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Carbohydrate-Based Antiviral Vaccines
Adrián Plata1 and Alberto Fernández-Tejada
1
CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Chemical Immunology Lab, Biscay Science and
Technology Park, Building 801A, Derio, Biscay 48160, Spain
2
Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Euskadi Plaza, 5, Bilbao, Biscay 48009, Spain
1,2
3.1 Introduction
Carbohydrates play a critical role in numerous infections caused by viruses that are
responsible for many diseases, including common cold, influenza[1], the more serious acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)[2], and different forms of the
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), best exemplified by the current, devastating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) pandemic due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus2 (SARSCoV2) virus [3]. In addition to infectious
diseases caused by viral infections, some viruses are at the origin of several human
cancers, most notably liver cancers resulting from chronic infections by hepatitis B
and C viruses[4] and cervical cancers associated with longlasting infection with the
human papillomavirus (HPV)[5]. To fight against these serious diseases, the importance of safe, potent vaccines and therapeutic approaches is clear, contributing to
the prevention and treatment of such viral infections for global health. A number of
antiviral vaccines containing liveattenuated or inactivated viruses have been very
effective in combating and even eradicating several viral infectious diseases in
recent history, e.g. polio, measles, mumps, rabies, varicella, and smallpox [6].
However, this traditional approach has not been fully successful for some chronic
and reemerging viral diseases, such as HIV, influenza, or hepatitis C. As such, the
development of modern subunit vaccines based on purified and structurally defined
immunogenic elements of a specific virus has become a preferred preventative strategy due to their improved safety and more precise immune targeting[6].
Carbohydrates are ubiquitous on many viral surface proteins and are crucially
involved in viral pathobiology. Viral protein glycosylation plays pivotal functional
roles in the infectious process[7], from initial adherence of the virus and tissue
invasion to protection from the immune system, by mimicking the hostcell “self”
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glycans, particularly Nglycans [8], by hijacking cellular glycosylation. Thus, in
addition to the own viral genome information, the biosynthetic machinery and glycan processing events within the infected cell have important implications for shaping viral protein glycosylation. This provides further structural diversity for the
virus beyond that arising from potential mutations occurring during virus evolution, impacting their virulence, infectivity, and immunogenicity[9].
Thus, realizing the importance of viral glycosylation and diversity in driving viral
pathogenesis has provided fertile ground to exploit carbohydrates on the virus surface for the development of antiviral vaccines and therapeutic strategies using
chemical approaches. In this chapter, we describe key and recent developments in
synthetic carbohydratebased vaccines against representative viral diseases (e.g.
HIV, influenza, hepatitis, Ebola, and COVID19), while also providing some examples of glycanbased immunoadjuvants and therapeutic agents.
3.2 Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV1) is the causative agent of AIDS, a
pandemic that has affected more than 76 million people since its onset in 1981, with
over 33 million deaths (680 000 of them in 2020) because of AIDSrelated diseases[2]. As such, the development of an effective and safe prophylactic vaccine
against HIV1 is of critical importance for global health. However, only a few clinical trials over the last decade have shown a positive outcome in terms of preventing
HIV1. The most successful results correspond to the RV144 efficacy trial, which
used a replicationdefective canarypox vector (ALVAC) together with the recombinant AIDSVAX B/E HIV1 gp120 protein. Despite its promise, the protected efficacy
of this vaccine was around 31%, mainly attributed to the synergistic contribution of
both humoral and cellular immune responses[10, 11]. Therefore, the development
of a successful HIV1 vaccine still poses a significant scientific challenge, whereby
induction of both neutralizing antibodies and Tcell responses should be ideal for
optimal vaccine efficacy[12].
The HIV1 virus surface is covered by a dense sugar coat, with the envelope glycoprotein (Env) spike being extensively glycosylated with hostsynthesized carbohydrates that mask the protein antigens from immune recognition[13]. This, together
with the high level of genetic diversity of the virus due to its high tendency to
mutate, promotes viral escape from the host immune system. The HIV1 Env is a
trimer composed of three gp120–gp41 heterodimers consisting of the gp120 surface
glycoprotein noncovalently associated with the gp41 transmembrane glycoprotein.
