Abstract

Since late 2019, the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the resultant spread of COVID-19 have given rise to a worldwide health crisis that is posing great challenges to public health and clinical treatment, in addition to serving as a formidable threat to the global economy. To obtain an effective tool to prevent and diagnose viral infections, we attempted to obtain human antibody fragments that can effectively neutralize viral infection and be utilized for rapid virus detection. To this end, several human monoclonal antibodies were isolated by bio-panning a phage-displayed human antibody library, Tomlinson I. The selected clones were demonstrated to bind to the S1 domain of the spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2. Moreover, clone A7 in Fab and IgG formats were found to effectively neutralize the binding of S protein to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in the low nM range. In addition, this clone was successfully converted to quench-based fluorescent immunosensors (Quenchbodies) that allowed antigen detection within a few minutes, with the help of a handy fluorometer.

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Title
Isolation of a human SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody from a synthetic phage library and its conversion to fluorescent biosensors
Author
Li, Haimei 1 ; Zhu, Bo 2 ; Li, Baowei 1 ; Chen, Limei 1 ; Ning, Xuerao 2 ; Dong, Hang 3 ; Liang, Jingru 1 ; Yang, Xueying 1 ; Dong, Jinhua 4 ; Ueda, Hiroshi 5 

 Weifang Medical University, Weifang Key Laboratory for Antibodies Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology, Weifang, China (GRID:grid.268079.2) (ISNI:0000 0004 1790 6079) 
 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Yokohama, Japan (GRID:grid.32197.3e) (ISNI:0000 0001 2179 2105) 
 Peking University, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.11135.37) (ISNI:0000 0001 2256 9319) 
 Weifang Medical University, Weifang Key Laboratory for Antibodies Medicine, School of Life Science and Technology, Weifang, China (GRID:grid.268079.2) (ISNI:0000 0004 1790 6079); Tokyo Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Yokohama, Japan (GRID:grid.32197.3e) (ISNI:0000 0001 2179 2105); Tokyo Institute of Technology, World Research Hub Initiative (WRHI), Institute of Innovative Research, Yokohama, Japan (GRID:grid.32197.3e) (ISNI:0000 0001 2179 2105); University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering, Qingdao, China (GRID:grid.32197.3e) 
 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Yokohama, Japan (GRID:grid.32197.3e) (ISNI:0000 0001 2179 2105); Tokyo Institute of Technology, World Research Hub Initiative (WRHI), Institute of Innovative Research, Yokohama, Japan (GRID:grid.32197.3e) (ISNI:0000 0001 2179 2105) 
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2714796662
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.