Abstract

The effects of different SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations and variant infection histories on imprinting population immunity and their influence on emerging escape mutants remain unclear. We found that Omicron (BA.1) breakthrough infection, regardless of vaccination with two-dose mRNA vaccines (M-M-o) or two-dose inactivated vaccines (I-I-o), led to higher neutralizing antibody levels against different variants and stronger T-cell responses than Delta breakthrough infection after two-dose inactivated vaccine vaccination (I-I-δ). Furthermore, different vaccination-infection patterns imprinted virus-specific T-cell differentiation; M-M-ο showed higher S/M/N/E-specific CD4+ T cells and less portion of virus-specific CD45RA+CD27CD8+ T cells by ex vivo assay. Breakthrough infection groups showed higher proliferation and multi-function capacity by in vitro assay than three-dose inactivated vaccine inoculated group (I-I-I). Thus, under wide vaccination coverage, the higher immunogenicity with the Omicron variant may have helped to eliminate the population of Delta variant. Overall, our data contribute to our understanding of immune imprinting in different sub-populations and may guide future vaccination programs.

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Title
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination-infection pattern imprints and diversifies T cell differentiation and neutralizing response against Omicron subvariants
Author
Wang, Junxiang 1 ; Li, Kaiyi 1 ; Mei, Xinyue 1 ; Cao, Jinpeng 2 ; Zhong, Jiaying 1 ; Huang, Peiyu 1 ; Luo, Qi 1 ; Li, Guichang 1 ; Wei, Rui 1 ; Zhong, Nanshan 2 ; Zhao, Zhuxiang 3 ; Wang, Zhongfang 2 

 Guangzhou Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China (GRID:grid.410737.6) (ISNI:0000 0000 8653 1072) 
 Guangzhou Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China (GRID:grid.410737.6) (ISNI:0000 0000 8653 1072); Guangzhou Laboratory, Bioland, Guangzhou, China (GRID:grid.410737.6) 
 Guangzhou Medical University, Department of Infectious Disease, Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, Guangzhou, China (GRID:grid.410737.6) (ISNI:0000 0000 8653 1072) 
Pages
136
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
20565968
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2756508160
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.