A small-molecule fusion inhibitor of influenza virus is orally active in mice

Author:

van Dongen Maria J. P.12ORCID,Kadam Rameshwar U.3ORCID,Juraszek Jarek1ORCID,Lawson Edward4ORCID,Brandenburg Boerries15ORCID,Schmitz Frederike1ORCID,Schepens Wim B. G.2ORCID,Stoops Bart2ORCID,van Diepen Harry A.1ORCID,Jongeneelen Mandy15,Tang Chan15ORCID,Vermond Jan1ORCID,van Eijgen-Obregoso Real Alida1,Blokland Sven15,Garg Divita6,Yu Wenli3,Goutier Wouter1ORCID,Lanckacker Ellen7ORCID,Klap Jaco M.1ORCID,Peeters Daniëlle C. G.2,Wu Jin7ORCID,Buyck Christophe2ORCID,Jonckers Tim H. M.7,Roymans Dirk7ORCID,Roevens Peter2,Vogels Ronald15,Koudstaal Wouter1,Friesen Robert H. E.1,Raboisson Pierre7,Dhanak Dashyant24,Goudsmit Jaap18,Wilson Ian A.39ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Janssen Prevention Center, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Archimedesweg 6, Leiden, Netherlands.

2. Discovery Sciences, Janssen Research & Development, Turnhoutseweg 30, Beerse, Belgium.

3. Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.

4. Discovery Sciences, Janssen Research & Development, 1400 McKean Rd., Spring House, PA, USA.

5. Janssen Infectious Diseases and Vaccines, Janssen Research & Development, Archimedesweg 4-6, Leiden, Netherlands.

6. Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.

7. Janssen Infectious Diseases and Vaccines, Janssen Research & Discovery, Turnhoutseweg 30, Beerse, Belgium.

8. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

9. The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Abstract

A small molecule that targets influenza Many of us rely on seasonal vaccines for protection against influenza and are only too aware of their limited breadth. Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) that target the conserved hemagglutinin (HA) stem of the influenza virus provide hope for the development of universal vaccines and are being evaluated in clinical trials. Van Dongen et al. selected and optimized a small-molecule lead compound that recapitulates key interactions of the bnAb with HA. Like the bnAb, the compound inhibited viral fusion in the endosomes of target cells. The compound protected mice from influenza after oral administration and neutralized virus infection in a 3D cell culture of human bronchial epithelial cells. Science , this issue p. eaar6221

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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