Immune Assessment of BNT162b2 m-RNA-Spike Based Vaccine Response in Adults

Autor: Juan Irure-Ventura, Adriel Roa-Bautista, Mónica Renuncio-García, Elena González-López, Marcos López-Hoyos, Javier Gonzalo Ocejo-Vinyals, María Gutiérrez-Larrañaga, Marta Alonso-Peña, Patricia Lamadrid-Perojo, David Merino-Fernández, Sandra Guiral-Foz, David San Segundo, Alejandra Comins-Boo
Přispěvatelé: Universidad de Cantabria
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Biomedicines . 2021 Jul 22;9(8):868
UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Biomedicines, Vol 9, Iss 868, p 868 (2021)
Biomedicines
Volume 9
Issue 8
Popis: Vaccine efficacy is based on clinical data. Currently, the assessment of immune response after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is scarce. A total of 52 healthcare workers were immunized with the same lot of BNT162b2 vaccine. The immunological response against the vaccine was tested using a T-specific assay based on the expression of CD25 and CD134 after stimulation with anti-N, -S, and -M specific peptides of SARS-CoV-2. Moreover, IgG anti-S2 and -RBD antibodies were detected using ELISA. Furthermore, the cell subsets involved in the response to the vaccine were measured in peripheral blood by flow cytometry. Humoral-specific responses against the vaccine were detected in 94% and 100% after the first and second doses, respectively. Therefore, anti-S T-specific responses were observed in 57% and 90% of the subjects after the first and second doses of the vaccine, respectively. Thirty days after the second dose, significant increases in T helper 1 memory cells (p <
0.001), peripheral memory T follicular helper (pTFH) cells (p <
0.032), and switched memory (p = 0.005) were observed. This study describes the specific humoral and cellular immune responses after vaccination with the new mRNA-based BNT162b2 vaccine. A mobilization of TFH into the circulation occurs, reflecting a specific activation of the immune system.
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