Fortuitous Somatic Mutations during Antibody Evolution Endow Broad Neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants

ABSTRACT Striking antibody evasion by emerging circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants drives the identification of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs). However, how a bNAb acquires increased neutralization breadth during antibody evolution is still elusive. Here, we identified a clonally-related antibody family from a convalescent individual. One of the members, XG005, exhibited potent and broad neutralizing activities against SARS-CoV-2 variants, while the other members showed significant reductions in neutralization breadth and potency, especially against the Omicron sublineages. Structural analysis visualizing the XG005-Omicron spike binding interface revealed how crucial somatic mutations endowed XG005 with greater neutralization potency and breadth. A single administration of XG005 with extended half-life, reduced antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) effect, and increased antibody product quality, exhibited a high therapeutic efficacy in BA.2- and BA.5-challenged mice. Our results provided a natural example to show the importance of somatic hypermutation during antibody evolution for SARS-CoV-2 neutralization breadth and potency..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 23. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Jianbo [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhenguo [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yidan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zegen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jiarong [VerfasserIn]
Chiang, Bing-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yunjiao [VerfasserIn]
Han, Yuru [VerfasserIn]
Zhan, Wuqiang [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Minxiang [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Weiyu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Aihua [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Anqi [VerfasserIn]
He, Jiaying [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Song [VerfasserIn]
Mayer, Christian T. [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lunan [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qiao [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2022.12.12.520172

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XBI038159031