Human type I IFN deficiency does not impair B cell response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination
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Human type I IFN deficiency does not impair B cell response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination
Abstract
Inborn and acquired deficits of type I interferon (IFN) immunity predispose to life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia. We longitudinally profiled the B cell response to mRNA vaccination in SARS-CoV-2 naive patients with inherited TLR7, IRF7, or IFNAR1 deficiency, as well as young patients with autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs due to autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type-1 (APS-1) and older individuals with age-associated autoantibodies to type I IFNs. The receptor-binding domain spike protein (RBD)-specific memory B cell response in all patients was quantitatively and qualitatively similar to healthy donors. Sustained germinal center responses led to accumulation of somatic hypermutations in immunoglobulin heavy chain genes. The amplitude and duration of, and viral neutralization by, RBD-specific IgG serological response were also largely unaffected by TLR7, IRF7, or IFNAR1 deficiencies up to 7 mo after vaccination in all patients. These results suggest that induction of type I IFN is not required for efficient generation of a humoral response against SARS-CoV-2 by mRNA vaccines.
Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04402892.
© 2022 Sokal et al.
Conflict of interest statement
Disclosures: S. Fourati reported personal fees from GSK, Cepheid, and Abbott outside the submitted work. I. Meyts reported grants from CSL Behring outside the submitted work. J.-C. Weill received consulting fees from Institut Mérieux. J.-L. Casanova is an inventor on patent application PCT/US2021/042741, filed July 22, 2021, submitted by The Rockefeller University that covers diagnosis of susceptibility to, and treatment of, viral disease and viral vaccines, including COVID-19 and vaccine-associated diseases. M. Mahévas reported grants from GSK and personal fees from Novartis, LFB, and Amgen outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.
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