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2. In vivo delivery of engineered synthetic DNA-encoded SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies for pre-exposure prophylaxis in non-human primates.
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Patel A, Rosenke K, Parzych EM, Feldmann F, Bharti S, Griffin AJ, Schouest B, Lewis M, Choi J, Chokkalingam N, Machado V, Smith BJ, Frase D, Ali AR, Lovaglio J, Nguyen B, Hanley PW, Walker SN, Gary EN, Kulkarni A, Generotti A, Francica JR, Rosenthal K, Kulp DW, Esser MT, Smith TRF, Shaia C, Weiner DB, and Feldmann H
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- Animals, Macaca mulatta, SARS-CoV-2 genetics, Antibodies, Viral, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Macaca fascicularis, DNA, Antibodies, Neutralizing, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus genetics, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, COVID-19 prevention & control
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COVID-19 remains a major public health concern. Monoclonal antibodies have received emergency use authorization (EUA) for pre-exposure prophylaxis against COVID-19 among high-risk groups for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19. In addition to recombinant biologics, engineered synthetic DNA-encoded antibodies (DMAb) are an important strategy for direct in vivo delivery of protective mAb. A DMAb cocktail was synthetically engineered to encode the immunoglobulin heavy and light chains of two different two different Fc-engineered anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. The DMAbs were designed to enhance in vivo expression and delivered intramuscularly to cynomolgus and rhesus macaques with a modified in vivo delivery regimen. Serum levels were detected in macaques, along with specific binding to SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain protein and neutralization of multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in pseudovirus and authentic live virus assays. Prophylactic administration was protective in rhesus macaques against signs of SARS-CoV-2 (USA-WA1/2020) associated disease in the lungs. Overall, the data support further study of DNA-encoded antibodies as an additional delivery mode for prevention of COVID-19 severe disease. These data have implications for human translation of gene-encoded mAbs for emerging infectious diseases and low dose mAb delivery against COVID-19.
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- 2024
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3. Growing Glycans in Rosetta: Accurate de novo glycan modeling, density fitting, and rational sequon design.
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Adolf-Bryfogle J, Labonte JW, Kraft JC, Shapovalov M, Raemisch S, Lütteke T, DiMaio F, Bahl CD, Pallesen J, King NP, Gray JJ, Kulp DW, and Schief WR
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- Databases, Protein, Software, Carbohydrate Conformation, Polysaccharides chemistry, Algorithms, Computational Biology methods, Models, Molecular, Glycoproteins chemistry
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Carbohydrates and glycoproteins modulate key biological functions. However, experimental structure determination of sugar polymers is notoriously difficult. Computational approaches can aid in carbohydrate structure prediction, structure determination, and design. In this work, we developed a glycan-modeling algorithm, GlycanTreeModeler, that computationally builds glycans layer-by-layer, using adaptive kernel density estimates (KDE) of common glycan conformations derived from data in the Protein Data Bank (PDB) and from quantum mechanics (QM) calculations. GlycanTreeModeler was benchmarked on a test set of glycan structures of varying lengths, or "trees". Structures predicted by GlycanTreeModeler agreed with native structures at high accuracy for both de novo modeling and experimental density-guided building. We employed these tools to design de novo glycan trees into a protein nanoparticle vaccine to shield regions of the scaffold from antibody recognition, and experimentally verified shielding. This work will inform glycoprotein model prediction, glycan masking, and further aid computational methods in experimental structure determination and refinement., Competing Interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. JJG is an unpaid board member of the Rosetta Commons. Under institutional participation agreements between the University of Washington, acting on behalf of the Rosetta Commons, Johns Hopkins University may be entitled to a portion of revenue received on licensing Rosetta software including methods discussed/developed in this study. As a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, JJG has a financial interest in Cyrus Biotechnology. Cyrus Biotechnology distributes the Rosetta software, which may include methods developed in this study. These arrangements have been reviewed and approved by the Johns Hopkins University in accordance with its conflict-of-interest policies. WRS is an employee of Moderna, Inc., but his contributions to this work were all conducted prior to his employment at Moderna. JAB is an employee of Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine, Inc., but his contributions to this work were all conducted prior to his current employment., (Copyright: © 2024 Adolf-Bryfogle et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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- 2024
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4. HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies in SHIV-infected macaques recapitulate structurally divergent modes of human V2 apex recognition with a single D gene.
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Roark RS, Habib R, Gorman J, Li H, Connell AJ, Bonsignori M, Guo Y, Hogarty MP, Olia AS, Sowers K, Zhang B, Bibollet-Ruche F, Callaghan S, Carey JW, Cerutti G, Harris DR, He W, Lewis E, Liu T, Mason RD, Park Y, Rando JM, Singh A, Wolff J, Lei QP, Louder MK, Doria-Rose NA, Andrabi R, Saunders KO, Seaman MS, Haynes BF, Kulp DW, Mascola JR, Roederer M, Sheng Z, Hahn BH, Shaw GM, Kwong PD, and Shapiro L
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Broadly neutralizing antibodies targeting the V2 apex of the HIV-1 envelope trimer are among the most common specificities elicited in HIV-1-infected humans and simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV)-infected macaques. To gain insight into the prevalent induction of these antibodies, we isolated and characterized 11 V2 apex-directed neutralizing antibody lineages from SHIV-infected rhesus macaques. Remarkably, all SHIV-induced V2 apex lineages were derived from reading frame two of the rhesus DH3-15*01 gene. Cryo-EM structures of envelope trimers in complex with antibodies from nine rhesus lineages revealed modes of recognition that mimicked three canonical human V2 apex-recognition modes. Notably, amino acids encoded by DH3-15*01 played divergent structural roles, inserting into a hole at the trimer apex, H-bonding to an exposed strand, or forming part of a loop scaffold. Overall, we identify a DH3-15*01-signature for rhesus V2 apex broadly neutralizing antibodies and show that highly selected genetic elements can play multiple roles in antigen recognition., Highlights: Isolated 11 V2 apex-targeted HIV-neutralizing lineages from 10 SHIV-infected Indian-origin rhesus macaquesCryo-EM structures of Fab-Env complexes for nine rhesus lineages reveal modes of recognition that mimic three modes of human V2 apex antibody recognitionAll SHIV-elicited V2 apex lineages, including two others previously published, derive from the same DH3-15*01 gene utilizing reading frame twoThe DH3-15*01 gene in reading frame two provides a necessary, but not sufficient, signature for V2 apex-directed broadly neutralizing antibodiesStructural roles played by DH3-15*01-encoded amino acids differed substantially in different lineages, even for those with the same recognition modePropose that the anionic, aromatic, and extended character of DH3-15*01 in reading frame two provides a selective advantage for V2 apex recognition compared to B cells derived from other D genes in the naïve rhesus repertoireDemonstrate that highly selected genetic elements can play multiple roles in antigen recognition, providing a structural means to enhance recognition diversity.
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- 2024
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5. Delineation of DNA and mRNA COVID-19 vaccine-induced immune responses in preclinical animal models.
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Andrade VM, Maricic I, Kalia R, Jachimowicz L, Bedoya O, Kulp DW, Humeau L, and Smith TRF
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- Cricetinae, Animals, Guinea Pigs, Humans, Mice, Rabbits, BNT162 Vaccine, COVID-19 Vaccines, Pandemics, SARS-CoV-2, DNA, Models, Animal, RNA, Messenger, Immunity, Antibodies, Viral, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus genetics, COVID-19 prevention & control, Vaccines, DNA
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Nucleic acid vaccines are designed based on genetic sequences (DNA or mRNA) of a target antigen to be expressed in vivo to drive a host immune response. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA and DNA vaccines based on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike antigen were developed. Surprisingly, head-to-head characterizations of the immune responses elicited by each vaccine type has not been performed to date. Here, we have employed a range of preclinical animal models including the hamster, guinea pig, rabbit, and mouse to compare and delineate the immune response raised by DNA, administered intradermally (ID) with electroporation (EP) and mRNA vaccines (BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273), administered intramuscularly (IM), expressing the SARS-CoV-2 WT spike antigen. The results revealed clear differences in the quality and magnitude of the immune response between the two vaccine platforms. The DNA vaccine immune response was characterized by strong T cell responses, while the mRNA vaccine elicited robust humoral responses. The results may assist in guiding the disease target each vaccine type may be best matched against and suggest mechanisms to further enhance the breadth of each platform's immune response.
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- 2023
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6. Engineered antibody cytokine chimera synergizes with DNA-launched nanoparticle vaccines to potentiate melanoma suppression in vivo .
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Tursi NJ, Xu Z, Helble M, Walker S, Liaw K, Chokkalingam N, Kannan T, Wu Y, Tello-Ruiz E, Park DH, Zhu X, Wise MC, Smith TRF, Majumdar S, Kossenkov A, Kulp DW, and Weiner DB
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- Mice, Animals, Cytokines, Antibodies, DNA, Vaccines, DNA, Melanoma, Nanoparticles
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Cancer immunotherapy has demonstrated great promise with several checkpoint inhibitors being approved as the first-line therapy for some types of cancer, and new engineered cytokines such as Neo2/15 now being evaluated in many studies. In this work, we designed antibody-cytokine chimera (ACC) scaffolding cytokine mimetics on a full-length tumor-specific antibody. We characterized the pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) properties of first-generation ACC TA99-Neo2/15, which synergized with DLnano-vaccines to suppress in vivo melanoma proliferation and induced significant systemic cytokine activation. A novel second-generation ACC TA99-HL2-KOA1, with retained IL-2Rβ/γ binding and attenuated but preserved IL-2Rα binding, induced lower systemic cytokine activation with non-inferior protection in murine tumor studies. Transcriptomic analyses demonstrated an upregulation of Type I interferon responsive genes, particularly ISG15, in dendritic cells, macrophages and monocytes following TA99-HL2-KOA1 treatment. Characterization of additional ACCs in combination with cancer vaccines will likely be an important area of research for treating melanoma and other types of cancer., Competing Interests: ZX, DW and DK have a pending patent US.62784318. MW and TS are employees of Inovio Pharmaceuticals and as such receive salary and benefits including ownership of stock and stock options from the company. DW has received grant funding, participates in industry collaborations, has received speaking honoraria, and has received fees for consulting, including serving on scientific review committees. Remunerations received by DW. include direct payments and equity/options. DW also discloses the following associations with commercial partners: Geneos (consultant/advisory board), AstraZeneca (advisory board, speaker), Inovio (board of directors, consultant), Sanofi (advisory board), BBI (advisory board), Pfizer (advisory Board), Flagship (consultant), and Advaccine (consultant). The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The authors declare that this study received funding in part by Inovio Pharmaceuticals, SRA 21-04 awarded to DW. The funder had the following involvement in the study: electroporation device used for animal experiments., (Copyright © 2023 Tursi, Xu, Helble, Walker, Liaw, Chokkalingam, Kannan, Wu, Tello-Ruiz, Park, Zhu, Wise, Smith, Majumdar, Kossenkov, Kulp and Weiner.)
