Abstract
The mechanisms by which neutralizing antibodies inhibit Marburg virus (MARV) are not known. We isolated a panel of neutralizing antibodies from a human MARV survivor that bind to MARV glycoprotein (GP) and compete for binding to a single major antigenic site. Remarkably, several of the antibodies also bind to Ebola virus (EBOV) GP. Single-particle EM structures of antibody-GP complexes reveal that all of the neutralizing antibodies bind to MARV GP at or near the predicted region of the receptor-binding site. The presence of the glycan cap or mucin-like domain blocks binding of neutralizing antibodies to EBOV GP, but not to MARV GP. The data suggest that MARV-neutralizing antibodies inhibit virus by binding to infectious virions at the exposed MARV receptor-binding site, revealing a mechanism of filovirus inhibition.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 893-903 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Cell |
| Volume | 160 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 26 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology