Two Distinct Lysosomal Targeting Strategies Afford Trojan Horse Antibodies With Pan-Filovirus Activity

Copyright © 2021 Wirchnianski, Wec, Nyakatura, Herbert, Slough, Kuehne, Mittler, Jangra, Teruya, Dye, Lai and Chandran..

Multiple agents in the family Filoviridae (filoviruses) are associated with sporadic human outbreaks of highly lethal disease, while others, including several recently identified agents, possess strong zoonotic potential. Although viral glycoprotein (GP)-specific monoclonal antibodies have demonstrated therapeutic utility against filovirus disease, currently FDA-approved molecules lack antiviral breadth. The development of broadly neutralizing antibodies has been challenged by the high sequence divergence among filovirus GPs and the complex GP proteolytic cleavage cascade that accompanies filovirus entry. Despite this variability in the antigenic surface of GP, all filoviruses share a site of vulnerability-the binding site for the universal filovirus entry receptor, Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1). Unfortunately, this site is shielded in extracellular GP and only uncovered by proteolytic cleavage by host proteases in late endosomes and lysosomes, which are generally inaccessible to antibodies. To overcome this obstacle, we previously developed a 'Trojan horse' therapeutic approach in which engineered bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) coopt viral particles to deliver GP:NPC1 interaction-blocking antibodies to their endo/lysosomal sites of action. This approach afforded broad protection against members of the genus Ebolavirus but could not neutralize more divergent filoviruses. Here, we describe next-generation Trojan horse bsAbs that target the endo/lysosomal GP:NPC1 interface with pan-filovirus breadth by exploiting the conserved and widely expressed host cation-independent mannose-6-phosphate receptor for intracellular delivery. Our work highlights a new avenue for the development of single therapeutics protecting against all known and newly emerging filoviruses.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 12(2021) vom: 26., Seite 729851

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wirchnianski, Ariel S [VerfasserIn]
Wec, Anna Z [VerfasserIn]
Nyakatura, Elisabeth K [VerfasserIn]
Herbert, Andrew S [VerfasserIn]
Slough, Megan M [VerfasserIn]
Kuehne, Ana I [VerfasserIn]
Mittler, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Jangra, Rohit K [VerfasserIn]
Teruya, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Dye, John M [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Jonathan R [VerfasserIn]
Chandran, Kartik [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Bispecific
Antiviral Agents
Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
Cryptic epitopes
Ebola
Envelope glycoprotein, Ebola virus
Epitopes
Filovirus
IGF2
IGF2R protein, human
Journal Article
Ligands
Marburg
NPC1
NPC1 protein, human
NPC2
NPC2 protein, human
Niemann-Pick C1 Protein
Receptor, IGF Type 2
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Trojan Horse bispecific antibodies
Vesicular Transport Proteins
Viral Envelope Proteins

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Date Completed 27.12.2021

Date Revised 18.08.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2021.729851

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332596427