Gp120 is heavily glycosylated with an extensive array of Nlinked carbohydrates that
constitute more than 50% of its total mass. These oligosaccharides form a dense
glycan shield that covers the protein surface and contributes to immune evasion by
hindering immune recognition of the underlying peptide epitopes by naturally
induced broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) [14, 15]. Recent reports have
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which are characterized by special, uncommon features (e.g. extensive somatic
hypermutation, long heavychain third complementaritydetermining regions
[CDRH3], and/or self or polyreactive nature) that make it difficult to induce such
bnAbs by a designed HIV vaccine [16]. Notably, all bnAbs isolated sofar target
specific, conserved regions of vulnerability of the HIV1 Env, particularly within
established glycan/peptide domains corresponding to the gp120 variable loops 1/2
(V1V2) and 3 (V3), the CD4binding site (CD4bs) on gp120, the bridging region
between gp120 and gp41, and the gp41 membraneproximal external region
(MPER)[17]. Therefore, these bnAb epitopes represent promising targets for HIV1
vaccine design, with the main goal of inducing such type of bnAb with the ability to
neutralize multiple, diverse HIV1 strains.
Given the key role of the HIV1 glycans in viral transmission and infection as well
as in masking the protein antigens for immune escape, the Env surface glycans are
a primary target for the design of effective HIV1 vaccines[13, 18]. In this context,
the development of carbohydratebased synthetic immunogens as minimal structural mimics of several bnAb epitopes has emerged as an important strategy in an
attempt to develop vaccines capable of inducing bnAbs with safer and more precise
immune targeting. This section describes the most significant milestones in the synthesis and immunological testing of glycanbased epitope mimics as promising targets for the development of bnAbeliciting HIV1 vaccine candidates[19, 20]. We
summarize recent advances on carbohydratebased minimal immunogen design for
the induction of glycanrecognizing bnAbs that target three key domains on gp120:
the outer domain highmannose glycan cluster around N332 and the conserved
glycopeptidedependent epitopes in the V1V2 and V3loops, respectively.
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3.2.1 Vaccine Constructs Derived from gp120 High-Mannose
N-Glycan Cluster
3.2.1.1 Surface Oligomannose Cluster-Targeting bnAb: 2G12 Antibody
The monoclonal antibody 2G12was the first bnAb identified to bind the HIV1 glycan shield. It was isolated from an HIV1positive patient and has been found to
neutralize an array of HIV1 virions[21] as well as to protect against simianhuman
immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) via passive immunization in macaques[22, 23]. As
shown by epitope mapping studies, 2G12 recognizes a conserved highmannose carbohydrate cluster on the gp120 surface that includes primarily Nglycans at the
N295, N332, and N392 positions [24]. Moreover, the Manα1→2Man disaccharide
terminus was identified as a critical motif for binding[25]. The crystal structure of
2G12 showed an unusual assembly of two Fab (fragment antigen binding) regions
into an interlocked V
domainswapped dimer, yielding an extended multivalent
H
binding surface for the glycan cluster[26].
Additional binding analysis using welldefined carbohydrate antigens provided
further details on glycan specificity. These studies showed that a Man
or even a Man
structure mimicking the D1 arm of native Man9GlcNAc2[28] pre-
4
GlcNAc[27]
9
sented the highest binding affinities with this bnAb [29–31], emphasizing the

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(c)
(e)
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importance of the terminal Manα1→2Man moiety for 2G12 recognition and in
agreement with previous crystallographic studies[26]. Based on these observations,
several groups have focused on the development of different synthetic structures
that can mimic the 2G12 epitope and have assessed their binding affinity in vitro
(antigenicity) as well as their ability to elicit bnAbs invivo (immunogenicity).
