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| Title | Human neutralizing antibodies targeting the measles virus hemagglutinin and fusion surface proteins. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Cell Host Microbe, Vol. 34, Page 1067-1081.e12, Year 2026 |
| Publish date | Aug 14, 2025 (structure data deposition date) |
Authors | Marissa Acciani / Dawid Zyla / Gele Niemeyer / Stephanie Harkins / Diptiben Parekh / Emily Pawlack / Davide Lacarbonara / Dhvanir Kansara / Margaret E Ackerman / Stefan Niewiesk / Matteo Porotto / Kathryn M Hastie / Erica Ollmann Saphire / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Measles virus (MeV), a highly transmissible paramyxovirus, can cause severe complications and death, particularly in infants and young children. How and where human antibodies target and neutralize ...Measles virus (MeV), a highly transmissible paramyxovirus, can cause severe complications and death, particularly in infants and young children. How and where human antibodies target and neutralize MeV remain unclear. Here, we report a panel of human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) specific for MeV hemagglutinin (H) and fusion (F) surface proteins, derived from the memory B cells of a Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccinee. We mapped four and five major epitope clusters on H and F, respectively, and structurally characterized representative mAbs from each epitope cluster. MAbs against both H and F offer broad, potent, picomolar-level neutralization and substantially reduce viral loads in vivo when delivered before or after viral exposure. High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy of mAb complexes with H and F reveal highly conserved contact sites of the most protective antibodies. Characterization of these fully human mAbs provides avenues for prophylactic or therapeutic intervention against re-emerging MeV. |
External links | Cell Host Microbe / PubMed:42102820 |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.3 - 3.25 Å |
| Structure data | ![]() PDB-9q1z: ![]() PDB-9q20: ![]() PDB-9q24: ![]() PDB-9q26: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-NAG: ![]() ChemComp-HOH: ![]() ChemComp-MAN: |
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Keywords | VIRAL PROTEIN/IMMUNE SYSTEM / VIRAL PROTEIN / glycoprotein / immune system / measles / high-resolution / ectodomain / attachment / antibody / complex / VIRAL PROTEIN-IMMUNE SYSTEM complex / fusion |
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