Potent neutralizing anti-SARS-CoV-2 human antibodies cure infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamster model

Abstract Treatment with neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) contributes to COVID-19 management. Unfortunately, SARS-CoV-2 variants can escape several of these recently approved mAbs, highlighting the need for additional discovery and development. In a convalescent COVID-19 patient, we identified six mAbs, classified in four epitope groups, that potently neutralized SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan, alpha, beta, gamma and delta infection in vitro. In hamsters, mAbs 3E6 and 3B8 potently cured infection with SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan, beta and delta when administered post-viral infection at 5 mg/kg. Even at 0.2 mg/kg, 3B8 still reduced viral titers. Intramuscular delivery of DNA-encoded 3B8 resulted in in vivo mAb production of median serum levels up to 90 μg/ml, and protected hamsters against delta infection. Overall, our data mark 3B8 as a promising candidate against COVID-19, and highlight advances in both the identification and gene-based delivery of potent human mAbs..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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bioRxiv.org - (2022) vom: 28. Okt. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Imbrechts, Maya [VerfasserIn]
Maes, Wim [VerfasserIn]
Ampofo, Louanne [VerfasserIn]
Van den Berghe, Nathalie [VerfasserIn]
Calcoen, Bas [VerfasserIn]
Van Looveren, Dominique [VerfasserIn]
Noppen, Sam [VerfasserIn]
Hollevoet, Kevin [VerfasserIn]
Vercruysse, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Abdelnabi, Rana [VerfasserIn]
Foo, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Jan Thibaut, Hendrik [VerfasserIn]
Jochmans, Dirk [VerfasserIn]
Ven, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Lammertyn, Jeroen [VerfasserIn]
Vanhoorelbeke, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Callewaert, Nico [VerfasserIn]
De Munter, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Schols, Dominique [VerfasserIn]
Neyts, Johan [VerfasserIn]
Declerck, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Geukens, Nick [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2021.11.25.470011

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XBI033117322