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- 2023
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7. A mAb against surface-expressed FSHR engineered to engage adaptive immunity for ovarian cancer immunotherapy.
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Bordoloi D, Bhojnagarwala PS, Perales-Puchalt A, Kulkarni AJ, Zhu X, Liaw K, O'Connell RP, Park DH, Kulp DW, Zhang R, and Weiner DB
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- Humans, Animals, Mice, Female, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Immunotherapy, Antibodies, Monoclonal therapeutic use, Adaptive Immunity, Tumor Microenvironment, Receptors, FSH genetics, Receptors, FSH metabolism, Ovarian Neoplasms genetics, Ovarian Neoplasms therapy, Ovarian Neoplasms pathology
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Despite advances in ovarian cancer (OC) therapy, recurrent OC remains a poor-prognosis disease. Because of the close interaction between OC cells and the tumor microenvironment (TME), it is important to develop strategies that target tumor cells and engage components of the TME. A major obstacle in the development of OC therapies is the identification of targets with expression limited to tumor surface to avoid off-target interactions. The follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) has selective expression on ovarian granulosa cells and is expressed on 50%-70% of serous OCs. We generated mAbs targeting the external domain of FSHR using in vivo-expressed FSHR vector. By high-throughput flow analysis, we identified multiple clones and downselected D2AP11, a potent FSHR surface-targeted mAb. D2AP11 identifies important OC cell lines derived from tumors with different mutations, including BRCA1/2, and lines resistant to a wide range of therapies. We used D2AP11 to develop a bispecific T cell engager. In vitro addition of PBMCs and T cells to D2AP11-TCE induced specific and potent killing of different genetic and immune escape OC lines, with EC50s in the ng/ml range, and attenuated tumor burden in OC-challenged mouse models. These studies demonstrate the potential utility of biologics targeting FSHR for OC and perhaps other FSHR-positive cancers.
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- 2022
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8. DNA-delivered antibody cocktail exhibits improved pharmacokinetics and confers prophylactic protection against SARS-CoV-2.
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Parzych EM, Du J, Ali AR, Schultheis K, Frase D, Smith TRF, Cui J, Chokkalingam N, Tursi NJ, Andrade VM, Warner BM, Gary EN, Li Y, Choi J, Eisenhauer J, Maricic I, Kulkarni A, Chu JD, Villafana G, Rosenthal K, Ren K, Francica JR, Wootton SK, Tebas P, Kobasa D, Broderick KE, Boyer JD, Esser MT, Pallesen J, Kulp DW, Patel A, and Weiner DB
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- Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antibodies, Neutralizing, Antibodies, Viral, Antiviral Agents pharmacology, Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, DNA, SARS-CoV-2, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus genetics, Biological Products, COVID-19 prevention & control, Nucleic Acids
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Monoclonal antibody therapy has played an important role against SARS-CoV-2. Strategies to deliver functional, antibody-based therapeutics with improved in vivo durability are needed to supplement current efforts and reach underserved populations. Here, we compare recombinant mAbs COV2-2196 and COV2-2130, which compromise clinical cocktail Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab, with optimized nucleic acid-launched forms. Functional profiling of in vivo-expressed, DNA-encoded monoclonal antibodies (DMAbs) demonstrated similar specificity, broad antiviral potency and equivalent protective efficacy in multiple animal challenge models of SARS-CoV-2 prophylaxis compared to protein delivery. In PK studies, DNA-delivery drove significant serum antibody titers that were better maintained compared to protein administration. Furthermore, cryo-EM studies performed on serum-derived DMAbs provide the first high-resolution visualization of in vivo-launched antibodies, revealing new interactions that may promote cooperative binding to trimeric antigen and broad activity against VoC including Omicron lineages. These data support the further study of DMAb technology in the development and delivery of valuable biologics., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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- 2022
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9. Mucosal chemokine adjuvant enhances synDNA vaccine-mediated responses to SARS-CoV-2 and provides heterologous protection in vivo.
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Gary EN, Tursi NJ, Warner B, Parzych EM, Ali AR, Frase D, Moffat E, Embury-Hyatt C, Smith TRF, Broderick KE, Humeau L, Kobasa D, Patel A, Kulp DW, and Weiner DB
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- Adjuvants, Immunologic pharmacology, Animals, Antibodies, Viral, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, COVID-19 Vaccines, Chemokines, Humans, SARS-CoV-2 genetics, COVID-19 prevention & control, Viral Vaccines genetics
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The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has claimed more than 5 million lives. Emerging variants of concern (VOCs) continually challenge viral control. Directing vaccine-induced humoral and cell-mediated responses to mucosal surfaces may enhance vaccine efficacy. Here we investigate the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of optimized synthetic DNA plasmids encoding wild-type severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein (pS) co-formulated with the plasmid-encoded mucosal chemokine cutaneous T cell-attracting chemokine (pCTACK; CCL27). pCTACK-co-immunized animals exhibit increased spike-specific antibodies at the mucosal surface and increased frequencies of interferon gamma (IFNγ)
+ CD8+ T cells in the respiratory mucosa. pCTACK co-immunization confers 100% protection from heterologous Delta VOC challenge. This study shows that mucosal chemokine adjuvants can direct vaccine-induced responses to specific immunological sites and have significant effects on heterologous challenge. Further study of this unique chemokine-adjuvanted vaccine approach in the context of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines is likely important., Competing Interests: Declarations of interests D.B.W. has received grant funding, participates in industry collaborations, has received speaking honoraria, and has received fees for consulting, including serving on scientific review committees and board series. Remuneration received by D.B.W. includes direct payments and stock or stock options. D.B.W. discloses the following paid associations with commercial partners: GeneOne (consultant), Geneos (advisory board), AstraZeneca (advisory board, speaker), Inovio (BOD, SRA, stock), Sanofi (advisory board), and BBI (advisory board)., (Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
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10. Induction of tier-2 neutralizing antibodies in mice with a DNA-encoded HIV envelope native like trimer.
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Xu Z, Walker S, Wise MC, Chokkalingam N, Purwar M, Moore A, Tello-Ruiz E, Wu Y, Majumdar S, Konrath KM, Kulkarni A, Tursi NJ, Zaidi FI, Reuschel EL, Patel I, Obeirne A, Du J, Schultheis K, Gites L, Smith T, Mendoza J, Broderick KE, Humeau L, Pallesen J, Weiner DB, and Kulp DW
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- AIDS Vaccines administration & dosage, Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing ultrastructure, Antigens, Viral immunology, Cell Line, Tumor, Cryoelectron Microscopy, Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay, Epitopes immunology, HEK293 Cells, HIV Antibodies ultrastructure, HIV Infections prevention & control, HIV Infections virology, HIV-1 physiology, Humans, Interferon-gamma immunology, Interferon-gamma metabolism, Mice, Inbred BALB C, T-Lymphocytes immunology, T-Lymphocytes metabolism, T-Lymphocytes virology, Vaccination methods, Vaccines, DNA administration & dosage, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus chemistry, Mice, AIDS Vaccines immunology, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, HIV Antibodies immunology, HIV Infections immunology, HIV-1 immunology, Vaccines, DNA immunology, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus immunology
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HIV Envelope (Env) is the main vaccine target for induction of neutralizing antibodies. Stabilizing Env into native-like trimer (NLT) conformations is required for recombinant protein immunogens to induce autologous neutralizing antibodies(nAbs) against difficult to neutralize HIV strains (tier-2) in rabbits and non-human primates. Immunizations of mice with NLTs have generally failed to induce tier-2 nAbs. Here, we show that DNA-encoded NLTs fold properly in vivo and induce autologous tier-2 nAbs in mice. DNA-encoded NLTs also uniquely induce both CD4 + and CD8 + T-cell responses as compared to corresponding protein immunizations. Murine neutralizing antibodies are identified with an advanced sequencing technology. The structure of an Env-Ab (C05) complex, as determined by cryo-EM, identifies a previously undescribed neutralizing Env C3/V5 epitope. Beyond potential functional immunity gains, DNA vaccines permit in vivo folding of structured antigens and provide significant cost and speed advantages for enabling rapid evaluation of new HIV vaccines., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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- 2022
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11. Nucleic acid delivery of immune-focused SARS-CoV-2 nanoparticles drives rapid and potent immunogenicity capable of single-dose protection.
