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Nature biotechnologyMar 2022 DOI:
10.1038/s41587-022-01232-2

Efficient discovery of SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing antibodies via B cell receptor sequencing and ligand blocking

Shiakolas, Andrea R; Kramer, Kevin J; Johnson, Nicole V; Wall, Steven C; Suryadevara, Naveenchandra; Wrapp, Daniel; Periasamy, Sivakumar; Pilewski, Kelsey A; Raju, Nagarajan; Nargi, Rachel; Sutton, Rachel E; Walker, Lauren M; Setliff, Ian; Crowe, James E; Bukreyev, Alexander; Carnahan, Robert H; McLellan, Jason S; Georgiev, Ivelin S
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Abstract
Although several monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been approved for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) therapy, development was generally inefficient, with lead generation often requiring the production and testing of numerous antibody candidates. Here, we report that the integration of target-ligand blocking with a previously described B cell receptor-sequencing approach (linking B cell receptor to antigen specificity through sequencing (LIBRA-seq)) enables the rapid and efficient identification of multiple neutralizing mAbs that prevent the binding of SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). The combination of target-ligand blocking and high-throughput antibody sequencing promises to increase the throughput of programs aimed at discovering new neutralizing antibodies.
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