• Cell · Apr 2021

    N-terminal domain antigenic mapping reveals a site of vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2.

    • Matthew McCallum, Anna De Marco, Florian A Lempp, M Alejandra Tortorici, Dora Pinto, Alexandra C Walls, Martina Beltramello, Alex Chen, Zhuoming Liu, Fabrizia Zatta, Samantha Zepeda, Julia di Iulio, John E Bowen, Martin Montiel-Ruiz, Jiayi Zhou, Laura E Rosen, Siro Bianchi, Barbara Guarino, Chiara Silacci Fregni, Rana Abdelnabi, Shi-Yan Caroline Foo, Paul W Rothlauf, Louis-Marie Bloyet, Fabio Benigni, Elisabetta Cameroni, Johan Neyts, Agostino Riva, Gyorgy Snell, Amalio Telenti, Sean P J Whelan, Herbert W Virgin, Davide Corti, Matteo Samuele Pizzuto, and David Veesler.
    • Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
    • Cell. 2021 Apr 29; 184 (9): 2332-2347.e16.

    AbstractThe SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) glycoprotein contains an immunodominant receptor-binding domain (RBD) targeted by most neutralizing antibodies (Abs) in COVID-19 patient plasma. Little is known about neutralizing Abs binding to epitopes outside the RBD and their contribution to protection. Here, we describe 41 human monoclonal Abs (mAbs) derived from memory B cells, which recognize the SARS-CoV-2 S N-terminal domain (NTD) and show that a subset of them neutralize SARS-CoV-2 ultrapotently. We define an antigenic map of the SARS-CoV-2 NTD and identify a supersite (designated site i) recognized by all known NTD-specific neutralizing mAbs. These mAbs inhibit cell-to-cell fusion, activate effector functions, and protect Syrian hamsters from SARS-CoV-2 challenge, albeit selecting escape mutants in some animals. Indeed, several SARS-CoV-2 variants, including the B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and P.1 lineages, harbor frequent mutations within the NTD supersite, suggesting ongoing selective pressure and the importance of NTD-specific neutralizing mAbs for protective immunity and vaccine design.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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