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Journal Article
Structural elucidation of a unique binding mode by an intact alphavirus human IgG molecule to a quaternary epitope
2025
Overview
Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus that can cause severe encephalitis in humans and horses with a high case fatality rate. There are no licensed EEEV vaccines or therapeutics for human use, warranting the need to better understand the human immune response against EEEV. Here we present a cryo-EM reconstruction of the chimeric virus, Sindbis (SINV)/EEEV, in complex with a potently neutralizing and efficacious intact human IgG1 antibody in a mouse model of infection and disease. This antibody requires bivalency to recognize a quaternary epitope on the E2 glycoprotein and cross-links two virus spikes across the icosahedral two-fold axis through a unique binding mode. Kinetic analysis of the binding interaction provides insights into this distinguishing feature. Mechanistically, the antibody inhibits viral entry into cells through blockade of receptor binding and early fusion events but does not block egress, thereby, exclusively targeting an epitope found on intact virions. The discovery of the quaternary epitope and unique binding mode recognized by this antibody together advance our understanding of the complexity of antibody-antigen interactions and can aid in vaccine design to elicit recognition of distinct epitopes of clinically relevant alphaviruses.
Structural analyses of antibody-virus complexes offer critical insights into immune recognition mechanisms. In this report, we present how a patient-derived IgG recognizes a quaternary epitope on EEEV particles through strictly bivalent interactions.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Portfolio
Subject
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/ Alphavirus Infections - immunology
/ Alphavirus Infections - virology
/ Animals
/ Antibodies, Neutralizing - immunology
/ Antibodies, Viral - immunology
/ Antigen-antibody interactions
/ Antigens
/ Ascites
/ Binding
/ Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine - immunology
/ Epitopes
/ Genomes
/ Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Humans
/ Immunoglobulin G - chemistry
/ Immunoglobulin G - immunology
/ Immunoglobulin G - metabolism
/ Low density lipoprotein receptors
/ Mice
/ Proteins
/ Science
/ Vaccines
/ Viral Envelope Proteins - immunology
/ Virions
/ Viruses
