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Structures of human antibodies bound to SARS-CoV-2 spike reveal common epitopes and recurrent features of antibodies.

ABSTRACT: Neutralizing antibody responses to coronaviruses focus on the trimeric spike, with most against the receptor-binding domain (RBD). Here we characterized polyclonal IgGs and Fabs from COVID-19 convalescent individuals for recognition of coronavirus spikes. Plasma IgGs differed in their degree of focus on RBD epitopes, recognition of SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and mild coronaviruses, and how avidity effects contributed to increased binding/neutralization of IgGs over Fabs. Electron microscopy reconstructions of polyclonal plasma Fab-spike complexes showed recognition of both S1A and RBD epitopes. A 3.4Å cryo-EM structure of a neutralizing monoclonal Fab-S complex revealed an epitope that blocks ACE2 receptor-binding on "up" RBDs. Modeling suggested that IgGs targeting these sites have different potentials for inter-spike crosslinking on viruses and would not be greatly affected by identified SARS-CoV-2 spike mutations. These studies structurally define a recurrent anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody class derived from VH3-53/VH3-66 and similarity to a SARS-CoV VH3-30 antibody, providing criteria for evaluating vaccine-elicited antibodies.

SUBMITTER: Barnes CO

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7302198 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structures of human antibodies bound to SARS-CoV-2 spike reveal common epitopes and recurrent features of antibodies.

Barnes Christopher O CO West Anthony P AP Huey-Tubman Kathryn E KE Hoffmann Magnus A G MAG Sharaf Naima G NG Hoffman Pauline R PR Koranda Nicholas N Gristick Harry B HB Gaebler Christian C Muecksch Frauke F Cetrulo Lorenzi Julio C JC Finkin Shlomo S Hagglof Thomas T Hurley Arlene A Millard Katrina G KG Weisblum Yiska Y Schmidt Fabian F Hatziioannou Theodora T Bieniasz Paul D PD Caskey Marina M Robbiani Davide F DF Nussenzweig Michel C MC Bjorkman Pamela J PJ

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 20200529

Neutralizing antibody responses to coronaviruses focus on the trimeric spike, with most against the receptor-binding domain (RBD). Here we characterized polyclonal IgGs and Fabs from COVID-19 convalescent individuals for recognition of coronavirus spikes. Plasma IgGs differed in their degree of focus on RBD epitopes, recognition of SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and mild coronaviruses, and how avidity effects contributed to increased binding/neutralization of IgGs over Fabs. Electron microscopy reconstruct ...[more]

PMID: 32577645

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Structures of human antibodies bound to SARS-CoV-2 spike reveal common epitopes and recurrent features of antibodies.

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