| Literature DB >> 33852832 |
Bronwyn M Gunn1, Richard Lu1, Matthew D Slein1, Philipp A Ilinykh2, Kai Huang2, Caroline Atyeo1, Sharon L Schendel3, Jiyoung Kim1, Caitlin Cain1, Vicky Roy1, Todd J Suscovich1, Ayato Takada4, Peter J Halfmann5, Yoshihiro Kawaoka5, Matthias G Pauthner6, Mambu Momoh7, Augustine Goba7, Lansana Kanneh7, Kristian G Andersen8, John S Schieffelin9, Donald Grant10, Robert F Garry11, Erica Ollmann Saphire12, Alexander Bukreyev13, Galit Alter14.
Abstract
Protective Ebola virus (EBOV) antibodies have neutralizing activity and induction of antibody constant domain (Fc)-mediated innate immune effector functions. Efforts to enhance Fc effector functionality often focus on maximizing antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, yet distinct combinations of functions could be critical for antibody-mediated protection. As neutralizing antibodies have been cloned from EBOV disease survivors, we sought to identify survivor Fc effector profiles to help guide Fc optimization strategies. Survivors developed a range of functional antibody responses, and we therefore applied a rapid, high-throughput Fc engineering platform to define the most protective profiles. We generated a library of Fc variants with identical antigen-binding fragments (Fabs) from an EBOV neutralizing antibody. Fc variants with antibody-mediated complement deposition and moderate natural killer (NK) cell activity demonstrated complete protective activity in a stringent in vivo mouse model. Our findings highlight the importance of specific effector functions in antibody-mediated protection, and the experimental platform presents a generalizable resource for identifying correlates of immunity to guide therapeutic antibody design.Entities:
Keywords: ADCC; Ebola virus; Fc effector function; antibody engineering; complement; humoral immunity; infectious diseases; monoclonal antibody therapeutics; phagocytosis
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33852832 PMCID: PMC8111768 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.03.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunity ISSN: 1074-7613 Impact factor: 31.745