Discovery and structural characterization of a therapeutic antibody against coxsackievirus A10

Sci Adv. 2018 Sep 19;4(9):eaat7459. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aat7459. eCollection 2018 Sep.

Abstract

Coxsackievirus A10 (CVA10) recently emerged as a major pathogen of hand, foot, and mouth disease and herpangina in children worldwide, and lack of a vaccine or a cure against CVA10 infections has made therapeutic antibody identification a public health priority. By targeting a local isolate, CVA10-FJ-01, we obtained a potent antibody, 2G8, against all three capsid forms of CVA10. We show that 2G8 exhibited both 100% preventive and 100% therapeutic efficacy against CVA10 infection in mice. Comparisons of the near-atomic cryo-electron microscopy structures of the three forms of CVA10 capsid and their complexes with 2G8 Fab reveal that a single Fab binds a border region across the three capsid proteins (VP1 to VP3) and explain 2G8's remarkable cross-reactivities against all three capsid forms. The atomic structures of this first neutralizing antibody of CVA10 should inform strategies for designing vaccines and therapeutics against CVA10 infections.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / chemistry
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / immunology
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / pharmacology*
  • Capsid / chemistry
  • Cross Reactions
  • Cryoelectron Microscopy
  • Enterovirus A, Human / immunology*
  • Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Neutralization Tests
  • Viral Vaccines / immunology
  • Viral Vaccines / pharmacology*
  • Virion / chemistry*
  • Virion / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Neutralizing
  • Viral Vaccines