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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography	Structural insights into notum covalent inhibition Yuguang Zhao , Fredrik Svensson , David Steadman , Sarah Frew , Amy Monaghan , Magda Bictash , Tiago Moreira , Rod Chalk , Weixian Lu , Paul V. Fish , E. Yvonne Jones Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00701 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [19946] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: The carboxylesterase Notum hydrolyzes a palmitoleate moiety from Wingless/Integrated(Wnt) ligands and deactivates Wnt signaling. Notum inhibitors can restore Wnt signaling which may be of therapeutic benefit for pathologies such as osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s disease. We report the identification of a novel class of covalent Notum inhibitors, 4-(indolin-1-yl)-4-oxobutanoate esters. High-resolution crystal structures of the Notum inhibitor complexes reveal a common covalent adduct formed between the nucleophile serine-232 and hydrolyzed butyric esters. The covalent interaction in solution was confirmed by mass spectrometry analysis. Inhibitory potencies vary depending on the warheads used. Mechanistically, the resulting acyl-enzyme intermediate carbonyl atom is positioned at an unfavorable angle for the approach of the active site water, which, combined with strong hydrophobic interactions with the enzyme pocket residues, hinders the intermediate from being further processed and results in covalent inhibition. These insights into Notum catalytic inhibition may guide development of more potent Notum inhibitors.	Jul 2021
I03-Macromolecular Crystallography	Reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 by vaccine and convalescent serum Chang Liu , Helen M. Ginn , Wanwisa Dejnirattisai , Piyada Supasa , Beibei Wang , Aekkachai Tuekprakhon , Rungtiwa Nutalai , Daming Zhou , Alexander J. Mentzer , Yuguang Zhao , Helen M. E. Duyvesteyn , César López-Camacho , Jose Slon-Campos , Thomas Walter , Donal Skelly , Sile Ann Johnson , Thomas G. Ritter , Chris Mason , Sue Ann Costa Clemens , Felipe Gomes Naveca , Valdinete Nascimento , Fernanda Nascimento , Cristiano Fernandes Da Costa , Paola Cristina Resende , Alex Pauvolid-Correa , Marilda M. Siqueira , Christina Dold , Nigel Temperton , Tao Dong , Andrew J. Pollard , Julian C. Knight , Derrick Crook , Teresa Lambe , Elizabeth Clutterbuck , Sagida Bibi , Amy Flaxman , Mustapha Bittaye , Sandra Belij-Rammerstorfer , Sarah C. Gilbert , Tariq Malik , Miles W. Carroll , Paul Klenerman , Eleanor Barnes , Susanna J. Dunachie , Vicky Baillie , Natali Serafin , Zanele Ditse , Kelly Da Silva , Neil G. Paterson , Mark A. Williams , David R. Hall , Shabir Madhi , Marta C. Nunes , Philip Goulder , Elizabeth E. Fry , Juthathip Mongkolsapaya , Jingshan Ren , David I. Stuart , Gavin R. Screaton Cell DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.020 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [27009] Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 has undergone progressive change with variants conferring advantage rapidly becoming dominant lineages e.g. B.1.617. With apparent increased transmissibility variant B.1.617.2 has contributed to the current wave of infection ravaging the Indian subcontinent and has been designated a variant of concern in the UK. Here we study the ability of monoclonal antibodies, convalescent and vaccine sera to neutralize B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 and complement this with structural analyses of Fab/RBD complexes and map the antigenic space of current variants. Neutralization of both viruses is reduced when compared with ancestral Wuhan related strains but there is no evidence of widespread antibody escape as seen with B.1.351. However, B.1.351 and P.1 sera showed markedly more reduction in neutralization of B.1.617.2 suggesting that individuals previously infected by these variants may be more susceptible to reinfection by B.1.617.2. This observation provides important new insight for immunisation policy with future variant vaccines in non-immune populations.	Jun 2021
I03-Macromolecular Crystallography	Antibody evasion by the P.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2 Wanwisa Dejnirattisai , Daming Zhou , Piyada Supasa , Chang Liu , Alexander J. Mentzer , Helen M. Ginn , Yuguang Zhao , Helen M. E. Duyvesteyn , Aekkachai Tuekprakhon , Rungtiwa Nutalai , Beibei Wang , Guido Paesen , César López-Camacho , Jose Slon-Campos , Thomas S. Walter , Donal Skelly , Sue Ann Costa Clemens , Felipe Gomes Naveca , Valdinete Nascimento , Fernanda Nascimento , Cristiano Fernandes Da Costa , Paola C. Resende , Alex Pauvolid-Correa , Marilda M. Siqueira , Christina Dold , Robert Levin , Tao Dong , Andrew J. Pollard , Julian C. Knight , Derrick Crook , Teresa Lambe , Elizabeth Clutterbuck , Sagida Bibi , Amy Flaxman , Mustapha Bittaye , Sandra Belij-Rammerstorfer , Sarah Gilbert , Miles W. Carroll , Paul Klenerman , Eleanor Barnes , Susanna J. Dunachie , Neil G. Paterson , Mark A. Williams , David R. Hall , Ruben J. G. Hulswit , Thomas A. Bowden , Elizabeth E. Fry , Juthathip Mongkolsapaya , Jingshan Ren , David I. Stuart , Gavin R. Screaton Cell DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.055 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [27009] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Terminating the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic relies upon pan-global vaccination. Current vaccines elicit neutralizing antibody responses to the virus spike derived from early isolates. However, new strains have emerged with multiple mutations: P.1 from Brazil, B.1.351 from South Africa and B.1.1.7 from the UK (12, 10 and 9 changes in the spike respectively). All have mutations in the ACE2 binding site with P.1 and B.1.351 having a virtually identical triplet: E484K, K417N/T and N501Y, which we show confer similar increased affinity for ACE2. We show that, surprisingly, P.1 is significantly less resistant to naturally acquired or vaccine induced antibody responses than B.1.351 suggesting that changes outside the RBD impact neutralisation. Monoclonal antibody 222 neutralises all three variants despite interacting with two of the ACE2 binding site mutations, we explain this through structural analysis and use the 222 light chain to largely restore neutralization potency to a major class of public antibodies.	Mar 2021
I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength)	Notum deacylates octanoylated ghrelin Yuguang Zhao , Laura-Nadine Schuhmacher , Morgan Roberts , Satoshi Kakugawa , Ganka Bineva-Todd , Steve Howell , Nicola O'Reilly , Christine Perret , Ambrosius P. Snijders , Jean-Paul Vincent , E. Yvonne Jones Molecular Metabolism DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101201 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [14744] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Objectives: The only proteins known to be modified by O-linked lipidation are Wnts and ghrelin, and enzymatic removal of this post-translational modification inhibits ligand activity. Indeed, the Wnt-deacylase activity of Notum is the basis of its ability to act as a feedback inhibitor of Wnt signalling. Whether Notum also deacylates ghrelin has not been determined. Methods: We used mass-spectrometry to assay ghrelin deacylation by Notum and co-crystallisation to reveal enzyme-substrate interactions at the atomic level. CRISPR/Cas technology was used to tag endogenous Notum and assess its localisation in mice while liver-specific Notum knock-out mice allowed us to investigate the physiological role of Notum in modulating the level of ghrelin deacylation. Results: Mass-spectrometry detected the removal of octanoyl from ghrelin by purified active Notum, but not by an inactive mutant. The 2.2 Å resolution crystal structure of the Notum-ghrelin complex shows the octanoyl lipid is accommodated in the hydrophobic pocket of Notum. The knock-in allele expressing HA-tagged Notum reveals that Notum is produced in the liver and present in the bloodstream, albeit at a low level. Liver-specific inactivation of Notum in animals fed with a high fat diet leads to a small but significant increase in acylated ghrelin in the circulation, while no such increase is seen in wildtype animals on the same diet. Conclusions: Overall our data demonstrate Notum can act as a ghrelin deacylase, and that this may be physiologically relevant under high fat diet conditions. Our work therefore adds Notum to the list of enzymes, including butylcholineasterase and other carboxylesterases, that modulate the acylation state of ghrelin. The contribution of multiple enzymes could help tune the activity of this important hormone to a wide range of physiological conditions.	Feb 2021
I03-Macromolecular Crystallography	Reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant by convalescent and vaccine sera Piyada Supasa , Daming Zhou , Wanwisa Dejnirattisai , Chang Liu , Alexander J. Mentzer , Helen M. Ginn , Yuguang Zhao , Helen M. E. Duyvesteyn , Rungtiwa Nutalai , Aekkachai Tuekprakhon , Beibei Wang , Guido Paesen , Jose Slon-Campos , César López-Camacho , Bassam Hallis , Naomi Coombes , Kevin Bewley , Sue Charlton , Thomas S. Walter , Eleanor Barnes , Susanna J. Dunachie , Donal Skelly , Sheila F. Lumley , Natalie Baker , Imam Shaik , Holly Humphries , Kerry Godwin , Nick Gent , Alex Sienkiewicz , Christina Dold , Robert Levin , Tao Dong , Andrew J. Pollard , Julian C. Knight , Paul Klenerman , Derrick Crook , Teresa Lambe , Elizabeth Clutterbuck , Sagida Bibi , Amy Flaxman , Mustapha Bittaye , Sandra Belij-Rammerstorfer , Sarah Gilbert , David R. Hall , Mark Williams , Neil G. Paterson , William James , Miles W. Carroll , Elizabeth E. Fry , Juthathip Mongkolsapaya , Jingshan Ren , David I. Stuart , Gavin R. Screaton Cell DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.033 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [27009] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 has caused over 2M deaths in little over a year. Vaccines are being deployed at scale, aiming to generate responses against the virus spike. The scale of the pandemic and error-prone virus replication is leading to the appearance of mutant viruses and potentially escape from antibody responses. Variant B.1.1.7, now dominant in the UK, with increased transmission, harbours 9 amino-acid changes in the spike, including N501Y in the ACE2 interacting-surface. We examine the ability of B.1.1.7 to evade antibody responses elicited by natural SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination. We map the impact of N501Y by structure/function analysis of a large panel of well-characterised monoclonal antibodies. B.1.1.7 is harder to neutralize than parental virus, compromising neutralization by some members of a major class of public antibodies through light chain contacts with residue 501. However, widespread escape from monoclonal antibodies or antibody responses generated by natural infection or vaccination was not observed.	Feb 2021
I03-Macromolecular Crystallography	Evidence of escape of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 from natural and vaccine induced sera Daming Zhou , Wanwisa Dejnirattisai , Piyada Supasa , Chang Liu , Alexander J. Mentzer , Helen M. Ginn , Yuguang Zhao , Helen M. E. Duyvesteyn , Aekkachai Tuekprakhon , Rungtiwa Nutalai , Beibei Wang , Guido C. Paesen , Cesar Lopez-Camacho , Jose Slon-Campos , Bassam Hallis , Naomi Coombes , Kevin Bewley , Sue Charlton , Thomas S. Walter , Donal Skelly , Sheila F. Lumley , Christina Dold , Robert Levin , Tao Dong , Andrew J. Pollard , Julian C. Knight , Derrick Crook , Teresa Lambe , Elizabeth Clutterbuck , Sagida Bibi , Amy Flaxman , Mustapha Bittaye , Sandra Belij-Rammerstorfer , Sarah Gilbert , William James , Miles W. Carroll , Paul Klenerman , Eleanor Barnes , Susanna J. Dunachie , Elizabeth E. Fry , Juthathip Mongkolspaya , Jingshan Ren , David I. Stuart , Gavin R. Screaton Cell DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.037 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [27009] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: The race to produce vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 began when the first sequence was published, and this forms the basis for vaccines currently deployed globally. Independent lineages of SARS-CoV-2 have recently been reported: UK–B.1.1.7, South Africa–B.1.351 and Brazil–P.1. These variants have multiple changes in the immunodominant spike protein which facilitates viral cell entry via the Angiotensin converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) receptor. Mutations in the receptor recognition site on the spike are of great concern for their potential for immune escape. Here we describe a structure-function analysis of B.1.351 using a large cohort of convalescent and vaccinee serum samples. The receptor binding domain mutations provide tighter ACE2 binding and widespread escape from monoclonal antibody neutralization largely driven by E484K although K417N and N501Y act together against some important antibody classes. In a number of cases it would appear that convalescent and some vaccine serum offers limited protection against this variant.	Feb 2021
I03-Macromolecular Crystallography Krios I-Titan Krios I at Diamond	The antigenic anatomy of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain Wanwisa Dejnirattisai , Daming Zhou , Helen M. Ginn , Helen M. E. Duyvesteyn , Piyada Supasa , James Brett Case , Yuguang Zhao , Thomas Walter , Alexander J. Mentzer , Chang Liu , Beibei Wang , Guido C. Paesen , Jose Slon-Campos , César López-Camacho , Natasha M. Kafai , Adam L. Bailey , Rita E. Chen , Baoling Ying , Craig Thompson , Jai Bolton , Alex Fyfe , Sunetra Gupta , Tiong Kit Tan , Javier Gilbert-Jaramillo , William James , Michael Knight , Miles W. Carroll , Donal Skelly , Christina Dold , Yanchun Peng , Robert Levin , Tao Dong , Andrew J. Pollard , Julian C. Knight , Paul Klenerman , Nigel Temperton , David R. Hall , Mark A. Williams , Neil G. Paterson , Felicity Bertram , C. Alistair Siebert , Daniel K. Clare , Andrew Howe , Julika Radecke , Yun Song , Alain R. Townsend , Kuan-Ying A. Huang , Elizabeth E. Fry , Juthathip Mongkolsapaya , Michael S. Diamond , Jingshan Ren , David I. Stuart , Gavin R. Screaton Cell DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.032 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [27009, 26983] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Antibodies are crucial to immune protection against SARS-CoV-2, with some in emergency use as therapeutics. Here we identify 377 human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) recognizing the virus spike, and focus mainly on 80 that bind the receptor binding domain (RBD). We devise a competition data driven method to map RBD binding sites. We find that although antibody binding sites are widely dispersed, neutralizing antibody binding is focused, with nearly all highly inhibitory mAbs (IC50<0.1μg/ml) blocking receptor interaction, except for one that binds a unique epitope in the N-terminal domain. Many of these neutralizing mAbs use public V-genes and are close to germline. We dissect the structural basis of recognition for this large panel of antibodies through X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy of 19 Fab-antigen structures. We find novel binding modes for some potently inhibitory antibodies and demonstrate that strongly neutralizing mAbs protect, prophylactically or therapeutically, in animal models.	Feb 2021
I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography	Caffeine inhibits Notum activity by binding at the catalytic pocket Yuguang Zhao , Jingshan Ren , James Hillier , Weixian Lu , Edith Yvonne Jones Communications Biology 3 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01286-5 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [14744] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Notum inhibits Wnt signalling via enzymatic delipidation of Wnt ligands. Restoration of Wnt signalling by small molecule inhibition of Notum may be of therapeutic benefit in a number of pathologies including Alzheimer’s disease. Here we report Notum activity can be inhibited by caffeine (IC50 19 µM), but not by demethylated caffeine metabolites: paraxanthine, theobromine and theophylline. Cellular luciferase assays show Notum-suppressed Wnt3a function can be restored by caffeine with an EC50 of 46 µM. The dissociation constant (Kd) between Notum and caffeine is 85 µM as measured by surface plasmon resonance. High-resolution crystal structures of Notum complexes with caffeine and its minor metabolite theophylline show both compounds bind at the centre of the enzymatic pocket, overlapping the position of the natural substrate palmitoleic lipid, but using different binding modes. The structural information reported here may be of relevance for the design of more potent brain-accessible Notum inhibitors.	Oct 2020
