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Single-component multilayered self-assembling protein nanoparticles presenting glycan-trimmed uncleaved prefusion optimized envelope trimmers as HIV-1 vaccine candidates

Single-component multilayered self-assembling protein nanoparticles presenting glycan-trimmed uncleaved prefusion optimized envelope trimmers as HIV-1 vaccine candidates
Single-component multilayered self-assembling protein nanoparticles presenting glycan-trimmed uncleaved prefusion optimized envelope trimmers as HIV-1 vaccine candidates

Uncleaved prefusion-optimized (UFO) design can stabilize diverse HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins (Envs). Single-component, self-assembling protein nanoparticles (1c-SApNP) can display 8 or 20 native-like Env trimers as vaccine candidates. We characterize the biophysical, structural, and antigenic properties of 1c-SApNPs that present the BG505 UFO trimer with wildtype and modified glycans. For 1c-SApNPs, glycan trimming improves recognition of the CD4 binding site without affecting broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) to major glycan epitopes. In mice, rabbits, and nonhuman primates, glycan trimming increases the frequency of vaccine responders (FVR) and steers antibody responses away from immunodominant glycan holes and glycan patches. The mechanism of vaccine-induced immunity is examined in mice. Compared with the UFO trimer, the multilayered E2p and I3-01v9 1c-SApNPs show 420 times longer retention in lymph node follicles, 20-32 times greater presentation on follicular dendritic cell dendrites, and up-to-4 times stronger germinal center reactions. These findings can inform future HIV-1 vaccine development.

HIV antibodies, HIV infections, HIV-1, animals, antibodies, neutralizing, env gene products, human immunodeficiency virus, mice, polysaccharides/metabolism, rabbits, vaccines/metabolism
2041-1723
Zhang, Yi-Nan
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Copps, Jeffrey
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Chavez, Deborah
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Goodroe, Anna
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Lanford, Robert
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Zhang, Yi-Nan
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Paynter, Jennifer
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Allen, Joel D.
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Eldad, Mor
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Lee, Yi-Zong
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Copps, Jeffrey
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Newby, Maddy L.
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He, Linling
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Chavez, Deborah
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Frost, Pat
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Goodroe, Anna
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Dutton, John
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Lanford, Robert
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Chen, Christopher
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Wilson, Ian A.
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Crispin, Max
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Ward, Andrew B.
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Zhang, Yi-Nan, Paynter, Jennifer, Antanasijevic, Aleksandar, Allen, Joel D., Eldad, Mor, Lee, Yi-Zong, Copps, Jeffrey, Newby, Maddy L., He, Linling, Chavez, Deborah, Frost, Pat, Goodroe, Anna, Dutton, John, Lanford, Robert, Chen, Christopher, Wilson, Ian A., Crispin, Max, Ward, Andrew B. and Zhu, Jiang (2023) Single-component multilayered self-assembling protein nanoparticles presenting glycan-trimmed uncleaved prefusion optimized envelope trimmers as HIV-1 vaccine candidates. Nature Communications, 14 (1), [1985]. (doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37742-z).

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Uncleaved prefusion-optimized (UFO) design can stabilize diverse HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins (Envs). Single-component, self-assembling protein nanoparticles (1c-SApNP) can display 8 or 20 native-like Env trimers as vaccine candidates. We characterize the biophysical, structural, and antigenic properties of 1c-SApNPs that present the BG505 UFO trimer with wildtype and modified glycans. For 1c-SApNPs, glycan trimming improves recognition of the CD4 binding site without affecting broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) to major glycan epitopes. In mice, rabbits, and nonhuman primates, glycan trimming increases the frequency of vaccine responders (FVR) and steers antibody responses away from immunodominant glycan holes and glycan patches. The mechanism of vaccine-induced immunity is examined in mice. Compared with the UFO trimer, the multilayered E2p and I3-01v9 1c-SApNPs show 420 times longer retention in lymph node follicles, 20-32 times greater presentation on follicular dendritic cell dendrites, and up-to-4 times stronger germinal center reactions. These findings can inform future HIV-1 vaccine development.

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Accepted/In Press date: 29 March 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 8 April 2023
Published date: 8 April 2023
Additional Information: Funding Information: Y.-N.Z. acknowledges support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for the postdoctoral fellowship. We thank M. Ganguly, K. Duffin, and G. Ossetchkine at The Centre for Phenogenomics for their technical support in immunohistology. We thank K. Vanderpool, T. Fassel, and S. Henderson of the Core Microscopy Facility at The Scripps Research Institute for their expert assistance in the TEM analysis. We thank A. Saluk, B. Seegers, and B. Monteverde of the Flow Cytometry Core Facility at The Scripps Research Institute for their technical support in flow cytometry. We thank P. Berman and D. Burton for helpful discussions and M. Arends, S. Auclair, and V. Tong for proofreading the manuscript. This work was supported by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) through grant INV-008352/OPP1153692 (M.C.) and the IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center through the Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery grant (INV-034657) (I.A.W., A.B.W.), and INV-008352/OPP1153692 (M.C.) funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Scripps Consortium for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development (CHAVD 1UM1 AI144462) (M.C., A.B.W. and I.A.W.); HIV Vaccine Research and Design (HIVRAD) program (P01 AI124337) (J.Z.); NIH grants R01 AI129698 (J.Z.) and R01 AI140844 (J.Z., I.A.W.); Southwest National Primate Research Center through grants P51 OD011133 and U42OD010442 and Tulane National Primate Research Center through grant P51 OD011104 from the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, NIH (R.L., C.C.); Ufovax/SFP-2018-0416 (J.Z.) and Ufovax/SFP-2018-1013 (J.Z.).
Keywords: HIV antibodies, HIV infections, HIV-1, animals, antibodies, neutralizing, env gene products, human immunodeficiency virus, mice, polysaccharides/metabolism, rabbits, vaccines/metabolism

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Local EPrints ID: 477641
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/477641
ISSN: 2041-1723
PURE UUID: a2998e28-bc09-4794-a728-5d0c5d3c5105
ORCID for Joel D. Allen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2547-968X
ORCID for Max Crispin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1072-2694

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Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 04:09

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Author: Yi-Nan Zhang
Author: Jennifer Paynter
Author: Aleksandar Antanasijevic
Author: Joel D. Allen ORCID iD
Author: Mor Eldad
Author: Yi-Zong Lee
Author: Jeffrey Copps
Author: Maddy L. Newby
Author: Linling He
Author: Deborah Chavez
Author: Pat Frost
Author: Anna Goodroe
Author: John Dutton
Author: Robert Lanford
Author: Christopher Chen
Author: Ian A. Wilson
Author: Max Crispin ORCID iD
Author: Andrew B. Ward
Author: Jiang Zhu

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