RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The functions of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing and infection-enhancing antibodies in vitro and in mice and nonhuman primates JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 2020.12.31.424729 DO 10.1101/2020.12.31.424729 A1 Li, Dapeng A1 Edwards, Robert J A1 Manne, Kartik A1 Martinez, David R. A1 Schäfer, Alexandra A1 Alam, S. Munir A1 Wiehe, Kevin A1 Lu, Xiaozhi A1 Parks, Robert A1 Sutherland, Laura L. A1 Oguin, Thomas H. A1 McDanal, Charlene A1 Perez, Lautaro G. A1 Mansouri, Katayoun A1 Gobeil, Sophie M. C. A1 Janowska, Katarzyna A1 Stalls, Victoria A1 Kopp, Megan A1 Cai, Fangping A1 Lee, Esther A1 Foulger, Andrew A1 Hernandez, Giovanna E. A1 Sanzone, Aja A1 Tilahun, Kedamawit A1 Jiang, Chuancang A1 Tse, Longping V. A1 Bock, Kevin W. A1 Minai, Mahnaz A1 Nagata, Bianca M. A1 Cronin, Kenneth A1 Gee-Lai, Victoria A1 Deyton, Margaret A1 Barr, Maggie A1 Von Holle, Tarra A1 Macintyre, Andrew N. A1 Stover, Erica A1 Feldman, Jared A1 Hauser, Blake M. A1 Caradonna, Timothy M. A1 Scobey, Trevor D. A1 Moody, M. Anthony A1 Cain, Derek W. A1 DeMarco, C. Todd A1 Denny, Thomas N. A1 Woods, Christopher W. A1 Petzold, Elizabeth W. A1 Schmidt, Aaron G. A1 Teng, I-Ting A1 Zhou, Tongqing A1 Kwong, Peter D. A1 Mascola, John R. A1 Graham, Barney S. A1 Moore, Ian N. A1 Seder, Robert A1 Andersen, Hanne A1 Lewis, Mark G. A1 Montefiori, David C. A1 Sempowski, Gregory D. A1 Baric, Ralph S. A1 Acharya, Priyamvada A1 Haynes, Barton F. A1 Saunders, Kevin O. YR 2021 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/01/02/2020.12.31.424729.abstract AB SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) protect against COVID-19, making them a focus of vaccine design. A safety concern regarding SARS-CoV-2 antibodies is whether they mediate disease enhancement. Here, we isolated potent NAbs against the receptor-binding domain (RBD) and the N-terminal domain (NTD) of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from individuals with acute or convalescent SARS-CoV-2 or a history of SARS-CoV-1 infection. Cryo-electron microscopy of RBD and NTD antibodies demonstrated function-specific modes of antibody binding. Select RBD NAbs also demonstrated Fc receptor-γ (FcγR)-mediated enhancement of virus infection in vitro, while five non-neutralizing NTD antibodies mediated FcγR-independent in vitro infection enhancement. However, both in vitro neutralizing and infection-enhancing RBD or infection-enhancing NTD antibodies protected from SARS-CoV-2 challenge in non-human primates and mice. One of 30 monkeys infused with enhancing antibodies had lung pathology and bronchoalveolar lavage cytokine evidence suggestive of enhanced disease. Thus, these in vitro assessments of enhanced antibody-mediated infection do not necessarily indicate biologically relevant in vivo infection enhancement.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.