Immunogenic Properties of the DNA Construct Encoding the Receptor-Binding Domain of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein

The development of preventive vaccines became the first order task in the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. This paper reports the construction of the pVAX-RBD plasmid containing the Receptor-Binding Domain (RBD) of the S protein and a unique signal sequence 176 which promotes target protein secretion into the extracellular space thereby increasing the efficiency of humoral immune response activation. A polyglucine-spermidine conjugate (PGS) was used to deliver pVAX-RBD into the cells. The comparative immunogenicity study of the naked pVAX-RBD and pVAX-RBD enclosed in the PGS envelope showed that the latter was more efficient in inducing an immune response in the immunized mice. In particular, RBD-specific antibody titers were shown in ELISA to be no higher than 1 : 1000 in the animals from the pVAX-RBD group and 1 : 42000, in the pVAX-RBD-PGS group. The pVAX-RBD-PGS construct effectively induced cellular immune response. Using ELISpot, it has been demonstrated that splenocytes obtained from the immunized animals effectively produced INF-y in response to stimulation with the S protein-derived peptide pool. The results suggest that the polyglucine-spermidine conjugate-enveloped pVAX-RBD construct may be considered as a promising DNA vaccine against COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

Molekuliarnaia biologiia - 55(2021), 6 vom: 27. Nov., Seite 987-998

Sprache:

Russisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Borgoyakova, M B [VerfasserIn]
Karpenko, L I [VerfasserIn]
Rudometov, A P [VerfasserIn]
Shanshin, D V [VerfasserIn]
Isaeva, A A [VerfasserIn]
Nesmeyanova, V S [VerfasserIn]
Volkova, N V [VerfasserIn]
Belenkaya, S V [VerfasserIn]
Murashkin, D E [VerfasserIn]
Shcherbakov, D N [VerfasserIn]
Volosnikova, E A [VerfasserIn]
Starostina, E V [VerfasserIn]
Orlova, L A [VerfasserIn]
Danilchenko, N V [VerfasserIn]
Zaikovskaya, A V [VerfasserIn]
Pyankov, O V [VerfasserIn]
Ilyichev, A A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-49-2
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19 Vaccines
DNA
DNA vaccine
Immune response
Journal Article
Mouse model
SARS-CoV-2
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 30.11.2021

Date Revised 30.11.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.31857/S0026898421060045

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM333748190