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Un epítopo críptico altamente conservado en los dominios de unión al receptor del SARS-CoV-2 y el SARS-CoV
Meng Yuan1, Nicholas C Wu1, Xueyong Zhu1
1Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Resumen
Un anticuerpo neutralizante, CR3022, se une a una región conservada en la proteína del pico del SARS-CoV-2. Esta unión de reacción cruzada ofrece información sobre el reconocimiento de anticuerpos de los coronavirus.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Virología
- Inmunología
- Biología estructural
Sus antecedentes:
- La pandemia de COVID-19, causada por el SARS-CoV-2, pone de relieve la necesidad de comprender la antigeneidad viral.
- Existe un conocimiento limitado sobre las interacciones específicas entre el SARS-CoV-2 y los anticuerpos neutralizantes.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Determinar la base estructural de la unión del anticuerpo CR3022 al dominio de unión del receptor de la proteína del pico del SARS-CoV-2 (RBD).
- Investigar el potencial de reactividad cruzada entre los anticuerpos del SARS-CoV-2 y el SARS-CoV.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizó la cristalografía de rayos X para determinar la estructura del anticuerpo CR3022 en complejo con el RBD de SARS-CoV-2 a una resolución de 3,1 angstroms.
- Se empleó el modelado estructural para analizar la accesibilidad del epítopo de unión del anticuerpo a la proteína del pico.
Principales resultados:
- La estructura cristalina reveló que CR3022 apunta a un epítopo conservado en el RBD del SARS-CoV-2, distinto del sitio de unión del receptor ACE2.
- CR3022 demostró una unión de reacción cruzada tanto con el SARS-CoV-2 como con el SARS-CoV.
- El modelado estructural indicó que el epítopo es accesible solo cuando al menos dos RBD en la proteína del pico trímero están en la conformación "arriba".
Conclusiones:
- CR3022 proporciona una comprensión molecular del reconocimiento de anticuerpos del SARS-CoV-2.
- El epítopo conservado y reactivo cruzado dirigido por CR3022 puede ser un objetivo para una amplia terapéutica contra el coronavirus.
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