Structural and mechanistic basis of neutralization by a pan-hantavirus protective antibody

Emerging rodent-borne hantaviruses cause severe diseases in humans with no approved vaccines or therapeutics. We recently isolated a monoclonal broadly neutralizing antibody (nAb) from a Puumala virus-experienced human donor. Here, we report its structure bound to its target, the Gn/Gc glycoprotein heterodimer comprising the viral fusion complex. The structure explains the broad activity of the nAb: It recognizes conserved Gc fusion loop sequences and the main chain of variable Gn sequences, thereby straddling the Gn/Gc heterodimer and locking it in its prefusion conformation. We show that the nAb's accelerated dissociation from the divergent Andes virus Gn/Gc at endosomal acidic pH limits its potency against this highly lethal virus and correct this liability by engineering an optimized variant that sets a benchmark as a candidate pan-hantavirus therapeutic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Science translational medicine - 15(2023), 700 vom: 14. Juni, Seite eadg1855

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mittler, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Serris, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Esterman, Emma S [VerfasserIn]
Florez, Catalina [VerfasserIn]
Polanco, Laura C [VerfasserIn]
O'Brien, Cecilia M [VerfasserIn]
Slough, Megan M [VerfasserIn]
Tynell, Janne [VerfasserIn]
Gröning, Remigius [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Abelson, Dafna M [VerfasserIn]
Wec, Anna Z [VerfasserIn]
Haslwanter, Denise [VerfasserIn]
Keller, Markus [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Chunyan [VerfasserIn]
Bakken, Russel R [VerfasserIn]
Jangra, Rohit K [VerfasserIn]
Dye, John M [VerfasserIn]
Ahlm, Clas [VerfasserIn]
Rappazzo, C Garrett [VerfasserIn]
Ulrich, Rainer G [VerfasserIn]
Zeitlin, Larry [VerfasserIn]
Geoghegan, James C [VerfasserIn]
Bradfute, Steven B [VerfasserIn]
Sidoli, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Forsell, Mattias N E [VerfasserIn]
Strandin, Tomas [VerfasserIn]
Rey, Felix A [VerfasserIn]
Herbert, Andrew S [VerfasserIn]
Walker, Laura M [VerfasserIn]
Chandran, Kartik [VerfasserIn]
Guardado-Calvo, Pablo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 16.06.2023

Date Revised 28.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/scitranslmed.adg1855

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358167477