Title | Antibody-induced uncoating of human rhinovirus B14. | ||
Author | Dong, Yangchao; Liu, Yue; Jiang, Wen; Smith, Thomas J; Xu, Zhikai; Rossmann, Michael G | ||
Journal | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A | Publication Year/Month | 2017-Jul |
PMID | 28696310 | PMCID | PMC5544331 |
Affiliation + expend | 1.Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. |
Rhinoviruses (RVs) are the major causes of common colds in humans. They have a nonenveloped, icosahedral capsid surrounding a positive-strand RNA genome. Here we report that the antigen-binding (Fab) fragment of a neutralizing antibody (C5) can trigger genome release from RV-B14 to form emptied particles and neutralize virus infection. Using cryo-electron microscopy, structures of the C5 Fab in complex with the full and emptied particles have been determined at 2.3 A and 3.0 A resolution, respectively. Each of the 60 Fab molecules binds primarily to a region on viral protein 3 (VP3). Binding of the C5 Fabs to RV-B14 results in significant conformational changes around holes in the capsid through which the viral RNA might exit. These results are so far the highest resolution view of an antibody-virus complex and elucidate a mechanism whereby antibodies neutralize RVs and related viruses by inducing virus uncoating.