Cox Freek, Kwaks Ted, Brandenburg Boerries, Koldijk Martin H, Klaren Vincent, Smal Bastiaan, Korse Hans J W M, Geelen Eric, Tettero Lisanne, Zuijdgeest David, Stoop Esther J M, Saeland Eirikur, Vogels Ronald, Friesen Robert H E, Koudstaal Wouter, Goudsmit Jaap
Janssen Prevention Center, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson , Leiden , Netherlands.
Front Immunol. 2016 Sep 29;7:399. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00399. eCollection 2016.
Interactions with receptors for the Fc region of IgG (FcγRs) have been shown to contribute to the protection against influenza A viruses provided by broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) that bind to the viral hemagglutinin (HA) stem. In particular, Fc-mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) has been shown to contribute to protection by stem-binding bnAbs. Fc-mediated effector functions appear not to contribute to protection provided by strain-specific HA head-binding antibodies. We used a panel of anti-stem and anti-head influenza A and B monoclonal antibodies with identical human IgG1 Fc domains and investigated their ability to mediate ADCC-associated FcγRIIIa activation. Antibodies which do not interfere with sialic acid binding of HA can mediate FcγRIIIa activation. However, the FcγRIIIa activation was inhibited when a mutant HA, unable to bind sialic acids, was used. Antibodies which block sialic acid receptor interactions of HA interfered with FcγRIIIa activation. The inhibition of FcγRIIIa activation by HA head-binding and sialic acid receptor-blocking antibodies was confirmed in plasma samples of H5N1 vaccinated human subjects. Together, these results suggest that in addition to Fc-FcγR binding, interactions between HA and sialic acids on immune cells are required for optimal Fc-mediated effector functions by anti-HA antibodies.
与IgG的Fc区域受体(FcγRs)的相互作用已被证明有助于由结合病毒血凝素(HA)茎部的广泛中和抗体(bnAbs)提供的针对甲型流感病毒的保护。特别是,Fc介导的抗体依赖性细胞毒性(ADCC)已被证明有助于茎部结合bnAbs提供的保护。Fc介导的效应功能似乎对菌株特异性HA头部结合抗体提供的保护没有贡献。我们使用了一组具有相同人IgG1 Fc结构域的抗甲型和乙型流感病毒茎部和头部的单克隆抗体,并研究了它们介导ADCC相关FcγRIIIa激活的能力。不干扰HA与唾液酸结合的抗体可以介导FcγRIIIa激活。然而,当使用不能结合唾液酸的突变型HA时,FcγRIIIa激活受到抑制。阻断HA与唾液酸受体相互作用的抗体干扰了FcγRIIIa激活。在接种H5N1疫苗的人类受试者的血浆样本中证实了HA头部结合和唾液酸受体阻断抗体对FcγRIIIa激活的抑制作用。总之,这些结果表明,除了Fc-FcγR结合外,免疫细胞上的HA与唾液酸之间的相互作用对于抗HA抗体实现最佳Fc介导的效应功能是必需的。