I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength)	5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones are potent inhibitors of notum carboxylesterase activity identified by the optimization of a crystallographic fragment screening hit William Mahy , Nicky J. Willis , Yuguang Zhao , Hannah L. Woodward , Fredrik Svensson , James Sipthorp , Luca Vecchia , Reinis R. Ruza , James Hillier , Svend Kjær , Sarah Frew , Amy Monaghan , Magda Bictash , Patricia C. Salinas , Paul Whiting , Jean-Paul Vincent , E. Yvonne Jones , Paul V. Fish Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01391 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [16814] Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Carboxylesterase Notum is a negative regulator of the Wnt signaling pathway. There is an emerging understanding of the role Notum plays in disease, supporting the need to discover new small-molecule inhibitors. A crystallographic X-ray fragment screen was performed, which identified fragment hit 1,2,3-triazole 7 as an attractive starting point for a structure-based drug design hit-to-lead program. Optimization of 7 identified oxadiazol-2-one 23dd as a preferred example with properties consistent with drug-like chemical space. Screening 23dd in a cell-based TCF/LEF reporter gene assay restored the activation of Wnt signaling in the presence of Notum. Mouse pharmacokinetic studies with oral administration of 23dd demonstrated good plasma exposure and partial blood–brain barrier penetration. Significant progress was made in developing fragment hit 7 into lead 23dd (>600-fold increase in activity), making it suitable as a new chemical tool for exploring the role of Notum-mediated regulation of Wnt signaling.	Oct 2020
	Broad and strong memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells induced by SARS-CoV-2 in UK convalescent individuals following COVID-19 Yanchun Peng , Alexander J. Mentzer , Guihai Liu , Xuan Yao , Zixi Yin , Danning Dong , Wanwisa Dejnirattisai , Timothy Rostron , Piyada Supasa , Chang Liu , César López-Camacho , Jose Slon-Campos , Yuguang Zhao , David I. Stuart , Guido C. Paesen , Jonathan M. Grimes , Alfred A. Antson , Oliver W. Bayfield , Dorothy E. D. P. Hawkins , De-Sheng Ker , Beibei Wang , Lance Turtle , Krishanthi Subramaniam , Paul Thomson , Ping Zhang , Christina Dold , Jeremy Ratcliff , Peter Simmonds , Thushan De Silva , Paul Sopp , Dannielle Wellington , Ushani Rajapaksa , Yi-Ling Chen , Mariolina Salio , Giorgio Napolitani , Wayne Paes , Persephone Borrow , Benedikt M. Kessler , Jeremy W. Fry , Nikolai F. Schwabe , Malcolm G. Semple , J. Kenneth Baillie , Shona C. Moore , Peter J. M. Openshaw , M. Azim Ansari , Susanna Dunachie , Eleanor Barnes , John Frater , Georgina Kerr , Oliver Gould , Teresa Lockett , Robert Levin , Yonghong Zhang , Ronghua Jing , Ling-Pei Ho , Richard J. Cornall , Christopher P. Conlon , Paul Klenerman , Gavin R. Screaton , Juthathip Mongkolsapaya , Andrew Mcmichael , Julian C. Knight , Graham Ogg , Tao Dong Nature Immunology 7 DOI: 10.1038/s41590-020-0782-6 Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: The development of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines and therapeutics will depend on understanding viral immunity. We studied T cell memory in 42 patients following recovery from COVID-19 (28 with mild disease and 14 with severe disease) and 16 unexposed donors, using interferon-γ-based assays with peptides spanning SARS-CoV-2 except ORF1. The breadth and magnitude of T cell responses were significantly higher in severe as compared with mild cases. Total and spike-specific T cell responses correlated with spike-specific antibody responses. We identified 41 peptides containing CD4+ and/or CD8+ epitopes, including six immunodominant regions. Six optimized CD8+ epitopes were defined, with peptide–MHC pentamer-positive cells displaying the central and effector memory phenotype. In mild cases, higher proportions of SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cells were observed. The identification of T cell responses associated with milder disease will support an understanding of protective immunity and highlights the potential of including non-spike proteins within future COVID-19 vaccine design.	Sep 2020

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