Glyco engineered pentameric SARS-CoV-2 IgMs show superior activities compared to IgG1 orthologues

Copyright © 2023 Kallolimath, Palt, Föderl-Höbenreich, Sun, Chen, Pruckner, Eidenberger, Strasser, Zatloukal and Steinkellner..

Immunoglobulin M (IgM) is the largest antibody isotype with unique features like extensive glycosylation and oligomerization. Major hurdles in characterizing its properties are difficulties in the production of well-defined multimers. Here we report the expression of two SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies in glycoengineered plants. Isotype switch from IgG1 to IgM resulted in the production of IgMs, composed of 21 human protein subunits correctly assembled into pentamers. All four recombinant monoclonal antibodies carried a highly reproducible human-type N-glycosylation profile, with a single dominant N-glycan species at each glycosite. Both pentameric IgMs exhibited increased antigen binding and virus neutralization potency, up to 390-fold, compared to the parental IgG1. Collectively, the results may impact on the future design of vaccines, diagnostics and antibody-based therapies and emphasize the versatile use of plants for the expression of highly complex human proteins with targeted posttranslational modifications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 14(2023) vom: 04., Seite 1147960

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kallolimath, Somanath [VerfasserIn]
Palt, Roman [VerfasserIn]
Föderl-Höbenreich, Esther [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Pruckner, Florian [VerfasserIn]
Eidenberger, Lukas [VerfasserIn]
Strasser, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Zatloukal, Kurt [VerfasserIn]
Steinkellner, Herta [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Viral
Glycosylation
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Journal Article
Monoclonal antibodies
Pentameric IgM
Plant expression
Recombinant Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 28.06.2023

Date Revised 01.07.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2023.1147960

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358609194