Broad sarbecovirus neutralizing antibodies define a key site of vulnerability on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Broadly protective vaccines against known and pre-emergent coronaviruses are urgently needed. Critical to their development is a deeper understanding of cross-neutralizing antibody responses induced by natural human coronavirus (HCoV) infections. Here, we mined the memory B cell repertoire of a convalescent SARS donor and identified 200 SARS-CoV-2 binding antibodies that target multiple conserved sites on the spike (S) protein. A large proportion of the antibodies display high levels of somatic hypermutation and cross-react with circulating HCoVs, suggesting recall of pre-existing memory B cells (MBCs) elicited by prior HCoV infections. Several antibodies potently cross-neutralize SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, and the bat SARS-like virus WIV1 by blocking receptor attachment and inducing S1 shedding. These antibodies represent promising candidates for therapeutic intervention and reveal a new target for the rational design of pan-sarbecovirus vaccines..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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bioRxiv.org - (2020) vom: 20. Mai Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2020

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wec, Anna Z. [VerfasserIn]
Wrapp, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Herbert, Andrew S. [VerfasserIn]
Maurer, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Haslwanter, Denise [VerfasserIn]
Sakharkar, Mrunal [VerfasserIn]
Jangra, Rohit K. [VerfasserIn]
Dieterle, M. Eugenia [VerfasserIn]
Lilov, Asparouh [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Deli [VerfasserIn]
Tse, Longping V. [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Nicole V. [VerfasserIn]
Hsieh, Ching-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Nianshuang [VerfasserIn]
Nett, Juergen H. [VerfasserIn]
Champney, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Burnina, Irina [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Shu [VerfasserIn]
Sinclair, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Carl [VerfasserIn]
Pudi, Sarat [VerfasserIn]
Bortz, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Wirchnianski, Ariel S. [VerfasserIn]
Laudermilch, Ethan [VerfasserIn]
Florez, Catalina [VerfasserIn]
Fels, J. Maximilian [VerfasserIn]
O’Brien, Cecilia M. [VerfasserIn]
Graham, Barney S. [VerfasserIn]
Nemazee, David [VerfasserIn]
Burton, Dennis R. [VerfasserIn]
Baric, Ralph S. [VerfasserIn]
Voss, James E. [VerfasserIn]
Chandran, Kartik [VerfasserIn]
Dye, John M. [VerfasserIn]
McLellan, Jason S. [VerfasserIn]
Walker, Laura M. [VerfasserIn]

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doi:

10.1101/2020.05.15.096511

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XBI017917654