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Title | Identification of a seasonal influenza vaccine-induced broadly protective neuraminidase antibody. |
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Journal, issue, pages | J Exp Med, Vol. 222, Issue 6, Year 2025 |
Publish date | Jun 2, 2025 |
![]() | Anders Madsen / Nisreen M A Okba / Tossapol Pholcharee / Hanover C Matz / Huibin Lv / Maria Ibanez Trullen / Julian Q Zhou / Jackson S Turner / Aaron J Schmitz / Fangjie Han / Stephen C Horvath / Sameer Kumar Malladi / Florian Krammer / Nicholas C Wu / Ali H Ellebedy / ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | Seasonal influenza viruses cause significant global illness and death annually, and the potential spillover of avian H5N1 poses a serious pandemic threat. Traditional influenza vaccines target the ...Seasonal influenza viruses cause significant global illness and death annually, and the potential spillover of avian H5N1 poses a serious pandemic threat. Traditional influenza vaccines target the variable hemagglutinin (HA) protein, necessitating annual vaccine updates, while the slower-evolving neuraminidase (NA) presents a promising target for broader protection. We investigated the breadth of anti-NA B cell responses to seasonal influenza vaccination in humans. We screened plasmablast-derived monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) from three donors, identifying 11 clonally distinct NA mAbs from 268 vaccine-specific mAbs. Among these, mAb-297 showed exceptionally broad NA inhibition, effectively protecting mice against lethal doses of influenza A and B viruses, including H5N1. We show that mAb-297 targets a common binding motif in the conserved NA active site. Our findings show that while B cell responses against NA following conventional, egg-derived influenza vaccines are rare, inducing broadly protective NA antibodies through such vaccination remains feasible, highlighting the importance of improving NA immunogens to develop a more broadly protective influenza vaccine. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 2.65 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-47102, PDB-9dpc: |
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![]() | IMMUNE SYSTEM / Influenza / Neuraminidase / Antibody |