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High resolution linear epitope mapping of the receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in COVID-19 mRNA vaccine recipients.
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ABSTRACT
The prompt rollout of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine is facilitating population immunity, which shall become more dominant than natural infection-induced immunity. At the beginning of the vaccine era, understanding the epitope profiles of vaccine-elicited antibodies will be the first step in assessing functionality of vaccine-induced immunity. In this study, the high-resolution linear epitope profiles of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine recipients and COVID-19 patients were delineated by using microarrays mapped with overlapping peptides of the receptor binding domain (RBD) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein. The vaccine-induced antibodies targeting RBD had broader distribution across the RBD than that induced by the natural infection. Thus, relatively lower neutralizability was observed when a half-maximal neutralization titer measured in vitro by live virus neutralization assays was normalized to a total anti-RBD IgG titer. However, mutation panel assays targeting the SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern have shown that the vaccine-induced epitope variety, rich in breadth, may grant resistance against future viral evolutionary escapes, serving as an advantage of vaccine-induced immunity. ImportanceEstablishing vaccine-based population immunity has been the key factor in attaining herd protection. Thanks to expedited worldwide research efforts, the potency of messenger RNA vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now incontestable. The next debate is regarding the coverage of SARS-CoV-2 variants. At the beginning of this vaccine era, it is of importance to describe the similarities and differences between the immune responses of COVID-19 vaccine recipients and naturally infected individuals. In this study, we demonstrated that the antibody profiles of vaccine recipients are richer in variety, targeting a key protein of the invading virus, than those of naturally infected individuals. Yet vaccine-elicited antibodies included more non-neutralizing antibodies than infection-elicited, their breadth in antibody variations suggested possible resilience against future SARS-CoV-2 variants. The antibody profile achieved by vaccinations in naive individuals pose important insight into the first step towards vaccine-based population immunity.
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2021
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