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ArticleNature communications2024

De novo generation of SARS-CoV-2 antibody CDRH3 with a pre-trained generative large language model.

Haohuai He, Bing He, Lei Guan, Yu Zhao, Feng Jiang, Guanxing Chen, Qingge Zhu, Calvin Yu-Chian Chen, Ting Li, Jianhua Yao

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Haohuai He *AI Lab, Tencent, Shenzhen, 518052, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3831-3996
Bing He *AI Lab, Tencent, Shenzhen, 518052, China. hebinghb@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-1719-9290
Lei Guan *State Key Laboratory of Holistic Integrative Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers and National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xi'an, China.
Yu ZhaoAI Lab, Tencent, Shenzhen, 518052, China.
Feng JiangAI Lab, Tencent, Shenzhen, 518052, China.
Guanxing ChenArtificial Intelligence Medical Research Center, School of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.
Qingge ZhuState Key Laboratory of Holistic Integrative Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers and National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xi'an, China.
Calvin Yu-Chian ChenAI for Science (AI4S)-Preferred Program, School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China. cy@pku.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9213-9832
Ting LiState Key Laboratory of Holistic Integrative Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers and National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xi'an, China. romaliting18@163.com.
Jianhua YaoAI Lab, Tencent, Shenzhen, 518052, China. jianhua.yao@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-9157-9596

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques have made great advances in assisting antibody design. However, antibody design still heavily relies on isolating antigen-specific antibodies from serum, which is a resource-intensive and time-consuming process. To address this issue, we propose a Pre-trained Antibody generative large Language Model (PALM-H3) for the de novo generation of artificial antibodies heavy chain complementarity-determining region 3 (CDRH3) with desired antigen-binding specificity, reducing the reliance on natural antibodies. We also build a high-precision model antigen-antibody binder (A2binder) that pairs antigen epitope sequences with antibody sequences to predict binding specificity and affinity. PALM-H3-generated antibodies exhibit binding ability to SARS-CoV-2 antigens, including the emerging XBB variant, as confirmed through in-silico analysis and in-vitro assays. The in-vitro assays validate that PALM-H3-generated antibodies achieve high binding affinity and potent neutralization capability against spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2 wild-type, Alpha, Delta, and the emerging XBB variant. Meanwhile, A2binder demonstrates exceptional predictive performance on binding specificity for various epitopes and variants. Furthermore, by incorporating the attention mechanism inherent in the Roformer architecture into the PALM-H3 model, we improve its interpretability, providing crucial insights into the fundamental principles of antibody design.

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Antibodies, ViralComplementarity Determining RegionsCOVID-19EpitopesSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, NeutralizingArtificial IntelligenceHumansAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralComplementarity Determining RegionsEpitopesSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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PMCPMC11316817

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