An epitope-enriched immunogen expands responses to a conserved viral site

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العنوان: An epitope-enriched immunogen expands responses to a conserved viral site
المؤلفون: Timothy M. Caradonna, Larance Ronsard, Ashraf S. Yousif, Ian W. Windsor, Rachel Hecht, Thalia Bracamonte-Moreno, Anne A. Roffler, Max J. Maron, Daniel P. Maurer, Jared Feldman, Elisa Marchiori, Ralston M. Barnes, Daniel Rohrer, Nils Lonberg, Thomas H. Oguin, Gregory D. Sempowski, Thomas B. Kepler, Masayuki Kuraoka, Daniel Lingwood, Aaron G. Schmidt
المصدر: Cell reports. 41(6)
سنة النشر: 2022
مصطلحات موضوعية: Mice, Influenza Vaccines, Influenza, Human, Humans, Animals, Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte, Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus, Antibodies, Viral, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
الوصف: Pathogens evade host humoral responses by accumulating mutations in surface antigens. While variable, there are conserved regions that cannot mutate without compromising fitness. Antibodies targeting these conserved epitopes are often broadly protective but remain minor components of the repertoire. Rational immunogen design leverages a structural understanding of viral antigens to modulate humoral responses to favor these responses. Here, we report an epitope-enriched immunogen presenting a higher copy number of the influenza hemagglutinin (HA) receptor-binding site (RBS) epitope relative to other B cell epitopes. Immunization in a partially humanized murine model imprinted with an H1 influenza shows H1-specific serum and99% H1-specific B cells being RBS-directed. Single B cell analyses show a genetically restricted response that structural analysis defines as RBS-directed antibodies engaging the RBS with germline-encoded contacts. These data show how epitope enrichment expands B cell responses toward conserved epitopes and advances immunogen design approaches for next-generation viral vaccines.
تدمد: 2211-1247
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::8c7abc04fcae42eaef89a3695f1bf7d8
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36351401
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رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....8c7abc04fcae42eaef89a3695f1bf7d8
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE