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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2024

Hepatitis B Virus Neutralization with DNA Origami Nanoshells.

Elena M Willner, Fenna Kolbe, Frank Momburg, Ulrike Protzer, Hendrik Dietz

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors.

Elena M WillnerDepartment of Biosciences, School of Natural Sciences and Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 11, 85748 Garching, Germany.ORCID 0009-0008-3007-8016
Fenna KolbeInstitute of Virology, School of Medicine & Health, Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Munich, Trogerstraße 30, 81675 Munich, Germany.
Frank MomburgTranslational Immunity Unit, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Ulrike ProtzerInstitute of Virology, School of Medicine & Health, Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Munich, Trogerstraße 30, 81675 Munich, Germany.
Hendrik DietzDepartment of Biosciences, School of Natural Sciences and Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 11, 85748 Garching, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1270-3662

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We demonstrate the use of DNA origami to create virus-trapping nanoshells that efficiently neutralize hepatitis B virus (HBV) in cell culture. By modification of the shells with a synthetic monoclonal antibody that binds to the HBV envelope, the effective neutralization potency per antibody is increased by approximately 100 times compared to using free antibodies. The improvements in neutralizing the virus are attributed to two factors: first, the shells act as a physical barrier that blocks the virus from interacting with host cells; second, the multivalent binding of the antibodies inside the shells lead to stronger attachment to the trapped virus, a phenomenon known as avidity. Pre-incubation of shells with HBV and simultaneous addition of both components separately to cells lead to comparable levels of neutralization, indicating rapid trapping of the virions by the shells. Our study highlights the potential of the DNA shell system to rationally create antivirals using components that, when used individually, show little to no antiviral effectiveness.

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DNAHepatitis B virusNanoshellsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntiviral AgentsHumansNeutralization TestsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntiviral AgentsDNAantiviralsDNA origamihepatitis B virusin vitro neutralizationviral blocking

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