National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
GM103310
United States
Other private
Simons Foundation (SF349247)
United States
Citation
Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A / Year: 2021 Title: Interprotomer disulfide-stabilized variants of the human metapneumovirus fusion glycoprotein induce high titer-neutralizing responses. Authors: Guillaume B E Stewart-Jones / Jason Gorman / Li Ou / Baoshan Zhang / M Gordon Joyce / Lijuan Yang / Cheng Cheng / Gwo-Yu Chuang / Kathryn E Foulds / Wing-Pui Kong / Adam S Olia / Mallika ...Authors: Guillaume B E Stewart-Jones / Jason Gorman / Li Ou / Baoshan Zhang / M Gordon Joyce / Lijuan Yang / Cheng Cheng / Gwo-Yu Chuang / Kathryn E Foulds / Wing-Pui Kong / Adam S Olia / Mallika Sastry / Chen-Hsiang Shen / John-Paul Todd / Yaroslav Tsybovsky / Raffaello Verardi / Yongping Yang / Peter L Collins / Davide Corti / Antonio Lanzavecchia / Diana G Scorpio / John R Mascola / Ursula J Buchholz / Peter D Kwong / Abstract: Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a major cause of respiratory disease worldwide, particularly among children and the elderly. Although there is no licensed HMPV vaccine, promising candidates have been ...Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a major cause of respiratory disease worldwide, particularly among children and the elderly. Although there is no licensed HMPV vaccine, promising candidates have been identified for related pneumoviruses based on the structure-based stabilization of the fusion (F) glycoprotein trimer, with prefusion-stabilized F glycoprotein trimers eliciting significantly higher neutralizing responses than their postfusion F counterparts. However, immunization with HMPV F trimers in either prefusion or postfusion conformations has been reported to elicit equivalent neutralization responses. Here we investigate the impact of stabilizing disulfides, especially interprotomer disulfides (IP-DSs) linking protomers of the F trimer, on the elicitation of HMPV-neutralizing responses. We designed F trimer disulfides, screened for their expression, and used electron microscopy (EM) to confirm their formation, including that of an unexpected postfusion variant. In mice, IP-DS-stabilized prefusion and postfusion HMPV F elicited significantly higher neutralizing responses than non-IP-DS-stabilized HMPV Fs. In macaques, the impact of IP-DS stabilization was more measured, although IP-DS-stabilized variants of either prefusion or postfusion HMPV F induced neutralizing responses many times the average titers observed in a healthy human cohort. Serological and absorption-based analyses of macaque responses revealed elicited HMPV-neutralizing responses to be absorbed differently by IP-DS-containing and by non-IP-DS-containing postfusion Fs, suggesting IP-DS stabilization to alter not only the immunogenicity of select epitopes but their antigenicity as well. We speculate the observed increase in immunogenicity by IP-DS trimers to be related to reduced interprotomer flexibility within the HMPV F trimer.
FusionglycoproteinF0 / Fusion glycoprotein F1 / Fusion glycoprotein F2
Mass: 54473.844 Da / Num. of mol.: 3 Source method: isolated from a genetically manipulated source Source: (gene. exp.) Human metapneumovirus / Production host: Homo sapiens (human) / References: UniProt: Q6WBA7
Conc.: 1 mg/ml / Embedding applied: NO / Shadowing applied: NO / Staining applied: NO / Vitrification applied: YES
Specimen support
Grid type: C-flat-1.2/1.3
Vitrification
Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV / Cryogen name: ETHANE / Humidity: 90 % / Chamber temperature: 293 K
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Electron microscopy imaging
Experimental equipment
Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company
Microscopy
Model: FEI TITAN KRIOS
Electron gun
Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN / Accelerating voltage: 300 kV / Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM
Electron lens
Mode: BRIGHT FIELD / C2 aperture diameter: 70 µm
Image recording
Average exposure time: 10 sec. / Electron dose: 64.05 e/Å2 / Detector mode: COUNTING / Film or detector model: GATAN K2 SUMMIT (4k x 4k) / Num. of grids imaged: 1
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