Structurally Resolved SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Shows High Efficacy in Severely Infected Hamsters and Provides a Potent Cocktail Pairing Strategy

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Understanding how potent neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) inhibit SARS-CoV-2 is critical for effective therapeutic development. We previously described BD-368-2, a SARS-CoV-2 NAb with high potency; however, its neutralization mechanism is largely unknown. Here, we report the 3.5-Å cryo-EM structure of BD-368-2/trimeric-spike complex, revealing that BD-368-2 fully blocks ACE2 recognition by occupying all three receptor-binding domains (RBDs) simultaneously, regardless of their "up" or "down" conformations. Also, BD-368-2 treats infected adult hamsters at low dosages and at various administering windows, in contrast to placebo hamsters that manifested severe interstitial pneumonia. Moreover, BD-368-2's epitope completely avoids the common binding site of VH3-53/VH3-66 recurrent NAbs, evidenced by tripartite co-crystal structures with RBDs. Pairing BD-368-2 with a potent recurrent NAb neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus at pM level and rescues mutation-induced neutralization escapes. Together, our results rationalized a new RBD epitope that leads to high neutralization potency and demonstrated BD-368-2's therapeutic potential in treating COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:183

Enthalten in:

Cell - 183(2020), 4 vom: 12. Nov., Seite 1013-1023.e13

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Du, Shuo [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Yunlong [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Qinyu [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Pin [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Feifei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Guopeng [VerfasserIn]
Du, Xiaoxia [VerfasserIn]
Bao, Linlin [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Hua [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jiangning [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Jianhui [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Yinghui [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Haoyu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ruixue [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Shuran [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Hua [VerfasserIn]
Yisimayi, Ayijiang [VerfasserIn]
Lv, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Bo [VerfasserIn]
He, Runsheng [VerfasserIn]
Han, Yunlin [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Wenjie [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Yali [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Yajin [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Chenggong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qisheng [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Weijin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Youchun [VerfasserIn]
Xie, X Sunney [VerfasserIn]
Su, Xiao-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Junyu [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Chuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Antibody cocktail
COVID-19
Cryo-EM
Epitope
Epitopes
Hamster
Journal Article
Mutation
Neutralizing antibody
RBD
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Spike
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.11.2020

Date Revised 10.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cell.2020.09.035

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315418184