SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody structures inform therapeutic strategies

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presents an urgent health crisis. Human neutralizing antibodies that target the host ACE2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein1-5 show promise therapeutically and are being evaluated clinically6-8. Here, to identify the structural correlates of SARS-CoV-2 neutralization, we solved eight new structures of distinct COVID-19 human neutralizing antibodies5 in complex with the SARS-CoV-2 spike trimer or RBD. Structural comparisons allowed us to classify the antibodies into categories: (1) neutralizing antibodies encoded by the VH3-53 gene segment with short CDRH3 loops that block ACE2 and bind only to 'up' RBDs; (2) ACE2-blocking neutralizing antibodies that bind both up and 'down' RBDs and can contact adjacent RBDs; (3) neutralizing antibodies that bind outside the ACE2 site and recognize both up and down RBDs; and (4) previously described antibodies that do not block ACE2 and bind only to up RBDs9. Class 2 contained four neutralizing antibodies with epitopes that bridged RBDs, including a VH3-53 antibody that used a long CDRH3 with a hydrophobic tip to bridge between adjacent down RBDs, thereby locking the spike into a closed conformation. Epitope and paratope mapping revealed few interactions with host-derived N-glycans and minor contributions of antibody somatic hypermutations to epitope contacts. Affinity measurements and mapping of naturally occurring and in vitro-selected spike mutants in 3D provided insight into the potential for SARS-CoV-2 to escape from antibodies elicited during infection or delivered therapeutically. These classifications and structural analyses provide rules for assigning current and future human RBD-targeting antibodies into classes, evaluating avidity effects and suggesting combinations for clinical use, and provide insight into immune responses against SARS-CoV-2.

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UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2020 Aug 30;:. - PMID 32869026

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:588

Enthalten in:

Nature - 588(2020), 7839 vom: 05. Dez., Seite 682-687

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Barnes, Christopher O [VerfasserIn]
Jette, Claudia A [VerfasserIn]
Abernathy, Morgan E [VerfasserIn]
Dam, Kim-Marie A [VerfasserIn]
Esswein, Shannon R [VerfasserIn]
Gristick, Harry B [VerfasserIn]
Malyutin, Andrey G [VerfasserIn]
Sharaf, Naima G [VerfasserIn]
Huey-Tubman, Kathryn E [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Yu E [VerfasserIn]
Robbiani, Davide F [VerfasserIn]
Nussenzweig, Michel C [VerfasserIn]
West, Anthony P [VerfasserIn]
Bjorkman, Pamela J [VerfasserIn]

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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
Antibodies, Neutralizing
EC 3.4.17.23
Journal Article
Receptors, Coronavirus
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 06.01.2021

Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2020 Aug 30;:. - PMID 32869026

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41586-020-2852-1

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NLM316154946