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Editor, Senior Moderator
Antiviral Res. 2014 Mar 25. pii: S0166-3542(14)00079-5. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2014.03.005. [Epub ahead of print]
A novel neutralizing antibody against diverse clades of H5N1 influenza virus and its mutants capable of airborne transmission.
Wu R1, Li X1, Leung HC2, Cao Z1, Qiu Z1, Zhou Y3, Zheng BJ2, He Y4.
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Abstract
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus H5N1 continues to spread among poultry and has frequently broken the species barrier to humans. Recent studies have shown that a laboratory-mutated or reassortant H5N1 virus bearing hemagglutinin (HA) with as few as four or five mutations was capable of transmitting more efficiently via respiratory droplets between ferrets, posing a serious threat to public health and underscoring the priority of effective vaccines and therapeutics. In this study, we identified a novel monoclonal antibody (mAb) named HAb21, that has a broadly neutralizing activity against all tested strains of H5N1 covering clades 0, 1, 2.2, 2.3.4, and 2.3.2.1. Importantly, HAb21 efficiently neutralized diverse H5N1 variants with single or combination forms of mutations capable of airborne transmission. We demonstrated that HAb21 blocked viral entry during the receptor-binding step by targeting a previously uncharacterized epitope at the tip of the HA head. This novel epitope closely neighbors the receptor-binding site (RBS) and the interface of HA trimer and is highly conserved among divergent H5N1 strains. Our studies provide a new tool for use either for therapeutic purposes or as a basis of vaccine development.
Copyright ? 2014. Published by Elsevier B.V.
KEYWORDS:
Epitope, H5N1, Influenza A virus, Mutation, Neutralizing antibody
PMID:
24681124
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24681124
A novel neutralizing antibody against diverse clades of H5N1 influenza virus and its mutants capable of airborne transmission.
Wu R1, Li X1, Leung HC2, Cao Z1, Qiu Z1, Zhou Y3, Zheng BJ2, He Y4.
Author information
Abstract
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus H5N1 continues to spread among poultry and has frequently broken the species barrier to humans. Recent studies have shown that a laboratory-mutated or reassortant H5N1 virus bearing hemagglutinin (HA) with as few as four or five mutations was capable of transmitting more efficiently via respiratory droplets between ferrets, posing a serious threat to public health and underscoring the priority of effective vaccines and therapeutics. In this study, we identified a novel monoclonal antibody (mAb) named HAb21, that has a broadly neutralizing activity against all tested strains of H5N1 covering clades 0, 1, 2.2, 2.3.4, and 2.3.2.1. Importantly, HAb21 efficiently neutralized diverse H5N1 variants with single or combination forms of mutations capable of airborne transmission. We demonstrated that HAb21 blocked viral entry during the receptor-binding step by targeting a previously uncharacterized epitope at the tip of the HA head. This novel epitope closely neighbors the receptor-binding site (RBS) and the interface of HA trimer and is highly conserved among divergent H5N1 strains. Our studies provide a new tool for use either for therapeutic purposes or as a basis of vaccine development.
Copyright ? 2014. Published by Elsevier B.V.
KEYWORDS:
Epitope, H5N1, Influenza A virus, Mutation, Neutralizing antibody
PMID:
24681124
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24681124