Fc-engineered antibodies promote neutrophil-dependent control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Edward B. Irvine, Angel Nikolov, Mehak Z. Khan, Joshua M. Peters, Richard Lu, Jaimie Sixsmith, Aaron Wallace, Esther van Woudenbergh, Sally Shin, Wiktor Karpinski, Jeff C. Hsiao, Arturo Casadevall, Bryan D. Bryson, Lisa Cavacini, Patricia S. Grace, Galit Alter & Sarah M. Fortune

doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.01.490220

Mounting evidence indicates that antibodies can contribute towards control of tuberculosis (TB). However, the underlying mechanisms of humoral immune protection and whether antibodies can be exploited in therapeutic strategies to combat TB are relatively understudied. Here we engineered the receptor-binding Fc (fragment crystallizable) region of an antibody recognizing the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) capsule, to define antibody Fc-mediated mechanism(s) of Mtb restriction. We generated 52 Fc variants that either promote or inhibit specific antibody effector functions, rationally building antibodies with enhanced capacity to promote Mtb restriction in a human whole-blood model of infection. While there is likely no singular Fc profile that universally drives control of Mtb, here we found that several Fc-engineered antibodies drove Mtb restriction in a neutrophil-dependent manner. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis showed that a restrictive Fc-engineered antibody promoted neutrophil survival and expression of cell-intrinsic antimicrobial programs. These data show the potential of Fc-engineered antibodies as therapeutics able to harness the protective functions of neutrophils to promote control of TB.

SEEK ID: https://fairdomhub.org/studies/1089

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