Laboratory Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8): 729-734.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2022.08.005

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Effects of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination on antibody production and immune function

TAN Meiyu1, SHU Jie1, XUAN Binbin1, ZHOU Lida1, LI Hong1, HOU Shangwei2, SHENG Huiming1()   

  1. 1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Tongren Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200336,China
    2. Hongqiao Institute of International Medicine,Tongren Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200336,China
  • Received:2022-03-31 Revised:2022-05-16 Online:2022-08-30 Published:2022-09-16
  • Contact: SHENG Huiming

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the changes of antibody production and immune function in healthy subjects after receiving novel coronavirus-inactivated vaccine(Vero cell). Methods Totally,121 volunteers were classified into two dose and three dose groups. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) total antibodies(IgG+IgM+IgA),SARS-CoV-2 IgG,SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain(RBD) specific neutralizing antibody,lymphocyte subsets and 12 cytokine levels were determined before the first dose,at 7 d after the second dose,before the third dose(half a year after the second dose) and at 7 d after the third dose. Results After the volunteers received the vaccine in the two dose group,the positive rates of SARS-CoV-2 total antibody and SARS-CoV-2 IgG were all 93.44%,and the positive rate of neutralizing antibody of SARS-CoV-2 was 81.96%. For the three dose group,the positive rate of SARS-CoV-2 total antibody was 100.00%,and the positive rate of SARS-CoV-2 IgG was 93.33%. The total antibody level of SARS-CoV-2 in the three dose group at 7 d after the third dose was higher than that in the two dose group at 7 d after the second dose(P<0.001),and the neutralizing antibody level was also statistically significant(P<0.01). The percentage of T follicular helper cell(Tfh) in the two dose group at 7 d after the second dose(11.40%) was higher than that before the first dose(3.92%)(P<0.01). There was no statistical significance in lymphocyte subsets and 12 cytokine levels before the first dose and at 7 d after the second dose in the two dose group,and there was no statistical significance in the three dose group(P>0.05). Conclusions Neutralizing and reactive antibodies can be produced after vaccination with novel coronavirus-inactivated vaccine(Vero cell). Vaccination does not affect the immune function of the humans.

Key words: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Inactivated vaccine, Neutralizing antibody, Lymphocyte subset, Cytokine

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