3.2.1.2 Synthesis and Immunological Evaluation of 2G12 Epitope Mimics
In 2004, Wang and Li synthesized several oligomannoside clusters by conjugating
highmannose glycans with cholic acid[32] and galactoside moieties[27] through a
maleimide–thiol coupling reaction (Scheme3.1a). Multivalent Man
GlcNAc2 struc-
9
tures (Figure 3.1a,b) presented relatively high binding affinity to 2G12, but they
were not comparable to that of native gp120. In a subsequent study, the tetravalent
galactosidescaffolded moiety was conjugated through a maleimidebased linker to
keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH, a carrier protein that promotes Thelper responses and multivalent antigen presentation) (Figure3.1b) in order to evaluate its
capacity to induce bnAbs in rabbits[33]. Unfortunately, most of the antibodies were
raised against the maleimide linker, and only modest titers of carbohydratespecific
antibodies were elicited, which showed weak crossreactivity against gp120 and no
HIVneutralizing activity.
Meanwhile, the Danishefsky laboratory performed the total synthesis of hybrid
type and Man
GlcNAc2 glycan structures and incorporated them into a gp120 pep-
9
tide fragment via Lansbury aspartylation (Scheme3.1b), obtaining fully synthetic
N322glycosylated gp120 (A316R355) fragments [34, 35]. Although surface plasmon resonance (SPR) experiments showed weak binding of the compounds with
2G12 bnAb, subsequent dimerization of the structures through a disulfide bond
(C331) resulted in enhanced antigenicity[36].
Collectively, the studies by the groups of Wang and Danishefsky suggested a
crucial effect of glycan multivalency in binding the 2G12 bnAb. Therefore, later
efforts have been focused on the design and synthesis of carbohydrate clusters by
(b)
(d)
Scheme 3.1 Conjugation reactions and linker chemistry applied in the synthesis of 2G12
epitope mimics. (a) Thiol–maleimide coupling/thioether linkage, (b) Lansbury aspartylation/
amide linkage, (c) Copper(I)-catalyzed alkyne–azide cycloaddition (CuAAC)/triazole linkage,
(d)Amide linkage (via NHS ester), (e)Thiourea linkage.

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Table3.1 Significant examples ofsynthetic 2G12 epitope mimics.
Coupling reaction/
Year(s) Author(s)
a
linkage Template/scaffold
b
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Reference(s)
2004–2006 Wang Maleimide–thiol/
2004 Danishefsky Lansbury
2007 Wang CuAAC/triazole Cyclopeptide (c) [37]
2007–2008 Danishefsky Lansbury
2008 Wong CuAAC/triazole Glycodendrimer (e) [40]
2010 Costantino NHSbased/amide Glycodendrimer (f) [41]
2008 Burton Thiourea BSA protein (g) [42]
2019 Kosma Thiourea BSA protein (h) [43]
2010 Finn, Burton CuAAC/triazole Qβ viruslike particle
2010 Wilson,
Davis
2011–2021 Krauss CuAAC/triazole DNA, peptide (k),
a) Corresponding author(s).
b) Structures indicated in Figure3.1.
thioether
aspartylation/amide
aspartylation/amide
CuAAC/triazole Qβ viruslike particle
Cholic acid (a) and
galactoside (b)
Gp120 peptide [34–36]
Cyclopeptide (d) [38, 39]
(i)
(
j)
and RNA
[27, 32, 33]
[44]
[45]
[46–52]
incorporating glycan moieties into different scaffolds using several conjugation
strategies (Scheme3.1). Table3.1 and Figure3.1 illustrate significant examples of
synthetic 2G12 epitope mimics developed over the last 15 years.
