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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2021

Overcoming Symmetry Mismatch in Vaccine Nanoassembly through Spontaneous Amidation.

Rolle Rahikainen, Pramila Rijal, Tiong Kit Tan, Hung-Jen Wu, Anne-Marie C Andersson, Jordan R Barrett, Thomas A Bowden, Simon J Draper, Alain R Townsend, Mark Howarth

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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55 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rolle RahikainenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1265-862X
Pramila RijalMRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9214-9851
Tiong Kit TanMRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8746-8308
Hung-Jen WuDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1764-1966
Anne-Marie C AnderssonDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK.
Jordan R BarrettJenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.
Thomas A BowdenWellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8066-8785
Simon J DraperJenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9415-1357
Alain R TownsendMRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3702-0107
Mark HowarthDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8870-7147
University of Oxford · GBCentre for Human Genetics · GB

Funding

Lister Institute of Preventive MedicineMedical Research Council MR/L009528/1Medical Research Council MR/P001351/1Medical Research Council MR/S007555/1Suomen Kulttuurirahasto 00191229Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 106917/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Matching of symmetry at interfaces is a fundamental obstacle in molecular assembly. Virus-like particles (VLPs) are important vaccine platforms against pathogenic threats, including Covid-19. However, symmetry mismatch can prohibit vaccine nanoassembly. We established an approach for coupling VLPs to diverse antigen symmetries. SpyCatcher003 enabled efficient VLP conjugation and extreme thermal resilience. Many people had pre-existing antibodies to SpyTag:SpyCatcher but less to the 003 variants. We coupled the computer-designed VLP not only to monomers (SARS-CoV-2) but also to cyclic dimers (Newcastle disease, Lyme disease), trimers (influenza hemagglutinins), and tetramers (influenza neuraminidases). Even an antigen with dihedral symmetry could be displayed. For the global challenge of influenza, SpyTag-mediated display of trimer and tetramer antigens strongly induced neutralizing antibodies. SpyCatcher003 conjugation enables nanodisplay of diverse symmetries towards generation of potent vaccines.

Indexed as

Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesFreezingHumansModels, MolecularNanostructuresVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesVaccines, Virus-Like ParticlebioconjugationnanoparticlenanotechnologySpyTagvaccines

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PMID32886840
PMCPMC7821241
OpenAlexW3082407444

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