The prominent role of a CDR1 somatic hypermutation for convergent IGHV3-53/3-66 antibodies in binding to SARS-CoV-2

Autor: Xiaolong Tian, Xiaoyi Zhu, Wenping Song, Zhenlin Yang, Yanling Wu, Tianlei Ying
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Emerging Microbes and Infections, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1186-1190 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 22221751
2222-1751
DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2063074
Popis: In the fight against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) serve as key strategies for the rapid prevention and treatment of COVID-19. However, analysis to fully characterize functional SARS-CoV-2 mAbs is still needed. In this study, by interrogating 1,695 published or patented mAbs of human origin and validated SARS-CoV-2-binding potency, we found a highly preferential usage of IGHV3-53/3-66 germline genes that was then revealed as a distinct selectivity of SARS-CoV-2-induced humoral immunity across other coronaviruses. Moreover, among the rare somatic hypermutations, we identified a novel mutation signature of F27 to I, L, or V with high frequency, which was located in the CDR1 region of the heavy chain among IGHV3-53/3-66-encoded antibodies. This convergent mutation contributed to improving SARS-CoV-2 binding affinity and may advance our knowledge of the humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2.
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