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Discovery and Optimization of Neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Using ALTHEA Gold Plus Libraries™.


ABSTRACT: We recently reported the isolation and characterization of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from a phage display library built with the VH repertoire of a convalescent COVID-19 patient, paired with four naïve synthetic VL libraries. One of the antibodies, called IgG-A7, neutralized the Wuhan, Delta (B.1.617.2) and Omicron (B.1.1.529) strains in authentic neutralization tests (PRNT). It also protected 100% transgenic mice expressing the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE-2) from SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this study, the four synthetic VL libraries were combined with the semi-synthetic VH repertoire of ALTHEA Gold Libraries™ to generate a set of fully naïve, general-purpose, libraries called ALTHEA Gold Plus Libraries™. Three out of 24 specific clones for the RBD isolated from the libraries, with affinity in the low nanomolar range and sub-optimal in vitro neutralization in PRNT, were affinity optimized via a method called "Rapid Affinity Maturation" (RAM). The final molecules reached sub-nanomolar neutralization potency, slightly superior to IgG-A7, while the developability profile over the parental molecules was improved. These results demonstrate that general-purpose libraries are a valuable source of potent neutralizing antibodies. Importantly, since general-purpose libraries are "ready-to-use", it could expedite isolation of antibodies for rapidly evolving viruses such as SARS-CoV-2.

SUBMITTER: Guzman-Bringas OU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10003557 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Discovery and Optimization of Neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Using ALTHEA Gold Plus Libraries™.

Guzmán-Bringas Omar U OU   Gómez-Castellano Keyla M KM   González-González Edith E   Salinas-Trujano Juana J   Vázquez-Leyva Said S   Vallejo-Castillo Luis L   Pérez-Tapia Sonia M SM   Almagro Juan C JC  

International journal of molecular sciences 20230227 5


We recently reported the isolation and characterization of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from a phage display library built with the VH repertoire of a convalescent COVID-19 patient, paired with four naïve synthetic VL libraries. One of the antibodies, called IgG-A7, neutralized the Wuhan, Delta (B.1.617.2) and Omicron (B.1.1.529) strains in authentic neutralization tests (PRNT). It also protected 100% transgenic mice expressing the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE-2) from SARS-CoV-2 inf  ...[more]

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