Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Diverging maternal and infant cord antibody functions from SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in pregnancy
doi: 10.1101/2023.05.01.538955
Figure Lengend Snippet: A subset of infant cord SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing and RBD Fc effector antibody functions is enhanced with vaccination compared to infection in pregnancy. The medians (bars) for cord sample ( A ) neutralization (FRNT50) against SARS-CoV-2 WA1 (infection n=14, vaccine n=13, vaccine+infection n=19), Delta and Omicron viruses (infection n=12, vaccine n=8, vaccine+infection n=14), ( B ) RBD antibody-dependent natural killer cell activation (ADNKA) by CD107a, IFNγ, and TNFα, ( C ) RBD antibody-dependent complement deposition (ADCD), ( D ) RBD antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP), and ( E ) relative binding of RBD-specific antibodies to FcγRIIIa/CD16a, FcγRIIa/CD32a, FcγRIIb/CD32b and FcRN are shown. For B-E, sample sizes are infection n=20, vaccine n=18, vaccine+infection n=27. P-values for A-E are adjusted for maternal age and body mass index using linear regression. ( F ) The magnitude of cord functions are summarized in the radar plot. Each line represents the median Z-scored data for each clinical group. ( G ) The proportion of detectable functions was used to categorize individuals as a high, medium or low responder. The percentages of each type of responder within each clinical group depict the polyfunctional antibody breadth.
Article Snippet: Recombinant Fc receptors (FcγRIIIa/CD16a, FcγRIIa/CD32a H167, FcγRIIb/CD32b, Neonatal Fc receptor/FcRN) (R&D Systems) were labeled with PE (Abcam) per manufacturer’s instructions, added (1μg/mL) to bead bound antigen-specific immune complexes.
Techniques: Infection, Neutralization, Activation Assay, Binding Assay