Molecular basis of immune evasion by the Delta and Kappa SARS-CoV-2 variants

Author:

McCallum Matthew1ORCID,Walls Alexandra C.1ORCID,Sprouse Kaitlin R.1ORCID,Bowen John E.1ORCID,Rosen Laura E.2ORCID,Dang Ha V.1ORCID,De Marco Anna3ORCID,Franko Nicholas4ORCID,Tilles Sasha W.5ORCID,Logue Jennifer4ORCID,Miranda Marcos C.16,Ahlrichs Margaret16ORCID,Carter Lauren16ORCID,Snell Gyorgy2ORCID,Pizzuto Matteo Samuele3ORCID,Chu Helen Y.4ORCID,Van Voorhis Wesley C.5ORCID,Corti Davide3ORCID,Veesler David17ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

2. Vir Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.

3. Humabs Biomed SA, a subsidiary of Vir Biotechnology, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.

4. Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

5. Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

6. Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

7. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Abstract

How the Delta variant evades defenses In the course of the COVID-19 epidemic, variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continue to emerge, some of which evade immunity or increase transmission. In late 2020, the Delta and Kappa variants were detected, and the Delta variant became globally dominant by June 2021. McCallum et al . show that vaccine-elicited serum-neutralizing activity is reduced against these variants. Based on biochemistry and structural studies, the authors show that mutations in the domain that binds the ACE2 receptor abrogate binding to some monoclonal antibodies but do not improve ACE2 binding, suggesting that they emerged to escape immune recognition. Remodeling of the N-terminal domain allows the variants to escape recognition by most neutralizing antibodies that target it. The work could guide the development of next-generation vaccines and antibody therapies. —VV

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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