The antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 Beta underscores the antigenic distance to other variants.
Cell Host Microbe
; 30(1): 53-68.e12, 2022 01 12.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1536483
ABSTRACT
Alpha-B.1.1.7, Beta-B.1.351, Gamma-P.1, and Delta-B.1.617.2 variants of SARS-CoV-2 express multiple mutations in the spike protein (S). These may alter the antigenic structure of S, causing escape from natural or vaccine-induced immunity. Beta is particularly difficult to neutralize using serum induced by early pandemic SARS-CoV-2 strains and is most antigenically separated from Delta. To understand this, we generated 674 mAbs from Beta-infected individuals and performed a detailed structure-function analysis of the 27 most potent mAbs one binding the spike N-terminal domain (NTD), the rest the receptor-binding domain (RBD). Two of these RBD-binding mAbs recognize a neutralizing epitope conserved between SARS-CoV-1 and -2, while 18 target mutated residues in Beta K417N, E484K, and N501Y. There is a major response to N501Y, including a public IgVH4-39 sequence, with E484K and K417N also targeted. Recognition of these key residues underscores why serum from Beta cases poorly neutralizes early pandemic and Delta viruses.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Antibodies, Viral
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Antibody Formation
Topics:
Vaccines
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Variants
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Cell Host Microbe
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.chom.2021.11.013
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