The synthetic Man
(D1 arm of Man9GlcNAc2) tetravalent constructs (Figure3.1c)
4
synthesized by the Wang group using CuAAC (Scheme3.1c) afforded relatively high
2G12 affinities, albeit decreased binding was observed for the fluorinated derivative[37]. In parallel, Danishefsky and coworkers prepared a range of Man
GlcNAc2
9
Nglycan clusters on a modular cyclic peptide (Figure3.1d) via Lansbury aspartylation (Scheme3.1b), with the divalent and trivalent structures showing significantly
higher affinities compared to monovalent ones, which confirmed the importance of
multivalent presentation. Subsequently, they attached the bivalent compound to the
outer membrane protein complex (OMPC, an immunostimulatory carrier protein)
via thiol–maleimide coupling (Scheme 3.1a) (~2000 glycopeptide monomers per
conjugate) (Figure3.1d)[38], in order to perform immunogenicity studies in guinea
pigs and rhesus macaques. Although high levels of carbohydratespecific antibodies
were elicited in both species, they were not able to recognize a recombinant HIV
gp120 precursor, thus failing to elicit a 2G12like bnAb response[39]. These results
show that despite their antigenicity, the synthetic highmannose structures do not
mimic the 2G12 antibody epitope realistically, and lack the ability to induce bnAbs,
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(d)
(g)
(j) (k)
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Other multivalent structures, such as Wong’s Man9 glycodendron (Figure3.1e)
obtained via CuAAC (Scheme3.1c)[40] or Costantino’s Man
and Man9containing
4
glycodendrimers (Figure3.1f) synthesized using amide coupling (Scheme3.1d)[41],
both exhibited significant binding affinities with 2G12. The latter were linked to the
CRM
carrier protein via amide linkage (Scheme3.1d) for subsequent immuniza-
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tion studies invivo[41]. Analogously, Astronomo etal. synthesized a (Man
(bovine serum albumin) conjugate via a thiourea linkage (Scheme3.1e) using BSA
as a carrier protein for multimeric presentation (Figure 3.1g) and evaluated its
immunogenicity in rabbits [42]. In both cases, carbohydratespecific antibodies
were generated, but the antisera were not crossreactive to HIV1 gp120[41, 42].
Notably, Clark etal. showed that a bacterial lipooligosaccharide (LOS) derived from
Rhizobium radiobacter Rv3 that included a Man4 D1like arm was bound with
4)14
–BSA
(b) (c)
(e) (f)
(h)
Figure3.1 Synthetic 2G12 bnAb epitope mimics.
(i)

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reasonable affinity by 2G12. Mouse immunization with heatkilled Rv3 bacteria
elicited glycanspecific antibodies that recognized monomeric gp120 but could not
neutralize HIV1 virions[53]. Based on these findings and on the crystallographic
structure of the 2G12/LOS complex[54], Kosma and coworkers conjugated several
LOSderived, penta or heptamannose structures to BSA and assessed their antigenicity, with a thiourealinked (Scheme3.1e), βanomeric Man
glycan (Figure3.1h)
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showing the highest 2G12affinity[43].
In other studies, Finn and collaborators investigated the use of viruslike particles
(namely, bacteriophage Qβ), as scaffolds to facilitate a multivalent, ordered presentation of highmannose glycans via triazole linkers (Scheme3.1c) with the purpose
of mimicking the oligomannose clustering on gp120. The highest 2G12 affinities
were obtained with Qβ–Man
constructs (Figure 3.1i). The first two conjugate types (Qβ–Man4 and Qβ–
Man
9
) induced mannosespecific antibodies in rabbits that recognized the respec-
Man
9
, Qβ–Man9, and especially with a mixture of Qβ–Man8/
4
tive glycans, but they did not crossreact with native gp120 or show HIV1neutralizing
activity[44].
In a rationally designed strategy to enhance the immunogenicity of synthetic
2G12 epitope sugar mimics, Davis and coworkers synthesized a number of unnatural mannosederived monosaccharides and their respective D1arm tetrasaccharides for antigenicity and immunogenicity studies [45]. Interestingly, the
nonself Man
glycan incorporating a terminal C6methylated mannose (see
4
Scheme3.2 for synthesis) showed the highest binding to 2G12, and its corresponding triazolelinked (Scheme3.1c) Qβ conjugate (Figure3.1j) was evaluated
in rabbits. Although considerably increased titers of mannosespecific antibodies
were induced, they were not crossreactive with native gp120 and failed to neutralize HIV1.
