Unbiased approach to identify and assess efficacy of human SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies

  • Xia Cao
  • , Junki Maruyama
  • , Heyue Zhou
  • , Yanwen Fu
  • , Lisa Kerwin
  • , Colin Powers
  • , Rachel A. Sattler
  • , John T. Manning
  • , Alok Singh
  • , Reyna Lim
  • , Laura D. Healy
  • , Sachi Johnson
  • , Elizabeth Paz Cabral
  • , Donghui Li
  • , Lucy Lu
  • , Arthur Ledesma
  • , Daniel Lee
  • , Susan Richards
  • , Laura Rivero-Nava
  • , Yan Li
  • Weiqun Shen, Karen Stegman, Benjamin Blair, Shinji Urata, Magumi Kishimoto-Urata, Jamie Ko, Na Du, Kyndal Morais, Kate Lawrence, Ianne Rivera, Chin I. Pai, Damien Bresson, Mark Brunswick, Yanliang Zhang, Henry Ji, Slobodan Paessler, Robert D. Allen

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to significantly impact the global population, thus countermeasure platforms that enable rapid development of therapeutics against variants of SARS-CoV-2 are essential. We report use of a phage display human antibody library approach to rapidly identify neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) against SARS-CoV-2. We demonstrate the binding and neutralization capability of two nAbs, STI-2020 and STI-5041, against the SARS-CoV-2 WA-1 strain as well as the Alpha and Beta variants. STI-2020 and STI-5041 were protective when administered intravenously or intranasally in the golden (Syrian) hamster model of COVID-19 challenged with the WA-1 strain or Beta variant. The ability to administer nAbs intravenously and intranasally may have important therapeutic implications and Phase 1 healthy subjects clinical trials are ongoing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number15517
JournalScientific reports
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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