Anti-SARS-CoV-2 and anticancer properties of triptolide and its derived carbonized nanomaterials DOI Creative Commons

Rubina Kousar,

Tahira Akhtar,

Chin‐Jung Lin

et al.

Cancer Letters, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 217677 - 217677

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

Humoral immune escape by current SARS-CoV-2 variants BA.2.86 and JN.1, December 2023 DOI Creative Commons
Lara M. Jeworowski, Barbara Mühlemann, Felix Walper

et al.

Eurosurveillance, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 29(2)

Published: Jan. 11, 2024

Variant BA.2.86 and its descendant, JN.1, of SARS-CoV-2 are rising in incidence across Europe globally. We isolated recent BA.2.86, EG.5, XBB.1.5 earlier variants. tested live virus neutralisation sera taken September 2023 from vaccinated exposed healthy persons (n = 39). found clear escape against variants but no specific pronounced for or JN.1. Neutralisation corresponds to variant predominance may not be causative the upsurge JN.1 incidence.

Language: Английский

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56

Spike deep mutational scanning helps predict success of SARS-CoV-2 clades DOI Creative Commons
Bernadeta Dadonaite,

Jack Brown,

Teagan McMahon

et al.

Nature, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 631(8021), P. 617 - 626

Published: July 3, 2024

SARS-CoV-2 variants acquire mutations in the spike protein that promote immune evasion

Language: Английский

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53

Post-pandemic memory T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 is durable, broadly targeted, and cross-reactive to the hypermutated BA.2.86 variant DOI Creative Commons

Rofhiwa Nesamari,

Millicent A. Omondi, Richard Baguma

et al.

Cell Host & Microbe, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 32(2), P. 162 - 169.e3

Published: Jan. 10, 2024

Ongoing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) evolution has given rise to recombinant Omicron lineages that dominate globally (XBB.1), as well the emergence of hypermutated variants (BA.2.86). In this context, durable and cross-reactive T cell immune memory is critical for continued protection against COVID-19. We examined responses SARS-CoV-2 approximately 1.5 years since first emerged. describe sustained CD4+ CD8+ spike-specific in healthcare workers South Africa (n = 39) who were vaccinated experienced at least one infection. Spike-specific cells are highly with all tested, including BA.2.86. Abundant nucleocapsid membrane-specific detectable most participants. The bulk SARS-CoV-2-specific have an early-differentiated phenotype, explaining their persistent nature. Overall, hybrid immunity leads accumulation spike non-spike evident 3.5 after start pandemic, preserved recognition mutated variants.

Language: Английский

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Differential protection against SARS-CoV-2 reinfection pre- and post-Omicron DOI Creative Commons
Hiam Chemaitelly, Houssein H. Ayoub, Peter Coyle

et al.

Nature, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 5, 2025

Abstract The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly evolved over short timescales, leading to the emergence of more transmissible variants such as Alpha and Delta 1–3 . arrival Omicron variant marked a major shift, introducing numerous extra mutations in spike gene compared with earlier 1,2 These evolutionary changes have raised concerns regarding their potential impact on immune evasion, disease severity effectiveness vaccines treatments 1,3 In this epidemiological study, we identified two distinct patterns protective effect natural infection against reinfection versus pre-Omicron eras. Before Omicron, provided strong durable protection reinfection, minimal waning time. However, during era, was robust only for those recently infected, declining time diminishing within year. results demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 is shaped by dynamic interaction between host immunity viral evolution, contrasting before after Omicron’s first wave. This shift suggests change pressures, intrinsic transmissibility driving adaptation escape becoming dominant post-Omicron, underscoring need periodic vaccine updates sustain immunity.

Language: Английский

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Antigenic cartography using variant-specific hamster sera reveals substantial antigenic variation among Omicron subvariants DOI Creative Commons
Barbara Mühlemann, Jakob Trimpert, Felix Walper

et al.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 121(32)

Published: July 30, 2024

Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has developed substantial antigenic variability. As the majority of population now pre-existing immunity due to infection or vaccination, use experimentally generated animal immune sera can be valuable for measuring differences between virus variants. Here, we immunized Syrian hamsters by two successive infections with one nine SARS-CoV-2 Their were titrated against 16 variants, and resulting titers visualized using cartography. The map shows a condensed cluster containing all pre-Omicron variants (D614G, Alpha, Delta, Beta, Mu, an engineered B.1+E484K variant) considerably more diversity among selected panel Omicron subvariants (BA.1, BA.2, BA.4/BA.5, BA.5 descendants BF.7 BQ.1.18, BA.2.75 descendant BN.1.3.1, BA.2-derived recombinants XBB.2 EG.5.1, BA.2.86 JN.1). Some as antigenically distinct from each other wildtype is BA.1 variant. Compared measured in human sera, hamster are higher magnitude, show less fold change, result compact topology. results highlight potential continued characterization SARS-CoV-2.