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Konrath KM, Liaw K, Wu Y, Zhu X, Walker SN, Xu Z, Schultheis K, Chokkalingam N, Chawla H, Du J, Tursi NJ, Moore A, Adolf-Bryfogle J, Purwar M, Reuschel EL, Frase D, Sullivan M, Fry B, Maricic I, Andrade VM, Iffland C, Crispin M, Broderick KE, Humeau LMPF, Patel A, Smith TRF, Pallesen J, Weiner DB, and Kulp DW
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- Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, Binding Sites, COVID-19 Vaccines chemistry, COVID-19 Vaccines genetics, Cricetinae, Epitopes, Guinea Pigs, Immunogenicity, Vaccine, Mice, Nanoparticles chemistry, Nucleic Acid-Based Vaccines administration & dosage, Nucleic Acid-Based Vaccines chemistry, Nucleic Acid-Based Vaccines genetics, Nucleic Acid-Based Vaccines immunology, Polysaccharides chemistry, Polysaccharides genetics, Polysaccharides immunology, SARS-CoV-2 chemistry, SARS-CoV-2 genetics, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus chemistry, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus genetics, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus immunology, Vaccine Potency, COVID-19 prevention & control, COVID-19 Vaccines administration & dosage, COVID-19 Vaccines immunology, Nanoparticles administration & dosage, SARS-CoV-2 immunology
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines may target epitopes that reduce durability or increase the potential for escape from vaccine-induced immunity. Using synthetic vaccinology, we have developed rationally immune-focused SARS-CoV-2 Spike-based vaccines. Glycans can be employed to alter antibody responses to infection and vaccines. Utilizing computational modeling and in vitro screening, we have incorporated glycans into the receptor-binding domain (RBD) and assessed antigenic profiles. We demonstrate that glycan-coated RBD immunogens elicit stronger neutralizing antibodies and have engineered seven multivalent configurations. Advanced DNA delivery of engineered nanoparticle vaccines rapidly elicits potent neutralizing antibodies in guinea pigs, hamsters, and multiple mouse models, including human ACE2 and human antibody repertoire transgenics. RBD nanoparticles induce high levels of cross-neutralizing antibodies against variants of concern with durable titers beyond 6 months. Single, low-dose immunization protects against a lethal SARS-CoV-2 challenge. Single-dose coronavirus vaccines via DNA-launched nanoparticles provide a platform for rapid clinical translation of potent and durable coronavirus vaccines., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests T.R.F.S., K.S., K.E.B., and L.M.P.F.H. are employees of Inovio Pharmaceuticals and as such receive salary and benefits, including ownership of stock and stock options, from the company. C.I. is an employee of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and as such receives salary and benefits from the company. D.W.K. reports a patent for nanoparticle vaccine pending. D.B.W. has received grant funding, participates in industry collaborations, has received speaking honoraria, and has received fees for consulting, including serving on scientific review committees and board services. Remuneration received by D.B.W. includes direct payments or stock or stock options, and in the interest of disclosure, he notes potential conflicts associated with this work with Inovio Pharmaceuticals and possibly others. In addition, he has a patent DNA vaccine delivery pending to Inovio Pharmaceuticals. The other authors declare no competing interests., (Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2022
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12. Intradermal-delivered DNA vaccine induces durable immunity mediating a reduction in viral load in a rhesus macaque SARS-CoV-2 challenge model.
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Patel A, Walters JN, Reuschel EL, Schultheis K, Parzych E, Gary EN, Maricic I, Purwar M, Eblimit Z, Walker SN, Guimet D, Bhojnagarwala P, Adeniji OS, Doan A, Xu Z, Elwood D, Reeder SM, Pessaint L, Kim KY, Cook A, Chokkalingam N, Finneyfrock B, Tello-Ruiz E, Dodson A, Choi J, Generotti A, Harrison J, Tursi NJ, Andrade VM, Dia Y, Zaidi FI, Andersen H, Abdel-Mohsen M, Lewis MG, Muthumani K, Kim JJ, Kulp DW, Humeau LM, Ramos SJ, Smith TRF, Weiner DB, and Broderick KE
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- Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing blood, COVID-19 Vaccines therapeutic use, Female, Injections, Intradermal, Macaca mulatta, Male, SARS-CoV-2 immunology, SARS-CoV-2 metabolism, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus immunology, Vaccines, DNA administration & dosage, Vaccines, DNA therapeutic use, Viral Load, Antibodies, Viral blood, COVID-19 prevention & control, COVID-19 Vaccines administration & dosage, Lung virology, T-Lymphocytes immunology
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has had a dramatic global impact on public health and social and economic infrastructures. Here, we assess the immunogenicity and anamnestic protective efficacy in rhesus macaques of an intradermal (i.d.)-delivered SARS-CoV-2 spike DNA vaccine, INO-4800, currently being evaluated in clinical trials. Vaccination with INO-4800 induced T cell responses and induced spike antigen and RBD binding antibodies with ADCP and ADCD activity. Sera from the animals neutralized both the D614 and G614 SARS-CoV-2 pseudotype viruses. Several months after vaccination, animals were challenged with SARS-CoV-2 resulting in rapid recall of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein T cell and neutralizing antibody responses. These responses were associated with lower viral loads in the lung. These studies support the immune impact of INO-4800 for inducing both humoral and cellular arms of the adaptive immune system, which are likely important for providing durable protection against COVID-19 disease., Competing Interests: A.P., E.L.R., E.P., E.N.G., M.P., S.N.W., P.B., Z.X., S.M.R., K.Y.K., N.C., E.T-R., J.C., N.J.T., K.M., and D.K.W. declare no competing interests. J.N.W., K.S., I.M., Z.E., D.G., A.D., D.E., A.G., V.M.A., J.J.K., L.M.H., S.J.R., T.R.F.S., and K.E.B. are employees of Inovio Pharmaceuticals and as such receive salary and benefits, including ownership of stock and stock options, from the company. D.B.W. discloses the following paid associations with commercial partners: GeneOne (Consultant), Geneos (Advisory Board), Astrazeneca (Advisory Board, Speaker), Inovio (BOD, SRA, Stock), Pfizer (Speaker), Merck (Speaker), Sanofi (Advisory Board), BBI (Advisory Board)., (© 2021 The Author(s).)
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- 2021
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13. Harnessing Recent Advances in Synthetic DNA and Electroporation Technologies for Rapid Vaccine Development Against COVID-19 and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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Xu Z, Patel A, Tursi NJ, Zhu X, Muthumani K, Kulp DW, and Weiner DB
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DNA vaccines are considered as a third-generation vaccination approach in which antigenic materials are encoded as DNA plasmids for direct in vivo production to elicit adaptive immunity. As compared to other platforms, DNA vaccination is considered to have a strong safety profile, as DNA plasmids neither replicate nor elicit vector-directed immune responses in hosts. While earlier work found the immune responses induced by DNA vaccines to be sub-optimal in larger mammals and humans, recent developments in key synthetic DNA and electroporation delivery technologies have now allowed DNA vaccines to elicit significantly more potent and consistent responses in several clinical studies. This paper will review findings from the recent clinical and preclinical studies on DNA vaccines targeting emerging infectious diseases (EID) including COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the technological advancements pivotal to the improved responses-including the use of the advanced delivery technology, DNA-encoded cytokine/mucosal adjuvants, and innovative concepts in immunogen design. With continuous advancement over the past three decades, the DNA approach is now poised to develop vaccines against COVID-19, as well as other EIDs., (Copyright © 2020 Xu, Patel, Tursi, Zhu, Muthumani, Kulp and Weiner.)
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14. SARS-CoV-2 Assays To Detect Functional Antibody Responses That Block ACE2 Recognition in Vaccinated Animals and Infected Patients.
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Walker SN, Chokkalingam N, Reuschel EL, Purwar M, Xu Z, Gary EN, Kim KY, Helble M, Schultheis K, Walters J, Ramos S, Muthumani K, Smith TRF, Broderick KE, Tebas P, Patel A, Weiner DB, and Kulp DW
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- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing blood, Antibodies, Viral blood, Betacoronavirus isolation & purification, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Vaccines, Coronavirus Infections blood, Coronavirus Infections immunology, Coronavirus Infections prevention & control, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Guinea Pigs, Humans, Immunoglobulin G blood, Mice, Neutralization Tests, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral blood, Pneumonia, Viral immunology, Primates, Rabbits, SARS-CoV-2, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus immunology, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Viral Vaccines administration & dosage, Viral Vaccines immunology, Antibodies, Blocking blood, Betacoronavirus immunology, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Coronavirus Infections diagnosis, Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A immunology, Pneumonia, Viral diagnosis
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S evere a cute r espiratory s yndrome co rona v irus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global pandemic of COVID-19, resulting in cases of mild to severe respiratory distress and significant mortality. The global outbreak of this novel coronavirus has now infected >20 million people worldwide, with >5 million cases in the United States (11 August 2020). The development of diagnostic and research tools to determine infection and vaccine efficacy is critically needed. We have developed multiple serologic assays using newly designed SARS-CoV-2 reagents for detecting the presence of receptor-binding antibodies in sera. The first assay is surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based and can quantitate both antibody binding to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and blocking to the Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor in a single experiment. The second assay is enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based and can measure competition and blocking of the ACE2 receptor to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with antispike antibodies. The assay is highly versatile, and we demonstrate the broad utility of the assay by measuring antibody functionality of sera from small animals and nonhuman primates immunized with an experimental SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. In addition, we employ the assay to measure receptor blocking of sera from SARS-CoV-2-infected patients. The assay is shown to correlate with pseudovirus neutralization titers. This type of rapid, surrogate neutralization diagnostic can be employed widely to help study SARS-CoV-2 infection and assess the efficacy of vaccines., (Copyright © 2020 American Society for Microbiology.)
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- 2020
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15. Incorporation of a Novel CD4+ Helper Epitope Identified from Aquifex aeolicus Enhances Humoral Responses Induced by DNA and Protein Vaccinations.
