A Monoclonal Antibody Produced in Glycoengineered Plants Potently Neutralizes Monkeypox Virus

The 2022 global outbreaks of monkeypox virus (MPXV) and increased human-to-human transmission calls for the urgent development of countermeasures to protect people who cannot benefit from vaccination. Here, we describe the development of glycovariants of 7D11, a neutralizing monoclonal IgG antibody (mAb) directed against the L1 transmembrane protein of the related vaccinia virus, in a plant-based system as a potential therapeutic against the current MPVX outbreak. Our results indicated that 7D11 mAb quickly accumulates to high levels within a week after gene introduction to plants. Plant-produced 7D11 mAb assembled correctly into the tetrameric IgG structure and can be easily purified to homogeneity. 7D11 mAb exhibited a largely homogeneous N-glycosylation profile, with or without plant-specific xylose and fucose residues, depending on the expression host, namely wild-type or glycoengineered plants. Plant-made 7D11 retained specific binding to its antigen and displayed a strong neutralization activity against MPXV, as least as potent as the reported activity against vaccinia virus. Our study highlights the utility of anti-L1 mAbs as MPXV therapeutics, and the use of glycoengineered plants to develop mAb glycovariants for potentially enhancing the efficacy of mAbs to combat ever-emerging/re-emerging viral diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Vaccines - 11(2023), 7 vom: 30. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Esqueda, Adrian [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]
Bonner, James [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Huafang [VerfasserIn]
Jugler, Collin [VerfasserIn]
Kibler, Karen V [VerfasserIn]
Steinkellner, Herta [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Qiang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Monkeypox virus (MPXV)
Monoclonal antibody (mAb)
Plant-made antibody
Plant-made pharmaceutical

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Date Revised 14.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/vaccines11071179

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360148654