Single intranasal immunization with chimpanzee adenovirus-based vaccine induces sustained and protective immunity against MERS-CoV infection

The recently identified Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causes severe and fatal acute respiratory illness in humans. However, no approved prophylactic and therapeutic interventions are currently available. The MERS-CoV envelope spike protein serves as a crucial target for neutralizing antibodies and vaccine development, as it plays a critical role in mediating viral entry through interactions with the cellular receptor, dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4). Here, we constructed a recombinant rare serotype of the chimpanzee adenovirus 68 (AdC68) that expresses full-length MERS-CoV S protein (AdC68-S). Single intranasal immunization with AdC68-S induced robust and sustained neutralizing antibody and T cell responses in BALB/c mice. In a human DPP4 knock-in (hDPP4-KI) mouse model, it completely protected against lethal challenge with a mouse-adapted MERS-CoV (MERS-CoV-MA). Passive transfer of immune sera to naïve hDPP4-KI mice also provided survival advantages from lethal MERS-CoV-MA challenge. Analysis of sera absorption and isolated monoclonal antibodies from immunized mice demonstrated that the potent and broad neutralizing activity was largely attributed to antibodies targeting the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the S protein. These results show that AdC68-S can induce protective immune responses in mice and represent a promising candidate for further development against MERS-CoV infection in both dromedaries and humans.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Emerging microbes & infections - 8(2019), 1 vom: 15., Seite 760-772

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jia, Wenxu [VerfasserIn]
Channappanavar, Rudragouda [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Mingxi [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Haixia [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shuyuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Panpan [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Jiuyang [VerfasserIn]
Shan, Sisi [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Xuanling [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinquan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jincun [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Dongming [VerfasserIn]
Perlman, Stanley [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Linqi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Chimpanzee adenoviral vector
Drug Carriers
Intranasal immunization
Journal Article
MERS-CoV vaccine
Monoclonal antibody
Receptor binding domain (RBD)
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Vaccines, Synthetic
Viral Vaccines

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.08.2019

Date Revised 14.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2019.1620083

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM29748205X