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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
The receptor-binding domain (RBD) on spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is the main region interacting with the viral receptor-ACE2 and is a useful target for induction of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV infection. Here we generated two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), targeting RBD, with marked virus neutralizing activity. The mAbs recognize a new conformational epitope which consists of several discontinuous peptides (aa. 343-367, 373-390 and 411-428) and is spatially located neighboring the receptor-binding motif (RPM) region of the RBD. Importantly, W423 and N424 residues are essential for mAb recognition and are highly conserved among 107 different strains of SARS, indicating that the residues are the most critical in the epitope which is a novel potential target for therapeutic mAbs. A human-mouse chimeric antibody, based upon the original murine mAb, was also constructed and shown to possess good neutralizing activity and high affinity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1096-0341
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
383
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
39-46
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Antibodies, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Neutralization Tests, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-SARS Virus, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Viral Envelope Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18986662-Virus Attachment
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Conserved amino acids W423 and N424 in receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV are potential targets for therapeutic monoclonal antibody.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't