Journal: European Journal of Immunology
Article Title: Anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 Spike IgA2 Induces Inflammation by Human Macrophages
doi: 10.1002/eji.70068
Figure Lengend Snippet: Proinflammatory cytokine production is mostly induced by IgA2. Anti‐spike IgA1 and IgA2 antibody titers in sera of mild and severe COVID‐19 patients were measured by ELISAs ( A ). Each dot represents a single donor ( n = 5–25); statistical significance was determined using unpaired t‐tests. Upon stimulation with anti‐spike IgA1 or ‐IgA2 and Poly(I:C), alveolar‐like macrophages were analyzed for cytokine production ( B ). Each dot or line represents a donor ( n = 14), and the average of multiple donors is reflected by bars (two‐way ANOVA). The ratio of protein production by IgA2 over IgA1 is presented in ( C ). The cells were preincubated with FcαRI blocking antibodies ( D ) or Syk inhibitor entospletinib ( E ) to examine the dependency on both the receptor and the signaling molecule. The cytokine concentration of IL‐6 is depicted in the left panel ( n = 5–8, two‐way ANOVA), and other cytokines in Figure . Right panels show the cytokine reduction upon pretreatment as compared with double stimulation with poly(I:C) and IgA (paired t‐tests). Transcriptional regulation was analyzed by qPCR ( F ). mRNA levels were corrected to the housekeeping genes RACK1, HPRT1, and UBB. For every gene of interest, the fold increase compared with unstimulated cells, T = 0, is presented for a representative example. The area under the curve of these mRNA expression graphs is depicted in ( G ). Each dot or line represents a donor ( n = 4), and the average of multiple donors is reflected by bars. For each cytokine, the ratio of protein production over mRNA expression upon IgA2/1 stimulation, in the presence of Poly(I:C), was calculated ( H ). * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: Mouse‐anti‐human IgA2 clone A9604D2 , Southern Biotech , Cat. 9140‐05.
Techniques: Blocking Assay, Concentration Assay, Expressing