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ArticleViruses2021

SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Displays Moderate Resistance to Neutralizing Antibodies and Spike Protein Properties of Higher Soluble ACE2 Sensitivity, Enhanced Cleavage and Fusogenic Activity.

Sabari Nath Neerukonda, Russell Vassell, Sabrina Lusvarghi, Richard Wang, Fernando Echegaray, Lisa Bentley, Ann E Eakin, Karl J Erlandson, Leah C Katzelnick, Carol D Weiss and 1 more

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sabari Nath NeerukondaDivision of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1049-1929
Russell VassellDivision of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA.
Sabrina LusvarghiDivision of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1793-0450
Richard WangDivision of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA.
Fernando EchegarayViral Epidemiology and Immunity Unit, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Lisa BentleyOffice of the Assistance Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 20201, USA.
Ann E EakinDivision of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA.
Karl J ErlandsonInfluenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 20201, USA.
Leah C KatzelnickViral Epidemiology and Immunity Unit, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Carol D WeissDivision of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9965-1289
Wei WangDivision of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA.
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research · USNational Institutes of Health · USBiomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority · USOffice of Readiness and Response · US

Funding

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Intramural Research ProgramUnited States Food and Drug Administration institutional funds
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 lineage variants, Kappa (B.1.617.1) and Delta (B.1.617.2, AY) emerged during the second wave of infections in India, but the Delta variants have become dominant worldwide and continue to evolve. Here, we compared B.1.617 variants for neutralization resistance by convalescent sera, mRNA vaccine-elicited sera, and therapeutic neutralizing antibodies using a pseudovirus neutralization assay. B.1.617.1, B.1.617.2, and AY.1 pseudoviruses showed a modest 1.5- to 4.4-fold reduction in neutralization by convalescent sera and vaccine-elicited sera. In comparison, similar modest reductions were also observed for C.37, P.1, R.1, and B.1.526 pseudoviruses, but 7- and 16-fold reductions for vaccine-elicited and convalescent sera, respectively, were seen for B.1.351 pseudoviruses. Among twenty-three therapeutic antibodies tested, four antibodies showed either complete or partial loss of neutralization against B.1.617.2 pseudoviruses and six antibodies showed either complete or partial loss of neutralization against B.1.617.1 and AY.1 pseudoviruses. Our results indicate that the current mRNA-based vaccines will likely remain effective in protecting against B.1.617 variants. Finally, the P681R substitution confers efficient cleavage of B.1.617 variants' spike proteins and the spike of Delta variants exhibited greater sensitivity to soluble ACE2 neutralization, as well as fusogenic activity, which may contribute to enhanced spread of Delta variants.

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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntigenic VariationCell FusionCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesFurinHumansProtein BindingSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesFurinSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2antigenic distanceB.1.617 variantsneutralization resistanceneutralizing antibodiesSARS-CoV-2spike cleavagesyncytia formation

Identifiers

PMID34960755
PMCPMC8707919
OpenAlexW4226213341

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