%ACai, Xiaolei [Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%AChen, Min [Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%AProminski, Aleksander [Department of Chemistry University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%ALin, Yiliang [Department of Chemistry University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%AAnkenbruck, Nicholas [Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%ARosenberg, Jillian [Committee on Cancer Biology University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%ANguyen, Mindy [Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%AShi, Jiuyun [Department of Chemistry University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%ATomatsidou, Anastasia [Department of Microbiology Howard Taylor Ricketts Laboratory University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%ARandall, Glenn [Department of Microbiology Howard Taylor Ricketts Laboratory University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%AMissiakas, Dominique [Department of Microbiology Howard Taylor Ricketts Laboratory University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%AFung, John [Department of Surgery University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%AChang, Eugene [Department of Medicine University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%APenaloza‐MacMaster, Pablo [Department of Microbiology‐Immunology Northwestern University Chicago IL 60611 USA]%ATian, Bozhi [Department of Chemistry University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%AHuang, Jun [Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA]%BJournal Name: Advanced Science; Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 2; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-08-25 18:44:44 %D2021%IWiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons) %JJournal Name: Advanced Science; Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 2; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-08-25 18:44:44 %K %MOSTI ID: 10366446 %PMedium: X %TA Multifunctional Neutralizing Antibody‐Conjugated Nanoparticle Inhibits and Inactivates SARS‐CoV‐2 %XAbstract

The outbreak of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), has resulted in a global pandemic. Despite intensive research, the current treatment options show limited curative efficacies. Here the authors report a strategy incorporating neutralizing antibodies conjugated to the surface of a photothermal nanoparticle (NP) to capture and inactivate SARS‐CoV‐2. The NP is comprised of a semiconducting polymer core and a biocompatible polyethylene glycol surface decorated with high‐affinity neutralizing antibodies. The multifunctional NP efficiently captures SARS‐CoV‐2 pseudovirions and completely blocks viral infection to host cells in vitro through the surface neutralizing antibodies. In addition to virus capture and blocking function, the NP also possesses photothermal function to generate heat following irradiation for inactivation of virus. Importantly, the NPs described herein significantly outperform neutralizing antibodies at treating authentic SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in vivo. This multifunctional NP provides a flexible platform that can be readily adapted to other SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies and extended to novel therapeutic proteins, thus it is expected to provide a broad range of protection against original SARS‐CoV‐2 and its variants.

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