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Xu Z, Chokkalingam N, Tello-Ruiz E, Walker S, Kulp DW, and Weiner DB
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CD4+ T cells play an important role in the maturation of the antibody responses. Conjugation of identified CD4+ T cell helper epitope to the target antigen has been developed as a strategy to enhance vaccine-induced humoral immunity. In this work, we reported the identification of a novel HLA-IAb helper epitope LS-3 from Aquifex aeolicus. In silico analysis predicted this epitope to have high binding affinity to common human HLA alleles and have complementary binding coverage to the established PADRE epitope. Introduction of HLA-IAb knockout mutations to the LS-3 epitope significantly attenuated humoral responses induced by a vaccine containing this epitope. Finally, engineered fusion of the epitope to a model antigen, influenza hemagglutinin, significantly improved both binding and hemagglutination inhibition antibody responses in mice receiving DNA or protein vaccines. In summary, LS-3 and additional identified CD4+ helper epitopes may be further explored to improve vaccine responses in translational studies., Competing Interests: Declaration of Interests Z.X., D.W.K., and D.B.W. have a pending US patent on genetic fusion constructs with the identified LS-3 epitope. D.B.W. has received grant funding, participates in industry collaborations, has received speaking honoraria, and has received fees for consulting, including serving on scientific review committees and board series. Remuneration received by D.B.W. includes direct payments, stock or stock options, and in the interest of disclosure he notes potential conflicts associated with his work with Inovio and possible others., (Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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16. Immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine candidate for COVID-19.
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Smith TRF, Patel A, Ramos S, Elwood D, Zhu X, Yan J, Gary EN, Walker SN, Schultheis K, Purwar M, Xu Z, Walters J, Bhojnagarwala P, Yang M, Chokkalingam N, Pezzoli P, Parzych E, Reuschel EL, Doan A, Tursi N, Vasquez M, Choi J, Tello-Ruiz E, Maricic I, Bah MA, Wu Y, Amante D, Park DH, Dia Y, Ali AR, Zaidi FI, Generotti A, Kim KY, Herring TA, Reeder S, Andrade VM, Buttigieg K, Zhao G, Wu JM, Li D, Bao L, Liu J, Deng W, Qin C, Brown AS, Khoshnejad M, Wang N, Chu J, Wrapp D, McLellan JS, Muthumani K, Wang B, Carroll MW, Kim JJ, Boyer J, Kulp DW, Humeau LMPF, Weiner DB, and Broderick KE
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- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, Antigens, Viral chemistry, COVID-19 Vaccines, Coronavirus Infections immunology, Coronavirus Infections prevention & control, Epitope Mapping, Guinea Pigs, Immunity, Humoral, Immunoglobulin G immunology, Lung immunology, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Models, Animal, Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A metabolism, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus chemistry, Viral Vaccines chemistry, Antigens, Viral immunology, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus immunology, Vaccines, DNA immunology, Viral Vaccines immunology
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The coronavirus family member, SARS-CoV-2 has been identified as the causal agent for the pandemic viral pneumonia disease, COVID-19. At this time, no vaccine is available to control further dissemination of the disease. We have previously engineered a synthetic DNA vaccine targeting the MERS coronavirus Spike (S) protein, the major surface antigen of coronaviruses, which is currently in clinical study. Here we build on this prior experience to generate a synthetic DNA-based vaccine candidate targeting SARS-CoV-2 S protein. The engineered construct, INO-4800, results in robust expression of the S protein in vitro. Following immunization of mice and guinea pigs with INO-4800 we measure antigen-specific T cell responses, functional antibodies which neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 infection and block Spike protein binding to the ACE2 receptor, and biodistribution of SARS-CoV-2 targeting antibodies to the lungs. This preliminary dataset identifies INO-4800 as a potential COVID-19 vaccine candidate, supporting further translational study.
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17. Author Correction: A Engineered immunogen binding to alum adjuvant enhances humoral immunity.
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Moyer TJ, Kato Y, Abraham W, Chang JYH, Kulp DW, Watson N, Turner HL, Menis S, Abbott RK, Bhiman JN, Melo MB, Simon HA, Herrera-De la Mata S, Liang S, Seumois G, Agarwal Y, Li N, Burton DR, Ward AB, Schief WR, Crotty S, and Irvine DJ
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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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18. Engineered immunogen binding to alum adjuvant enhances humoral immunity.
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Moyer TJ, Kato Y, Abraham W, Chang JYH, Kulp DW, Watson N, Turner HL, Menis S, Abbott RK, Bhiman JN, Melo MB, Simon HA, Herrera-De la Mata S, Liang S, Seumois G, Agarwal Y, Li N, Burton DR, Ward AB, Schief WR, Crotty S, and Irvine DJ
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- Animals, Antigen Presentation drug effects, Antigens metabolism, B-Lymphocytes drug effects, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Endocytosis drug effects, Epitopes immunology, Immunization, Immunologic Memory drug effects, Lymph Nodes drug effects, Lymph Nodes immunology, Lymphocyte Activation drug effects, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Nanoparticles chemistry, Peptides chemistry, Phosphoserine metabolism, Adjuvants, Immunologic pharmacology, Aluminum Hydroxide pharmacology, Immunity, Humoral drug effects, Peptides immunology, Protein Engineering
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Adjuvants are central to the efficacy of subunit vaccines. Aluminum hydroxide (alum) is the most commonly used vaccine adjuvant, yet its adjuvanticity is often weak and mechanisms of triggering antibody responses remain poorly understood. We demonstrate that site-specific modification of immunogens with short peptides composed of repeating phosphoserine (pSer) residues enhances binding to alum and prolongs immunogen bioavailability. The pSer-modified immunogens formulated in alum elicited greatly increased germinal center, antibody, neutralizing antibody, memory and long-lived plasma cell responses compared to conventional alum-adsorbed immunogens. Mechanistically, pSer-immunogen:alum complexes form nanoparticles that traffic to lymph nodes and trigger B cell activation through multivalent and oriented antigen display. Direct uptake of antigen-decorated alum particles by B cells upregulated antigen processing and presentation pathways, further enhancing B cell activation. These data provide insights into mechanisms of action of alum and introduce a readily translatable approach to significantly improve humoral immunity to subunit vaccines using a clinical adjuvant.
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19. In Vivo Assembly of Nanoparticles Achieved through Synergy of Structure-Based Protein Engineering and Synthetic DNA Generates Enhanced Adaptive Immunity.
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Xu Z, Wise MC, Chokkalingam N, Walker S, Tello-Ruiz E, Elliott STC, Perales-Puchalt A, Xiao P, Zhu X, Pumroy RA, Fisher PD, Schultheis K, Schade E, Menis S, Guzman S, Andersen H, Broderick KE, Humeau LM, Muthumani K, Moiseenkova-Bell V, Schief WR, Weiner DB, and Kulp DW
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Nanotechnologies are considered to be of growing importance to the vaccine field. Through decoration of immunogens on multivalent nanoparticles, designed nanovaccines can elicit improved humoral immunity. However, significant practical and monetary challenges in large-scale production of nanovaccines have impeded their widespread clinical translation. Here, an alternative approach is illustrated integrating computational protein modeling and adaptive electroporation-mediated synthetic DNA delivery, thus enabling direct in vivo production of nanovaccines. DNA-launched nanoparticles are demonstrated displaying an HIV immunogen spontaneously self-assembled in vivo. DNA-launched nanovaccines induce stronger humoral responses than their monomeric counterparts in both mice and guinea pigs, and uniquely elicit CD8+ effector T-cell immunity as compared to recombinant protein nanovaccines. Improvements in vaccine responses recapitulate when DNA-launched nanovaccines with alternative scaffolds and decorated antigen are designed and evaluated. Finally, evaluation of functional immune responses induced by DLnanovaccines demonstrates that, in comparison to control mice or mice immunized with DNA-encoded hemagglutinin monomer, mice immunized with a DNA-launched hemagglutinin nanoparticle vaccine fully survive a lethal influenza challenge, and have substantially lower viral load, weight loss, and influenza-induced lung pathology. Additional study of these next-generation in vivo-produced nanovaccines may offer advantages for immunization against multiple disease targets., Competing Interests: Z.X., D.B.W., and D.W.K. have a pending patent US.62784318. M.C.W., P.D.F., K.S., E.S., K.E.B., and L.M.H. are employees of Inovio Pharmaceuticals and as such receive salary and benefits including ownership of stock and stock options from the company. K.M. receives grants and consulting fees from Inovio related to DNA vaccine development. D.B.W. has received grant funding, participates in industry collaborations, has received speaking honoraria, and has received fees for consulting, including serving on scientific review committees and board series. Remuneration received by D.B.W. includes direct payments, stock or stock options, and in the interest of disclosure, he notes potential conflicts associated with his work with Inovio and possible others., (© 2020 The Authors. Published by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)
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20. In vivo delivery of synthetic DNA-encoded antibodies induces broad HIV-1-neutralizing activity.
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Wise MC, Xu Z, Tello-Ruiz E, Beck C, Trautz A, Patel A, Elliott ST, Chokkalingam N, Kim S, Kerkau MG, Muthumani K, Jiang J, Fisher PD, Ramos SJ, Smith TR, Mendoza J, Broderick KE, Montefiori DC, Ferrari G, Kulp DW, Humeau LM, and Weiner DB
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- Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived genetics, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived immunology, Antibodies, Neutralizing genetics, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, Female, HEK293 Cells, HIV Antibodies genetics, HIV Antibodies immunology, Humans, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Antibodies, Neutralizing pharmacology, HIV Antibodies pharmacology, HIV-1 immunology
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Interventions to prevent HIV-1 infection and alternative tools in HIV cure therapy remain pressing goals. Recently, numerous broadly neutralizing HIV-1 monoclonal antibodies (bNAbs) have been developed that possess the characteristics necessary for potential prophylactic or therapeutic approaches. However, formulation complexities, especially for multiantibody deliveries, long infusion times, and production issues could limit the use of these bNAbs when deployed, globally affecting their potential application. Here, we describe an approach utilizing synthetic DNA-encoded monoclonal antibodies (dmAbs) for direct in vivo production of prespecified neutralizing activity. We designed 16 different bNAbs as dmAb cassettes and studied their activity in small and large animals. Sera from animals administered dmAbs neutralized multiple HIV-1 isolates with activity similar to that of their parental recombinant mAbs. Delivery of multiple dmAbs to a single animal led to increased neutralization breadth. Two dmAbs, PGDM1400 and PGT121, were advanced into nonhuman primates for study. High peak-circulating levels (between 6 and 34 μg/ml) of these dmAbs were measured, and the sera of all animals displayed broad neutralizing activity. The dmAb approach provides an important local delivery platform for the in vivo generation of HIV-1 bNAbs and for other infectious disease antibodies.
