A non-neutralizing glycoprotein B monoclonal antibody protects against herpes simplex virus disease in mice

There is an unmet need for monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for prevention or as adjunctive treatment of herpes simplex virus (HSV) disease. Most vaccine and mAb efforts focus on neutralizing antibodies, but for HSV this strategy has proven ineffective. Preclinical studies with a candidate HSV vaccine strain, ΔgD-2, demonstrated that non-neutralizing antibodies that activate Fcγ receptors (FcγRs) to mediate antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) provide active and passive protection against HSV-1 and HSV-2. We hypothesized that this vaccine provides a tool to identify and characterize protective mAbs. We isolated HSV-specific mAbs from germinal center and memory B cells and bone marrow plasmacytes of ΔgD-2-vaccinated mice and evaluated these mAbs for binding, neutralizing, and FcγR-activating activity and for protective efficacy in mice. The most potent protective mAb, BMPC-23, was not neutralizing but activated murine FcγRIV, a biomarker of ADCC. The cryo-electron microscopic structure of the Fab-glycoprotein B (gB) assembly identified domain IV of gB as the epitope. A single dose of BMPC-23 administered 24 hours before or after viral challenge provided significant protection when configured as mouse IgG2c and protected mice expressing human FcγRIII when engineered as a human IgG1. These results highlight the importance of FcR-activating antibodies in protecting against HSV.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:133

Enthalten in:

The Journal of clinical investigation - 133(2023), 3 vom: 01. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kuraoka, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]
Aschner, Clare Burn [VerfasserIn]
Windsor, Ian W [VerfasserIn]
Mahant, Aakash Mahant [VerfasserIn]
Garforth, Scott J [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Susan Luozheng [VerfasserIn]
Achkar, Jacqueline M [VerfasserIn]
Almo, Steven C [VerfasserIn]
Kelsoe, Garnett [VerfasserIn]
Herold, Betsy C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Antigen
Glycoproteins
Immunoglobulins
Infectious disease
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vaccines
Viral Envelope Proteins

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.02.2023

Date Revised 01.04.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1172/JCI161968

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349672806