Language: Английский

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The mutation rate of SARS-CoV-2 is highly variable between sites and is influenced by sequence context, genomic region, and RNA structure DOI Creative Commons
Hugh K. Haddox,

Georg Angehrn,

Luca Sesta

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 8, 2025

Abstract RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 have a high mutation rate, which contributes to their rapid evolution. The rate of mutations depends on the type (e.g., A → C , G etc.) and can vary between sites in viral genome. Understanding this variation shed light mutational processes at play, is crucial for quantitative modeling Using millions available full-genome sequences, we estimate rates synonymous all 12 possible nucleotide types examine how much these sites. We find surprisingly level variability several striking patterns: four suddenly increase one two gene boundaries; most strongly depend site’s local sequence context, with up 56-fold differences contexts; consistent previous study, some are lower engaged secondary structure. simple log-linear model features explains ∼15-60% fold-variation sites, depending type; more complex models only modestly improve predictive power out sample. fitness effect each based number times it actually occurs versus expected occur model. identify small regions genome where or noncoding less often than expected, indicative strong purifying selection that independent protein sequence. Overall, work expands our basic understanding SARS-CoV-2’s evolution by characterizing virus’s process individual uncovering patterns arise from unknown mechanisms.

Language: Английский

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Longitudinal humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Spike following infection in individuals from Cameroon DOI
Mehdi Benlarbi,

Dell-Dylan Kenfack,

Katrina Dionne

et al.

Virology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 605, P. 110467 - 110467

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

Language: Английский

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Full-spike deep mutational scanning helps predict the evolutionary success of SARS-CoV-2 clades DOI Creative Commons
Bernadeta Dadonaite,

Jack Brown,

Teagan McMahon

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 14, 2023

SARS-CoV-2 variants acquire mutations in spike that promote immune evasion and impact other properties contribute to viral fitness such as ACE2 receptor binding cell entry. Knowledge of how affect these phenotypes can provide insight into the current potential future evolution virus. Here we use pseudovirus deep mutational scanning measure >9,000 across full XBB.1.5 BA.2 spikes binding, entry, or escape from human sera. We find outside receptor-binding domain (RBD) have meaningfully impacted during evolution. also neutralization by serum individuals who recently had infections. The strongest are RBD at sites 357, 420, 440, 456, 473-however, antigenic impacts vary individuals. identify strong RBD; however many them decrease suggesting they act modulating conformation. Notably, growth rates clades be explained substantial part measured effects on phenotypes, our data could enable better prediction

Language: Английский

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Ensemble-Based Mutational Profiling and Network Analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Omicron XBB Lineages for Interactions with the ACE2 Receptor and Antibodies: Cooperation of Binding Hotspots in Mediating Epistatic Couplings Underlies Binding Mechanism and Immune Escape DOI Open Access
Nishank Raisinghani, Mohammed Alshahrani,

Grace Gupta

et al.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 25(8), P. 4281 - 4281

Published: April 12, 2024

In this study, we performed a computational study of binding mechanisms for the SARS-CoV-2 spike Omicron XBB lineages with host cell receptor ACE2 and panel diverse class one antibodies. The central objective investigation was to examine molecular factors underlying epistatic couplings among convergent evolution hotspots that enable optimal balancing antibody evasion variants BA.1, BA2, BA.3, BA.4/BA.5, BQ.1.1, XBB.1, XBB.1.5, XBB.1.5 + L455F/F456L. By combining evolutionary analysis, dynamics simulations, ensemble-based mutational scanning protein residues in complexes ACE2, identified structural stability affinity are consistent results biochemical studies. agreement deep experiments, our quantitative analysis correctly reproduced strong variant-specific effects BA.2 variants. It shown Y453W F456L mutations can enhance when coupled Q493 while these become destabilized R493 position variant. provided rationale mechanism variants, showing role Q493/R493 hotspot modulating between sites L455F lineages. receptors antibodies provide experimental evidence interactions physically proximal Y501, R498, Q493, L455F, determine binding, F486P instrumental mediating broad resistance. supports which impact on is mediated through small group universal hotspots, effect immune could be more variant-dependent modulated by conformationally adaptable regions.

Language: Английский

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Emerging variants develop total escape from potent monoclonal antibodies induced by BA.4/5 infection DOI Creative Commons
Chang Liu, Raksha Das, Aiste Dijokaite-Guraliuc

et al.

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: April 16, 2024

Abstract The rapid evolution of SARS-CoV-2 is driven in part by a need to evade the antibody response face high levels immunity. Here, we isolate spike (S) binding monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) from vaccinees who suffered vaccine break-through infections with Omicron sub lineages BA.4 or BA.5. Twenty eight potent are isolated and characterised functionally, some cases structurally. Since emergence BA.4/5, has continued accrue mutations S protein, understand this characterize neutralization large panel variants demonstrate steady attrition BA.4/5 mAbs culminating total loss function recent XBB.1.5.70 containing so-called ‘FLip’ at positions 455 456. Interestingly, activity regained on recently reported variant BA.2.86.

Language: Английский

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