An efficient approach for SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody production via modified mRNA-LNP immunization

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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many prophylactic and therapeutic drugs have been evaluated and introduced. Among these treatments, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that bind to and neutralize SARS-CoV-2 virus have been applied as complementary and alternative treatments to vaccines. Although different methodologies have been utilized to produce mAbs, traditional hybridoma fusion technology is still commonly used for this purpose due to its unmatched performance record. In this study, we coupled the hybridoma fusion strategy with mRNA-lipid nanoparticle (LNP) immunization. This time-saving approach can circumvent biological and technical hurdles, such as difficult-to-express membrane proteins, antigen instability, and the lack of posttranslational modifications on recombinant antigens. We used mRNA-LNP immunization and hybridoma fusion technology to generate mAbs against the receptor binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein. Compared with traditional protein-based immunization approaches, inoculation of mice with RBD mRNA-LNP induced higher titers of serum antibodies and markedly increased serum neutralizing activity. The mAbs we obtained can bind to SARS-CoV-2 RBDs from several variants. Notably, RBD-mAb-3 displayed particularly high binding affinities and neutralizing potencies against both Alpha and Delta variants. In addition to introducing specific mAbs against SARS-CoV-2, our data generally demonstrate that mRNA-LNP immunization may be useful to quickly generate highly functional mAbs against emerging infectious diseases.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:627

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International journal of pharmaceutics - 627(2022) vom: 05. Nov., Seite 122256

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hsu, Fu-Fei [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Kang-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Kumari, Monika [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wan-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Hsiu-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Chao-Min [VerfasserIn]
Tao, Mi-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Han-Chung [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19
Journal Article
Lipid Nanoparticles
Lipid nanoparticle (LNP)
Modified mRNA
Monoclonal antibodies
RNA, Messenger
SARS-CoV-2
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 20.10.2022

Date Revised 28.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.122256

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34713758X