Double lock of a potent human therapeutic monoclonal antibody against SARS-CoV-2

© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of China Science Publishing & Media Ltd..

Receptor recognition and subsequent membrane fusion are essential for the establishment of successful infection by SARS-CoV-2. Halting these steps can cure COVID-19. Here we have identified and characterized a potent human monoclonal antibody, HB27, that blocks SARS-CoV-2 attachment to its cellular receptor at sub-nM concentrations. Remarkably, HB27 can also prevent SARS-CoV-2 membrane fusion. Consequently, a single dose of HB27 conferred effective protection against SARS-CoV-2 in two established mouse models. Rhesus macaques showed no obvious adverse events when administrated with 10 times the effective dose of HB27. Cryo-EM studies on complex of SARS-CoV-2 trimeric S with HB27 Fab reveal that three Fab fragments work synergistically to occlude SARS-CoV-2 from binding to the ACE2 receptor. Binding of the antibody also restrains any further conformational changes of the receptor binding domain, possibly interfering with progression from the prefusion to the postfusion stage. These results suggest that HB27 is a promising candidate for immuno-therapies against COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

National science review - 8(2021), 3 vom: 20. März, Seite nwaa297

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Yong-Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Rong-Rong [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Chun-Yun [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Chang-Fa [VerfasserIn]
Xing, Xiaorui [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Weijin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Na-Na [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Tian-Shu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Nan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Huiyu [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Desheng [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Chunxia [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yanjing [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Jianhui [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yao [VerfasserIn]
Lv, Zhe [VerfasserIn]
Shaw, Neil [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qianqian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiao-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Junjie [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Liangzhi [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Zihe [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Youchun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiangxi [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Cheng-Feng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Cryo-EM structure
Human neutralizing antibody
Immuno-therapy
In vivo protection
Journal Article
Preclinical safety evaluation
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Revised 07.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/nsr/nwaa297

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332162516