Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Enhancing and shaping the immunogenicity of native-like HIV-1 envelope trimers with a two-component protein nanoparticle

  • Philip J. M. Brouwer,
  • Aleksandar Antanasijevic,
  • Zachary Berndsen,
  • Anila Yasmeen,
  • Brooke Fiala,
  • Tom P. L. Bijl,
  • Ilja Bontjer,
  • Jacob B. Bale,
  • William Sheffler,
  • Joel D. Allen,
  • Anna Schorcht,
  • Judith A. Burger,
  • Miguel Camacho,
  • Daniel Ellis,
  • Christopher A. Cottrell,
  • Anna-Janina Behrens,
  • Marco Catalano,
  • Iván del Moral-Sánchez,
  • Thomas J. Ketas,
  • Celia LaBranche,
  • Marit J. van Gils,
  • Kwinten Sliepen,
  • Lance J. Stewart,
  • Max Crispin,
  • David C. Montefiori,
  • David Baker,
  • John P. Moore,
  • Per Johan Klasse,
  • Andrew B. Ward,
  • Neil P. King,
  • Rogier W. Sanders

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12080-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Nanoparticles are a promising approach to increase immunogenicity of protein antigens for vaccines. Here, Brouwer et al. design self-assembling, two-component protein NPs that present native-like SOSIP trimers of HIV envelope protein and determine immunogenicity in a small animal model.