An Engineered Antibody with Broad Protective Efficacy in Murine Models of SARS and COVID-19

The recurrent zoonotic spillover of coronaviruses (CoVs) into the human population underscores the need for broadly active countermeasures. Here, we employed a directed evolution approach to engineer three SARS-CoV-2 antibodies for enhanced neutralization breadth and potency. One of the affinity-matured variants, ADG-2, displays strong binding activity to a large panel of sarbecovirus receptor binding domains (RBDs) and neutralizes representative epidemic sarbecoviruses with remarkable potency. Structural and biochemical studies demonstrate that ADG-2 employs a unique angle of approach to recognize a highly conserved epitope overlapping the receptor binding site. In murine models of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 infection, passive transfer of ADG-2 provided complete protection against respiratory burden, viral replication in the lungs, and lung pathology. Altogether, ADG-2 represents a promising broad-spectrum therapeutic candidate for the treatment and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 and future emerging SARS-like CoVs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2020

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bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology - (2020) vom: 17. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rappazzo, C Garrett [VerfasserIn]
Tse, Longping V [VerfasserIn]
Kaku, Chengzi I [VerfasserIn]
Wrapp, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Sakharkar, Mrunal [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Deli [VerfasserIn]
Deveau, Laura M [VerfasserIn]
Yockachonis, Thomas J [VerfasserIn]
Herbert, Andrew S [VerfasserIn]
Battles, Michael B [VerfasserIn]
O'Brien, Cecilia M [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Michael E [VerfasserIn]
Geoghegan, James C [VerfasserIn]
Belk, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Linghang [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Linlin [VerfasserIn]
Scobey, Trevor D [VerfasserIn]
Burton, Dennis R [VerfasserIn]
Nemazee, David [VerfasserIn]
Dye, John M [VerfasserIn]
Voss, James E [VerfasserIn]
Gunn, Bronwyn M [VerfasserIn]
McLellan, Jason S [VerfasserIn]
Baric, Ralph S [VerfasserIn]
Gralinski, Lisa E [VerfasserIn]
Walker, Laura M [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 19.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1101/2020.11.17.385500

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318027119