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Heteromultivalent topology-matched nanostructures as potent and broad-spectrum influenza A virus inhibitors

Chuanxiong Nie Orcid Logo, Marlena Stadtmüller Orcid Logo, Badri Parshad Orcid Logo, Matthias Wallert, Vahid Ahmadi Orcid Logo, Yannic Kerkhoff Orcid Logo, Sumati Bhatia Orcid Logo, Stephan Block Orcid Logo, Chong Cheng Orcid Logo, Thorsten Wolff Orcid Logo, Rainer Haag Orcid Logo

Science Advances, Volume: 7, Issue: 1

Swansea University Author: Sumati Bhatia Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1126/sciadv.abd3803

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Here, we report the topology-matched design of heteromultivalent nanostructures as potent and broad-spectrum virus entry inhibitors based on the host cell membrane. Initially, we investigate the virus binding dynamics to validate the better binding performance of the heteromultivalent moieties as co...

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Published in: Science Advances
ISSN: 2375-2548
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2021
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64862
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Abstract: Here, we report the topology-matched design of heteromultivalent nanostructures as potent and broad-spectrum virus entry inhibitors based on the host cell membrane. Initially, we investigate the virus binding dynamics to validate the better binding performance of the heteromultivalent moieties as compared to homomultivalent ones. The heteromultivalent binding moieties are transferred to nanostructures with a bowl-like shape matching the viral spherical surface. Unlike the conventional homomultivalent inhibitors, the heteromultivalent ones exhibit a half maximal inhibitory concentration of 32.4 ± 13.7 μg/ml due to the synergistic multivalent effects and the topology-matched shape. At a dose without causing cellular toxicity, >99.99% reduction of virus propagation has been achieved. Since multiple binding sites have also been identified on the S protein of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), we envision that the use of heteromultivalent nanostructures may also be applied to develop a potent inhibitor to prevent coronavirus infection.
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Funders: The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from DFG through grants from the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 765. S. Bl. acknowledges the support of DFG through grant BL1514/1. C.N. acknowledges the support from the China Scholarship Council (CSC). C.C. acknowledges the support of the National Key R&D Program of China (2019YFA0110600 and 2019YFA0110601), the Science and Technology Project of Sichuan Province (2020YFH0087 and 2020YJ0055), Special Funds for Prevention and Control of COVID-19 of Sichuan University (2020scunCoV-YJ-20005), and SKLFPM, Donghua University (YJ202005), State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering (grant no. sklpme2019-2-03), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Ten Thousand Youth Talents Plan, and Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship.
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