Reduced cross-protective potential of Omicron compared to ancestral SARS-CoV-2 spike vaccines against potentially zoonotic coronaviruses

Autor: Tyler M. Renner, Matthew Stuible, Brian Cass, Sylvie Perret, Julie Guimond, Simon Lord-Dufour, Michael J. McCluskie, Yves Durocher, Bassel Akache
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: npj Viruses, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2948-1767
DOI: 10.1038/s44298-024-00067-9
Popis: Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the importance of vaccines and preparedness against viral threats crossing species barriers. In response, a worldwide vaccination campaign targeting SARS-CoV-2 was implemented, which provides some cross-protective immunological memory to other coronavirus species with zoonotic potential. Following a vaccination regimen against SARS-CoV-2 spike in a preclinical mouse model, we were able to demonstrate the induction of neutralizing antibodies towards multiple human ACE2 (hACE2)-binding Sarbecovirus spikes. Importantly, compared to vaccines based on the SARS-CoV-2 Reference strain, vaccines based on Omicron spike sequences induced drastically less broadly cross-protective neutralizing antibodies against other hACE2-binding sarbecoviruses. This observation remained true whether the vaccination regimens were based on protein subunit or mRNA / LNP vaccines. Overall, while it may be necessary to update vaccine antigens to combat the evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus for enhanced protection from COVID-19, Reference-based vaccines may be a more valuable tool to protect against novel coronavirus zoonoses.
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