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Westendorf K, Žentelis S, Wang L, Foster D, Vaillancourt P, Wiggin M, Lovett E, van der Lee R, Hendle J, Pustilnik A, Sauder JM, Kraft L, Hwang Y, Siegel RW, Chen J, Heinz BA, Higgs RE, Kallewaard NL, Jepson K, Goya R, Smith MA, Collins DW, Pellacani D, Xiang P, de Puyraimond V, Ricicova M, Devorkin L, Pritchard C, O'Neill A, Dalal K, Panwar P, Dhupar H, Garces FA, Cohen CA, Dye JM, Huie KE, Badger CV, Kobasa D, Audet J, Freitas JJ, Hassanali S, Hughes I, Munoz L, Palma HC, Ramamurthy B, Cross RW, Geisbert TW, Menachery V, Lokugamage K, Borisevich V, Lanz I, Anderson L, Sipahimalani P, Corbett KS, Yang ES, Zhang Y, Shi W, Zhou T, Choe M, Misasi J, Kwong PD, Sullivan NJ, Graham BS, Fernandez TL, Hansen CL, Falconer E, Mascola JR, Jones BE, Barnhart BC. LY-CoV1404 (bebtelovimab) potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants. Cell Rep 2022; 39:110812. [PMID: 35568025 PMCID: PMC9035363 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 104.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can reduce the risk of hospitalization from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) when administered early. However, SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) have negatively affected therapeutic use of some authorized mAbs. Using a high-throughput B cell screening pipeline, we isolated LY-CoV1404 (bebtelovimab), a highly potent SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein receptor binding domain (RBD)-specific antibody. LY-CoV1404 potently neutralizes authentic SARS-CoV-2, B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and B.1.617.2. In pseudovirus neutralization studies, LY-CoV1404 potently neutralizes variants, including B.1.1.7, B.1.351, B.1.617.2, B.1.427/B.1.429, P.1, B.1.526, B.1.1.529, and the BA.2 subvariant. Structural analysis reveals that the contact residues of the LY-CoV1404 epitope are highly conserved, except for N439 and N501. The binding and neutralizing activity of LY-CoV1404 is unaffected by the most common mutations at these positions (N439K and N501Y). The broad and potent neutralization activity and the relatively conserved epitope suggest that LY-CoV1404 has the potential to be an effective therapeutic agent to treat all known variants.
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3L5, Canada; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3L5, Canada; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1, Canada
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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Jones BE, Brown-Augsburger PL, Corbett KS, Westendorf K, Davies J, Cujec TP, Wiethoff CM, Blackbourne JL, Heinz BA, Foster D, Higgs RE, Balasubramaniam D, Wang L, Zhang Y, Yang ES, Bidshahri R, Kraft L, Hwang Y, Žentelis S, Jepson KR, Goya R, Smith MA, Collins DW, Hinshaw SJ, Tycho SA, Pellacani D, Xiang P, Muthuraman K, Sobhanifar S, Piper MH, Triana FJ, Hendle J, Pustilnik A, Adams AC, Berens SJ, Baric RS, Martinez DR, Cross RW, Geisbert TW, Borisevich V, Abiona O, Belli HM, de Vries M, Mohamed A, Dittmann M, Samanovic MI, Mulligan MJ, Goldsmith JA, Hsieh CL, Johnson NV, Wrapp D, McLellan JS, Barnhart BC, Graham BS, Mascola JR, Hansen CL, Falconer E. The neutralizing antibody, LY-CoV555, protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection in nonhuman primates. Sci Transl Med 2021; 13:eabf1906. [PMID: 33820835 PMCID: PMC8284311 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abf1906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 94.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses a public health threat for which preventive and therapeutic agents are urgently needed. Neutralizing antibodies are a key class of therapeutics that may bridge widespread vaccination campaigns and offer a treatment solution in populations less responsive to vaccination. Here, we report that high-throughput microfluidic screening of antigen-specific B cells led to the identification of LY-CoV555 (also known as bamlanivimab), a potent anti-spike neutralizing antibody from a hospitalized, convalescent patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Biochemical, structural, and functional characterization of LY-CoV555 revealed high-affinity binding to the receptor-binding domain, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 binding inhibition, and potent neutralizing activity. A pharmacokinetic study of LY-CoV555 conducted in cynomolgus monkeys demonstrated a mean half-life of 13 days and a clearance of 0.22 ml hour-1 kg-1, consistent with a typical human therapeutic antibody. In a rhesus macaque challenge model, prophylactic doses as low as 2.5 mg/kg reduced viral replication in the upper and lower respiratory tract in samples collected through study day 6 after viral inoculation. This antibody has entered clinical testing and is being evaluated across a spectrum of COVID-19 indications, including prevention and treatment.
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- Bryan E Jones
- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y0A1, Canada
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y0A1, Canada
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Lilly Biotechnology Center, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Galveston National Laboratory and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Galveston National Laboratory and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Galveston National Laboratory and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Population Health, Division of Biostatistics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- NYU Langone Vaccine Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- NYU Langone Vaccine Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- AbCellera Biologics Inc., Vancouver, BC V5Y0A1, Canada
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Westendorf K, Žentelis S, Foster D, Vaillancourt P, Wiggin M, Lovett E, Hendle J, Pustilnik A, Sauder JM, Kraft L, Hwang Y, Siegel RW, Chen J, Heinz BA, Higgs RE, Kalleward N, Jepson K, Goya R, Smith MA, Collins DW, Pellacani D, Xiang P, de Puyraimond V, Ricicova M, Devorkin L, Pritchard C, O'Neill A, Cohen C, Dye J, Huie KI, Badger CV, Kobasa D, Audet J, Freitas JJ, Hassanali S, Hughes I, Munoz L, Palma HC, Ramamurthy B, Cross RW, Geisbert TW, Borisevich V, Lanz I, Anderson L, Sipahimalani P, Corbett KS, Wang L, Yang ES, Zhang Y, Shi W, Graham BS, Mascola JR, Fernandez TL, Hansen CL, Falconer E, Jones BE, Barnhart BC. LY-CoV1404 potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants. bioRxiv 2021. [PMID: 33972947 DOI: 10.1101/2021.04.30.442182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
LY-CoV1404 is a highly potent, neutralizing, SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein receptor binding domain (RBD)-specific antibody identified from a convalescent COVID-19 patient approximately 60 days after symptom onset. In pseudovirus studies, LY-CoV1404 retains potent neutralizing activity against numerous variants including B.1.1.7, B.1.351, B.1.427/B.1.429, P.1, and B.1.526 and binds to these variants in the presence of their underlying RBD mutations (which include K417N, L452R, E484K, and N501Y). LY-CoV1404 also neutralizes authentic SARS-CoV-2 in two different assays against multiple isolates. The RBD positions comprising the LY-CoV1404 epitope are highly conserved, with the exception of N439 and N501; notably the binding and neutralizing activity of LY-CoV1404 is unaffected by the most common mutations at these positions (N439K and N501Y). The breadth of variant binding, potent neutralizing activity and the relatively conserved epitope suggest that LY-CoV1404 is one in a panel of well-characterized, clinically developable antibodies that could be deployed rapidly to address current and emerging variants. New variant-resistant treatments such as LY-CoV1404 are desperately needed, given that some of the existing therapeutic antibodies are less effective or ineffective against certain variants and the impact of variants on vaccine efficacy is still poorly understood. In Brief LY-CoV1404 is a potent SARS-CoV-2-binding antibody that neutralizes all known variants of concern and whose epitope is rarely mutated. Highlights LY-CoV1404 potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 authentic virus and all known variants of concernNo loss of potency against current variantsBinding epitope on RBD of SARS-CoV-2 is rarely mutated in GISAID databaseBreadth of neutralizing activity and potency supports clinical development.
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Jones BE, Brown-Augsburger PL, Corbett KS, Westendorf K, Davies J, Cujec TP, Wiethoff CM, Blackbourne JL, Heinz BA, Foster D, Higgs RE, Balasubramaniam D, Wang L, Bidshahri R, Kraft L, Hwang Y, Žentelis S, Jepson KR, Goya R, Smith MA, Collins DW, Hinshaw SJ, Tycho SA, Pellacani D, Xiang P, Muthuraman K, Sobhanifar S, Piper MH, Triana FJ, Hendle J, Pustilnik A, Adams AC, Berens SJ, Baric RS, Martinez DR, Cross RW, Geisbert TW, Borisevich V, Abiona O, Belli HM, de Vries M, Mohamed A, Dittmann M, Samanovic M, Mulligan MJ, Goldsmith JA, Hsieh CL, Johnson NV, Wrapp D, McLellan JS, Barnhart BC, Graham BS, Mascola JR, Hansen CL, Falconer E. LY-CoV555, a rapidly isolated potent neutralizing antibody, provides protection in a non-human primate model of SARS-CoV-2 infection. bioRxiv 2020. [PMID: 33024963 DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.30.318972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 poses a public health threat for which therapeutic agents are urgently needed. Herein, we report that high-throughput microfluidic screening of antigen-specific B-cells led to the identification of LY-CoV555, a potent anti-spike neutralizing antibody from a convalescent COVID-19 patient. Biochemical, structural, and functional characterization revealed high-affinity binding to the receptor-binding domain, ACE2 binding inhibition, and potent neutralizing activity. In a rhesus macaque challenge model, prophylaxis doses as low as 2.5 mg/kg reduced viral replication in the upper and lower respiratory tract. These data demonstrate that high-throughput screening can lead to the identification of a potent antiviral antibody that protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection. One Sentence Summary LY-CoV555, an anti-spike antibody derived from a convalescent COVID-19 patient, potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 and protects the upper and lower airways of non-human primates against SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Lebovitz CB, Robertson AG, Goya R, Jones SJ, Morin RD, Marra MA, Gorski SM. Cross-cancer profiling of molecular alterations within the human autophagy interaction network. Autophagy 2016. [PMID: 26208877 PMCID: PMC4590660 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2015.1067362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Aberrant activation or disruption of autophagy promotes tumorigenesis in various preclinical models of cancer, but whether the autophagy pathway is a target for recurrent molecular alteration in human cancer patient samples is unknown. To address this outstanding question, we surveyed 211 human autophagy-associated genes for tumor-related alterations to DNA sequence and RNA expression levels and examined their association with patient survival outcomes in multiple cancer types with sequence data from The Cancer Genome Atlas consortium. We found 3 (RB1CC1/FIP200, ULK4, WDR45/WIPI4) and one (ATG7) core autophagy genes to be under positive selection for somatic mutations in endometrial carcinoma and clear cell renal carcinoma, respectively, while 29 autophagy regulators and pathway interactors, including previously identified KEAP1, NFE2L2, and MTOR, were significantly mutated in 6 of the 11 cancer types examined. Gene expression analyses revealed that GABARAPL1 and MAP1LC3C/LC3C transcripts were less abundant in breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancers than in matched normal tissue controls; ATG4D transcripts were increased in lung squamous cell carcinoma, as were ATG16L2 transcripts in kidney cancer. Unsupervised clustering of autophagy-associated mRNA levels in tumors stratified patient overall survival in 3 of 9 cancer types (acute myeloid leukemia, clear cell renal carcinoma, and head and neck cancer). These analyses provide the first comprehensive resource of recurrently altered autophagy-associated genes in human tumors, and highlight cancer types and subtypes where perturbed autophagy may be relevant to patient overall survival.
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- Chandra B Lebovitz
- a The Genome Sciences Centre; BC Cancer Agency ; Vancouver, BC Canada.,b Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry ; Simon Fraser University ; Burnaby , BC Canada
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- a The Genome Sciences Centre; BC Cancer Agency ; Vancouver, BC Canada.,c Centre for High-Throughput Biology; University of British Columbia ; Vancouver , BC Canada
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- a The Genome Sciences Centre; BC Cancer Agency ; Vancouver, BC Canada.,b Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry ; Simon Fraser University ; Burnaby , BC Canada.,d Department of Medical Genetics ; University of British Columbia ; Vancouver , BC Canada
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- a The Genome Sciences Centre; BC Cancer Agency ; Vancouver, BC Canada.,b Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry ; Simon Fraser University ; Burnaby , BC Canada
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- a The Genome Sciences Centre; BC Cancer Agency ; Vancouver, BC Canada.,d Department of Medical Genetics ; University of British Columbia ; Vancouver , BC Canada
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- a The Genome Sciences Centre; BC Cancer Agency ; Vancouver, BC Canada.,b Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry ; Simon Fraser University ; Burnaby , BC Canada
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Chun HJE, Lim EL, Heravi-Moussavi A, Saberi S, Mungall KL, Bilenky M, Carles A, Tse K, Shlafman I, Zhu K, Qian JQ, Palmquist DL, He A, Long W, Goya R, Ng M, LeBlanc VG, Pleasance E, Thiessen N, Wong T, Chuah E, Zhao YJ, Schein JE, Gerhard DS, Taylor MD, Mungall AJ, Moore RA, Ma Y, Jones SJM, Perlman EJ, Hirst M, Marra MA. Genome-Wide Profiles of Extra-cranial Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors Reveal Heterogeneity and Dysregulated Developmental Pathways. Cancer Cell 2016; 29:394-406. [PMID: 26977886 PMCID: PMC5094835 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2016.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRTs) are rare lethal tumors of childhood that most commonly occur in the kidney and brain. MRTs are driven by SMARCB1 loss, but the molecular consequences of SMARCB1 loss in extra-cranial tumors have not been comprehensively described and genomic resources for analyses of extra-cranial MRT are limited. To provide such data, we used whole-genome sequencing, whole-genome bisulfite sequencing, whole transcriptome (RNA-seq) and microRNA sequencing (miRNA-seq), and histone modification profiling to characterize extra-cranial MRTs. Our analyses revealed gene expression and methylation subgroups and focused on dysregulated pathways, including those involved in neural crest development.
