PMID- 36250073 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221019 IS - 2296-858X (Print) IS - 2296-858X (Electronic) IS - 2296-858X (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2022 TI - Immunological imprint on peripheral blood in kidney transplant recipients after two doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in Japan. PG - 999374 LID - 10.3389/fmed.2022.999374 [doi] LID - 999374 AB - The immunological imprint after two doses of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mRNA vaccination for patients after kidney transplantation (KTx) remain unclear. This study included KTx recipients and volunteer healthy controls (HCs) who received two doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine (Pfizer BioNTech) from January 2021 to December 2021. We analyzed safety within 21 days after each vaccination dose and compared the immune response in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) between the two groups. No graft rejection was observed throughout this study. Adverse events were generally observed within 5 days. The KTx group exhibited a significantly lower degree of symptoms between doses 1 and 2 (P < 0.001). Increases in activated subsets of T and B cells expressing human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR and/or CD38 were observed in the HC group after dose 2 (both P < 0.001), with the greatest increases in HLA-DR(+)CD8(+) T cells and CD38(+)CD19(+) B cells (P = 0.042 and P = 0.031, respectively). In addition, PD1(+)CD8(+) T cells-but not PD1(+)CD4(+) T cells-increased significantly in the HC group (P = 0.027). In the KTx group, however, activated HLA-DR(+), CD38(+), and PD1(+) cells remained at baseline levels. Immunoglobulin (Ig)G against SARS-CoV-2 was detected in only four KTx recipients (13.3%) after dose 2 (P < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that DeltaHLA-DR(+)CD8(+) T cells and DeltaCD38(+)CD19(+) B cells were significantly associated with IgG formation (both P = 0.02). SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine generates impaired cellular and humoral immunity for KTx recipients. Results indicate the need for modified vaccination strategies in immunocompromised KTx recipients. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Takiguchi, Tomita, Uehara, Tateishi, Yamamoto and Nakamura. FAU - Takiguchi, Shinya AU - Takiguchi S AD - Department of Transplant Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Tomita, Yusuke AU - Tomita Y AD - Department of Transplant Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Uehara, Saeko AU - Uehara S AD - Department of Transplant Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Tateishi, Koichiro AU - Tateishi K AD - Department of Virology, Division of Host Defense Mechanism, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Yamamoto, Norio AU - Yamamoto N AD - Department of Virology, Division of Host Defense Mechanism, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Nakamura, Michio AU - Nakamura M AD - Department of Transplant Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220928 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Med (Lausanne) JT - Frontiers in medicine JID - 101648047 PMC - PMC9553995 OTO - NOTNLM OT - SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination OT - cellular and humoral immune responses OT - immunological imprint OT - kidney transplantation OT - safety COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/10/18 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/18 06:01 PMCR- 2022/09/28 CRDT- 2022/10/17 05:34 PHST- 2022/07/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/17 05:34 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/18 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fmed.2022.999374 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Sep 28;9:999374. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.999374. eCollection 2022.