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SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines Foster Potent Antigen-Specific Germinal Center Responses Associated with Neutralizing Antibody Generation
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The deployment of effective vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is critical to eradicate the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Many licensed vaccines confer protection by inducing long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs) and memory B cells (MBCs), cell types canonically generated during germinal center (GC) reactions. Here, we directly compared two vaccine platforms-mRNA vaccines and a recombinant protein formulated with an MF59-like adjuvant-looking for their abilities to quantitatively and qualitatively shape SARS-CoV-2-specific primary GC responses over time. We demonstrated that a single immunization with SARS-CoV-2 mRNA, but not with the recombinant protein vaccine, elicited potent SARS-CoV-2-specific GC B and T follicular helper (Tfh) cell responses as well as LLPCs and MBCs. Importantly, GC responses strongly correlated with neutralizing antibody production. mRNA vaccines more efficiently induced key regulators of the Tfh cell program and influenced the functional properties of Tfh cells. Overall, this study identifies SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines as strong candidates for promoting robust GC-derived immune responses.
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“Our data in humans corroborate reports that demonstrate the induction of potent germinal centre responses by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-based vaccines in mice22,23.”
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“Indeed, a persistent antigen-specific germinal center B cell response and plasmablast response in blood and draining lymph nodes are elicited after vaccination with SARS-CoV-2 LNP-mRNA in humans, leading to the development of a robust and prolonged humoral immunity.53,58”
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“The germinal center B cell response and its regulation by CD4+ T follicular helper (Tfh) cells are of key importance for high-affinity neutralization antibody titers and long-lasting B cell responses.53,54”
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“Many studies [64, 68, 69] have shown that LNPs used for many preclinical studies are highly inflammatory.”
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“Our works confirms studies showing potent immune responses induced by anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (for example, (15, 40)).”
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“This critical pre-pandemic mRNA LNP influenza research was then rapidly applied to successfully preparing COVID-19 mRNA LNP vaccines [87–89].”
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“It has also been suggested that prolonged antigen availability along with continuous presentation of antigens via major histocompatibility complex class II can improve GC reactions (61).”
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“The mRNA–LNP injectable vaccine has been shown to elicit robust and durable GC responses in draining lymph nodes 145,146 .”
Antisense oligonucleotide: A promising therapeutic option to beat COVID ‐19
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“They are highly potent (Lederer et al., 2020) and are able to be developed in record time, as seen with the COVID-19 outbreak, at a lower cost than conventional vaccines.”
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“…may contribute to recovery from COVID-19 (Bange et al., 2021; Wurm et al., 2020). mRNA vaccines elicit CD4+ T cell responses (Anderson et al., 2020; Lederer et al., 2020; Painter et al., 2021; Prendecki et al., 2021; Rodda et al., 2022; Sahin et al., 2020) that are likely important determinants of…”
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“Systemically administered mRNA vaccines elicit TFH and germinal center B cells, which strongly correlates with neutralizing antibody production (33, 34).”
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“It is noteworthy that a single dose of the mRNA vaccine elicits a relatively short-lived GC response in mice, as shown in this and the previous studies [90].”
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“However, interest in effective SARS-CoV-2 therapeutics is increasing rapidly, and the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants has highlighted a need for new viral therapeutics (3, 4).”
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“Several preclinical studies have shown high inflammatory reactions associated with lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) [172,173].”
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“Previous studies have shown that a single dose of mRNA vaccination can result in persistent GC response, 4,6–8 suggesting the presence of different microenvironments in ipsilateral LNs compared to contralateral LNs at the time of the booster immunization.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lederer, K., Castaño, D., Gómez Atria, D., Oguin, T. H., Wang, S., Manzoni, T. B., Muramatsu, H., Hogan, M. J., Amanat, F., Cherubin, P., Lundgreen, K. A., Tam, Y. K., Fan, S. H. Y., Eisenlohr, L. C., Maillard, I., Weissman, D., Bates, P., Krammer, F., Sempowski, G. D., Pardi, N., & Locci, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Universidad de Antioquia (CO)
- Duke University (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
- Acuitas Therapeutics (Canada) (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Locci, Michela
- ORCID
- Venue
- Immunity
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-12
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1281-1295.e5
- ISSN
- 1074-7613 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7680029
- OpenAlex
- W3109969518
- Cited by
- 383
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
- 2026: 27 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 50 · 2023: 61 · 2022: 97 · 2021: 105 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 8.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Immunity (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Repository University of Antioquia (University of Antioquia) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune responses and vaccinations
- Keywords
- SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 vaccines, mRNA vaccines, recombinant protein vaccine, MF59 adjuvant, germinal center reaction, T follicular helper cells, long-lived plasma cells, memory B cells, neutralizing antibodies, B cell response, vaccine platform comparison
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Vaccines, mRNA Vaccines, Epitopes, Antigens, Viral, B-Lymphocytes, Cells, Cultured, T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer, Humans, Lymphocyte Activation, Polysorbates, Recombinant Proteins, RNA, Viral, Squalene, Vaccination, Vaccines, Synthetic, Germinal Center, Antibodies, Neutralizing
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