Immunogenic amino acid motifs and linear epitopes of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
PLoS One
; 16(9): e0252849, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1403295
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ABSTRACT
Reverse vaccinology is an evolving approach for improving vaccine effectiveness and minimizing adverse responses by limiting immunizations to critical epitopes. Towards this goal, we sought to identify immunogenic amino acid motifs and linear epitopes of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that elicit IgG in COVID-19 mRNA vaccine recipients. Paired pre/post vaccination samples from N = 20 healthy adults, and post-vaccine samples from an additional N = 13 individuals were used to immunoprecipitate IgG targets expressed by a bacterial display random peptide library, and preferentially recognized peptides were mapped to the spike primary sequence. The data identify several distinct amino acid motifs recognized by vaccine-induced IgG, a subset of those targeted by IgG from natural infection, which may mimic 3-dimensional conformation (mimotopes). Dominant linear epitopes were identified in the C-terminal domains of the S1 and S2 subunits (aa 558-569, 627-638, and 1148-1159) which have been previously associated with SARS-CoV-2 neutralization in vitro and demonstrate identity to bat coronavirus and SARS-CoV, but limited homology to non-pathogenic human coronavirus. The identified COVID-19 mRNA vaccine epitopes should be considered in the context of variants, immune escape and vaccine and therapy design moving forward.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Epitope Mapping
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COVID-19 Vaccines
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
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Variants
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
PLoS One
Journal subject:
Science
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Medicine
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Journal.pone.0252849
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