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- Hye-Jung E Chun
- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Office of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada; Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada; Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada.
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Sämann PG, Hoehn D, Schröter M, Goya R, Spoormaker VI, Holsboer V, Czisch M. Atlas parcellation and voxel based whole brain functional connectivity analysis applied to major depression: group results and biomarker potential. Pharmacopsychiatry 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1292537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Pietranera L, Bellini M, Arévalo M, Goya R, Brocca M, Garcia-Segura L, De Nicola A. Increased aromatase expression in the hippocampus of spontaneously hypertensive rats: effects of estradiol administration. Neuroscience 2011; 174:151-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2010] [Revised: 11/04/2010] [Accepted: 11/20/2010] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Griffith M, Griffith OL, Mwenifumbo J, Goya R, Morrissy AS, Morin RD, Corbett R, Tang MJ, Hou YC, Pugh TJ, Robertson G, Chittaranjan S, Ally A, Asano JK, Chan SY, Li HI, McDonald H, Teague K, Zhao Y, Zeng T, Delaney A, Hirst M, Morin GB, Jones SJM, Tai IT, Marra MA. Alternative expression analysis by RNA sequencing. Nat Methods 2010; 7:843-7. [PMID: 20835245 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2010] [Accepted: 08/20/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In alternative expression analysis by sequencing (ALEXA-seq), we developed a method to analyze massively parallel RNA sequence data to catalog transcripts and assess differential and alternative expression of known and predicted mRNA isoforms in cells and tissues. As proof of principle, we used the approach to compare fluorouracil-resistant and -nonresistant human colorectal cancer cell lines. We assessed the sensitivity and specificity of the approach by comparison to exon tiling and splicing microarrays and validated the results with reverse transcription-PCR, quantitative PCR and Sanger sequencing. We observed global disruption of splicing in fluorouracil-resistant cells characterized by expression of new mRNA isoforms resulting from exon skipping, alternative splice site usage and intron retention. Alternative expression annotation databases, source code, a data viewer and other resources to facilitate analysis are available at http://www.alexaplatform.org/alexa_seq/.
