Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by Destruction of the Prefusion Spike

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There are as yet no licensed therapeutics for the COVID-19 pandemic. The causal coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) binds host cells via a trimeric spike whose receptor binding domain (RBD) recognizes angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, initiating conformational changes that drive membrane fusion. We find that the monoclonal antibody CR3022 binds the RBD tightly, neutralizing SARS-CoV-2, and report the crystal structure at 2.4 Å of the Fab/RBD complex. Some crystals are suitable for screening for entry-blocking inhibitors. The highly conserved, structure-stabilizing CR3022 epitope is inaccessible in the prefusion spike, suggesting that CR3022 binding facilitates conversion to the fusion-incompetent post-fusion state. Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) analysis confirms that incubation of spike with CR3022 Fab leads to destruction of the prefusion trimer. Presentation of this cryptic epitope in an RBD-based vaccine might advantageously focus immune responses. Binders at this epitope could be useful therapeutically, possibly in synergy with an antibody that blocks receptor attachment.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Sep 9;28(3):497. - PMID 32910920

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Cell host & microbe - 28(2020), 3 vom: 09. Sept., Seite 445-454.e6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huo, Jiandong [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yuguang [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Jingshan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Daming [VerfasserIn]
Duyvesteyn, Helen M E [VerfasserIn]
Ginn, Helen M [VerfasserIn]
Carrique, Loic [VerfasserIn]
Malinauskas, Tomas [VerfasserIn]
Ruza, Reinis R [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Pranav N M [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Tiong Kit [VerfasserIn]
Rijal, Pramila [VerfasserIn]
Coombes, Naomi [VerfasserIn]
Bewley, Kevin R [VerfasserIn]
Tree, Julia A [VerfasserIn]
Radecke, Julika [VerfasserIn]
Paterson, Neil G [VerfasserIn]
Supasa, Piyada [VerfasserIn]
Mongkolsapaya, Juthathip [VerfasserIn]
Screaton, Gavin R [VerfasserIn]
Carroll, Miles [VerfasserIn]
Townsend, Alain [VerfasserIn]
Fry, Elizabeth E [VerfasserIn]
Owens, Raymond J [VerfasserIn]
Stuart, David I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ACE2 protein, human
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Antibody
Antigen-Antibody Complex
COVID-19 Vaccines
CR3022
Cryo-electron microscopy
EC 3.4.15.1
EC 3.4.17.23
Epitope
Journal Article
Neutralization
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Receptor binding domain
Receptors, Virus
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Spike
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
Therapeutic
Viral Vaccines
X-ray crystallography

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.09.2020

Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Sep 9;28(3):497. - PMID 32910920

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.chom.2020.06.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311634664