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ArticleNature communications2020

Capturing transient antibody conformations with DNA origami epitopes.

Ping Zhang, Xiaoguo Liu, Pi Liu, Fei Wang, Hirotaka Ariyama, Toshio Ando, Jianping Lin, Lihua Wang, Jun Hu, Bin Li and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Ping Zhang *CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China.
Xiaoguo Liu *School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai, 200240, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7834-399X
Pi Liu *State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Haihe Education Park, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300353, China.
Fei WangSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai, 200240, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3948-6899
Hirotaka AriyamaNano Life Science Institute (WPI NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan.
Toshio AndoNano Life Science Institute (WPI NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8819-154X
Jianping LinState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Haihe Education Park, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300353, China.
Lihua WangShanghai Synchrotron Radiation Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China.
Jun HuCAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China. hujun@sinap.ac.cn.
Bin LiCAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China. libin@sinap.ac.cn.
Chunhai FanSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai, 200240, China. fanchunhai@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7171-7338

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Revealing antibody-antigen interactions at the single-molecule level will deepen our understanding of immunology. However, structural determination under crystal or cryogenic conditions does not provide temporal resolution for resolving transient, physiologically or pathologically relevant functional antibody-antigen complexes. Here, we develop a triangular DNA origami framework with site-specifically anchored and spatially organized artificial epitopes to capture transient conformations of immunoglobulin Gs (IgGs) at room temperature. The DNA origami epitopes (DOEs) allows programmed spatial distribution of epitope spikes, which enables direct imaging of functional complexes with atomic force microscopy (AFM). We establish the critical dependence of the IgG avidity on the lateral distance of epitopes within 3-20 nm at the single-molecule level. High-speed AFM imaging of transient conformations further provides structural and dynamic evidence for the IgG avidity from monovalent to bivalent in a single event, which sheds light on various applications including virus neutralization, diagnostic detection and cancer immunotherapy.

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Antibody AffinityAntigen-Antibody ComplexDNA, Single-StrandedEpitopesFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferHumansImmunoglobulin GMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMolecular Dynamics SimulationMolecular ProbesNanotechnologySingle Molecule ImagingStructure-Activity RelationshipAntigen-Antibody ComplexDNA, Single-StrandedEpitopesImmunoglobulin GMolecular Probes

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PMCPMC7305102

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