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Cooperativity and induced oligomerisation control the interaction of SARS- CoV-2 with its cellular receptor and patient-derived antibodies

Asor, R.; Olerinyova, A.; Burnap, S. A.; Kushwah, M. S.; Soltermann, F.; Rudden, L. P.; Hensen, M.; Vasiljevic, S.; Brun, J.; Hill, M.; Chang, L.; Dejnirattisai, W.; Supasa, P.; Mongkolsapaya, J.; Zhou, D.; Stuart, D. I.; Screaton, G.; Degiacomi, M.; Zitzmann, N.; Benesch, J. L.; Struwe, W. B.; Kukura, P.

2023-09-15 biophysics
10.1101/2023.09.14.557399 bioRxiv
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Viral entry is mediated by oligomeric proteins on the virus and cell surfaces. The association is therefore open to multivalent interactions between these proteins, yet such recognition is typically rationalised as affinity between monomeric equivalents. As a result, assessment of the thermodynamic mechanisms that control viral entry has been limited. Here, we use mass photometry to overcome the analytical challenges consequent to multivalency. Examining the interaction between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and the ACE2 receptor, we find that ACE2 induces oligomerisation of spike in a variant-dependent fashion. We also demonstrate that patient-derived antibodies use induced-oligomerisation as a primary inhibition mechanism or to enhance the effects of receptor-site blocking. Our results reveal that naive affinity measurements are poor predictors of potency, and introduce a novel antibody-based inhibition mechanism for oligomeric targets. One-Sentence SummaryMultivalent interactions between viral proteins, cell-surface receptors, and anti-viral antibodies regulate infection and inhibition.

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