The N terminus of H3-influenza hemagglutinin as a site-of-vulnerability to neutralizing antibody.

ABSTRACT: The N terminus of the H3 subtype of influenza virus hemagglutinin is ∼10 residues longer than the N termini of most other hemagglutinins. As conserved, exposed, and linear regions may be good vaccine targets, we investigated the vaccine utility of the extended H3-N terminus. First, we identified antibody 5E10, for which structure and binding analyses revealed recognition of the H3-N terminus. Second, we immunized mice with immunogens incorporating the H3-N terminus, boosted with hemagglutinin trimer, and isolated antibodies from immunogen-elicited B cells that bound both H3-N terminus and hemagglutinin trimer. However, hemagglutinin-complex structures of two such antibodies, 3864-6 and 3864-10, that neutralized H3-influenza strains, revealed only peripheral recognition of the hemagglutinin

SUBMITTER: Rawi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12416542 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature