I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
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Wanwisa
Dejnirattisai
,
Jiandong
Huo
,
Daming
Zhou
,
Jiří
Zahradník
,
Piyada
Supasa
,
Chang
Liu
,
Helen M. E.
Duyvesteyn
,
Helen M.
Ginn
,
Alexander J.
Mentzer
,
Aekkachai
Tuekprakhon
,
Rungtiwa
Nutalai
,
Beibei
Wang
,
Aiste
Dijokaite
,
Suman
Khan
,
Ori
Avinoam
,
Mohammad
Bahar
,
Donal
Skelly
,
Sandra
Adele
,
Sile Ann
Johnson
,
Ali
Amini
,
Thomas
Ritter
,
Chris
Mason
,
Christina
Dold
,
Daniel
Pan
,
Sara
Assadi
,
Adam
Bellass
,
Nikki
Omo-Dare
,
David
Koeckerling
,
Amy
Flaxman
,
Daniel
Jenkin
,
Parvinder K.
Aley
,
Merryn
Voysey
,
Sue Ann
Costa Clemens
,
Felipe Gomes
Naveca
,
Valdinete
Nascimento
,
Fernanda
Nascimento
,
Cristiano
Fernandes Da Costa
,
Paola Cristina
Resende
,
Alex
Pauvolid-Correa
,
Marilda M.
Siqueira
,
Vicky
Baillie
,
Natali
Serafin
,
Gaurav
Kwatra
,
Kelly
Da Silva
,
Shabir A.
Madhi
,
Marta C.
Nunes
,
Tariq
Malik
,
Peter J. M.
Openshaw
,
J. Kenneth
Baillie
,
Malcolm G.
Semple
,
Alain R.
Townsend
,
Kuan-Ying A.
Huang
,
Tiong Kit
Tan
,
Miles W.
Carroll
,
Paul
Klenerman
,
Eleanor
Barnes
,
Susanna J.
Dunachie
,
Bede
Constantinides
,
Hermione
Webster
,
Derrick
Crook
,
Andrew J.
Pollard
,
Teresa
Lambe
,
Neil G.
Paterson
,
Mark A.
Williams
,
David R.
Hall
,
Elizabeth E.
Fry
,
Juthathip
Mongkolsapaya
,
Jingshan
Ren
,
Gideon
Schreiber
,
David I.
Stuart
,
Gavin R.
Screaton
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[27009]
Abstract: On the 24th November 2021 the sequence of a new SARS CoV-2 viral isolate Omicron-B.1.1.529 was announced, containing far more mutations in Spike (S) than previously reported variants. Neutralization titres of Omicron by sera from vaccinees and convalescent subjects infected with early pandemic as well as Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta are substantially reduced or fail to neutralize. Titres against Omicron are boosted by third vaccine doses and are high in cases both vaccinated and infected by Delta. Mutations in Omicron knock out or substantially reduce neutralization by most of a large panel of potent monoclonal antibodies and antibodies under commercial development. Omicron S has structural changes from earlier viruses, combining mutations conferring tight binding to ACE2 to unleash evolution driven by immune escape, leading to a large number of mutations in the ACE2 binding site which rebalance receptor affinity to that of early pandemic viruses.
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Jan 2022
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
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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
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[27009]
Open Access
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.
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Nov 2021
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
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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
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[27009]
Open Access
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.
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Nov 2021
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
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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
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[27009]
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.
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Jun 2021
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
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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
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[27009]
Open Access
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.
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Mar 2021
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
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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
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[27009]
Open Access
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.
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Feb 2021
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
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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
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[27009]
Open Access
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.
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Feb 2021
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
Krios I-Titan Krios I at Diamond
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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
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[27009, 26983]
Open Access
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.
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Feb 2021
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Open Access
Abstract: Global vaccination programs using live-attenuated oral and inactivated polio vaccine (OPV and IPV) have almost eradicated poliovirus (PV) but these vaccines or their production pose significant risk in a polio-free world. Recombinant PV virus-like particles (VLPs), lacking the viral genome, represent safe next-generation vaccines, however their production requires optimisation. Here we present an efficient mammalian expression strategy producing good yields of wild-type PV VLPs for all three serotypes and a thermostabilised variant for PV3. Whilst the wild-type VLPs were predominantly in the non-native C-antigenic form, the thermostabilised PV3 VLPs adopted the native D-antigenic conformation eliciting neutralising antibody titres equivalent to the current IPV and were indistinguishable from natural empty particles by cryo-electron microscopy with a similar stabilising lipidic pocket-factor in the VP1 β-barrel. This factor may not be available in alternative expression systems, which may require synthetic pocket-binding factors. VLPs equivalent to these mammalian expressed thermostabilized particles, represent safer non-infectious vaccine candidates for the post-eradication era.
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Jan 2021
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
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Kuan-Ying A.
Huang
,
Daming
Zhou
,
Elizabeth E.
Fry
,
Abhay
Kotecha
,
Peng-Nien
Huang
,
Shu-Li
Yang
,
Kuo-Chien
Tsao
,
Yhu-Chering
Huang
,
Tzou-Yien
Lin
,
Jingshan
Ren
,
David I.
Stuart
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[10627]
Open Access
Abstract: Enterovirus 71 (EV71)-neutralizing antibodies correlate with protection and have potential as therapeutic agents. We isolate and characterize a panel of plasmablast-derived monoclonal antibodies from an infected child whose antibody response focuses on the plateau epitope near the icosahedral 3-fold axes. Eight of a total of 19 antibodies target this epitope and three of these potently neutralize the virus. Representative neutralizing antibodies 38-1-10A and 38-3-11A both confer effective protection against lethal EV71 challenge in hSCARB2-transgenic mice. The cryo-electron microscopy structures of the EV71 virion in complex with Fab fragments of these potent and protective antibodies reveal the details of a conserved epitope formed by residues in the BC and HI loops of VP2 and the BC and HI loops of VP3 spanning the region around the 3-fold axis. Remarkably, the two antibodies interact with the epitope in quite distinct ways. These plateau-binding antibodies provide templates for promising candidate therapeutics.
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Oct 2020
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