Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38935733›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2024

A neutralizing antibody prevents postfusion transition of measles virus fusion protein.

Dawid S Zyla, Roberta Della Marca, Gele Niemeyer, Gillian Zipursky, Kyle Stearns, Cameron Leedale, Elizabeth B Sobolik, Heather M Callaway, Chitra Hariharan, Weiwei Peng and 12 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Dawid S ZylaCenter for Vaccine Innovation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8471-469X
Roberta Della MarcaCenter for Host-Pathogen Interaction, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-5955-4495
Gele NiemeyerCenter for Vaccine Innovation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-4419-5148
Gillian ZipurskyCenter for Host-Pathogen Interaction, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4408-5168
Kyle StearnsCenter for Host-Pathogen Interaction, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5166-7927
Cameron LeedaleDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-9378-3055
Elizabeth B SobolikDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Virology Division, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3539-0718
Heather M CallawayCenter for Vaccine Innovation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4003-3854
Chitra HariharanCenter for Vaccine Innovation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8686-7574
Weiwei PengBiomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands.
Diptiben ParekhCenter for Vaccine Innovation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1972-9462
Tara C MarcinkCenter for Host-Pathogen Interaction, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4295-1229
Ruben Diaz AvalosCenter for Vaccine Innovation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3209-7153
Branka HorvatImmunobiology of Viral Infections, International Center for Infectiology Research-CIRI, INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, University Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France.
Cyrille MathieuCentre International de Recherche en Infectiologie équipe Neuro-Invasion, TROpism and VIRal Encephalitis (NITROVIRE), INSERM U1111-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Lyon, 69007 Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6682-2029
Joost SnijderBiomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9310-8226
Alexander L GreningerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Virology Division, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7443-0527
Kathryn M HastieCenter for Vaccine Innovation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3406-1210
Stefan NiewieskDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4487-073X
Anne MosconaCenter for Host-Pathogen Interaction, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1796-8320
Matteo PorottoCenter for Host-Pathogen Interaction, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3866-9220
Erica Ollmann SaphireCenter for Vaccine Innovation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1206-7451

Funding

Design of fusion inhibitors to block measles host-to-host infectionR01AI176833 · NIAID · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Matteo Porotto · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
Mechanisms of measles virus CNS adaptationR01NS091263 · NINDS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI POROTTO, MATTEO · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Development of therapeutic fusion inhibitor peptides for Measles encephalitisR01NS105699 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI POROTTO, MATTEO · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI176833NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091263NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS105699
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measles virus (MeV) presents a public health threat that is escalating as vaccine coverage in the general population declines and as populations of immunocompromised individuals, who cannot be vaccinated, increase. There are no approved therapeutics for MeV. Neutralizing antibodies targeting viral fusion are one potential therapeutic approach but have not yet been structurally characterized or advanced to clinical use. We present cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of prefusion F alone [2.1-angstrom (Å) resolution], F complexed with a fusion-inhibitory peptide (2.3-Å resolution), F complexed with the neutralizing and protective monoclonal antibody (mAb) 77 (2.6-Å resolution), and an additional structure of postfusion F (2.7-Å resolution). In vitro assays and examination of additional EM classes show that mAb 77 binds prefusion F, arrests F in an intermediate state, and prevents transition to the postfusion conformation. These structures shed light on antibody-mediated neutralization that involves arrest of fusion proteins in an intermediate state.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCryoelectron MicroscopyMeasles virusViral Fusion ProteinsHumansProtein ConformationAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralViral Fusion Proteins

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PMID38935733
PMCPMC12096318

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