Antibodies from a Human Survivor Define Sites of Vulnerability for Broad Protection against Ebolaviruses

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Experimental monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies have shown promise for treatment of lethal Ebola virus (EBOV) infections, but their species-specific recognition of the viral glycoprotein (GP) has limited their use against other divergent ebolaviruses associated with human disease. Here, we mined the human immune response to natural EBOV infection and identified mAbs with exceptionally potent pan-ebolavirus neutralizing activity and protective efficacy against three virulent ebolaviruses. These mAbs recognize an inter-protomer epitope in the GP fusion loop, a critical and conserved element of the viral membrane fusion machinery, and neutralize viral entry by targeting a proteolytically primed, fusion-competent GP intermediate (GPCL) generated in host cell endosomes. Only a few somatic hypermutations are required for broad antiviral activity, and germline-approximating variants display enhanced GPCL recognition, suggesting that such antibodies could be elicited more efficiently with suitably optimized GP immunogens. Our findings inform the development of both broadly effective immunotherapeutics and vaccines against filoviruses.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Cell. 2017 May 18;169(5):773-775. - PMID 28525748

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:169

Enthalten in:

Cell - 169(2017), 5 vom: 18. Mai, Seite 878-890.e15

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wec, Anna Z [VerfasserIn]
Herbert, Andrew S [VerfasserIn]
Murin, Charles D [VerfasserIn]
Nyakatura, Elisabeth K [VerfasserIn]
Abelson, Dafna M [VerfasserIn]
Fels, J Maximilian [VerfasserIn]
He, Shihua [VerfasserIn]
James, Rebekah M [VerfasserIn]
de La Vega, Marc-Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Wenjun [VerfasserIn]
Bakken, Russell R [VerfasserIn]
Goodwin, Eileen [VerfasserIn]
Turner, Hannah L [VerfasserIn]
Jangra, Rohit K [VerfasserIn]
Zeitlin, Larry [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Xiangguo [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Jonathan R [VerfasserIn]
Walker, Laura M [VerfasserIn]
Ward, Andrew B [VerfasserIn]
Dye, John M [VerfasserIn]
Chandran, Kartik [VerfasserIn]
Bornholdt, Zachary A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

15878
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
EBOV
Ebola Vaccines
Ebola virus
Ebolavirus
Ferret
Human broadly neutralizing antibodies
Infection
Journal Article
Mouse
Neutralization
Protection

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Date Completed 11.07.2017

Date Revised 10.12.2019

published: Print

CommentIn: Cell. 2017 May 18;169(5):773-775. - PMID 28525748

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cell.2017.04.037

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM272080284