Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Broadly neutralizing and protective nanobodies against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA.1, BA.2, and BA.4/5 and diverse sarbecoviruses

  • Mingxi Li,
  • Yifei Ren,
  • Zhen Qin Aw,
  • Bo Chen,
  • Ziqing Yang,
  • Yuqing Lei,
  • Lin Cheng,
  • Qingtai Liang,
  • Junxian Hong,
  • Yiling Yang,
  • Jing Chen,
  • Yi Hao Wong,
  • Jing Wei,
  • Sisi Shan,
  • Senyan Zhang,
  • Jiwan Ge,
  • Ruoke Wang,
  • Jay Zengjun Dong,
  • Yuxing Chen,
  • Xuanling Shi,
  • Qi Zhang,
  • Zheng Zhang,
  • Justin Jang Hann Chu,
  • Xinquan Wang,
  • Linqi Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35642-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The authors identify nanobodies from immunized alpaca with broadly neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2 variants, and major sarbecoviruses. One representative nanobody binds to a highly conserved epitope on RBD and protects K18-hACE2 mice from Omicron and Delta infection.