通过IgG亚型依赖机制保护保存流感头部接口的抗体
Akiko Watanabe1, Kevin R McCarthy2, Masayuki Kuraoka1
1Department of Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Cell
|May 18, 2019
概括
研究人员发现了一种新的,保存的流感血凝素 (HA) 表位,在人类中具有免疫性. 针对该部位的抗体在小鼠中提供保护,这表明普遍流感疫苗的潜力.
科学领域:
- 免疫学
- 病毒学
- 结构生物学
背景情况:
- 针对流感等正在演变的病原体的持久性幽默免疫需要针对保存的表位体的抗体.
- 流感血凝素 (HA) 是中和抗体的关键目标,但其抗原变异性对疫苗开发构成挑战.
研究的目的:
- 鉴定和描述流感血素 (HA) 的新型,保存型和免疫性表位.
- 评估针对这种新发现的表位体的抗体对流感感染的保护潜力.
主要方法:
- 来自免疫人类捐赠者的单个B细胞的分析.
- 流感血蛋白 (HA) 和抗体相互作用的结构分析.
- 在小鼠模型中使用抗体和流感病毒的体外和体内研究.
主要成果:
- 鉴定出一种以前未被识别的流感HA表位,这种表位在人类中具有免疫性,并且在各个亚型中保持一致.
- 针对该表位的抗体在体外并未阻断病毒感染,但在被动给予小鼠时提供显著的保护.
- 该表位是形状动态的,通过HA三元体的可逆分子呼吸暴露.
结论:
- 这种保存的HA表位代表了开发广泛保护或通用流感疫苗的有希望的目标.
- 针对形态动态的表位可能是一个可行的策略,以获得对快速演变的病毒的持久性幽默免疫力.
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