SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma

Constantinos Kurt Wibmer¹, Frances Ayres¹, Tandile Hermanus¹, Mashudu Madzivhandila¹, Prudence Kgagudi¹, Brent Oosthuysen¹, Bronwen E Lambson^{1

2}, Tulio de Oliveira³, Marion Vermeulen⁴, Karin van der Berg^{4

5}, Theresa Rossouw⁶, Michael Boswell⁷, Veronica Ueckermann⁷, Susan Meiring¹, Anne von Gottberg^{1

8}, Cheryl Cohen^{1

9}, Lynn Morris^{1

2}, Jinal N Bhiman^#^{1

10}, Penny L Moore^#^{11

12}

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¹ National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Antibody Immunity Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), Department of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ South African National Blood Service, Weltevreden Park, South Africa.
⁵ Division of Clinical Haematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁶ Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁷ Division for Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Steve Biko Academic Hospital and University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁸ Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁹ School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹⁰ Department of Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹¹ National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa. pennym@nicd.ac.za.
¹² Antibody Immunity Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. pennym@nicd.ac.za.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 33654292
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01285-x

SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma

Constantinos Kurt Wibmer et al. Nat Med. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;27(4):622-625.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01285-x. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

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Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Antibody Immunity Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), Department of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ South African National Blood Service, Weltevreden Park, South Africa.
⁵ Division of Clinical Haematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁶ Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁷ Division for Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Steve Biko Academic Hospital and University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁸ Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁹ School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹⁰ Department of Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹¹ National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa. pennym@nicd.ac.za.
¹² Antibody Immunity Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. pennym@nicd.ac.za.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 33654292
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01285-x

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 (B.1.351), a novel lineage of coronavirus causing COVID-19, contains substitutions in two immunodominant domains of the spike protein. Here, we show that pseudovirus expressing 501Y.V2 spike protein completely escapes three classes of therapeutically relevant antibodies. This pseudovirus also exhibits substantial to complete escape from neutralization, but not binding, by convalescent plasma. These data highlight the prospect of reinfection with antigenically distinct variants and foreshadows reduced efficacy of spike-based vaccines.

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SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma.
Wibmer CK, Ayres F, Hermanus T, Madzivhandila M, Kgagudi P, Oosthuysen B, Lambson BE, de Oliveira T, Vermeulen M, van der Berg K, Rossouw T, Boswell M, Ueckermann V, Meiring S, von Gottberg A, Cohen C, Morris L, Bhiman JN, Moore PL. Wibmer CK, et al. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2021 Mar 1:2021.01.18.427166. doi: 10.1101/2021.01.18.427166. bioRxiv. 2021. Update in: Nat Med. 2021 Apr;27(4):622-625. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01285-x. PMID: 33501446 Free PMC article. Updated. Preprint.

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