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21. Slow Delivery Immunization Enhances HIV Neutralizing Antibody and Germinal Center Responses via Modulation of Immunodominance.
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Cirelli KM, Carnathan DG, Nogal B, Martin JT, Rodriguez OL, Upadhyay AA, Enemuo CA, Gebru EH, Choe Y, Viviano F, Nakao C, Pauthner MG, Reiss S, Cottrell CA, Smith ML, Bastidas R, Gibson W, Wolabaugh AN, Melo MB, Cossette B, Kumar V, Patel NB, Tokatlian T, Menis S, Kulp DW, Burton DR, Murrell B, Schief WR, Bosinger SE, Ward AB, Watson CT, Silvestri G, Irvine DJ, and Crotty S
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22. Enhancing humoral immunity via sustained-release implantable microneedle patch vaccination.
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Boopathy AV, Mandal A, Kulp DW, Menis S, Bennett NR, Watkins HC, Wang W, Martin JT, Thai NT, He Y, Schief WR, Hammond PT, and Irvine DJ
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- Animals, Antibody Formation immunology, Antigens immunology, Bombyx, Germinal Center immunology, Lymph Nodes immunology, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Silk, Skin, Delayed-Action Preparations pharmacology, Immunity, Humoral, Needles, Prostheses and Implants, Vaccination
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Sustained exposure of lymphoid tissues to vaccine antigens promotes humoral immunity, but traditional bolus immunizations lead to rapid antigen clearance. We describe a technology to tailor vaccine kinetics in a needle-free platform translatable to human immunization. Solid pyramidal microneedle (MN) arrays were fabricated with silk fibroin protein tips encapsulating a stabilized HIV envelope trimer immunogen and adjuvant, supported on a dissolving polymer base. Upon brief skin application, vaccine-loaded silk tips are implanted in the epidermis/upper dermis where they release vaccine over a time period determined by the crystallinity of the silk matrix. Following MN immunization in mice, Env trimer was released over 2 wk in the skin, correlating with increased germinal center (GC) B cell responses, a ∼1,300-fold increase in serum IgG titers and a 16-fold increase in bone marrow (BM) plasma cells compared with bolus immunization. Thus, implantable MNs provide a practical means to substantially enhance humoral immunity to subunit vaccines., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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23. Slow Delivery Immunization Enhances HIV Neutralizing Antibody and Germinal Center Responses via Modulation of Immunodominance.
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Cirelli KM, Carnathan DG, Nogal B, Martin JT, Rodriguez OL, Upadhyay AA, Enemuo CA, Gebru EH, Choe Y, Viviano F, Nakao C, Pauthner MG, Reiss S, Cottrell CA, Smith ML, Bastidas R, Gibson W, Wolabaugh AN, Melo MB, Cossette B, Kumar V, Patel NB, Tokatlian T, Menis S, Kulp DW, Burton DR, Murrell B, Schief WR, Bosinger SE, Ward AB, Watson CT, Silvestri G, Irvine DJ, and Crotty S
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- Animals, B-Lymphocytes pathology, Female, Germinal Center pathology, Germinal Center virology, Macaca mulatta, Male, T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer pathology, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus immunology, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Germinal Center immunology, HIV Antibodies immunology, HIV-1 immunology, Immunization, Passive, T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer immunology
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Conventional immunization strategies will likely be insufficient for the development of a broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) vaccine for HIV or other difficult pathogens because of the immunological hurdles posed, including B cell immunodominance and germinal center (GC) quantity and quality. We found that two independent methods of slow delivery immunization of rhesus monkeys (RMs) resulted in more robust T follicular helper (T
FH ) cell responses and GC B cells with improved Env-binding, tracked by longitudinal fine needle aspirates. Improved GCs correlated with the development of >20-fold higher titers of autologous nAbs. Using a new RM genomic immunoglobulin locus reference, we identified differential IgV gene use between immunization modalities. Ab mapping demonstrated targeting of immunodominant non-neutralizing epitopes by conventional bolus-immunized animals, whereas slow delivery-immunized animals targeted a more diverse set of epitopes. Thus, alternative immunization strategies can enhance nAb development by altering GCs and modulating the immunodominance of non-neutralizing epitopes., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
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24. Vaccine-Induced Protection from Homologous Tier 2 SHIV Challenge in Nonhuman Primates Depends on Serum-Neutralizing Antibody Titers.
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Pauthner MG, Nkolola JP, Havenar-Daughton C, Murrell B, Reiss SM, Bastidas R, Prévost J, Nedellec R, von Bredow B, Abbink P, Cottrell CA, Kulp DW, Tokatlian T, Nogal B, Bianchi M, Li H, Lee JH, Butera ST, Evans DT, Hangartner L, Finzi A, Wilson IA, Wyatt RT, Irvine DJ, Schief WR, Ward AB, Sanders RW, Crotty S, Shaw GM, Barouch DH, and Burton DR
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- Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, Humans, Macaca mulatta, Vaccination, AIDS Vaccines immunology, HIV physiology, HIV Antibodies immunology, HIV Infections immunology, Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome immunology, Simian Immunodeficiency Virus physiology, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus immunology
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Passive administration of HIV neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) can protect macaques from hard-to-neutralize (tier 2) chimeric simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) challenge. However, conditions for nAb-mediated protection after vaccination have not been established. Here, we selected groups of 6 rhesus macaques with either high or low serum nAb titers from a total of 78 animals immunized with recombinant native-like (SOSIP) Env trimers. Repeat intrarectal challenge with homologous tier 2 SHIV
BG505 led to rapid infection in unimmunized and low-titer animals. High-titer animals, however, demonstrated protection that was gradually lost as nAb titers waned over time. An autologous serum ID50 nAb titer of ∼1:500 afforded more than 90% protection from medium-dose SHIV infection. In contrast, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and T cell activity did not correlate with protection. Therefore, Env protein-based vaccination strategies can protect against hard-to-neutralize SHIV challenge in rhesus macaques by inducing tier 2 nAbs, provided appropriate neutralizing titers can be reached and maintained., (Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
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25. Enhancing Humoral Responses Against HIV Envelope Trimers via Nanoparticle Delivery with Stabilized Synthetic Liposomes.
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Tokatlian T, Kulp DW, Mutafyan AA, Jones CA, Menis S, Georgeson E, Kubitz M, Zhang MH, Melo MB, Silva M, Yun DS, Schief WR, and Irvine DJ
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- AIDS Vaccines administration & dosage, AIDS Vaccines chemistry, AIDS Vaccines immunology, Animals, Antibody Formation, Cell Line, Cryoelectron Microscopy, Drug Design, Drug Stability, Humans, Immunity, Humoral, Immunization, Liposomes, Mice, Nanoparticles, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus chemistry, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus immunology, Antibodies, Neutralizing blood, Germinal Center immunology, HIV Antibodies blood, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus administration & dosage
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An HIV vaccine capable of eliciting durable neutralizing antibody responses continues to be an important unmet need. Multivalent nanoparticles displaying a high density of envelope trimers may be promising immunogen forms to elicit strong and durable humoral responses to HIV, but critical particle design criteria remain to be fully defined. To this end, we developed strategies to covalently anchor a stabilized gp140 trimer, BG505 MD39, on the surfaces of synthetic liposomes to study the effects of trimer density and vesicle stability on vaccine-elicited humoral responses in mice. CryoEM imaging revealed homogeneously distributed and oriented MD39 on the surface of liposomes irrespective of particle size, lipid composition, and conjugation strategy. Immunization with covalent MD39-coupled liposomes led to increased germinal center and antigen-specific T follicular helper cell responses and significantly higher avidity serum MD39-specific IgG responses compared to immunization with soluble MD39 trimers. A priming immunization with liposomal-MD39 was important for elicitation of high avidity antibody responses, regardless of whether booster immunizations were administered with either soluble or particulate trimers. The stability of trimer anchoring to liposomes was critical for these effects, as germinal center and output antibody responses were further increased by liposome compositions incorporating sphingomyelin that exhibited high in vitro stability in the presence of serum. Together these data highlight key liposome design features for optimizing humoral immunity to lipid nanoparticle immunogens.
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26. Precursor Frequency and Affinity Determine B Cell Competitive Fitness in Germinal Centers, Tested with Germline-Targeting HIV Vaccine Immunogens.
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Abbott RK, Lee JH, Menis S, Skog P, Rossi M, Ota T, Kulp DW, Bhullar D, Kalyuzhniy O, Havenar-Daughton C, Schief WR, Nemazee D, and Crotty S
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- Animals, Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Flow Cytometry, HIV Antibodies, Male, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, AIDS Vaccines immunology, Antibodies, Monoclonal immunology, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Germinal Center immunology, HIV-1 immunology
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How precursor frequencies and antigen affinities impact interclonal B cell competition is a particularly relevant issue for candidate germline-targeting HIV vaccine designs because of the in vivo rarity of naive B cells that recognize broadly neutralizing epitopes. Knowing the frequencies and affinities of HIV-specific VRC01-class naive human B cells, we transferred B cells with germline VRC01 B cell receptors into congenic recipients to elucidate the roles of precursor frequency, antigen affinity, and avidity on B cell responses following immunization. All three factors were interdependently limiting for competitive success of VRC01-class B cells. In physiological high-affinity conditions using a multivalent immunogen, rare VRC01-class B cells successfully competed in germinal centers (GC), underwent extensive somatic hypermutation, and differentiated into memory B cells. The data reveal dominant influences of precursor frequency, affinity, and avidity for interclonal GC competition and indicate that germline-targeting immunogens can overcome these challenges with high-affinity multimeric designs., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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27. Structure-based design of native-like HIV-1 envelope trimers to silence non-neutralizing epitopes and eliminate CD4 binding.
