An Association Study of HLA with the Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Specific IgG Antibody Responses to BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine

BNT162b2, an mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech, New York, NY, USA), is one of the most effective COVID-19 vaccines and has been approved by more than 130 countries worldwide. However, several studies have reported that the COVID-19 vaccine shows high interpersonal variability in terms o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Seik-Soon Khor, Yosuke Omae, Junko S. Takeuchi, Ami Fukunaga, Shohei Yamamoto, Akihito Tanaka, Kouki Matsuda, Moto Kimura, Kenji Maeda, Gohzoh Ueda, Tetsuya Mizoue, Mugen Ujiie, Hiroaki Mitsuya, Norio Ohmagari, Wataru Sugiura, Katsushi Tokunaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Vaccines
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/4/563
_version_ 1797409026398486528
author Seik-Soon Khor
Yosuke Omae
Junko S. Takeuchi
Ami Fukunaga
Shohei Yamamoto
Akihito Tanaka
Kouki Matsuda
Moto Kimura
Kenji Maeda
Gohzoh Ueda
Tetsuya Mizoue
Mugen Ujiie
Hiroaki Mitsuya
Norio Ohmagari
Wataru Sugiura
Katsushi Tokunaga
author_facet Seik-Soon Khor
Yosuke Omae
Junko S. Takeuchi
Ami Fukunaga
Shohei Yamamoto
Akihito Tanaka
Kouki Matsuda
Moto Kimura
Kenji Maeda
Gohzoh Ueda
Tetsuya Mizoue
Mugen Ujiie
Hiroaki Mitsuya
Norio Ohmagari
Wataru Sugiura
Katsushi Tokunaga
author_sort Seik-Soon Khor
collection DOAJ
description BNT162b2, an mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech, New York, NY, USA), is one of the most effective COVID-19 vaccines and has been approved by more than 130 countries worldwide. However, several studies have reported that the COVID-19 vaccine shows high interpersonal variability in terms of humoral and cellular responses, such as those with respect to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein immunoglobulin (Ig)G, IgA, IgM, neutralizing antibodies, and CD4<sup>+</sup> and CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells. The objective of this study is to investigate the kinetic changes in anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike IgG (IgG-S) profiles and adverse reactions and their associations with HLA profiles (<i>HLA-A</i>, <i>-C</i>, <i>-B</i>, <i>-DRB1</i>, <i>-DQA1</i>, <i>-DQB1</i>, <i>-DPA1</i> and <i>-DPB1</i>) among 100 hospital workers from the Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Tokyo, Japan. DQA1*03:03:01 (<i>p</i> = 0.017; Odd ratio (OR) 2.80, 95%confidence interval (CI) 1.05–7.25) was significantly associated with higher IgG-S production after two doses of BNT162b2, while DQB1*06:01:01:01 (<i>p</i> = 0.028, OR 0.27, 95%CI 0.05–0.94) was significantly associated with IgG-S declines after two doses of BNT162b2. No HLA alleles were significantly associated with either local symptoms or fever. However, C*12:02:02 (<i>p</i> = 0.058; OR 0.42, 95%CI 0.15–1.16), B*52:01:01 (<i>p</i> = 0.031; OR 0.38, 95%CI 0.14–1.03), DQA1*03:02:01 (<i>p</i> = 0.028; OR 0.39, 95%CI 0.15–1.00) and DPB1*02:01:02 (<i>p</i> = 0.024; OR 0.45, 95%CI 0.21–0.97) appeared significantly associated with protection against systemic symptoms after two doses of BNT162b2 vaccination. Further studies with larger sample sizes are clearly warranted to determine HLA allele associations with the production and long-term sustainability of IgG-S after COVID-19 vaccination.
