Mary Wilson
Well-known member
20 December 2024
https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01400-24
Bingbing Zhao, Zhenzhao Sun, Shida Wang, Zhibin Shi, Yongping Jiang, Xiurong Wang, Guohua Deng, Peirong Jiao, Hualan Chen, Jingfei Wang
ABSTRACT
Neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) are important for the treatment of emerging viral diseases and for effective vaccine development. In this study, we generated and evaluated three nAbs (1H9, 2D7, and C4H4) against H7N9 influenza viruses and found that they differ in their ability to inhibit viral attachment, membrane fusion, and egress. We resolved the cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of H7N9 hemagglutinin (HA) alone and in complex with the nAb antigen-binding fragments (Fabs) and identified the HA head-located epitope for each nAb, thereby revealing the molecular basis and key residues that determine the differences in these nAbs in neutralizing H7N9 viruses. Moreover, we found that the humanized nAb CC4H4 provided complete protection in mice against death caused by a lethal H7N9 virus infection, even when nAb was given 3 days after the mice were infected. These findings provide new insights into the neutralizing mechanism and structural basis for the rational design of H7N9 virus vaccines and therapeutics.
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.01400-24
https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01400-24
Bingbing Zhao, Zhenzhao Sun, Shida Wang, Zhibin Shi, Yongping Jiang, Xiurong Wang, Guohua Deng, Peirong Jiao, Hualan Chen, Jingfei Wang
ABSTRACT
Neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) are important for the treatment of emerging viral diseases and for effective vaccine development. In this study, we generated and evaluated three nAbs (1H9, 2D7, and C4H4) against H7N9 influenza viruses and found that they differ in their ability to inhibit viral attachment, membrane fusion, and egress. We resolved the cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of H7N9 hemagglutinin (HA) alone and in complex with the nAb antigen-binding fragments (Fabs) and identified the HA head-located epitope for each nAb, thereby revealing the molecular basis and key residues that determine the differences in these nAbs in neutralizing H7N9 viruses. Moreover, we found that the humanized nAb CC4H4 provided complete protection in mice against death caused by a lethal H7N9 virus infection, even when nAb was given 3 days after the mice were infected. These findings provide new insights into the neutralizing mechanism and structural basis for the rational design of H7N9 virus vaccines and therapeutics.
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.01400-24