학술논문

Immunoliposomes As a Promising Antiviral Agent against SARS-CoV-2
Document Type
Original Paper
Source
Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics. 514(1):6-10
Subject
immunoliposomes
virus neutralization
barnase
Language
English
ISSN
1607-6729
1608-3091
Abstract
According to the World Health Organization, as of January 3, 2020 to September 13, 2023, there were approximately 23 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in the Russian Federation, about 400 thousand of which were fatal. Considering the high rate of mutation of the RNA-containing virus genome, which inevitably leads to the emergence of new infectious strains (Eris and Pyrola), the search for medicinal antiviral agents remains an urgent task. Moreover, taking into account the actively mutating receptor-binding domain, this task requires fundamentally new solutions. This study proposes a candidate immunoliposomal drug that targets the S protein of SARS-CoV-2 by the monoclonal neutralizing antibody P4A1 and ensures the penetration of a highly active ribonuclease into the virus-infected cell, which degrades, among cellular RNA, viral RNA too. We demonstrate a more than 40-fold increase in the neutralizing activity of the developed drug compared to the free monoclonal neutralizing antibody.