Twelve-month specific IgG response to SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain among COVID-19 convalescent plasma donors in Wuhan

Nat Commun. 2021 Jul 6;12(1):4144. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24230-5.

Abstract

To investigate the duration of humoral immune response in convalescent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, we conduct a 12-month longitudinal study through collecting a total of 1,782 plasma samples from 869 convalescent plasma donors in Wuhan, China and test specific antibody responses. The results show that positive rate of IgG antibody against receptor-binding domain of spike protein (RBD-IgG) to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the COVID-19 convalescent plasma donors exceeded 70% for 12 months post diagnosis. The level of RBD-IgG decreases with time, with the titer stabilizing at 64.3% of the initial level by the 9th month. Moreover, male plasma donors produce more RBD-IgG than female, and age of the patients positively correlates with the RBD-IgG titer. A strong positive correlation between RBD-IgG and neutralizing antibody titers is also identified. These results facilitate our understanding of SARS-CoV-2-induced immune memory to promote vaccine and therapy development.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / blood*
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Blood Donors
  • COVID-19 / therapy
  • COVID-19 Serotherapy
  • Cell Line
  • China
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Convalescence
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Humoral / immunology
  • Immunization, Passive
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Immunologic Memory / immunology
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Receptors, Virus / immunology*
  • SARS-CoV-2 / immunology*
  • Sex Factors
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus / immunology
  • Vero Cells

Substances

  • Antibodies, Neutralizing
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Receptors, Virus
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
  • spike protein, SARS-CoV-2