SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 variants lack higher infectivity but do have immune escape

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The 501Y.V2 variants of SARS-CoV-2 containing multiple mutations in spike are now dominant in South Africa and are rapidly spreading to other countries. Here, experiments with 18 pseudotyped viruses showed that the 501Y.V2 variants do not confer increased infectivity in multiple cell types except for murine ACE2-overexpressing cells, where a substantial increase in infectivity was observed. Notably, the susceptibility of the 501Y.V2 variants to 12 of 17 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies was substantially diminished, and the neutralization ability of the sera from convalescent patients and immunized mice was also reduced for these variants. The neutralization resistance was mainly caused by E484K and N501Y mutations in the receptor-binding domain of spike. The enhanced infectivity in murine ACE2-overexpressing cells suggests the possibility of spillover of the 501Y.V2 variants to mice. Moreover, the neutralization resistance we detected for the 501Y.V2 variants suggests the potential for compromised efficacy of monoclonal antibodies and vaccines.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2021 Jul 27;6(1):284. - PMID 34315847

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:184

Enthalten in:

Cell - 184(2021), 9 vom: 29. Apr., Seite 2362-2371.e9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Qianqian [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Jianhui [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jiajing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Ruxia [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Haixin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shuo [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Mengyi [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Chenyan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Lingling [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Haiyang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Qiong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Junkai [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Haoyu [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Yuelei [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Liangzhi [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Linqi [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Xiaowang [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Wenbo [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Weijin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Youchun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

501Y.V2
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antigens, Viral
E484K
EC 3.4.17.23
Immune escape
Infectivity
Journal Article
K417N
Mutation
N501Y
Neutralizing antibody
Receptor binding region
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 13.05.2021

Date Revised 11.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2021 Jul 27;6(1):284. - PMID 34315847

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.042

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM322921163