In the last decade, Krauss and coworkers have applied a directed evolutionbased
approach to the development of multivalent carbohydrate clusters as effective 2G12
epitope mimics. Following their early work with DNAscaffolded Man
and Man9
4
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Scheme 3.2 Synthesis of unnatural C6-methylated mannose and assembly of a nonself
tetrasaccharide D1-arm mimic.

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glycoclusters[46, 47, 55], they developed a method to select Man9bearing multivalent glycopeptides as glycocluster scaffolds by combining mRNA presentation,
incorporation of alkynecontaining unnatural amino acids, and subsequent glycan
coupling via CuAAC (Scheme3.1c)[48]. This strategy led to invitro selected glycopeptides incorporating 3–5 oligosaccharides that showed binding affinities comparable with natural 2G12–gp120interactions (in the picomolar to low nanomolar
range), which represents the most antigenic 2G12 glycopeptide epitope mimic
reported to date. The best Man
functionalized CRM
(Scheme 3.1a) (Figure 3.1k) [49] for immunological
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bearing peptides were conjugated to maleimide
9
evaluation in rabbits[50]. While glycopeptidereactive antibodies targeting the carbohydrate part were generated, low binding to the nativelike soluble trimeric HIV
Env protein (SOSIP) was observed (only in two cases), with negligible HIV1
neutralizing activity. Moreover, the induced antibodies were found to bind mainly
to the core mannoses rather than the Manα1→2Man termini recognized by 2G12,
which might result from serum mannosidase trimming invivo before immunogen
presentation to Bcell receptors[50]. In a subsequent study to assess the effect of the
vaccination regimen with a view to promote Manα1→2Manspecific antibodies, an
evolved Man
glycopeptide immunogen was coadministered with the QS21 adju-
4
vant in liposomes using standard bolus dosing, an exponential series of mini doses,
or continuous infusion[51]. The two latter regimens led to higher overall IgG titers
to the glycopeptide, whereas bolusimmunized mice showed the strongest HIV Env
binding antibody response. Nonetheless, Manα1→2Manbinding antibodies were
not induced in either case, suggesting that mannosidase activity might be saturated
under the bolus immunization protocol, resulting in an increased presentation of
intact Man
to B cells, albeit still insufficient to elicit antibodies to the Manα1→2Man
9
motif. These findings highlight the need for an improved understanding of these
biological processes in order to rationally develop optimal bnAbeliciting HIV1 vaccines. Recently, the Krauss group has also developed a novel directed evolution platform for the selection of stable2′fluoromodified RNAsupported Man
glycoclusters
9
that bind to 2G12with low nanomolar affinities[52].
Taken together, while the synthetic glycoconjugates developed so far could induce
oligomannosespecific antibodies with high 2G12binding affinities (as described
above), they have not proven to be effective HIV immunogens, failing to elicit 2G12
like antibodies that are crossreactive with the native Env protein to lead to an
HIV1neutralizing response. The lack of immunogenicity of these 2G12 epitope
mimics can be attributed to several reasons. First and foremost, the conformation of
the glycan and its presentation as part of the synthetic immunogen may be different
from that of the natural gp120 protein, making it, therefore, unable to recapitulate
the native spatial orientation in the Env spike. This may be due to their distinct,
inherent physicochemical properties as well as the subsequent glycan processing
invivo. For instance, the inner GlcNAc
core that is missing in most of the con-
2
structs developed may have an important effect in defining the optimal carbohydrate orientation, which together with the high flexibility of the synthetic glycans
may lead to unproductive immune recognition of irrelevant oligosaccharide conformations. This notion is supported by observations from Doms and coworkers, who
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