4 documents found, page 1 of 1
De novo human angiotensin - converting enzyme 2 Decoy NL-CVX1 protects mice fro...
Rebelo, Maria; Tang, Cong; Coelho, Ana R.; Labão-Almeida, Carlos; Schneider, Matthias M.; Tatalick, Laurie; Ruivo, Pedro; de Miranda, Marta PiresThe emergence of novel variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) underscores the need to investigate alternative approaches to prevent infection and treat patients with coronavirus disease 2019. Here, we report the preclinical efficacy of NL-CVX1, a de novo decoy that blocks virus entry into cells by binding with nanomolar affinity and high specificity to the receptor-binding doma...
De novo human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 decoy NL-CVX1 protects mice from ...
Rebelo, Maria; Tang, Cong; Coelho, Ana R; Labão-Almeida, Carlos; Schneider, Matthias M.; Tatalick, Laurie; Ruivo, Pedro; Pires de Miranda, MartaThe emergence of novel variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) underscores the need to investigate alternative approaches to prevent infection and treat patients with coronavirus disease 2019. Here, we report the preclinical efficacy of NL-CVX1, a de novo decoy that blocks virus entry into cells by binding with nanomolar affinity and high specificity to the receptor-binding doma...
Enhancement of the anti-aggregation activity of a molecular chaperone using a r...
Lindstedt, Philip R.; Aprile, Francesco A.; Matos, Maria J.; Perni, Michele; Bertoldo, Jean B.; Bernardim, Barbara; Peter, QuentinProtein behavior is closely regulated by a plethora of post-translational modifications (PTMs). It is therefore desirable to develop approaches to design rational PTMs to modulate specific protein functions. Here, we report one such method, and we illustrate its successful implementation by potentiating the anti-aggregation activity of a molecular chaperone. Molecular chaperones are a multifaceted class of prot...
Quaternization of Vinyl/Alkynyl Pyridine enables ultrafast cysteine‐selective p...
Matos, Maria J.; Navo, Claudio D.; Hakala, Tuuli; Ferhati, Xhenti; Guerreiro, Ana; Hartmann, David; Bernardim, Barbara; Saar, Kadi L.; Compañón, IsmaelQuaternized vinyl- and alkynyl-pyridine reagents were shown to react in an ultrafast and selective manner with several cysteine-tagged proteins at near-stoichiometric quantities. We have demonstrated that this method can effectively create a homogenous antibody-drug conjugate that features a precise drug-to-antibody ratio of 2, which was stable in human plasma and retained its specificity towards Her2+ cells. F...