Characterization of novel monoclonal antibodies against MERS-coronavirus spike protein

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causes severe pulmonary infection, with ∼35 % mortality. Spike glycoprotein (S) of MERS-CoV is a key target for vaccines and therapeutics because S mediates viral entry and membrane-fusion to host cells. Here, four different S subunit proteins, receptor-binding domain (RBD; 358-606 aa), S1 (1-751 aa), S2 (752-1296 aa), and SΔTM (1-1296 aa), were generated using the baculoviral system and immunized in mice to develop neutralizing antibodies. We developed 77 hybridomas and selected five neutralizing mAbs by immunization with SΔTM against MERS-CoV EMC/2012 strain S-pseudotyped lentivirus. However, all five monoclonal antibodies (mAb) did not neutralize the pseudotyped V534A mutation. Additionally, one mAb RBD-14F8 did not show neutralizing activity against pseudoviruses with amino acid substitution of L506 F or D509 G (England1 strain, EMC/2012 L506 F, and EMC/2012 D509 G), and RBD-43E4 mAb could not neutralize the pseudotyped I529 T mutation, while three other neutralizing mAbs showed broad neutralizing activity. This implies that the mutation in residue 506-509, 529, and 534 of S is critical to generate neutralization escape variants of MERS-CoV. Interestingly, all five neutralizing mAbs have binding affinity to RBD, although most mAbs generated by RBD did not have neutralizing activity. Additionally, chimeric antibodies of RBD-14F8 and RBD-43E4 with human Fc and light chain showed neutralizing effect against wild type MERS-CoV KOR/KNIH/002, similar to the original mouse mAbs. Thus, our mAbs can be utilized for the identification of specific mutations of MERS-CoV.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:278

Enthalten in:

Virus research - 278(2020) vom: 13. März, Seite 197863

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Goo, Junghyun [VerfasserIn]
Jeong, Yuji [VerfasserIn]
Park, Young-Shin [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Eunji [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Dae-Im [VerfasserIn]
Rho, Semi [VerfasserIn]
Park, Uni [VerfasserIn]
Sung, Hyeyeong [VerfasserIn]
Park, Pil-Gu [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Jung-Ah [VerfasserIn]
Seo, Sang Hwan [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Nam Hyuck [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Hyeja [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jae Myun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jae-Ouk [VerfasserIn]
Song, Manki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Epitope
Epitopes
Journal Article
MERS-CoV
Monoclonal antibody
Neutralization
Neutralizing antibody
Protein Subunits
Pseudovirus
Recombinant Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus

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Date Completed 18.09.2020

Date Revised 19.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.virusres.2020.197863

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NLM305437283