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Antibody-antigen kinetics constrain intracellular humoral immunity.

ABSTRACT: During infection with non-enveloped viruses, antibodies stimulate immunity from inside cells by activating the cytosolic Fc receptor TRIM21. This intracellular humoral response relies on opsonized viral particles reaching the cytosol intact but the antigenic and kinetic constraints involved are unknown. We have solved the structure of a potent TRIM21-dependent neutralizing antibody in complex with human adenovirus 5 hexon and show how these properties influence immune activity. Structure-guided mutagenesis was used to generate antibodies with 20,000-fold variation in affinity, on-rates that differ by ~50-fold and off-rates by >175-fold. Characterization of these variants during infection revealed that TRIM21-dependent neutralization and NF?B activation was largely unaffected by on-rate kinetics. In contrast, TRIM21 antiviral activity was exquisitely dependent upon off-rate, with sub-?M affinity antibodies nevertheless unable to stimulate signaling because of fast dissociation kinetics. These results define the antibody properties required to elicit an efficient intracellular immune response during viral infection.

SUBMITTER: Bottermann M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5121590 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Antibody-antigen kinetics constrain intracellular humoral immunity.

Bottermann Maria M Lode Heidrun Elisabeth HE Watkinson Ruth E RE Foss Stian S Sandlie Inger I Andersen Jan Terje JT James Leo C LC

Scientific reports 20161124

During infection with non-enveloped viruses, antibodies stimulate immunity from inside cells by activating the cytosolic Fc receptor TRIM21. This intracellular humoral response relies on opsonized viral particles reaching the cytosol intact but the antigenic and kinetic constraints involved are unknown. We have solved the structure of a potent TRIM21-dependent neutralizing antibody in complex with human adenovirus 5 hexon and show how these properties influence immune activity. Structure-guided ...[more]

PMID: 27881870

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Antibody-antigen kinetics constrain intracellular humoral immunity.

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Antibody-antigen kinetics constrain intracellular humoral immunity.

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