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Kulp DW, Steichen JM, Pauthner M, Hu X, Schiffner T, Liguori A, Cottrell CA, Havenar-Daughton C, Ozorowski G, Georgeson E, Kalyuzhniy O, Willis JR, Kubitz M, Adachi Y, Reiss SM, Shin M, de Val N, Ward AB, Crotty S, Burton DR, and Schief WR
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- AIDS Vaccines administration & dosage, AIDS Vaccines genetics, Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, CD4 Antigens genetics, Epitopes chemistry, Epitopes genetics, Epitopes immunology, Female, HIV Infections immunology, HIV-1 chemistry, HIV-1 genetics, Humans, Immunization, Protein Multimerization, Rabbits, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus administration & dosage, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus genetics, AIDS Vaccines chemistry, AIDS Vaccines immunology, Antibodies, Viral immunology, CD4 Antigens immunology, HIV Infections virology, HIV-1 immunology, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus chemistry, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus immunology
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Elicitation of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) is a primary HIV vaccine goal. Native-like trimers mimicking virion-associated spikes present nearly all bnAb epitopes and are therefore promising vaccine antigens. However, first generation native-like trimers expose epitopes for non-neutralizing antibodies (non-nAbs), which may hinder bnAb induction. We here employ computational and structure-guided design to develop improved native-like trimers that reduce exposure of non-nAb epitopes in the V3-loop and trimer base, minimize both CD4 reactivity and CD4-induced non-nAb epitope exposure, and increase thermal stability while maintaining bnAb antigenicity. In rabbit immunizations with native-like trimers of the 327c isolate, improved trimers suppress elicitation of V3-directed and tier-1 neutralizing antibodies and induce robust autologous tier-2 neutralization, unlike a first-generation trimer. The improved native-like trimers from diverse HIV isolates, and the design methods, have promise to assist in the development of a HIV vaccine.
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28. Elicitation of Robust Tier 2 Neutralizing Antibody Responses in Nonhuman Primates by HIV Envelope Trimer Immunization Using Optimized Approaches.
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Pauthner M, Havenar-Daughton C, Sok D, Nkolola JP, Bastidas R, Boopathy AV, Carnathan DG, Chandrashekar A, Cirelli KM, Cottrell CA, Eroshkin AM, Guenaga J, Kaushik K, Kulp DW, Liu J, McCoy LE, Oom AL, Ozorowski G, Post KW, Sharma SK, Steichen JM, de Taeye SW, Tokatlian T, Torrents de la Peña A, Butera ST, LaBranche CC, Montefiori DC, Silvestri G, Wilson IA, Irvine DJ, Sanders RW, Schief WR, Ward AB, Wyatt RT, Barouch DH, Crotty S, and Burton DR
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- Animals, Cells, Cultured, Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte chemistry, Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte immunology, Germinal Center virology, HIV Infections immunology, Humans, Immunization, Injections, Subcutaneous, Primates, Protein Multimerization, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus chemistry, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus immunology, AIDS Vaccines immunology, Antibodies, Neutralizing therapeutic use, Germinal Center immunology, HIV Antibodies therapeutic use, HIV Infections therapy, HIV-1 immunology
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The development of stabilized recombinant HIV envelope trimers that mimic the virion surface molecule has increased enthusiasm for a neutralizing antibody (nAb)-based HIV vaccine. However, there is limited experience with recombinant trimers as immunogens in nonhuman primates, which are typically used as a model for humans. Here, we tested multiple immunogens and immunization strategies head-to-head to determine their impact on the quantity, quality, and kinetics of autologous tier 2 nAb development. A bilateral, adjuvanted, subcutaneous immunization protocol induced reproducible tier 2 nAb responses after only two immunizations 8 weeks apart, and these were further enhanced by a third immunization with BG505 SOSIP trimer. We identified immunogens that minimized non-neutralizing V3 responses and demonstrated that continuous immunogen delivery could enhance nAb responses. nAb responses were strongly associated with germinal center reactions, as assessed by lymph node fine needle aspiration. This study provides a framework for preclinical and clinical vaccine studies targeting nAb elicitation., (Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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29. Effects of partially dismantling the CD4 binding site glycan fence of HIV-1 Envelope glycoprotein trimers on neutralizing antibody induction.
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Crooks ET, Osawa K, Tong T, Grimley SL, Dai YD, Whalen RG, Kulp DW, Menis S, Schief WR, and Binley JM
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- Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing biosynthesis, Binding Sites genetics, Binding Sites immunology, Cell Line, Epitopes genetics, Epitopes immunology, Female, HEK293 Cells, HIV Antibodies biosynthesis, Humans, Immunization, Neutralization Tests, Rabbits, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, CD4 Antigens immunology, HIV Antibodies immunology, HIV Envelope Protein gp120 immunology, HIV Envelope Protein gp160 immunology, HIV Envelope Protein gp41 immunology, HIV-1 immunology
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Previously, VLPs bearing JR-FL strain HIV-1 Envelope trimers elicited potent neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) in 2/8 rabbits (PLoS Pathog 11(5): e1004932) by taking advantage of a naturally absent glycan at position 197 that borders the CD4 binding site (CD4bs). In new immunizations, we attempted to improve nAb responses by removing the N362 glycan that also lines the CD4bs. All 4 rabbits developed nAbs. One targeted the N197 glycan hole like our previous sera. Two sera depended on the N463 glycan, again suggesting CD4bs overlap. Heterologous boosts appeared to reduce nAb clashes with the N362 glycan. The fourth serum targeted a N362 glycan-sensitive epitope. VLP manufacture challenges prevented us from immunizing larger rabbit numbers to empower a robust statistical analysis. Nevertheless, trends suggest that targeted glycan removal may improve nAb induction by exposing new epitopes and that it may be possible to modify nAb specificity using rational heterologous boosts., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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30. Global site-specific N-glycosylation analysis of HIV envelope glycoprotein.
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Cao L, Diedrich JK, Kulp DW, Pauthner M, He L, Park SR, Sok D, Su CY, Delahunty CM, Menis S, Andrabi R, Guenaga J, Georgeson E, Kubitz M, Adachi Y, Burton DR, Schief WR, Yates JR III, and Paulson JC
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- Epitopes chemistry, Glycosylation, HIV Envelope Protein gp120 chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, Models, Molecular, Peptides chemistry, Polysaccharides chemistry, Protein Multimerization, Reproducibility of Results, HIV Envelope Protein gp120 metabolism, HIV-1 metabolism
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HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) is the sole target for broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) and the focus for design of an antibody-based HIV vaccine. The Env trimer is covered by ∼90N-linked glycans, which shield the underlying protein from immune surveillance. bNAbs to HIV develop during infection, with many showing dependence on glycans for binding to Env. The ability to routinely assess the glycan type at each glycosylation site may facilitate design of improved vaccine candidates. Here we present a general mass spectrometry-based proteomics strategy that uses specific endoglycosidases to introduce mass signatures that distinguish peptide glycosites that are unoccupied or occupied by high-mannose/hybrid or complex-type glycans. The method yields >95% sequence coverage for Env, provides semi-quantitative analysis of the glycosylation status at each glycosite. We find that most glycosites in recombinant Env trimers are fully occupied by glycans, varying in the proportion of high-mannose/hybrid and complex-type glycans.
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31. HIV Vaccine Design to Target Germline Precursors of Glycan-Dependent Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies.
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Steichen JM, Kulp DW, Tokatlian T, Escolano A, Dosenovic P, Stanfield RL, McCoy LE, Ozorowski G, Hu X, Kalyuzhniy O, Briney B, Schiffner T, Garces F, Freund NT, Gitlin AD, Menis S, Georgeson E, Kubitz M, Adachi Y, Jones M, Mutafyan AA, Yun DS, Mayer CT, Ward AB, Burton DR, Wilson IA, Irvine DJ, Nussenzweig MC, and Schief WR
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Epitopes immunology, HIV Infections immunology, HIV-1 immunology, Immunization methods, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Mutation immunology, Sequence Alignment, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus immunology, AIDS Vaccines immunology, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, HIV Antibodies immunology, Polysaccharides immunology
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Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against the N332 supersite of the HIV envelope (Env) trimer are the most common bnAbs induced during infection, making them promising leads for vaccine design. Wild-type Env glycoproteins lack detectable affinity for supersite-bnAb germline precursors and are therefore unsuitable immunogens to prime supersite-bnAb responses. We employed mammalian cell surface display to design stabilized Env trimers with affinity for germline-reverted precursors of PGT121-class supersite bnAbs. The trimers maintained native-like antigenicity and structure, activated PGT121 inferred-germline B cells ex vivo when multimerized on liposomes, and primed PGT121-like responses in PGT121 inferred-germline knockin mice. Design intermediates have levels of epitope modification between wild-type and germline-targeting trimers; their mutation gradient suggests sequential immunization to induce bnAbs, in which the germline-targeting prime is followed by progressively less-mutated design intermediates and, lastly, with native trimers. The vaccine design strategies described could be utilized to target other epitopes on HIV or other pathogens., (Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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32. Tailored Immunogens Direct Affinity Maturation toward HIV Neutralizing Antibodies.
