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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2025

An engineered antibody-lectin conjugate targeting the HIV glycan shield protects humanized mice against HIV challenge.

Rashmi Kumariya, Jiadong Sun, Sabrina Lusvarghi, Sijy O'Dell, Gengxiang Zhao, Nicole A Doria-Rose, Carole A Bewley

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2025. 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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  4. Chimerolectins: Classification, structural architecture, and functional perspectives.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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7 authors.

Rashmi KumariyaNatural Products Chemistry Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Jiadong SunNatural Products Chemistry Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Sabrina LusvarghiNatural Products Chemistry Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Sijy O'DellVaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Gengxiang ZhaoNatural Products Chemistry Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Nicole A Doria-RoseVaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Carole A BewleyNatural Products Chemistry Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: caroleb@nih.gov.

Funding

Inhibitors and Probes of HIV-1 Cell FusionZIADK032103 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI BEWLEY, CAROLE · 2009 to 2025
$12.5M
Antibody-protein conjugates as inhibitors of HIV/AIDSZIADK075187 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI BEWLEY, CAROLE · 2024 to 2025
$1.1M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DK032103Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DK075187
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enveloped viruses responsible for global health pandemics often display a glycan shield on their surface envelope glycoproteins. In HIV, the glycan shield is formed by clusters of high-mannose glycans and plays essential roles in viral fitness and immune evasion. A few mannose-binding lectins potently inactivate HIV but have not been fully exploited due to poor pharmacokinetics and short serum half-lives. To address this, we engineered an antibody-lectin conjugate comprising the anti-HIV lectin griffithsin (GRFT) to the Fc region of human IgG1, with the aim of extending its serum half-life and augmenting anti-HIV activity by inducing immune effector responses. Engineered mGRFT-Fc produced in bacteria exhibited picomolar anti-HIV activity and an extended serum half-life, and mGRFT-Fc produced in mammalian cells (mGRFT-Fc

Indexed as

HIV-1HIV AntibodiesHIV InfectionsImmunoconjugatesLectinsPlant LectinsPolysaccharidesAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAnti-HIV AgentsDisease Models, AnimalHumansImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsImmunoglobulin GMiceProtein EngineeringAntibodies, NeutralizingAnti-HIV Agentsgriffithsin protein, GriffithsiaHIV AntibodiesImmunoconjugatesImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsImmunoglobulin GLectinsPlant LectinsPolysaccharidesantibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicityantibody-lectin conjugatecomplement-dependent cytotoxicityglycan shieldgriffithsinHIVHIV entry inhibitorhumanized miceimmune effector responsespre-exposure prophylaxis

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PMID40156187
PMCPMC12266039

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