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ArticleCell reports2023

Widespread impact of immunoglobulin V-gene allelic polymorphisms on antibody reactivity.

Meng Yuan, Ziqi Feng, Huibin Lv, Natalie So, Ivana R Shen, Timothy J C Tan, Qi Wen Teo, Wenhao O Ouyang, Logan Talmage, Ian A Wilson and 1 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meng YuanDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Ziqi FengDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Huibin LvDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Natalie SoDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Ivana R ShenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Timothy J C TanCenter for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Qi Wen TeoDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Wenhao O OuyangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Logan TalmageDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Ian A WilsonDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Nicholas C WuDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Electronic address: nicwu@illinois.edu.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USScripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Identification of neutralizing epitopes on SARS-CoV-2 spike for design of vaccines and small-molecule antiviralsUM1AI144462 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI BURTON, DENNIS R. · 2019 to 2025
$201.6M
NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response: Universal Influenza Vaccine Research Activities75N93021C00015 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HENSLEY, SCOTT · 2021 to 2025
$50.7M
Sequence-function relationship of influenza broadly neutralizing antibodiesR01AI167910 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Nicholas C. Wu · 2022 to 2026
$2.5M
High-throughput identification of antibody features for sequence-based epitope predictionDP2AT011966 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI WU, NICHOLAS C. · 2021 to 2024
$2.4M
NCCIH NIH HHS DP2 AT011966NIAID NIH HHS 75N93021C00015NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI167910NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI144462
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of the human immune system to generate antibodies to any given antigen can be strongly influenced by immunoglobulin V-gene allelic polymorphisms. However, previous studies have provided only limited examples. Therefore, the prevalence of this phenomenon has been unclear. By analyzing >1,000 publicly available antibody-antigen structures, we show that many V-gene allelic polymorphisms in antibody paratopes are determinants for antibody binding activity. Biolayer interferometry experiments further demonstrate that paratope allelic polymorphisms on both heavy and light chains often abolish antibody binding. We also illustrate the importance of minor V-gene allelic polymorphisms with low frequency in several broadly neutralizing antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and influenza virus. Overall, this study not only highlights the pervasive impact of V-gene allelic polymorphisms on antibody binding but also provides mechanistic insights into the variability of antibody repertoires across individuals, which in turn have important implications for vaccine development and antibody discovery.

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AntibodiesImmunoglobulin Variable RegionAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralBinding Sites, AntibodyHumansPolymorphism, GeneticAntibodiesAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin Variable Regionallelic polymorphismantibodyB cellsCP: Immunologyimmunoglobulin V geneparatopestructural biologyvirus

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PMID37777966
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