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Briney B, Sok D, Jardine JG, Kulp DW, Skog P, Menis S, Jacak R, Kalyuzhniy O, de Val N, Sesterhenn F, Le KM, Ramos A, Jones M, Saye-Francisco KL, Blane TR, Spencer S, Georgeson E, Hu X, Ozorowski G, Adachi Y, Kubitz M, Sarkar A, Wilson IA, Ward AB, Nemazee D, Burton DR, and Schief WR
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- Adult, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing genetics, Antigens, Viral immunology, Female, HIV Antibodies blood, HIV Antibodies genetics, Humans, Male, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Mutation, Sequence Alignment, Vaccines, Synthetic administration & dosage, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, B-Lymphocytes immunology, HIV Antibodies immunology, HIV-1 immunology, Vaccines, Synthetic immunology
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Induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) is a primary goal of HIV vaccine development. VRC01-class bnAbs are important vaccine leads because their precursor B cells targeted by an engineered priming immunogen are relatively common among humans. This priming immunogen has demonstrated the ability to initiate a bnAb response in animal models, but recall and maturation toward bnAb development has not been shown. Here, we report the development of boosting immunogens designed to guide the genetic and functional maturation of previously primed VRC01-class precursors. Boosting a transgenic mouse model expressing germline VRC01 heavy chains produced broad neutralization of near-native isolates (N276A) and weak neutralization of fully native HIV. Functional and genetic characteristics indicate that the boosted mAbs are consistent with partially mature VRC01-class antibodies and place them on a maturation trajectory that leads toward mature VRC01-class bnAbs. The results show how reductionist sequential immunization can guide maturation of HIV bnAb responses., (Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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33. Sequential Immunization Elicits Broadly Neutralizing Anti-HIV-1 Antibodies in Ig Knockin Mice.
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Escolano A, Steichen JM, Dosenovic P, Kulp DW, Golijanin J, Sok D, Freund NT, Gitlin AD, Oliveira T, Araki T, Lowe S, Chen ST, Heinemann J, Yao KH, Georgeson E, Saye-Francisco KL, Gazumyan A, Adachi Y, Kubitz M, Burton DR, Schief WR, and Nussenzweig MC
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Antigens, Viral genetics, Antigens, Viral immunology, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Cloning, Molecular, DNA Primers chemistry, Epitopes immunology, Gene Knock-In Techniques, HIV Infections immunology, Mice, Mutation, Sequence Alignment, AIDS Vaccines immunology, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, Antigens, Viral administration & dosage, HIV Antibodies immunology, HIV-1 immunology, Immunization, Immunoglobulins genetics
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A vaccine that elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) against HIV-1 is likely to be protective, but this has not been achieved. To explore immunization regimens that might elicit bNAbs, we produced and immunized mice expressing the predicted germline PGT121, a bNAb specific for the V3-loop and surrounding glycans on the HIV-1 spike. Priming with an epitope-modified immunogen designed to activate germline antibody-expressing B cells, followed by ELISA-guided boosting with a sequence of directional immunogens, native-like trimers with decreasing epitope modification, elicited heterologous tier-2-neutralizing responses. In contrast, repeated immunization with the priming immunogen did not. Antibody cloning confirmed elicitation of high levels of somatic mutation and tier-2-neutralizing antibodies resembling the authentic human bNAb. Our data establish that sequential immunization with specifically designed immunogens can induce high levels of somatic mutation and shepherd antibody maturation to produce bNAbs from their inferred germline precursors., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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34. Holes in the Glycan Shield of the Native HIV Envelope Are a Target of Trimer-Elicited Neutralizing Antibodies.
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McCoy LE, van Gils MJ, Ozorowski G, Messmer T, Briney B, Voss JE, Kulp DW, Macauley MS, Sok D, Pauthner M, Menis S, Cottrell CA, Torres JL, Hsueh J, Schief WR, Wilson IA, Ward AB, Sanders RW, and Burton DR
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- AIDS Vaccines genetics, AIDS Vaccines immunology, Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing biosynthesis, Antibodies, Neutralizing genetics, Antibodies, Viral biosynthesis, Antibodies, Viral genetics, Antibody Specificity, Binding Sites, HIV Antigens immunology, HIV Antigens metabolism, HIV Envelope Protein gp120 immunology, HIV Envelope Protein gp120 metabolism, HIV Infections immunology, HIV Infections prevention & control, HIV Infections virology, HIV-1 chemistry, HIV-1 immunology, Humans, Immunization, Models, Molecular, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Neutralization Tests, Polysaccharides immunology, Protein Binding, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Protein Multimerization, Protein Structure, Secondary, Rabbits, AIDS Vaccines biosynthesis, Antibodies, Neutralizing chemistry, Antibodies, Viral chemistry, HIV Antigens chemistry, HIV Envelope Protein gp120 chemistry, Polysaccharides chemistry
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A major advance in the search for an HIV vaccine has been the development of a near-native Envelope trimer (BG505 SOSIP.664) that can induce robust autologous Tier 2 neutralization. Here, potently neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (nAbs) from rabbits immunized with BG505 SOSIP.664 are shown to recognize an immunodominant region of gp120 centered on residue 241. Residue 241 occupies a hole in the glycan defenses of the BG505 isolate, with fewer than 3% of global isolates lacking a glycan site at this position. However, at least one conserved glycan site is missing in 89% of viruses, suggesting the presence of glycan holes in most HIV isolates. Serum evidence is consistent with targeting of holes in natural infection. The immunogenic nature of breaches in the glycan shield has been under-appreciated in previous attempts to understand autologous neutralizing antibody responses and has important potential consequences for HIV vaccine design., (Copyright © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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35. Glycan clustering stabilizes the mannose patch of HIV-1 and preserves vulnerability to broadly neutralizing antibodies.
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Pritchard LK, Spencer DI, Royle L, Bonomelli C, Seabright GE, Behrens AJ, Kulp DW, Menis S, Krumm SA, Dunlop DC, Crispin DJ, Bowden TA, Scanlan CN, Ward AB, Schief WR, Doores KJ, and Crispin M
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- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Glycosylation, HEK293 Cells, HIV Envelope Protein gp120 genetics, HIV Envelope Protein gp120 metabolism, HIV-1 genetics, HIV-1 metabolism, Humans, Mannose metabolism, Mass Spectrometry, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, HIV Envelope Protein gp120 immunology, HIV-1 immunology, Mannose immunology, Polysaccharides immunology
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The envelope spike of HIV-1 employs a 'glycan shield' to protect itself from antibody-mediated neutralization. Paradoxically, however, potent broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) that target this shield have been isolated. The unusually high glycan density on the gp120 subunit limits processing during biosynthesis, leaving a region of under-processed oligomannose-type structures, which is a primary target of these bnAbs. Here we investigate the contribution of individual glycosylation sites in the formation of this so-called intrinsic mannose patch. Deletion of individual sites has a limited effect on the overall size of the intrinsic mannose patch but leads to changes in the processing of neighbouring glycans. These structural changes are largely tolerated by a panel of glycan-dependent bnAbs targeting these regions, indicating a degree of plasticity in their recognition. These results support the intrinsic mannose patch as a stable target for vaccine design.
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- 2015
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36. Immunization for HIV-1 Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies in Human Ig Knockin Mice.
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Dosenovic P, von Boehmer L, Escolano A, Jardine J, Freund NT, Gitlin AD, McGuire AT, Kulp DW, Oliveira T, Scharf L, Pietzsch J, Gray MD, Cupo A, van Gils MJ, Yao KH, Liu C, Gazumyan A, Seaman MS, Björkman PJ, Sanders RW, Moore JP, Stamatatos L, Schief WR, and Nussenzweig MC
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- Animals, Antigens, Viral, B-Lymphocytes immunology, CD4 Antigens metabolism, HIV Infections immunology, Humans, Mice, Mutation, Spleen cytology, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus metabolism, Antibodies, Neutralizing genetics, Antibodies, Viral genetics, Gene Knock-In Techniques, HIV-1 immunology, Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains genetics
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A subset of individuals infected with HIV-1 develops broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) that can prevent infection, but it has not yet been possible to elicit these antibodies by immunization. To systematically explore how immunization might be tailored to produce them, we generated mice expressing the predicted germline or mature heavy chains of a potent bNAb to the CD4 binding site (CD4bs) on the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env). Immunogens specifically designed to activate B cells bearing germline antibodies are required to initiate immune responses, but they do not elicit bNAbs. In contrast, native-like Env trimers fail to activate B cells expressing germline antibodies but elicit bNAbs by selecting for a restricted group of light chains bearing specific somatic mutations that enhance neutralizing activity. The data suggest that vaccination to elicit anti-HIV-1 antibodies will require immunization with a succession of related immunogens., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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37. The membrane- and soluble-protein helix-helix interactome: similar geometry via different interactions.
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Zhang SQ, Kulp DW, Schramm CA, Mravic M, Samish I, and DeGrado WF
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- Hydrogen Bonding, Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions, Models, Molecular, Protein Binding, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Protein Structure, Secondary, Solubility, Structural Homology, Protein, Membrane Proteins chemistry
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α Helices are a basic unit of protein secondary structure and therefore the interaction between helices is crucial to understanding tertiary and higher-order folds. Comparing subtle variations in the structural and sequence motifs between membrane and soluble proteins sheds light on the different constraints faced by each environment and elucidates the complex puzzle of membrane protein folding. Here, we demonstrate that membrane and water-soluble helix pairs share a small number of similar folds with various interhelical distances. The composition of the residues that pack at the interface between corresponding motifs shows that hydrophobic residues tend to be more enriched in the water-soluble class of structures and small residues in the transmembrane class. The latter group facilitates packing via sidechain- and backbone-mediated hydrogen bonds within the low-dielectric membrane milieu. The helix-helix interactome space, with its associated sequence preferences and accompanying hydrogen-bonding patterns, should be useful for engineering, prediction, and design of protein structure., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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38. Escape from neutralization by the respiratory syncytial virus-specific neutralizing monoclonal antibody palivizumab is driven by changes in on-rate of binding to the fusion protein.
