美国再生元制药公司Christos A. Kyratsous等研究人员发现，SARS-CoV-2突刺蛋白的抗体混鸡尾酒疗法可防止单个抗体引起的快速突变逃逸。这一研究成果于2020年6月15日在线发表在《科学》上。

Title: Antibody cocktail to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein prevents rapid mutational escape seen with individual antibodies

Author: Alina Baum, Benjamin O. Fulton, Elzbieta Wloga, Richard Copin, Kristen E. Pascal, Vincenzo Russo, Stephanie Giordano, Kathryn Lanza, Nicole Negron, Min Ni, Yi Wei, Gurinder S. Atwal, Andrew J. Murphy, Neil Stahl, George D. Yancopoulos, Christos A. Kyratsous

Issue&Volume: 2020/06/15

Abstract: Abstract Antibodies targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 present a promising approach to combat the COVID19 pandemic; however, concerns remain that mutations can yield antibody resistance. We investigate the development of resistance against four antibodies to the spike protein that potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2, individually as well as when combined into cocktails. These antibodies remain effective against spike variants that have arisen in the human population. However, novel spike mutants rapidly appeared following in vitro passaging in the presence of individual antibodies, resulting in loss of neutralization; such escape also occurred with combinations of antibodies binding diverse but overlapping regions of the spike protein. Importantly, escape mutants were not generated following treatment with a non-competing antibody cocktail.

DOI: 10.1126/science.abd0831

Source: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/06/15/science.abd0831