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ArticleCell reports methods2023

Increasing sensitivity of antibody-antigen interactions using photo-cross-linking.

Alba Torrents de la Peña, Leigh M Sewall, Rebeca de Paiva Froes Rocha, Abigail M Jackson, Payal P Pratap, Sandhya Bangaru, Christopher A Cottrell, Subhasis Mohanty, Albert C Shaw, Andrew B Ward

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Article in Cell reports methods, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Alba Torrents de la PeñaDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Leigh M SewallDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Rebeca de Paiva Froes RochaDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Abigail M JacksonDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Payal P PratapDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Sandhya BangaruDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Christopher A CottrellDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Subhasis MohantyDepartment of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Albert C ShawDepartment of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Andrew B WardDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Systems investigation of vaccine responses in B cell depleted autoimmune patientsU19AI089992 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI David A. Hafler, RUTH R MONTGOMERY · 2010 to 2026
$50.4M
Midcareer Award in Translational Immunology of AgingK24AG042489 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SHAW, ALBERT C · 2012 to 2022
$1.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI089992NIA NIH HHS K24 AG042489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding antibody-antigen interactions in a polyclonal immune response in humans and animal models is critical for rational vaccine design. Current approaches typically characterize antibodies that are functionally relevant or highly abundant. Here, we use photo-cross-linking and single-particle electron microscopy to increase antibody detection and unveil epitopes of low-affinity and low-abundance antibodies, leading to a broader structural characterization of polyclonal immune responses. We employed this approach across three different viral glycoproteins and showed increased sensitivity of detection relative to currently used methods. Results were most noticeable in early and late time points of a polyclonal immune response. Additionally, the use of photo-cross-linking revealed intermediate antibody binding states and demonstrated a distinctive way to study antibody binding mechanisms. This technique can be used to structurally characterize the landscape of a polyclonal immune response of patients in vaccination or post-infection studies at early time points, allowing for rapid iterative design of vaccine immunogens.

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Antibodies, NeutralizingVaccinesAnimalsEpitopesHumansVaccinationAntibodies, NeutralizingEpitopesVaccinesantigen-antibody complexesCoVcross-linkingelectron microscopyglycoproteinsHIVimmunogensinfluenzavaccines

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PMID37426749
PMCPMC10326447

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