Background: Adaptive immune responses to structural proteins of the virion play a crucial role in protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We therefore studied T cell responses against multiple SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins in a large cohort using a simple, fast, and high-throughput approach.; Methods: An automated interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) for the Nucleocapsid (NC)-, Membrane (M)-, Spike-C-terminus (SCT)-, and N-terminus-protein (SNT)-specific T cell responses was performed using fresh whole blood from study subjects with convalescent, confirmed COVID-19 (n = 177, more than 200 days post infection), exposed household members (n = 145), and unexposed controls (n = 85). SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies were assessed using ElecsysAnti-SARS-CoV-2 (Ro-N-Ig) and Anti-SARS-CoV-2-ELISA (IgG) (EI-S1-IgG).; Results: 156 of 177 (88%) previously PCR confirmed cases were still positive by Ro-N-Ig more than 200 days after infection. In T cells, most frequently the M-protein was targeted by 88% seropositive, PCR confirmed cases, followed by SCT (85%), NC (82%), and SNT (73%), whereas each of these antigens was recognized by less than 14% of non-exposed control subjects. Broad targeting of these structural virion proteins was characteristic of convalescent SARS-CoV-2 infection; 68% of all seropositive individuals targeted all four tested antigens. Indeed, anti-NC antibody titer correlated loosely, but significantly with the magnitude and breadth of the SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell response. Age, sex, and body mass index were comparable between the different groups.; Conclusion: SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity correlates with broad T cell reactivity of the structural virus proteins at 200 days after infection and beyond. The SARS-CoV-2-IGRA can facilitate large scale determination of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell responses with high accuracy against multiple targets. Copyright © 2021 Brand, Gilberg, Bruger, Gari, Wieser, Eser, Frese, Ahmed, Rubio-Acero, Guggenbuehl Noller, Castelletti, Diekmannshemke, Thiesbrummel, Huynh, Winter, Kroidl, Fuchs, Hoelscher, Roider, Kobold, Pritsch and Geldmacher.
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- TitelBroad T Cell Targeting of Structural Proteins After SARS-CoV-2 Infection: High Throughput Assessment of T Cell Reactivity Using an Automated Interferon Gamma Release Assay
- VerfasserBrand, Isabel ; Gilberg, Leonard ; Bruger, Jan ; Gari, Merce ; Wieser, Andreas ; Eser, Tabea M ; Frese, Jonathan ; Ahmed, Mohamed I M ; Rubio-Acero, Raquel ; Guggenbuehl Noller, Jessica M ; Castelletti, Noemi ; Diekmannshemke, Jana ; Thiesbrummel, Sophie ; Huynh, Duc ; Winter, Simon ; Kroidl, Inge ; Fuchs, Christiane ; Hoelscher, Michael ; Roider, Julia ; Kobold, Sebastian ; Pritsch, Michael ; Geldmacher, Christof
- Enthalten inFrontiers in Immunology, Jg. 12
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