HLA 棘突蛋白表位的保守性支持 SARS-CoV-2 疫苗接种个体对潜在人畜共患冠状病毒 Khosta-2 的 T 细胞交叉保护作用。
Conservation of HLA Spike Protein Epitopes Supports T Cell Cross-Protection in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinated Individuals against the Potentially Zoonotic Coronavirus Khosta-2.
机构信息
Core Scientific and Technical Units, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, 28220 Madrid, Spain.
Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, 28220 Madrid, Spain.
出版信息
Int J Mol Sci. 2024 May 31;25(11):6087. doi: 10.3390/ijms25116087.
Heterologous vaccines, which induce immunity against several related pathogens, can be a very useful and rapid way to deal with new pandemics. In this study, the potential impact of licensed COVID-19 vaccines on cytotoxic and helper cell immune responses against Khosta-2, a novel sarbecovirus that productively infects human cells, was analyzed for the 567 and 41 most common HLA class I and II alleles, respectively. Computational predictions indicated that most of these 608 alleles, covering more than 90% of the human population, contain sufficient fully conserved T-cell epitopes between the Khosta-2 and SARS-CoV-2 spike-in proteins. Ninety percent of these fully conserved peptides for class I and 93% for class II HLA molecules were verified as epitopes recognized by CD8 or CD4 T lymphocytes, respectively. These results show a very high correlation between bioinformatic prediction and experimental assays, which strongly validates this study. This immunoinformatics analysis allowed a broader assessment of the alleles that recognize these peptides, a global approach at the population level that is not possible with experimental assays. In summary, these findings suggest that both cytotoxic and helper cell immune protection elicited by currently licensed COVID-19 vaccines should be effective against Khosta-2 virus infection. Finally, by being rapidly adaptable to future coronavirus pandemics, this study has potential public health implications.
异源疫苗可以针对多种相关病原体诱导免疫,是应对新出现的大流行的一种非常有用且快速的方法。在这项研究中,针对 567 个和 41 个最常见的 HLA Ⅰ类和Ⅱ类等位基因,分别分析了已授权的 COVID-19 疫苗对细胞毒性和辅助性细胞免疫应答针对 Kho sta-2(一种能够有效感染人类细胞的新型沙贝冠状病毒)的潜在影响。计算预测表明,这些 608 个等位基因中的大多数(覆盖了超过 90%的人类人口)在 Kho sta-2 和 SARS-CoV-2 刺突蛋白之间含有足够的完全保守的 T 细胞表位。90%的 I 类完全保守肽和 93%的 II 类 HLA 分子肽被验证为分别被 CD8 或 CD4 T 淋巴细胞识别的表位。这些结果表明生物信息学预测与实验检测之间具有非常高的相关性,这强烈验证了本研究。这项免疫信息学分析允许更广泛地评估识别这些肽的等位基因,这是一种在人群水平上的全局方法,而实验检测无法实现。总之,这些发现表明,目前授权的 COVID-19 疫苗引起的细胞毒性和辅助性细胞免疫保护应该对 Kho sta-2 病毒感染有效。最后,通过快速适应未来的冠状病毒大流行,这项研究具有潜在的公共卫生意义。