Assessment of Maternal and Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load, Transplacental Antibody Transfer, and Placental Pathology in Pregnancies During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Assessment of Maternal and Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load, Transplacental Antibody Transfer, and Placental Pathology in Pregnancies During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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DOI:
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.30455
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发表时间:
2020-12-01
影响因子:
13.8
通讯作者:
Alter G
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作者:
Edlow AG;Li JZ;Collier AY;Atyeo C;James KE;Boatin AA;Gray KJ;Bordt EA;Shook LL;Yonker LM;Fasano A;Diouf K;Croul N;Devane S;Yockey LJ;Lima R;Shui J;Matute JD;Lerou PH;Akinwunmi BO;Schmidt A;Feldman J;Hauser BM;Caradonna TM;De la Flor D;D'Avino P;Regan J;Corry H;Coxen K;Fajnzylber J;Pepin D;Seaman MS;Barouch DH;Walker BD;Yu XG;Kaimal AJ;Roberts DJ;Alter G
What key biological characteristics of maternal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and placental function and pathology have implications for vertical transmission and neonatal protection? In this prospective cohort study including 127 pregnancies, there was no maternal viremia, placental infection, or vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Compromised transplacental transfer of anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibodies with robust transfer of influenza-specific immunity and nonoverlapping placental expression of SARS-CoV-2 receptors angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and transmembrane serine protease 2 were noted. These findings suggest that, although low rates of maternal viremia and patterns of placental SARS-CoV-2 receptor distribution may underlie the rarity of vertical transmission, reduced transplacental transfer of anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibodies may leave neonates at risk for infection. This cohort study examines maternal and neonatal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viral load, transplacental antibody transfer, and placental pathology among pregnant women. Biological data are lacking with respect to risk of vertical transmission and mechanisms of fetoplacental protection in maternal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. To quantify SARS-CoV-2 viral load in maternal and neonatal biofluids, transplacental passage of anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibody, and incidence of fetoplacental infection. This cohort study was conducted among pregnant women presenting for care at 3 tertiary care centers in Boston, Massachusetts. Women with reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results positive for SARS-CoV-2 were recruited from April 2 to June 13, 2020, and follow-up occurred through July 10, 2020. Contemporaneous participants without SARS-CoV-2 infection were enrolled as a convenience sample from pregnant women with RT-PCR results negative for SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy, defined by nasopharyngeal swab RT-PCR. The main outcomes were SARS-CoV-2 viral load in maternal plasma or respiratory fluids and umbilical cord plasma, quantification of anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in maternal and cord plasma, and presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the placenta. Among 127 pregnant women enrolled, 64 with RT-PCR results positive for SARS-CoV-2 (mean [SD] age, 31.6 [5.6] years) and 63 with RT-PCR results negative for SARS-CoV-2 (mean [SD] age, 33.9 [5.4] years) provided samples for analysis. Of women with SARS-CoV-2 infection, 23 (36%) were asymptomatic, 22 (34%) had mild disease, 7 (11%) had moderate disease, 10 (16%) had severe disease, and 2 (3%) had critical disease. In viral load analyses among 107 women, there was no detectable viremia in maternal or cord blood and no evidence of vertical transmission. Among 77 neonates tested in whom SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were quantified in cord blood, 1 had detectable immunoglobuilin M to nucleocapsid. Among 88 placentas tested, SARS-CoV-2 RNA was not detected in any. In antibody analyses among 37 women with SARS-CoV-2 infection, anti–receptor binding domain immunoglobin G was detected in 24 women (65%) and anti-nucleocapsid was detected in 26 women (70%). Mother-to-neonate transfer of anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibodies was significantly lower than transfer of anti-influenza hemagglutinin A antibodies (mean [SD] cord-to-maternal ratio: anti–receptor binding domain immunoglobin G, 0.72 [0.57]; anti-nucleocapsid, 0.74 [0.44]; anti-influenza, 1.44 [0.80]; P < .001). Nonoverlapping placental expression of SARS-CoV-2 receptors angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and transmembrane serine protease 2 was noted. In this cohort study, there was no evidence of placental infection or definitive vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Transplacental transfer of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies was inefficient. Lack of viremia and reduced coexpression and colocalization of placental angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and transmembrane serine protease 2 may serve as protective mechanisms against vertical transmission.
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影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Castanha, Priscila M. S.;Souza, Wayner V.;Brandao Filho, Sinval Pinto
通讯作者:
Brandao Filho, Sinval Pinto
DOI:
10.1126/science.aag3194
发表时间:
2016-08-19
期刊:
Science (New York, N.Y.)
影响因子:
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通讯作者:
McAllister AK
影响因子:
168.9
作者:
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通讯作者:
Zhang, Yuanzhen
影响因子:
5.5
作者:
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通讯作者:
Bamberger, Ellen
影响因子:
6.4
作者:
Castanha, Priscila M. S.;Braga, Cynthia;Marques, Ernesto T. A.
通讯作者:
Marques, Ernesto T. A.