阳性体液反应(>33.8 BAU/mL)的情况下,一些肺移植患者仍可产生细胞反应,尽管这种细胞反应功能失调且有部分损害。