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Boosting subdominant neutralizing antibody responses with a computationally designed epitope-focused immunogen

Munro, James
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Sesterhenn, Fabian
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Galloux, Marie
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2019
PLoS Biology

Throughout the last several decades, vaccination has been key to prevent and eradicate infectious diseases. However, many pathogens (e.g., respiratory syncytial virus [RSV], influenza, dengue, and others) have resisted vaccine development efforts, largely because of the failure to induce potent antibody responses targeting conserved epitopes. Deep profiling of human B cells often reveals potent neutralizing antibodies that emerge from natural infection, but these specificities are generally subdominant (i.e., are present in low titers). A major challenge for next-generation vaccines is to overcome established immunodominance hierarchies and focus antibody responses on crucial neutralization epitopes. Here, we show that a computationally designed epitope-focused immunogen presenting a single RSV neutralization epitope elicits superior epitope-specific responses compared to the viral fusion protein. In addition, the epitope-focused immunogen efficiently boosts antibodies targeting the palivizumab epitope, resulting in enhanced neutralization. Overall, we show that epitope-focused immunogens can boost subdominant neutralizing antibody responses in vivo and reshape established antibody hierarchies.

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DOI
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000164
Author(s)
Munro, James
Sesterhenn, Fabian
Galloux, Marie
Vollers, Sabrina S.
Csepregi, Lucia
Yang, Che
Descamps, Delphyne
Bonet, Jaume
Friedensohn, Simon
Gainza, Pablo
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Date Issued

2019

Published in
PLoS Biology
Volume

17

Issue

2

Article Number

e3000164

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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March 22, 2019
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/155669
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