Virus neutralization assays for human respiratory syncytial virus using airway organoids

Neutralizing antibodies are considered a correlate of protection against severe human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) disease. Currently, HRSV neutralization assays are performed on immortalized cell lines like Vero or A549 cells. It is known that assays on these cell lines exclusively detect neu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS 2024-12, Vol.81 (1), p.267, Article 267
Hauptverfasser: van Dijk, Laura L.A., Rijsbergen, Laurine C., Rubio, Bruno Tello, Schmitz, Katharina S., Gommers, Lennert, Comvalius, Anouskha D., Havelaar, Alexander, van Amerongen, Geert, Schepp, Rutger, Lamers, Mart M., GeurtsvanKessel, Corine H., Haagmans, Bart L., van Binnendijk, Rob, de Swart, Rik L., de Vries, Rory D.
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Zusammenfassung:Neutralizing antibodies are considered a correlate of protection against severe human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) disease. Currently, HRSV neutralization assays are performed on immortalized cell lines like Vero or A549 cells. It is known that assays on these cell lines exclusively detect neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) directed to the fusion (F) protein. For the detection of nAbs directed to the glycoprotein (G), ciliated epithelial cells expressing the cellular receptor CX3CR1 are required, but generation of primary cell cultures is expensive and labor-intensive. Here, we developed a high-throughput neutralization assay based on the interaction between clinically relevant HRSV grown on primary cells with ciliated epithelial cells, and validated this assay using a panel of infant sera. To develop the high-throughput neutralization assay, we established a culture of differentiated apical-out airway organoids (Ap-O AO). CX3CR1 expression was confirmed, and both F- and G-specific monoclonal antibodies neutralized HRSV in the Ap-O AO. In a side-by-side neutralization assay on Vero cells and Ap-O AO, neutralizing antibody levels in sera from 125 infants correlated well, although titers on Ap-O AO were consistently lower. We speculate that these lower titers might be an actual reflection of the neutralizing antibody capacity in vivo. The organoid-based neutralization assay described here holds promise for further characterization of correlates of protection against HRSV disease.
ISSN:1420-682X
1420-9071
1420-9071
DOI:10.1007/s00018-024-05307-y