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- Malachi Griffith
- Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
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Goya R, Sun MGF, Morin RD, Leung G, Ha G, Wiegand KC, Senz J, Crisan A, Marra MA, Hirst M, Huntsman D, Murphy KP, Aparicio S, Shah SP. SNVMix: predicting single nucleotide variants from next-generation sequencing of tumors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 26:730-6. [PMID: 20130035 PMCID: PMC2832826 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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MOTIVATION Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has enabled whole genome and transcriptome single nucleotide variant (SNV) discovery in cancer. NGS produces millions of short sequence reads that, once aligned to a reference genome sequence, can be interpreted for the presence of SNVs. Although tools exist for SNV discovery from NGS data, none are specifically suited to work with data from tumors, where altered ploidy and tumor cellularity impact the statistical expectations of SNV discovery. RESULTS We developed three implementations of a probabilistic Binomial mixture model, called SNVMix, designed to infer SNVs from NGS data from tumors to address this problem. The first models allelic counts as observations and infers SNVs and model parameters using an expectation maximization (EM) algorithm and is therefore capable of adjusting to deviation of allelic frequencies inherent in genomically unstable tumor genomes. The second models nucleotide and mapping qualities of the reads by probabilistically weighting the contribution of a read/nucleotide to the inference of a SNV based on the confidence we have in the base call and the read alignment. The third combines filtering out low-quality data in addition to probabilistic weighting of the qualities. We quantitatively evaluated these approaches on 16 ovarian cancer RNASeq datasets with matched genotyping arrays and a human breast cancer genome sequenced to >40x (haploid) coverage with ground truth data and show systematically that the SNVMix models outperform competing approaches. AVAILABILITY Software and data are available at http://compbio.bccrc.ca CONTACT sshah@bccrc.ca SUPPLEMANTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Rodrigo Goya
- Department of Molecular Oncology Breast Cancer Research Program, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Morin RD, Johnson NA, Severson TM, Mungall AJ, An J, Goya R, Paul JE, Boyle M, Woolcock BW, Kuchenbauer F, Yap D, Humphries RK, Griffith OL, Shah S, Zhu H, Kimbara M, Shashkin P, Charlot JF, Tcherpakov M, Corbett R, Tam A, Varhol R, Smailus D, Moksa M, Zhao Y, Delaney A, Qian H, Birol I, Schein J, Moore R, Holt R, Horsman DE, Connors JM, Jones S, Aparicio S, Hirst M, Gascoyne RD, Marra MA. Somatic mutations altering EZH2 (Tyr641) in follicular and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas of germinal-center origin. Nat Genet 2010; 42:181-5. [PMID: 20081860 PMCID: PMC2850970 DOI: 10.1038/ng.518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1273] [Impact Index Per Article: 90.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2009] [Accepted: 11/19/2009] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Follicular lymphoma (FL) and the GCB subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) derive from germinal center B cells. Targeted resequencing studies have revealed mutations in various genes encoding proteins in the NF-kappaB pathway that contribute to the activated B-cell (ABC) DLBCL subtype, but thus far few GCB-specific mutations have been identified. Here we report recurrent somatic mutations affecting the polycomb-group oncogene EZH2, which encodes a histone methyltransferase responsible for trimethylating Lys27 of histone H3 (H3K27). After the recent discovery of mutations in KDM6A (UTX), which encodes the histone H3K27me3 demethylase UTX, in several cancer types, EZH2 is the second histone methyltransferase gene found to be mutated in cancer. These mutations, which result in the replacement of a single tyrosine in the SET domain of the EZH2 protein (Tyr641), occur in 21.7% of GCB DLBCLs and 7.2% of FLs and are absent from ABC DLBCLs. Our data are consistent with the notion that EZH2 proteins with mutant Tyr641 have reduced enzymatic activity in vitro.
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- Ryan D Morin
- Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Reggiani P, Martines E, Ferese C, Goya R, Cónsole G. Morphological restoration of gonadotrope population by thymulin gene therapy in nude mice. Histol Histopathol 2009; 24:729-35. [PMID: 19337971 DOI: 10.14670/hh-24.729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The integrity of the thymus during the first week of life is necessary for a proper maturation of the pituitary-gonadal axis as revealed by the significantly reduced levels of circulating gonadotropins in congenitally athymic (nude) mice. In the present work we studied the impact of athymia and the effect of neonatal thymulin gene therapy on the pituitaries of adult nude mice. Also circulating thymulin and gonadotropin levels were evaluated. We used an adenoviral vector expressing a synthetic gene for the thymic peptide thymulin (metFTS) termed RAd-FTS. On postnatal day 1, each experimental heterozygous (nu/+) and homozygous (nu/nu) pup of both sexes received a single bilateral i.m. injection of RAd-FTS or RAd-GFP/TK, a control vector expressing green fluorescent protein. On postnatal days 51-52, mice were bled and sacrificed, their pituitaries were immediately dissected, fixed and immunostained. Morphometry was performed by means of an image analysis system. The following parameters were calculated: volume density (VD: cell area/reference area), cell density (CD: number of cells/reference area), and cell size (expressed in microm(2)). Serum thymulin levels were measured by a bioassay and gonadotropin levels were assayed by RIA. It was observed that neonatal thymulin gene therapy in the athymic mice restored their serum thymulin levels and prevented the reduction in circulating gonadotropin levels. The histometrical analysis revealed that the treatment prevented the reduction in gonadotrope CD and the VD in athymic mice. Our data suggest that thymulin gene therapy may be an effective strategy to approach reproductive deficits associated with endocrine thymus dysfunction.
