Unmethylated CpG motif-containing genomic DNA fragments of bacillus calmette-guerin improves immune response towards a DNA vaccine for COVID-19

Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Ltd..

The development of an effective vaccine to control the global coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus- 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is of utmost importance. In this study, a synthetic DNA-based vaccine candidate, known as pSV10-SARS-CoV-2, expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein was designed and tested in 39 BALB/c mice with BC01, an adjuvant derived from unmethylated CpG motif-containing DNA fragments from the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin genome. Mice vaccinated with pSV10-SARS-CoV-2 with BC01 produced early neutralizing antibodies and developed stronger humoral and cellular immune responses compared to mice that received the DNA vaccine only. Moreover, sera from mice vaccinated with pSV10-SARS-CoV-2 with BC01 can neutralize certain variants, including 614G, 614G + 472 V, 452R, 483A, 501Y.V2, and B.1.1.7. The results of this study demonstrate that the addition of BC01 to a DNA-vaccine for COVID-19 could elicit more effective neutralizing antibody titers for disease prevention.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Vaccine - 39(2021), 41 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 6050-6056

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Zehua [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xinyu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qianqian [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Lili [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Meiyu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shuo [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jiajing [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Jianhui [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Chenyan [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Fei [VerfasserIn]
An, Yimeng [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Haifa [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Youchun [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Aihua [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Weijin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-49-2
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
BC01 adjuvant
BCG Vaccine
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
DNA
DNA vaccine
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-COV-2
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
Vaccines, DNA

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Date Completed 30.09.2021

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.08.103

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330636529