Humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike variants after mRNA vaccination in solid organ transplant recipients

Summary: Although SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination has been shown to be safe and effective in the general population, immunocompromised solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) were reported to have impaired immune responses after one or two doses of vaccine. In this study, we examined humoral responses...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Tauzin, Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières, Shang Yu Gong, Debashree Chatterjee, Gabrielle Gendron-Lepage, Catherine Bourassa, Guillaume Goyette, Normand Racine, Zineb Khrifi, Julie Turgeon, Cécile Tremblay, Valérie Martel-Laferrière, Daniel E. Kaufmann, Héloïse Cardinal, Marc Cloutier, Renée Bazin, Ralf Duerr, Mélanie Dieudé, Marie-Josée Hébert, Andrés Finzi
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222012627
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author Alexandra Tauzin
Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières
Shang Yu Gong
Debashree Chatterjee
Gabrielle Gendron-Lepage
Catherine Bourassa
Guillaume Goyette
Normand Racine
Zineb Khrifi
Julie Turgeon
Cécile Tremblay
Valérie Martel-Laferrière
Daniel E. Kaufmann
Héloïse Cardinal
Marc Cloutier
Renée Bazin
Ralf Duerr
Mélanie Dieudé
Marie-Josée Hébert
Andrés Finzi
author_facet Alexandra Tauzin
Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières
Shang Yu Gong
Debashree Chatterjee
Gabrielle Gendron-Lepage
Catherine Bourassa
Guillaume Goyette
Normand Racine
Zineb Khrifi
Julie Turgeon
Cécile Tremblay
Valérie Martel-Laferrière
Daniel E. Kaufmann
Héloïse Cardinal
Marc Cloutier
Renée Bazin
Ralf Duerr
Mélanie Dieudé
Marie-Josée Hébert
Andrés Finzi
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description Summary: Although SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination has been shown to be safe and effective in the general population, immunocompromised solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) were reported to have impaired immune responses after one or two doses of vaccine. In this study, we examined humoral responses induced after the second and the third dose of mRNA vaccine in different SOTR (kidney, liver, lung, and heart). Compared to a cohort of SARS-CoV-2 naïve immunocompetent health care workers (HCWs), the second dose induced weak humoral responses in SOTRs, except for the liver recipients. The third dose boosted these responses but they did not reach the same level as in HCW. Interestingly, although the neutralizing activity against Delta and Omicron variants remained very low after the third dose, Fc-mediated effector functions in SOTR reached similar levels as in the HCW cohort. Whether these responses will suffice to protect SOTR from severe outcome remains to be determined.
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spelling doaj.art-c515ec76f27640b58bc73f10fe68503f2022-12-22T04:02:27ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422022-09-01259104990Humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike variants after mRNA vaccination in solid organ transplant recipientsAlexandra Tauzin0Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières1Shang Yu Gong2Debashree Chatterjee3Gabrielle Gendron-Lepage4Catherine Bourassa5Guillaume Goyette6Normand Racine7Zineb Khrifi8Julie Turgeon9Cécile Tremblay10Valérie Martel-Laferrière11Daniel E. Kaufmann12Héloïse Cardinal13Marc Cloutier14Renée Bazin15Ralf Duerr16Mélanie Dieudé17Marie-Josée Hébert18Andrés Finzi19Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, CanadaInstitut Cardiologie de Montréal, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP), Edmonton, AL T6G 2E1, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP), Edmonton, AL T6G 2E1, CanadaHéma-Québec, Affaires Médicales et Innovation, Québec, QC G1V 5C3, CanadaHéma-Québec, Affaires Médicales et Innovation, Québec, QC G1V 5C3, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USACentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP), Edmonton, AL T6G 2E1, Canada; Héma-Québec, Affaires Médicales et Innovation, Québec, QC G1V 5C3, CanadaCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP), Edmonton, AL T6G 2E1, Canada; Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada; Corresponding authorCentre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada; Corresponding authorSummary: Although SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination has been shown to be safe and effective in the general population, immunocompromised solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) were reported to have impaired immune responses after one or two doses of vaccine. In this study, we examined humoral responses induced after the second and the third dose of mRNA vaccine in different SOTR (kidney, liver, lung, and heart). Compared to a cohort of SARS-CoV-2 naïve immunocompetent health care workers (HCWs), the second dose induced weak humoral responses in SOTRs, except for the liver recipients. The third dose boosted these responses but they did not reach the same level as in HCW. Interestingly, although the neutralizing activity against Delta and Omicron variants remained very low after the third dose, Fc-mediated effector functions in SOTR reached similar levels as in the HCW cohort. Whether these responses will suffice to protect SOTR from severe outcome remains to be determined.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222012627SurgeryImmunologyVirology
spellingShingle Alexandra Tauzin
Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières
Shang Yu Gong
Debashree Chatterjee
Gabrielle Gendron-Lepage
Catherine Bourassa
Guillaume Goyette
Normand Racine
Zineb Khrifi
Julie Turgeon
Cécile Tremblay
Valérie Martel-Laferrière
Daniel E. Kaufmann
Héloïse Cardinal
Marc Cloutier
Renée Bazin
Ralf Duerr
Mélanie Dieudé
Marie-Josée Hébert
Andrés Finzi
Humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike variants after mRNA vaccination in solid organ transplant recipients
iScience
Surgery
Immunology
Virology
title Humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike variants after mRNA vaccination in solid organ transplant recipients
title_full Humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike variants after mRNA vaccination in solid organ transplant recipients
title_fullStr Humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike variants after mRNA vaccination in solid organ transplant recipients
title_full_unstemmed Humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike variants after mRNA vaccination in solid organ transplant recipients
title_short Humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike variants after mRNA vaccination in solid organ transplant recipients
title_sort humoral immune responses against sars cov 2 spike variants after mrna vaccination in solid organ transplant recipients
topic Surgery
Immunology
Virology
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222012627
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