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Peng Zhang, Falcone, Samantha, Yaroslav Tsybovsky, Singh, Mamta, Gopan, Vinay, Huiyi Miao, Yuna Seo, Rogers, Denise, Renzi, Isabella, Yen-Ting Lai, Narayanan, Elisabeth, Stewart-Jones, Guillaume, Himansu, Sunny, Carfi, Andrea, Fauci, Anthony S., Lusso, Paolo |
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 7/18/2023, Vol. 120 Issue 29, p1-8, 9p |
| Abstrakt: |
Vaccines have played a fundamental role in the control of infectious diseases. We previously developed a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against HIV-1 that forms virus-like particles (VLPs) through coexpression of the viral envelope with Gag. Here, we applied the same principle to the design of a VLP-forming mRNA vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). To promote cognate interaction with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Gag, we engineered different chimeric proteins encompassing the ectodomain and the transmembrane region of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein from the Wuhan-Hu-1 strain fused to the gp41 cytoplasmic tail of either HIV-1 (strain WITO) or SIV (strain mac239) with or without a partial truncation at amino acid 745 to enhance membrane expression. Upon cotransfection with SIV gag mRNA, the Spike-SIVCT.745 (SSt) chimera yielded the highest level of cell-surface expression and extracellular VLP release. Immunization of BALB/c mice with SSt+gag mRNA at 0, 4, and 16 wk induced higher titers of Spike-binding and autologous neutralizing antibodies at all time points compared to SSt mRNA alone. Furthermore, mice immunized with SSt+gag mRNA developed neutralizing antibodies effective against different variants of concern. These data demonstrate that the Gag/VLP mRNA platform can be successfully applied to vaccines against different agents for the prevention of infectious diseases of global relevance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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