TCR-like bispecific antibodies toward eliminating infected hepatocytes in HBV mouse models

Therapeutics for eradicating hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are still limited and current nucleos(t)ide analogs (NAs) and interferon are effective in controlling viral replication and improving liver health, but they cannot completely eradicate the hepatitis B virus and only a very small number o...

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Main Authors: Yang Shi, Zihan Wang, Jingjing Xu, Wenxia Niu, Yubin Wu, Huiyu Guo, Jinmiao Shi, Zonglin Li, Baorong Fu, Yunda Hong, Zikang Wang, Wenjie Guo, Dabing Chen, Xingling Li, Qian Li, Shaojuan Wang, Jiahua Gao, Aling Sun, Yaosheng Xiao, Jiali Cao, Lijuan Fu, Yangtao Wu, Tianying Zhang, Ningshao Xia, Quan Yuan
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2024.2387448
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author Yang Shi
Zihan Wang
Jingjing Xu
Wenxia Niu
Yubin Wu
Huiyu Guo
Jinmiao Shi
Zonglin Li
Baorong Fu
Yunda Hong
Zikang Wang
Wenjie Guo
Dabing Chen
Xingling Li
Qian Li
Shaojuan Wang
Jiahua Gao
Aling Sun
Yaosheng Xiao
Jiali Cao
Lijuan Fu
Yangtao Wu
Tianying Zhang
Ningshao Xia
Quan Yuan
author_facet Yang Shi
Zihan Wang
Jingjing Xu
Wenxia Niu
Yubin Wu
Huiyu Guo
Jinmiao Shi
Zonglin Li
Baorong Fu
Yunda Hong
Zikang Wang
Wenjie Guo
Dabing Chen
Xingling Li
Qian Li
Shaojuan Wang
Jiahua Gao
Aling Sun
Yaosheng Xiao
Jiali Cao
Lijuan Fu
Yangtao Wu
Tianying Zhang
Ningshao Xia
Quan Yuan
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description Therapeutics for eradicating hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are still limited and current nucleos(t)ide analogs (NAs) and interferon are effective in controlling viral replication and improving liver health, but they cannot completely eradicate the hepatitis B virus and only a very small number of patients are cured of it. The TCR-like antibodies recognizing viral peptides presented on human leukocyte antigens (HLA) provide possible tools for targeting and eliminating HBV-infected hepatocytes. Here, we generated three TCR-like antibodies targeting three different HLA-A2.1-presented peptides derived from HBV core and surface proteins. Bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) were developed by fuzing variable fragments of these TCR-like mAbs with an anti-CD3ϵ antibody. Our data demonstrate that the BsAbs could act as T cell engagers, effectively redirecting and activating T cells to target HBV-infected hepatocytes in vitro and in vivo. In HBV-persistent mice expressing human HLA-A2.1, two infusions of BsAbs induced marked and sustained suppression in serum HBsAg levels and also reduced the numbers of HBV-positive hepatocytes. These findings highlighted the therapeutic potential of TCR-like BsAbs as a new strategy to cure hepatitis B.
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spelling doaj-art-18b931e271c3464da761aa50c7b8336b2024-12-07T04:40:16ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEmerging Microbes and Infections2222-17512024-12-0113110.1080/22221751.2024.2387448TCR-like bispecific antibodies toward eliminating infected hepatocytes in HBV mouse modelsYang Shi0Zihan Wang1Jingjing Xu2Wenxia Niu3Yubin Wu4Huiyu Guo5Jinmiao Shi6Zonglin Li7Baorong Fu8Yunda Hong9Zikang Wang10Wenjie Guo11Dabing Chen12Xingling Li13Qian Li14Shaojuan Wang15Jiahua Gao16Aling Sun17Yaosheng Xiao18Jiali Cao19Lijuan Fu20Yangtao Wu21Tianying Zhang22Ningshao Xia23Quan Yuan24State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaDepartment of Infectious Disease, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaDepartment of Infectious Disease, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaDepartment of Infectious Disease, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaDepartment of Infectious Disease, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health & School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of ChinaTherapeutics for eradicating hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are still limited and current nucleos(t)ide analogs (NAs) and interferon are effective in controlling viral replication and improving liver health, but they cannot completely eradicate the hepatitis B virus and only a very small number of patients are cured of it. The TCR-like antibodies recognizing viral peptides presented on human leukocyte antigens (HLA) provide possible tools for targeting and eliminating HBV-infected hepatocytes. Here, we generated three TCR-like antibodies targeting three different HLA-A2.1-presented peptides derived from HBV core and surface proteins. Bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) were developed by fuzing variable fragments of these TCR-like mAbs with an anti-CD3ϵ antibody. Our data demonstrate that the BsAbs could act as T cell engagers, effectively redirecting and activating T cells to target HBV-infected hepatocytes in vitro and in vivo. In HBV-persistent mice expressing human HLA-A2.1, two infusions of BsAbs induced marked and sustained suppression in serum HBsAg levels and also reduced the numbers of HBV-positive hepatocytes. These findings highlighted the therapeutic potential of TCR-like BsAbs as a new strategy to cure hepatitis B.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2024.2387448Hepatitis B virusTCR-like antibodybispecific antibodytherapeutic antibodyHBsAg suppression
spellingShingle Yang Shi
Zihan Wang
Jingjing Xu
Wenxia Niu
Yubin Wu
Huiyu Guo
Jinmiao Shi
Zonglin Li
Baorong Fu
Yunda Hong
Zikang Wang
Wenjie Guo
Dabing Chen
Xingling Li
Qian Li
Shaojuan Wang
Jiahua Gao
Aling Sun
Yaosheng Xiao
Jiali Cao
Lijuan Fu
Yangtao Wu
Tianying Zhang
Ningshao Xia
Quan Yuan
TCR-like bispecific antibodies toward eliminating infected hepatocytes in HBV mouse models
Emerging Microbes and Infections
Hepatitis B virus
TCR-like antibody
bispecific antibody
therapeutic antibody
HBsAg suppression
title TCR-like bispecific antibodies toward eliminating infected hepatocytes in HBV mouse models
title_full TCR-like bispecific antibodies toward eliminating infected hepatocytes in HBV mouse models
title_fullStr TCR-like bispecific antibodies toward eliminating infected hepatocytes in HBV mouse models
title_full_unstemmed TCR-like bispecific antibodies toward eliminating infected hepatocytes in HBV mouse models
title_short TCR-like bispecific antibodies toward eliminating infected hepatocytes in HBV mouse models
title_sort tcr like bispecific antibodies toward eliminating infected hepatocytes in hbv mouse models
topic Hepatitis B virus
TCR-like antibody
bispecific antibody
therapeutic antibody
HBsAg suppression
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2024.2387448
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