期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：2022
卷号：119
期号：29
DOI：10.1073/pnas.2205784119
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Significance
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants have emerged that are resistant to varying extents to neutralizing antibody responses induced by current vaccines and natural infection, especially the recent Omicron variants. Neutralizing potency and breadth for an antibody are often somewhat mutually exclusive. Here, we delineate the molecular interaction between a therapeutic antibody (ADG20) and SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) by X-ray crystallography and characterize its binding epitope. We show that this site is targeted by a few rare antibodies that have both potency and breadth. These findings provide insights into the design of more universal vaccines and broad therapeutic antibodies, which are pressingly needed.
Many neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) elicited to ancestral severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) through natural infection and vaccination have reduced effectiveness to SARS-CoV-2 variants. Here, we show that therapeutic antibody ADG20 is able to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) including Omicron (B.1.1.529) as well as other SARS-related coronaviruses. We delineate the structural basis of this relatively escape-resistant epitope that extends from one end of the receptor binding site (RBS) into the highly conserved CR3022 site. ADG20 can then benefit from high potency through direct competition with ACE2 in the more variable RBS and interaction with the more highly conserved CR3022 site. Importantly, antibodies that are able to target this site generally neutralize a broad range of VOCs, albeit with reduced potency against Omicron. Thus, this conserved and vulnerable site can be exploited for the design of universal vaccines and therapeutic antibodies.
关键词：enSARS-CoV-2variants of concerncross-neutralizing antibodyconserved epitopeX-ray crystallography