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Bates JT, Keefer CJ, Slaughter JC, Kulp DW, Schief WR, and Crowe JE Jr
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- Antibodies, Monoclonal metabolism, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized metabolism, Antibodies, Neutralizing metabolism, Drug Resistance, Viral, Humans, Kinetics, Mutation, Palivizumab, Protein Binding, Viral Fusion Proteins metabolism, Antibodies, Monoclonal immunology, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized immunology, Antibodies, Neutralizing immunology, Respiratory Syncytial Viruses genetics, Respiratory Syncytial Viruses immunology, Viral Fusion Proteins genetics, Viral Fusion Proteins immunology
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The role of binding kinetics in determining neutralizing potency for antiviral antibodies is poorly understood. While it is believed that increased steady-state affinity correlates positively with increased virus-neutralizing activity, the relationship between association or dissociation rate and neutralization potency is unclear. We investigated the effect of naturally-occurring antibody resistance mutations in the RSV F protein on the kinetics of binding to palivizumab. Escape from palivizumab-mediated neutralization of RSV occurred with reduced association rate (Kon) for binding to RSV F protein, while alteration of dissociation rate (Koff) did not significantly affect neutralizing activity. Interestingly, linkage of reduced Kon with reduced potency mirrored the effect of increased Kon found in a high-affinity enhanced potency palivizumab variant (motavizumab). These data suggest that association rate is the dominant factor driving neutralization potency for antibodies to RSV F protein antigenic site A and determines the potency of antibody somatic variants or efficiency of escape of viral glycoprotein variants., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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39. Nitric oxide synthase domain interfaces regulate electron transfer and calmodulin activation.
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Smith BC, Underbakke ES, Kulp DW, Schief WR, and Marletta MA
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- Animals, Calmodulin metabolism, Deuterium Exchange Measurement, Dimerization, Electron Transport, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Flavin Mononucleotide metabolism, Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide metabolism, Fluorescence, Heme metabolism, Mass Spectrometry, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II genetics, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II metabolism, Species Specificity, Calmodulin chemistry, Models, Molecular, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II chemistry, Protein Conformation
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Nitric oxide (NO) produced by NO synthase (NOS) participates in diverse physiological processes such as vasodilation, neurotransmission, and the innate immune response. Mammalian NOS isoforms are homodimers composed of two domains connected by an intervening calmodulin-binding region. The N-terminal oxidase domain binds heme and tetrahydrobiopterin and the arginine substrate. The C-terminal reductase domain binds FAD and FMN and the cosubstrate NADPH. Although several high-resolution structures of individual NOS domains have been reported, a structure of a NOS holoenzyme has remained elusive. Determination of the higher-order domain architecture of NOS is essential to elucidate the molecular underpinnings of NO formation. In particular, the pathway of electron transfer from FMN to heme, and the mechanism through which calmodulin activates this electron transfer, are largely unknown. In this report, hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry was used to map critical NOS interaction surfaces. Direct interactions between the heme domain, the FMN subdomain, and calmodulin were observed. These interaction surfaces were confirmed by kinetic studies of site-specific interface mutants. Integration of the hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry results with computational docking resulted in models of the NOS heme and FMN subdomain bound to calmodulin. These models suggest a pathway for electron transfer from FMN to heme and a mechanism for calmodulin activation of this critical step.
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- 2013
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40. Design of a switchable eliminase.
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Korendovych IV, Kulp DW, Wu Y, Cheng H, Roder H, and DeGrado WF
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- Allosteric Regulation physiology, Amino Acid Substitution, Animals, Calmodulin genetics, Calmodulin metabolism, Catalysis, Chickens, Mutation, Missense, Protein Folding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Calmodulin chemistry, Computer Simulation, Models, Molecular
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The active sites of enzymes are lined with side chains whose dynamic, geometric, and chemical properties have been finely tuned relative to the corresponding residues in water. For example, the carboxylates of glutamate and aspartate are weakly basic in water but become strongly basic when dehydrated in enzymatic sites. The dehydration of the carboxylate, although intrinsically thermodynamically unfavorable, is achieved by harnessing the free energy of folding and substrate binding to reach the required basicity. Allosterically regulated enzymes additionally rely on the free energy of ligand binding to stabilize the protein in a catalytically competent state. We demonstrate the interplay of protein folding energetics and functional group tuning to convert calmodulin (CaM), a regulatory binding protein, into AlleyCat, an allosterically controlled eliminase. Upon binding Ca(II), native CaM opens a hydrophobic pocket on each of its domains. We computationally identified a mutant that (i) accommodates carboxylate as a general base within these pockets, (ii) interacts productively in the Michaelis complex with the substrate, and (iii) stabilizes the transition state for the reaction. Remarkably, a single mutation of an apolar residue at the bottom of an otherwise hydrophobic cavity confers catalytic activity on calmodulin. AlleyCat showed the expected pH-rate profile, and it was inactivated by mutation of its active site Glu to Gln. A variety of control mutants demonstrated the specificity of the design. The activity of this minimal 75-residue allosterically regulated catalyst is similar to that obtained using more elaborate computational approaches to redesign complex enzymes to catalyze the Kemp elimination reaction.
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- 2011
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41. Generalized fragment picking in Rosetta: design, protocols and applications.
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Gront D, Kulp DW, Vernon RM, Strauss CE, and Baker D
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- Databases, Protein, Ubiquitin chemistry, Computational Biology methods, Models, Molecular, Software
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The Rosetta de novo structure prediction and loop modeling protocols begin with coarse grained Monte Carlo searches in which the moves are based on short fragments extracted from a database of known structures. Here we describe a new object oriented program for picking fragments that greatly extends the functionality of the previous program (nnmake) and opens the door for new approaches to structure modeling. We provide a detailed description of the code design and architecture, highlighting its modularity, and new features such as extensibility, total control over the fragment picking workflow and scoring system customization. We demonstrate that the program provides at least as good building blocks for ab-initio structure prediction as the previous program, and provide examples of the wide range of applications that are now accessible.
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- 2011
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42. Consensus motif for integrin transmembrane helix association.
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Berger BW, Kulp DW, Span LM, DeGrado JL, Billings PC, Senes A, Bennett JS, and DeGrado WF
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Cell Line, Consensus Sequence, DNA-Binding Proteins chemistry, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, Dimerization, Escherichia coli genetics, Escherichia coli Proteins chemistry, Escherichia coli Proteins genetics, Humans, Integrin alpha Chains genetics, Integrin beta Chains genetics, Jurkat Cells, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Neoplasm Proteins chemistry, Neoplasm Proteins genetics, Peptide Fragments chemistry, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Conformation, Protein Subunits chemistry, Protein Subunits genetics, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Integrin alpha Chains chemistry, Integrin beta Chains chemistry
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Interactions between transmembrane (TM) helices play an important role in the regulation of diverse biological functions. For example, the TM helices of integrins are believed to interact heteromerically in the resting state; disruption of this interaction results in integrin activation and cellular adhesion. However, it has been difficult to demonstrate the specificity and affinity of the interaction between integrin TM helices and to relate them to the activation process. To examine integrin TM helix associations, we developed a bacterial reporter system and used it to define the sequence motif required for helix-helix interactions in the beta (1) and beta (3) integrin subfamilies. The helices interact in a novel three-dimensional motif, the "reciprocating large-small motif" that is also observed in the crystal structures of unrelated proteins. Modest but specific stabilization of helix associations is realized via packing of complementary small and large groups on neighboring helices. Mutations destabilizing this motif activate native, full-length integrins. Thus, this highly conserved dissociable motif plays a vital and widespread role as an on-off switch that can integrate with other control elements during integrin activation.
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- 2010
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43. Small-molecule inhibitors of integrin alpha2beta1 that prevent pathological thrombus formation via an allosteric mechanism.
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Miller MW, Basra S, Kulp DW, Billings PC, Choi S, Beavers MP, McCarty OJ, Zou Z, Kahn ML, Bennett JS, and DeGrado WF
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- Allosteric Regulation, Animals, Fibrinolytic Agents chemistry, Humans, Integrin alpha2beta1 chemistry, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Proline analogs & derivatives, Structure-Activity Relationship, Thiazolidines chemistry, Thiazolidines pharmacology, beta-Alanine analogs & derivatives, beta-Alanine chemistry, beta-Alanine pharmacology, Fibrinolytic Agents pharmacology, Integrin alpha2beta1 antagonists & inhibitors, Thrombosis prevention & control
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There is a grave need for safer antiplatelet therapeutics to prevent heart attack and stroke. Agents targeting the interaction of platelets with the diseased vessel wall could impact vascular disease with minimal effects on normal hemostasis. We targeted integrin alpha(2)beta(1), a collagen receptor, because its overexpression is associated with pathological clot formation whereas its absence does not cause severe bleeding. Structure-activity studies led to highly potent and selective small-molecule inhibitors. Responses of integrin alpha(2)beta(1) mutants to these compounds are consistent with a computational model of their mode of inhibition and shed light on the activation mechanism of I-domain-containing integrins. A potent compound was proven efficacious in an animal model of arterial thrombosis, which demonstrates in vivo efficacy for inhibition of this platelet receptor. These results suggest that targeting integrin alpha(2)beta(1) could be a potentially safe, effective approach to long-term therapy for cardiovascular disease.
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- 2009
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44. A structure-based method for identifying DNA-binding proteins and their sites of DNA-interaction.
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McLaughlin WA, Kulp DW, de la Cruz J, Lu XJ, Lawson CL, and Berman HM
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- Binding Sites, DNA-Binding Proteins analysis, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, Secondary, DNA metabolism, DNA-Binding Proteins chemistry
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A classification model of a DNA-binding protein chain was created based on identification of alpha helices within the chain likely to bind to DNA. Using the model, all chains in the Protein Data Bank were classified. For many of the chains classified with high confidence, previous documentation for DNA-binding was found, yet no sequence homology to the structures used to train the model was detected. The result indicates that the chain model can be used to supplement sequence based methods for annotating the function of DNA-binding. Four new candidates for DNA-binding were found, including two structures solved through structural genomics efforts. For each of the candidate structures, possible sites of DNA-binding are indicated by listing the residue ranges of alpha helices likely to interact with DNA.
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- 2004
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