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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2026

Plant-Produced Viral Nanoparticles Decorated with Nanobodies Against HER2 Improve Retention and Recruitment of Immune Cells in Solid Tumors.

Enrique Lozano-Sanchez, Miguel A Moreno-Gonzalez, Fernando Merwaiss, Nicole F Steinmetz, José-Antonio Daròs

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Enrique Lozano-SanchezInstituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1655-9296
Miguel A Moreno-GonzalezAiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1601-9369
Fernando MerwaissInstituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7786-0488
Nicole F SteinmetzAiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0130-0481
José-Antonio DaròsInstituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6535-2889

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Generalitat Valenciana through program PROMETEO CIPROM/2022/21Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades ERDFMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades EUMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PDC2025-165423-I00Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PID2023-146418OB-I00NIH HHS NCI R01 CA224605NIH HHS NCI R01-CA253615NIH HHS NCIR01-CA253615-02S1Supplement
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Abstract

Potato virus X (PVX), a filamentous, positive-sense RNA plant virus, has been engineered into a molecular tool for diverse biotechnological applications, including cancer cell targeting. Here, we present the production and functional characterization of genetically-encoded PVX-derived nanoparticles decorated with nanobodies targeting two common receptors in human cancer cells, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2). We first generated a series of PVX-derived nanoparticles displaying distinct nanobodies against EGFR and HER2 in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Self-assembly and structural integrity of the recombinant nanoparticles were confirmed by immunogold electron microscopy. We next characterized in vitro the cancer-cell binding capacity of the different recombinant viral nanoparticles (VNPs) by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. Select VNPs were further assayed in a pilot in vivo study using tumor-bearing mice. Preliminary results showed that nanobody decoration can increase retention time and myeloid cell recruitment in the tumor microenvironment in HER2+ mouse tumor models in vivo. Nanobody-displaying PVX-derived nanoparticles may constitute a new plant-produced biotechnological product for cancer immunotherapy.

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Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesNanoparticlesNeoplasmsNicotianaPotexvirusSingle-Domain AntibodiesAnimalsCell Line, TumorErbB ReceptorsFemaleHumansMiceERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesErbB ReceptorsSingle-Domain Antibodiesepidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2)nanobodiesplant viruspotato virus X (PVX)viral nanoparticles

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