A Three-Monoclonal Antibody Combination Potently Neutralizes BoNT/G Toxin in Mice

Equine-derived antitoxin (BAT®) is the only treatment for botulism from botulinum neurotoxin serotype G (BoNT/G). BAT® is a foreign protein with potentially severe adverse effects and is not renewable. To develop a safe, more potent, and renewable antitoxin, humanized monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were generated. Yeast displayed single chain Fv (scFv) libraries were prepared from mice immunized with BoNT/G and BoNT/G domains and screened with BoNT/G using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). Fourteen scFv-binding BoNT/G were isolated with KD values ranging from 3.86 nM to 103 nM (median KD 20.9 nM). Five mAb-binding non-overlapping epitopes were humanized and affinity matured to create antibodies hu6G6.2, hu6G7.2, hu6G9.1, hu6G10, and hu6G11.2, with IgG KD values ranging from 51 pM to 8 pM. Three IgG combinations completely protected mice challenged with 10,000 LD50s of BoNT/G at a total mAb dose of 6.25 μg per mouse. The mAb combinations have the potential for use in the diagnosis and treatment of botulism due to serotype G and, along with antibody combinations to BoNT/A, B, C, D, E, and F, provide the basis for a fully recombinant heptavalent botulinum antitoxin to replace the legacy equine product.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Toxins - 15(2023), 5 vom: 30. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fan, Yongfeng [VerfasserIn]
Lou, Jianlong [VerfasserIn]
Tam, Christina C [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Weihua [VerfasserIn]
Conrad, Fraser [VerfasserIn]
Leal da Silva Alves, Priscila [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Luisa W [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Rodriguez, Consuelo [VerfasserIn]
Farr-Jones, Shauna [VerfasserIn]
Marks, James D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibody engineering
Antitoxins
Botulinum Toxins, Type A
Botulinum neurotoxin
EC 3.4.24.69
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Mouse neutralization assay
Oligoclonal antibodies
Recombinant antibodies
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Serotype G botulism
Single-Chain Antibodies

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Date Completed 29.05.2023

Date Revised 30.05.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/toxins15050316

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357376226