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Exploiting glycan topography for computational design of Env glycoprotein antigenicity

Yu, Wen-Han
Zhao, Peng
Draghi, Monia
Arevalo, Claudia
Karsten, Christina B.
Suscovich, Todd J.
Gunn, Bronwyn
Streeck, Hendrik
Brass, Abraham L.
Tiemeyer, Michael
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Mounting evidence suggests that glycans, rather than merely serving as a "shield", contribute critically to antigenicity of the HIV envelope (Env) glycoprotein, representing critical antigenic determinants for many broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs). While many studies have focused on defining the role of individual glycans or groups of proximal glycans in bNAb binding, little is known about the effects of changes in the overall glycan landscape in modulating antibody access and Env antigenicity. Here we developed a systems glycobiology approach to reverse engineer the complexity of HIV glycan heterogeneity to guide antigenicity-based de novo glycoprotein design. bNAb binding was assessed against a panel of 94 recombinant gp120 monomers exhibiting defined glycan site occupancies. Using a Bayesian machine learning algorithm, bNAb-specific glycan footprints were identified and used to design antigens that selectively alter bNAb antigenicity as a proof-of concept. Our approach provides a new design strategy to predictively modulate antigenicity via the alteration of glycan topography, thereby focusing the humoral immune response on sites of viral vulnerability for HIV.

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PLoS Comput Biol. 2018 Apr 20;14(4):e1006093. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006093. eCollection 2018 Apr. Link to article on publisher's site

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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006093
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