Departments of Molecular Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Departments of Molecular Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Biophys J. 2023 Jun 6;122(11):1996-2006. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.10.026. Epub 2022 Oct 19.
Neutralizing antibodies against influenza have generally been classified according to their recognition sites, with antibodies against the head domain of hemagglutinin thought to inhibit attachment and antibodies against the stalk region thought to inhibit fusion. Here, we report the development of a microfluidic assay to measure neutralization of viral entry that can clearly differentiate between effects on attachment and fusion. Testing multiple broadly neutralizing antibodies against the hemagglutinin stalk domain, we obtain a surprising result: some broadly neutralizing antibodies inhibit fusion only, while others inhibit both fusion and viral attachment. Antibodies binding the globular head domain primarily inhibit attachment but can also reduce the fusogenic capability of viral particles that nonetheless bind the receptor. These findings shed light on the unexpectedly heterogeneous mechanisms of antibody neutralization even within similar recognition sites. The assay we have developed also provides a tool to optimize vaccine design by permitting assessment of the elicited antibody response with greater mechanistic resolution.
针对流感的中和抗体通常根据其识别位点进行分类,针对血凝素头部结构域的抗体被认为可抑制附着,而针对茎部区域的抗体则被认为可抑制融合。在这里,我们报告了一种微流控测定法的开发,该方法可测量病毒进入的中和作用,可明确区分对附着和融合的影响。通过测试针对血凝素茎部结构域的多种广泛中和抗体,我们得到了一个令人惊讶的结果:一些广泛中和抗体仅抑制融合,而另一些则同时抑制融合和病毒附着。结合球形头部结构域的抗体主要抑制附着,但也可以降低结合受体的病毒颗粒的融合能力。这些发现揭示了即使在相似的识别位点内,抗体中和作用的机制也出人意料地具有异质性。我们开发的测定法还提供了一种工具,通过允许更具机制分辨率来评估引发的抗体反应,从而优化疫苗设计。