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Multivalent display of minimal Clostridium difficile glycan epitopes mimics antigenic properties of larger glycans

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Broecker,  Felix
Chakkumal Anish, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Hanske,  Jonas
Christoph Rademacher, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Martin,  Christopher E.
Peter H. Seeberger - Vaccine Development, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Baek,  Ju Yuel
Peter H. Seeberger - Vaccine Development, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Wahlbrink,  Annette
Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Wojcik,  Felix
Laura Hartmann, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Hartmann,  Laura
Laura Hartmann, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Rademacher,  Christoph
Christoph Rademacher, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Chakkumkal,  Anish
Chakkumal Anish, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Seeberger,  Peter H.
Peter H. Seeberger - Vaccine Development, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Broecker, F., Hanske, J., Martin, C. E., Baek, J. Y., Wahlbrink, A., Wojcik, F., et al. (2016). Multivalent display of minimal Clostridium difficile glycan epitopes mimics antigenic properties of larger glycans. Nature Communications, 7: 11224. doi:10.1038/ncomms11224.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002A-41A9-E
Abstract
Synthetic cell-surface glycans are promising vaccine candidates against Clostridium difficile. The complexity of large, highly antigenic and immunogenic glycans is a synthetic challenge. Less complex antigens providing similar immune responses are desirable for vaccine development. Based on molecular-level glycan-antibody interaction analyses, we here demonstrate that the C. difficile surface polysaccharide-I (PS-I) can be resembled by multivalent display of minimal disaccharide epitopes on a synthetic scaffold that does not participate in binding. We show that antibody avidity as a measure of antigenicity increases by about five orders of magnitude when disaccharides are compared with constructs containing five disaccharides. The synthetic, pentavalent vaccine candidate containing a peptide T-cell epitope elicits weak but highly specific antibody responses to larger PS-I glycans in mice. This study highlights the potential of multivalently displaying small oligosaccharides to achieve antigenicity characteristic of larger glycans. The approach may result in more cost-efficient carbohydrate vaccines with reduced synthetic effort.