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- P Reggiani
- Department of Cytology, Histology & Embryology B, Faculty of Medicine, University of La Plata, Argentina
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Throsby M, Homo-Delarche F, Chevenne D, Goya R, Dardenne M, Pleau JM. Pancreatic hormone expression in the murine thymus: localization in dendritic cells and macrophages. Endocrinology 1998; 139:2399-406. [PMID: 9564851 DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.5.5989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The expression of preproinsulin (ppIns), proglucagon, prosomatostatin, and propancreatic polypeptide was investigated in thymic extracts, thymic cells, and thymic cell lines from C57BL/6 mice by RT-PCR. The expression of pancreatic hormones was similar in thymic extracts taken from neonatal and 2-, 4-, and 8-week-old animals, but was decreased in 20-week-old animals. Pancreatic hormone expression was not observed in mouse liver, salivary gland, or spleen. Analysis of thymic cell populations revealed a 10- to 20-fold enrichment in expression of all hormones in low buoyant density cells. No expression was detected in high buoyant density cells (predominantly thymocytes) or in thymic epithelial cell lines, primary cultures of epithelial cells, or peripheral macrophages. In addition, immunoreactive insulin, measured by specific RIA, was detectable in the low buoyant density population, but not in high buoyant density cells. The enriched cell population was depleted of contaminating lymphocytes and sorted based on reactivity to the cell surface markers F4/80 (macrophage) or N418 (dendritic cells). Cells gated for N418 demonstrated expression for ppIns, but not the other pancreatic hormones. Conversely, expression for proglucagon, prosomatostatin, and propancreatic polypeptide, but not ppIns, was detected in F4/80-gated cells. Our data indicate that pancreatic endocrine hormones are differentially expressed by dendritic cells and macrophages in a normal mice.
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- M Throsby
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique URA 1461, Université Paris V, Hôpital Necker, France.
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Quigley K, Goya R, Nachreiner R, Meites J. Effects of underfeeding and refeeding on GH and thyroid hormone secretion in young, middle-aged, and old rats. Exp Gerontol 1990; 25:447-57. [PMID: 2257891 DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(90)90033-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The effects of a 50% reduction in normal food intake for a period of 10 weeks were measured on secretion of growth hormone (GH), thyroxine (T4), and triiodothyronine (T3) in 5 1/2-6 1/2-month old, 13 1/2-month-old, and 17 1/2-18 1/2-month-old male rats. In full-fed controls, GH, T3, and T4 were lower in the old and middle-aged than in the young rats. By the 10th week of underfeeding, GH, T3, and T4 were reduced in all age groups, but the decrease in T3 and T4 in the middle-aged and old rats was greater than in the young rats. Pulses of GH ceased in all the underfed groups. Upon refeeding for 5 days, pulses of GH and levels of GH returned to full-fed control values in the young and middle-aged but not in the old rats. T3 values in the young and middle-aged rats returned to full-fed control levels, but remained below control levels in the old rats. T4 values reached control levels in all age groups upon refeeding. The differences in the response to underfeeding and refeeding by the middle-aged and old rats as compared to the young rats may be due to their initially lower secretion of GH and thyroid hormones and to the age-related decrease in neuroendocrine function.
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- K Quigley
- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1101
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The effects of providing 50% of normal feed intake for 10 weeks followed by 16 weeks of ad lib feeding on estrous cycles and mammary tumor incidence were studied in female rats initially 4 months and 15-16 months old. Initially all young rats exhibited regular or irregular estrous cycles and only about 41% of the older rats cycled regularly or irregularly; the remainder of the older rats did not cycle. During underfeeding, both the young and older rats lost body weight and ceased to cycle. After refeeding 100% of both young and old rats resumed cycling, the young rats for a much longer period than the old rats, and more of both groups continued to cycle than their ad lib-fed controls. Upon refeeding, the young and old rats reached the body weights of the ad lib-fed controls in about 3 weeks. Mammary tumors were initially present only in old rats and regressed during underfeeding; they rapidly reached control size upon refeeding. Plasma PRL levels declined during underfeeding but rebounded to higher than control values upon refeeding in both young and old rats. In young but not in old rats, plasma LH levels fell during underfeeding but returned to control values upon refeeding. These results demonstrate that a relatively short period of underfeeding, followed by refeeding, can delay the decline in reproductive cycles in young rats and reinitiate estrous cycles in older rats. These effects appear to be mediated via the neuroendocrine system.
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