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I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength)	Design of a potent, selective, and brain-penetrant inhibitor of Wnt-deactivating enzyme notum by optimization of a crystallographic fragment hit Nicky J. Willis , William Mahy , James Sipthorp , Yuguang Zhao , Hannah L. Woodward , Benjamin N. Atkinson , Elliott D. Bayle , Fredrik Svensson , Sarah Frew , Fiona Jeganathan , Amy Monaghan , Stefano Benvegnù , Sarah Jolly , Luca Vecchia , Reinis R. Ruza , Svend Kjær , Steven Howell , Ambrosius P. Snijders , Magda Bictash , Patricia C. Salinas , Jean-Paul Vincent , E. Yvonne Jones , Paul Whiting , Paul V. Fish Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00162 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [16814, 19446] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Notum is a carboxylesterase that suppresses Wnt signaling through deacylation of an essential palmitoleate group on Wnt proteins. There is a growing understanding of the role Notum plays in human diseases such as colorectal cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, supporting the need to discover improved inhibitors, especially for use in models of neurodegeneration. Here, we have described the discovery and profile of 8l (ARUK3001185) as a potent, selective, and brain-penetrant inhibitor of Notum activity suitable for oral dosing in rodent models of disease. Crystallographic fragment screening of the Diamond-SGC Poised Library for binding to Notum, supported by a biochemical enzyme assay to rank inhibition activity, identified 6a and 6b as a pair of outstanding hits. Fragment development of 6 delivered 8l that restored Wnt signaling in the presence of Notum in a cell-based reporter assay. Assessment in pharmacology screens showed 8l to be selective against serine hydrolases, kinases, and drug targets.	May 2022
I03-Macromolecular Crystallography	Structures and therapeutic potential of anti-RBD human monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Kuan-Ying A. Huang , Daming Zhou , Tiong Kit Tan , Charles Chen , Helen M. E. Duyvesteyn , Yuguang Zhao , Helen M. Ginn , Ling Qin , Pramila Rijal , Lisa Schimanski , Robert Donat , Adam Harding , Javier Gilbert-Jaramillo , William James , Julia A. Tree , Karen Buttigieg , Miles Carroll , Sue Charlton , Chia-En Lien , Meei-Yun Lin , Cheng-Pin Chen , Shu-Hsing Cheng , Xiaorui Chen , Tzou-Yien Lin , Elizabeth E. Fry , Jingshan Ren , Che Ma , Alain R. Townsend , David I. Stuart Theranostics DOI: 10.7150/thno.65563 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [27009] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Background: Administration of potent anti-receptor-binding domain (RBD) monoclonal antibodies has been shown to curtail viral shedding and reduce hospitalization in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, the structure-function analysis of potent human anti-RBD monoclonal antibodies and its links to the formulation of antibody cocktails remains largely elusive. Methods: Previously, we isolated a panel of neutralizing anti-RBD monoclonal antibodies from convalescent patients and showed their neutralization efficacy in vitro. Here, we elucidate the mechanism of action of antibodies and dissect antibodies at the epitope level, which leads to a formation of a potent antibody cocktail. Results: We found that representative antibodies which target non-overlapping epitopes are effective against wild type virus and recently emerging variants of concern, whilst being encoded by antibody genes with few somatic mutations. Neutralization is associated with the inhibition of binding of viral RBD to ACE2 and possibly of the subsequent fusion process. Structural analysis of representative antibodies, by cryo-electron microscopy and crystallography, reveals that they have some unique aspects that are of potential value while sharing some features in common with previously reported neutralizing monoclonal antibodies. For instance, one has a common VH 3-53 public variable region yet is unusually resilient to mutation at residue 501 of the RBD. We evaluate the in vivo efficacy of an antibody cocktail consisting of two potent non-competing anti-RBD antibodies in a Syrian hamster model. We demonstrate that the cocktail prevents weight loss, reduces lung viral load and attenuates pulmonary inflammation in hamsters in both prophylactic and therapeutic settings. Although neutralization of one of these antibodies is abrogated by the mutations of variant B.1.351, it is also possible to produce a bi-valent cocktail of antibodies both of which are resilient to variants B.1.1.7, B.1.351 and B.1.617.2. Conclusions: These findings support the up-to-date and rational design of an anti-RBD antibody cocktail as a therapeutic candidate against COVID-19.	Nov 2021
I03-Macromolecular Crystallography	The antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 Beta underscores the antigenic distance to other variants Chang Liu , Daming Zhou , Rungtiwa Nutalai , Helen M. E. Duyvesteyn , Aekkachai Tuekprakhon , Helen M. Ginn , Wanwisa Dejnirattisai , Piyada Supasa , Alexander J. Mentzer , Beibei Wang , James Brett Case , Yuguang Zhao , Donal T. Skelly , Rita E. Chen , Sile Ann Johnson , Thomas G. Ritter , Chris Mason , Tariq Malik , Nigel Temperton , Neil G. Paterson , Mark A. Williams , David R. Hall , Daniel K. Clare , Andrew Howe , Philip J. R. Goulder , Elizabeth E. Fry , Michael S. Diamond , Juthathip Mongkolsapaya , Jingshan Ren , David I. Stuart , Gavin R. Screaton Cell Host & Microbe DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.11.013 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [27009] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Alpha-B.1.1.7, Beta-B.1.351, Gamma-P.1 and Delta-B.1.617.2 variants of SARS-CoV-2 express multiple mutations in the spike protein (S). These may alter the antigenic structure of S, causing escape from natural or vaccine-induced immunity. Beta is particularly difficult to neutralize using serum induced by early pandemic SARS-CoV-2 strains and is most antigenically separated from Delta. To understand this, we generated 674 mAbs from Beta infected individuals and performed a detailed structure-function analysis of the 27 most potent mAbs: one binding the spike N-terminal domain (NTD), the rest the receptor binding domain (RBD). Two of these RBD-binding mAbs recognise a neutralizing epitope conserved between SARS-CoV-1 and -2, whilst 18 target mutated residues in Beta: K417N, E484K, and N501Y. There is a major response to N501Y including a public IgVH4-39 sequence, with E484K and K417N also targeted. Recognition of these key residues underscores why serum from Beta cases poorly neutralizes early pandemic and Delta viruses.	Nov 2021
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

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