Glycan repositioning of influenza hemagglutinin stem facilitates the elicitation of protective cross-group antibody responses
Open Access
- 7 February 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Communications
- Vol. 11 (1), 1-12
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14579-4
Abstract
The conserved hemagglutinin (HA) stem has been a focus of universal influenza vaccine efforts. Influenza A group 1 HA stem-nanoparticles have been demonstrated to confer heterosubtypic protection in animals; however, the protection does not extend to group 2 viruses, due in part to differences in glycosylation between group 1 and 2 stems. Here, we show that introducing the group 2 glycan at Asn38HA1 to a group 1 stem-nanoparticle (gN38 variant) based on A/New Caledonia/20/99 (H1N1) broadens antibody responses to cross-react with group 2 HAs. Immunoglobulins elicited by the gN38 variant provide complete protection against group 2 H7N9 virus infection, while the variant loses protection against a group 1 H5N1 virus. The N38HA1 glycan thus is pivotal in directing antibody responses by controlling access to group-determining stem epitopes. Precise targeting of stem-directed antibody responses to the site of vulnerability by glycan repositioning may be a step towards achieving cross-group influenza protection.Keywords
Funding Information
- Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (HHSN261200800001E, HHSN261200800001E)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (1ZIAAI005003-17, 1ZIAAI005003-17)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
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