first_indexed 2024-03-09T04:07:24Z
format Article
id doaj.art-0d6c9d5dbde64d188211cb2d406f7525
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2076-393X
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-09T04:07:24Z
publishDate 2022-04-01
publisher MDPI AG
record_format Article
series Vaccines
spelling doaj.art-0d6c9d5dbde64d188211cb2d406f75252023-12-03T14:03:34ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2022-04-0110456310.3390/vaccines10040563An Association Study of HLA with the Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Specific IgG Antibody Responses to BNT162b2 mRNA VaccineSeik-Soon Khor0Yosuke Omae1Junko S. Takeuchi2Ami Fukunaga3Shohei Yamamoto4Akihito Tanaka5Kouki Matsuda6Moto Kimura7Kenji Maeda8Gohzoh Ueda9Tetsuya Mizoue10Mugen Ujiie11Hiroaki Mitsuya12Norio Ohmagari13Wataru Sugiura14Katsushi Tokunaga15Genome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanDepartment of Academic-Industrial Partnerships Promotion, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanDepartment of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanDepartment of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanDepartment of Laboratory Testing, Center Hospital of the National Center for the Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanDepartment of Refractory Viral Infection, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanDepartment of Academic-Industrial Partnerships Promotion, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanDepartment of Refractory Viral Infection, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanDivision of Core Diagnostics, Abbott Japan LLC., Tokyo 105-7115, JapanDepartment of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanDisease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanDepartment of Refractory Viral Infection, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanDisease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanCenter for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanGenome Medical Science Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, JapanBNT162b2, an mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech, New York, NY, USA), is one of the most effective COVID-19 vaccines and has been approved by more than 130 countries worldwide. However, several studies have reported that the COVID-19 vaccine shows high interpersonal variability in terms of humoral and cellular responses, such as those with respect to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein immunoglobulin (Ig)G, IgA, IgM, neutralizing antibodies, and CD4<sup>+</sup> and CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells. The objective of this study is to investigate the kinetic changes in anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike IgG (IgG-S) profiles and adverse reactions and their associations with HLA profiles (<i>HLA-A</i>, <i>-C</i>, <i>-B</i>, <i>-DRB1</i>, <i>-DQA1</i>, <i>-DQB1</i>, <i>-DPA1</i> and <i>-DPB1</i>) among 100 hospital workers from the Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Tokyo, Japan. DQA1*03:03:01 (<i>p</i> = 0.017; Odd ratio (OR) 2.80, 95%confidence interval (CI) 1.05–7.25) was significantly associated with higher IgG-S production after two doses of BNT162b2, while DQB1*06:01:01:01 (<i>p</i> = 0.028, OR 0.27, 95%CI 0.05–0.94) was significantly associated with IgG-S declines after two doses of BNT162b2. No HLA alleles were significantly associated with either local symptoms or fever. However, C*12:02:02 (<i>p</i> = 0.058; OR 0.42, 95%CI 0.15–1.16), B*52:01:01 (<i>p</i> = 0.031; OR 0.38, 95%CI 0.14–1.03), DQA1*03:02:01 (<i>p</i> = 0.028; OR 0.39, 95%CI 0.15–1.00) and DPB1*02:01:02 (<i>p</i> = 0.024; OR 0.45, 95%CI 0.21–0.97) appeared significantly associated with protection against systemic symptoms after two doses of BNT162b2 vaccination. Further studies with larger sample sizes are clearly warranted to determine HLA allele associations with the production and long-term sustainability of IgG-S after COVID-19 vaccination.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/4/563COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Pfizer-BioNTechIgGHLAJapanese
spellingShingle Seik-Soon Khor
Yosuke Omae
Junko S. Takeuchi
Ami Fukunaga
Shohei Yamamoto
Akihito Tanaka
Kouki Matsuda
Moto Kimura
Kenji Maeda
Gohzoh Ueda
Tetsuya Mizoue
Mugen Ujiie
Hiroaki Mitsuya
Norio Ohmagari
Wataru Sugiura
Katsushi Tokunaga
An Association Study of HLA with the Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Specific IgG Antibody Responses to BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine
Vaccines
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Pfizer-BioNTech
IgG
HLA
Japanese
title An Association Study of HLA with the Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Specific IgG Antibody Responses to BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine
title_full An Association Study of HLA with the Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Specific IgG Antibody Responses to BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine
title_fullStr An Association Study of HLA with the Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Specific IgG Antibody Responses to BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine
title_full_unstemmed An Association Study of HLA with the Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Specific IgG Antibody Responses to BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine
title_short An Association Study of HLA with the Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Specific IgG Antibody Responses to BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine
title_sort association study of hla with the kinetics of sars cov 2 spike specific igg antibody responses to bnt162b2 mrna vaccine
topic COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Pfizer-BioNTech
IgG
HLA
Japanese
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/4/563
work_keys_str_mv AT seiksoonkhor anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT yosukeomae anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT junkostakeuchi anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT amifukunaga anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT shoheiyamamoto anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT akihitotanaka anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT koukimatsuda anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT motokimura anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT kenjimaeda anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT gohzohueda anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT tetsuyamizoue anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT mugenujiie anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT hiroakimitsuya anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT norioohmagari anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT watarusugiura anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT katsushitokunaga anassociationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT seiksoonkhor associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT yosukeomae associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT junkostakeuchi associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT amifukunaga associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT shoheiyamamoto associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT akihitotanaka associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT koukimatsuda associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT motokimura associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT kenjimaeda associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT gohzohueda associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT tetsuyamizoue associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT mugenujiie associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT hiroakimitsuya associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT norioohmagari associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT watarusugiura associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine
AT katsushitokunaga associationstudyofhlawiththekineticsofsarscov2spikespecificiggantibodyresponsestobnt162b2mrnavaccine