Optimal Expression, Function, and Immunogenicity of an HIV-1 Vaccine Derived from the Approved Ebola Vaccine, rVSV-ZEBOV
| Autor: | Hiva Azizi, Jason P. Knapp, Yue Li, Alice Berger, Marc-Alexandre Lafrance, Jannie Pedersen, Marc-Antoine de la Vega, Trina Racine, Chil-Yong Kang, Jamie F. S. Mann, Jimmy D. Dikeakos, Gary Kobinger, Eric J. Arts |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Vaccines, Vol 11, Iss 5, p 977 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 11050977 2076-393X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/vaccines11050977 |
| Popis: | Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) remains an attractive platform for a potential HIV-1 vaccine but hurdles remain, such as selection of a highly immunogenic HIV-1 Envelope (Env) with a maximal surface expression on recombinant rVSV particles. An HIV-1 Env chimera with the transmembrane domain (TM) and cytoplasmic tail (CT) of SIVMac239 results in high expression on the approved Ebola vaccine, rVSV-ZEBOV, also harboring the Ebola Virus (EBOV) glycoprotein (GP). Codon-optimized (CO) Env chimeras derived from a subtype A primary isolate (A74) are capable of entering a CD4+/CCR5+ cell line, inhibited by HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies PGT121, VRC01, and the drug, Maraviroc. The immunization of mice with the rVSV-ZEBOV carrying the CO A74 Env chimeras results in anti-Env antibody levels as well as neutralizing antibodies 200-fold higher than with the NL4-3 Env-based construct. The novel, functional, and immunogenic chimeras of CO A74 Env with the SIV_Env-TMCT within the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine are now being tested in non-human primates. |
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