Journal: Nat Microbiol / Year: 2021 Title: SARS-CoV-2 variant prediction and antiviral drug design are enabled by RBD in vitro evolution. Authors: Jiří Zahradník / Shir Marciano / Maya Shemesh / Eyal Zoler / Daniel Harari / Jeanne Chiaravalli / Björn Meyer / Yinon Rudich / Chunlin Li / Ira Marton / Orly Dym / Nadav Elad / Mark G ...Authors: Jiří Zahradník / Shir Marciano / Maya Shemesh / Eyal Zoler / Daniel Harari / Jeanne Chiaravalli / Björn Meyer / Yinon Rudich / Chunlin Li / Ira Marton / Orly Dym / Nadav Elad / Mark G Lewis / Hanne Andersen / Matthew Gagne / Robert A Seder / Daniel C Douek / Gideon Schreiber / Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest and concern will continue to emerge for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. To map mutations in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein that affect ...SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest and concern will continue to emerge for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. To map mutations in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein that affect binding to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the receptor for SARS-CoV-2, we applied in vitro evolution to affinity-mature the RBD. Multiple rounds of random mutagenic libraries of the RBD were sorted against decreasing concentrations of ACE2, resulting in the selection of higher affinity RBD binders. We found that mutations present in more transmissible viruses (S477N, E484K and N501Y) were preferentially selected in our high-throughput screen. Evolved RBD mutants include prominently the amino acid substitutions found in the RBDs of B.1.620, B.1.1.7 (Alpha), B1.351 (Beta) and P.1 (Gamma) variants. Moreover, the incidence of RBD mutations in the population as presented in the GISAID database (April 2021) is positively correlated with increased binding affinity to ACE2. Further in vitro evolution increased binding by 1,000-fold and identified mutations that may be more infectious if they evolve in the circulating viral population, for example, Q498R is epistatic to N501Y. We show that our high-affinity variant RBD-62 can be used as a drug to inhibit infection with SARS-CoV-2 and variants Alpha, Beta and Gamma in vitro. In a model of SARS-CoV-2 challenge in hamster, RBD-62 significantly reduced clinical disease when administered before or after infection. A 2.9 Å cryo-electron microscopy structure of the high-affinity complex of RBD-62 and ACE2, including all rapidly spreading mutations, provides a structural basis for future drug and vaccine development and for in silico evaluation of known antibodies.
History
Deposition
Jan 11, 2021
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Header (metadata) release
Feb 17, 2021
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Map release
Feb 17, 2021
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Update
Sep 22, 2021
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Current status
Sep 22, 2021
Processing site: PDBe / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
Movie
Surface view with section colored by density value
Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k) / Number grids imaged: 2 / Number real images: 4470 / Average exposure time: 1.214 sec. / Average electron dose: 70.0 e/Å2
Experimental equipment
Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company
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Image processing
CTF correction
Software - Name: cryoSPARC (ver. 3.0.1)
Startup model
Type of model: INSILICO MODEL / Details: phenix.dock_in_map
Initial angle assignment
Type: MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD / Software - Name: cryoSPARC (ver. 3.0.1)
Final angle assignment
Type: MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD / Software - Name: cryoSPARC (ver. 3.0.1)
Final reconstruction
Applied symmetry - Point group: C1 (asymmetric) / Resolution.type: BY AUTHOR / Resolution: 2.9 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF / Software - Name: cryoSPARC (ver. 3.0.1) / Number images used: 164636
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