Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike S1-Fc fusion protein induced high levels of neutralizing responses in nonhuman primates

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The COVID-19 outbreak has become a global pandemic responsible for over 2,000,000 confirmed cases and over 126,000 deaths worldwide. In this study, we examined the immunogenicity of CHO-expressed recombinant SARS-CoV-2 S1-Fc fusion protein in mice, rabbits, and monkeys as a potential candidate for a COVID-19 vaccine. We demonstrate that the S1-Fc fusion protein is extremely immunogenic, as evidenced by strong antibody titers observed by day 7. Strong virus neutralizing activity was observed on day 14 in rabbits immunized with the S1-Fc fusion protein using a pseudovirus neutralization assay. Most importantly, in <20 days and three injections of the S1-Fc fusion protein, two monkeys developed higher virus neutralizing titers than a recovered COVID-19 patient in a live SARS-CoV-2 infection assay. Our data strongly suggests that the CHO-expressed SARS-CoV-2 S1-Fc recombinant protein could be a strong candidate for vaccine development against COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Vaccine - 38(2020), 35 vom: 31. Juli, Seite 5653-5658

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ren, Wenlin [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Hunter [VerfasserIn]
Gao, George F [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jianxin [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Sean [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Rongqing [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Guang [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Yalin [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Gan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yuxin [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jinggong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Sitao [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Wen [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yufei [VerfasserIn]
Su, Junchi [VerfasserIn]
He, Ailiang [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Min [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Chenxi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Maohua [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Le [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
Vaccine
Viral Vaccines

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.07.2020

Date Revised 28.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.06.066

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312278616