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Long-term persistence of neutralizing memory B cells in SARS-CoV-2
Rowena Bull
University of New South Wales
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Considerable concerns relating to the duration of protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 have been raised, with evidence of antibody titres declining rapidly after infection and reports of reinfection. Here we monitored antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD) for up to six months after infection. While antibody titres were maintained, half of the cohort’s neutralising responses had returned to background. However, encouragingly in a selected subset of 13 participants, 12 had detectable RBD-specific memory B cells and these generally increased out to 6 months. Furthermore, we were able to generate monoclonal antibodies with SARS-CoV-2 neutralising capacity from these memory B cells. Overall our study suggests that the loss of neutralising antibodies in plasma may be countered by the maintenance of neutralising capacity in the memory B cell repertoire.
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SARS-CoV-2, neutralising antibodies, RBD, memory B cells
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Long-term persistence of neutralizing memory B cells in SARS-CoV-2
Rowena Bull
University of New South Wales
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Considerable concerns relating to the duration of protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 have been raised, with evidence of antibody titres declining rapidly after infection and reports of reinfection. Here we monitored antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD) for up to six months after infection. While antibody titres were maintained, half of the cohort’s neutralising responses had returned to background. However, encouragingly in a selected subset of 13 participants, 12 had detectable RBD-specific memory B cells and these generally increased out to 6 months. Furthermore, we were able to generate monoclonal antibodies with SARS-CoV-2 neutralising capacity from these memory B cells. Overall our study suggests that the loss of neutralising antibodies in plasma may be countered by the maintenance of neutralising capacity in the memory B cell repertoire.
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Due to technical limitations, full-text HTML conversion of the tables could not be completed. However, they can be accessed in the Supplementary Files.