Aditham Arjun K, Radford Caelan E, Carr Caleb R, Jasti Naveen, King Neil P, Bloom Jesse D
Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Cell Host Microbe. 2025 Jun 11;33(6):988-1003.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2025.04.018. Epub 2025 May 20.
Rabies virus causes nearly 60,000 human deaths annually. Antibodies that target the rabies glycoprotein (G) are being developed as post-exposure prophylactics, but mutations in G can render such antibodies ineffective. Here, we use pseudovirus deep mutational scanning to measure how all single-amino-acid mutations to G affect cell entry and neutralization by a panel of antibodies. These measurements identify sites critical for G function and define constrained regions that are attractive epitopes for clinical antibodies, including at the apex and base of the protein. We provide complete maps of escape mutations for eight monoclonal antibodies, including some in clinical use or development. Escape mutations for most antibodies are present in some natural rabies strains. Overall, this work provides comprehensive information on the functional and antigenic effects of G mutations that can inform development of stabilized vaccine antigens and antibodies that are resilient to rabies genetic variation.
狂犬病病毒每年导致近6万人死亡。靶向狂犬病糖蛋白(G)的抗体正被开发用作暴露后预防药物,但G蛋白的突变会使此类抗体失效。在这里,我们使用假病毒深度突变扫描来测量G蛋白的所有单氨基酸突变如何影响一组抗体的细胞进入和中和作用。这些测量确定了对G蛋白功能至关重要的位点,并定义了作为临床抗体有吸引力的表位的受限区域,包括在该蛋白的顶端和底部。我们提供了八种单克隆抗体的逃逸突变完整图谱,包括一些正在临床使用或研发中的抗体。大多数抗体的逃逸突变存在于一些天然狂犬病病毒株中。总体而言,这项工作提供了关于G蛋白突变的功能和抗原效应的全面信息,可为稳定疫苗抗原和对狂犬病基因变异有抗性的抗体的开发提供参考。
Cell Host Microbe. 2025-6-11
Emerg Microbes Infect. 2019