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Structural basis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron immune evasion and receptor engagement
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The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of concern evades antibody-mediated immunity that comes from vaccination or infection with earlier variants due to accumulation of numerous spike mutations. To understand the Omicron antigenic shift, we determined cryo–electron microscopy and x-ray crystal structures of the spike protein and the receptor-binding domain bound to the broadly neutralizing sarbecovirus monoclonal antibody (mAb) S309 (the parent mAb of sotrovimab) and to the human ACE2 receptor. We provide a blueprint for understanding the marked reduction of binding of other therapeutic mAbs that leads to dampened neutralizing activity. Remodeling of interactions between the Omicron receptor-binding domain and human ACE2 likely explains the enhanced affinity for the host receptor relative to the ancestral virus.
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“Several VOCs which have mutated, such as Beta1 and Omicron2, evade humoral responses elicited by vaccines based on ancestral S-protein sequences3.”
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“Reinfections and vaccine breakthrough infections accounted for the majority of Omicron BA.1/2 infections, likely attributable to a minority of population remaining naïve prior to the Omicron BA.1/2 wave and to Omicron BA.1/2's immune-escape properties 16,21,22 .”
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- McCallum, M., Czudnochowski, N., Rosen, L. E., Zepeda, S. K., Bowen, J. E., Walls, A. C., Hauser, K., Joshi, A., Stewart, C., Dillen, J. R., Powell, A. E., Croll, T. I., Nix, J., Virgin, H. W., Corti, D., Snell, G., & Veesler, D.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland) (CH)
- Corresponding author
- McCallum, Matthew
- Czudnochowski, Nadine
- Snell, Gyorgy
- Veesler, David
- ORCID
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- 2022-02-25
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- 864-868
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- PMC9427005
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- 535
- References
- 85
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- 2026: 25 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 85 · 2023: 122 · 2022: 246
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
- U.S. Department of Energy (-AC02-05CH11231, Contract No. DE-AC02-05-CH11231, 05CH11231, No. DE-AC02-05-CH11231, DE AC02 05CH11231, DE-AC02-)
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
- University of Washington
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- Fast Grants
- National Institutes of Health (S10 OD032290, DE-AC02–05CH11231, 1s10od023476-01, HHSN272201700059C)
- Office of Science (No. DE-AC02- 05-CH11231, DEAC02–05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02, 05CH11231, Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (DE-AC02-05CH11231, R01GM120553, T32GM008268, P30GM124169)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (HHSN272201700059C, DP1AI158186)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Virus Infections Studies
- Keywords
- Omicron variant, spike protein, receptor binding domain, antibody escape, sotrovimab, ACE2 receptor, antigenic shift, spike protein mutations, antibody affinity
- MeSH terms
- Protein Domains, Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies, Receptors, Coronavirus, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, SARS-CoV-2, Antigenic Drift and Shift, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antibodies, Viral, Humans, Models, Molecular, Mutation, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Crystallography, X-Ray, Amino Acid Substitution, Cryoelectron Microscopy, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Immune Evasion, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
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