Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies protect against human adenovirus type 55 infection in transgenic mice and tree shrews

Re-emerging human adenovirus type 55 (HAdV55) has become a significant threat to public health due to its widespread circulation and the association with severe pneumonia, but an effective anti-HAdV55 agent remains unavailable. Herein, we report the generation of macaque-derived, human-like monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) protecting against HAdV55 infection with high potency. Using fluorophore-labelled HAdV55 virions as probes, we isolated specific memory B cells from rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) that were immunized twice with an experimental vaccine based on E1-, E3-deleted, replication-incompetent HAdV55. We cloned a total of 19 neutralizing mAbs, nine of which showed half-maximal inhibitory concentrations below 1.0 ng/ml. These mAbs recognized the hyper-variable-region (HVR) 1, 2, or 7 of viral hexon protein, or the fibre knob. In transgenic mice expressing human desmoglein-2, the major cellular receptor for HAdV55, a single intraperitoneal injection with hexon-targeting mAbs efficiently prevented HAdV55 infection, and mAb 29C12 showed protection at a dose as low as 0.004 mg/kg. Fibre-targeting mAb 28E8, however, showed protection only at a dose up to 12.5 mg/kg. In tree shrews that are permissive for HAdV55 infection and disease, mAb 29C12 effectively prevented HAdV55-caused pneumonia. Further analysis revealed that fibre-targeting mAbs blocked the attachment of HAdV55 to host cells, whereas hexon-targeting mAbs, regardless of their targeting HVRs, mainly functioned at post-attachment stage via inhibiting viral endosomal escape. Our results indicate that hexon-targeting mAbs have great anti-HAdV55 activities and warrant pre-clinical and clinical evaluation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Emerging microbes & infections - 13(2024), 1 vom: 17. Feb., Seite 2307513

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Xinglong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zhengfeng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiaoyan [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Yali [VerfasserIn]
Su, Wan [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yutong [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Weixuan [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Xikui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Nana [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Xianmiao [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Zhichao [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Wenkuan [VerfasserIn]
He, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Linbing [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Rong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Liqiang [VerfasserIn]

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Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Human adenovirus type 55; neutralizing monoclonal antibodies; rhesus macaque; targeting sites; mechanism of action
Journal Article
Viral Proteins

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Date Completed 05.02.2024

Date Revised 05.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2024.2307513

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367307677