Broadly neutralizing human antibodies against Omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2

© 2023. The Author(s)..

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose a significant worldwide threat to human health, as emerging SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants exhibit resistance to therapeutic antibodies and the ability to evade vaccination-induced antibodies. Here, we aimed to identify human antibodies (hAbs) from convalescent patients that are potent and broadly neutralizing toward Omicron sublineages.

METHODS: Using a single B-cell cloning approach, we isolated BA.5 specific human antibodies. We further examined the neutralizing activities of the most promising neutralizing hAbs toward different variants of concern (VOCs) with pseudotyped virus.

RESULTS: Sixteen hAbs showed strong neutralizing activities against Omicron BA.5 with low IC50 values (IC50 < 20 ng/mL). Among four of the most promising neutralizing hAbs (RBD-hAb-B22, -B23, -B25 and -B34), RBD-hAb-B22 exhibited the most potent and broad neutralization profiles across Omicron subvariant pseudoviruses, with low IC50 values (7.7-41.6 ng/mL) and a low PRNT50 value (3.8 ng/mL) in plaque assays with authentic BA.5. It also showed potent therapeutic effects in BA.5-infected K18-hACE2 mice.

CONCLUSIONS: Thus, our efficient screening of BA.5-specific neutralizing hAbs from breakthrough infectious convalescent donors successfully yielded hAbs with potent therapeutic potential against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of biomedical science - 30(2023), 1 vom: 31. Juli, Seite 59

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chiang, Hsiao-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Kang-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Ruei-Min [VerfasserIn]
Kuo, Ting-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yi-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Han-Chung [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
BQ.1.1
Journal Article
Neutralizing human antibody
Omicron
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Single B cell cloning
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
XBB.1.5

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Date Completed 02.08.2023

Date Revised 03.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12929-023-00955-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360250033