Potent mouse monoclonal antibodies that block SARS-CoV-2 infection

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board StatementIRB: Sample collection is approved by Keio University Bioethics Committee with the number 20200063.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    For antibody production, monoclonal hybridomas were cultured in Hybridoma Serum-Free Medium (FUJIFILM Wako) supplemented with IL-6.
    IL-6
    suggested: None
    After three times washing in PBS-T (0. 1% Tween-20), the membrane was incubated in 1:5000 dilution of the peroxidase-conjugated sheep anti-mouse IgG secondary antibody (MP Biomedicals) for 30 min at room temperature.
    anti-mouse IgG
    suggested: None
    Monoclonal antibodies starting from 100 µg/mL were four-folds serial diluted with blocking buffer to 12 gradients and incubated with plates for 1 hour at room temperature, followed by incubation with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) conjugated sheep anti-mouse secondary antibody (MP Biomedicals) 1:5000 diluted in blocking buffer for 30 min at room temperature.
    anti-mouse
    suggested: None
    ACE2-binding inhibition assay: For spike pull-down assay, SΔTM glycoprotein was incubated with 1 µg anti-spike antibody in 50 µl binding buffer (PBS supplemented with 0.1% NP-40) at room temperature for 1 hour, then 3 µg of ACE2-SBP recombinant protein was applied the reaction for 1 hour.
    anti-spike
    suggested: None
    After washing, beads were incubated with diluted antibodies for 20 min at 4°C, washed, incubated with 4 µg/mL of ACE2-FLAG for 20 min at 4°C, washed, and incubated with an anti-DYKDDDDK antibody conjugated with APC fluorophore (MBL) for 20 min at 4°C.
    anti-DYKDDDDK
    suggested: None
    Mouse anti-FLAG M2 antibody (Sigma) was also used as a control.
    anti-FLAG
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Cell cultures: The mouse myeloma cell line SP2/0-Ag14 (RCB0209) was provided by the Riken Bioresouces Center (Tsukuba, Japan).
    SP2/0-Ag14
    suggested: RCB Cat# RCB0209, RRID:CVCL_2199)
    Splenocytes (1×108) were immediately mixed with 5×107 SP2/0 myeloma cells and fused using an electro cell fusion generator ECFG21 (NepaGene) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
    SP2/0
    suggested: None
    Lysates of 293T cells transfected with plasmids encoding full-length spike glycoproteins was also separated by SDS-PAGE for WB.
    293T
    suggested: NCBI_Iran Cat# C498, RRID:CVCL_0063)
    Immunoprecipitation of SΔTM was examined by SDS-PAGE followed by western blotting using antibody R52. Immunofluorescence: Before performing immunofluorescence, HeLa cells seeded on cover glasses were transfected with plasmids encoding full length SARS-CoV-2 spike protein for 2 days using Lipofectamine 2000 (Thermo Fisher).
    HeLa
    suggested: None
    Virus neutralization assay: SARS-CoV-2 virus (obtained from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases) was prepared from culture fluids harvested from infected VeroE6/TMPRSS2 cells (JCRB Cell Bank, JCRB1819) (Matsuyama et al., 2020).
    VeroE6/TMPRSS2
    suggested: JCRB Cat# JCRB1819, RRID:CVCL_YQ49)
    Experimental Models: Organisms/Strains
    SentencesResources
    Production of monoclonal antibodies: BALB/c mice were immunized twice in 3-week intervals, with the second immunization serving as a booster.
    BALB/c
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Signal was quantified by measuring absorbance at 450 nanometer using iMark Microplate Absorbance Reader (Bio-Rad Laboratories).
    Bio-Rad Laboratories
    suggested: (Bio-Rad Laboratories, RRID:SCR_008426)

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    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


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