A Fc engineering approach to define functional humoral correlates of immunity against Ebola virus

Bronwyn M. Gunn; Richard Lu; Matthew D. Slein; Philipp A. Ilinykh; Kai Huang; Caroline Atyeo; Sharon L. Schendel; Jiyoung Kim; Caitlin Cain; Vicky Roy; Todd J. Suscovich; Ayato Takada; Peter J. Halfmann; Yoshihiro Kawaoka; Matthias G. Pauthner; Mambu Momoh; Augustine Goba; Lansana Kanneh; Kristian G. Andersen; John S. Schieffelin; Donald Grant; Robert F. Garry; Erica Ollmann Saphire; Alexander Bukreyev; Galit Alter

doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2021.03.009

A Fc engineering approach to define functional humoral correlates of immunity against Ebola virus

Bronwyn M. Gunn
, Richard Lu
, Matthew D. Slein
, Philipp A. Ilinykh
, Kai Huang
, Caroline Atyeo
, Sharon L. Schendel
, Jiyoung Kim
, Caitlin Cain
, Vicky Roy
, Todd J. Suscovich
, Ayato Takada
, Peter J. Halfmann
, Yoshihiro Kawaoka
, Matthias G. Pauthner
, Mambu Momoh
, Augustine Goba
, Lansana Kanneh
, Kristian G. Andersen
, John S. Schieffelin

Donald Grant, Robert F. Garry, Erica Ollmann Saphire, Alexander Bukreyev, Galit Alter

Pathology

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Abstract

Protective Ebola virus (EBOV) antibodies have neutralizing activity and induction of antibody constant domain (Fc)-mediated innate immune effector functions. Efforts to enhance Fc effector functionality often focus on maximizing antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, yet distinct combinations of functions could be critical for antibody-mediated protection. As neutralizing antibodies have been cloned from EBOV disease survivors, we sought to identify survivor Fc effector profiles to help guide Fc optimization strategies. Survivors developed a range of functional antibody responses, and we therefore applied a rapid, high-throughput Fc engineering platform to define the most protective profiles. We generated a library of Fc variants with identical antigen-binding fragments (Fabs) from an EBOV neutralizing antibody. Fc variants with antibody-mediated complement deposition and moderate natural killer (NK) cell activity demonstrated complete protective activity in a stringent in vivo mouse model. Our findings highlight the importance of specific effector functions in antibody-mediated protection, and the experimental platform presents a generalizable resource for identifying correlates of immunity to guide therapeutic antibody design.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	815-828.e5
Journal	Immunity
Volume	54
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2021.03.009
State	Published - Apr 13 2021

Keywords

ADCC
Ebola virus
Fc effector function
antibody engineering
complement
humoral immunity
infectious diseases
monoclonal antibody therapeutics
phagocytosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Immunology and Allergy
Immunology
Infectious Diseases

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Gunn, B. M., Lu, R., Slein, M. D., Ilinykh, P. A., Huang, K., Atyeo, C., Schendel, S. L., Kim, J., Cain, C., Roy, V., Suscovich, T. J., Takada, A., Halfmann, P. J., Kawaoka, Y., Pauthner, M. G., Momoh, M., Goba, A., Kanneh, L., Andersen, K. G., ... Alter, G. (2021). A Fc engineering approach to define functional humoral correlates of immunity against Ebola virus. Immunity, 54(4), 815-828.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2021.03.009

Gunn, BM, Lu, R, Slein, MD, Ilinykh, PA, Huang, K, Atyeo, C, Schendel, SL, Kim, J, Cain, C, Roy, V, Suscovich, TJ, Takada, A, Halfmann, PJ, Kawaoka, Y, Pauthner, MG, Momoh, M, Goba, A, Kanneh, L, Andersen, KG, Schieffelin, JS, Grant, D, Garry, RF, Saphire, EO, Bukreyev, A & Alter, G 2021, 'A Fc engineering approach to define functional humoral correlates of immunity against Ebola virus', Immunity, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 815-828.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2021.03.009

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