Preliminary nonclinical safety and immunogenicity of an rVSV-ΔG-SARS-CoV-2-S vaccine in mice, hamsters, rabbits and pigs

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rVSV-ΔG-SARS-CoV-2-S is a clinical stage (Phase 2) replication competent recombinant vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. To evaluate the safety profile of the vaccine, a series of non-clinical safety, immunogenicity and efficacy studies were conducted in four animal species, using multiple doses (up to 108 Plaque Forming Units/animal) and dosing regimens. There were no treatment-related mortalities or any noticeable clinical signs in any of the studies. Compared to unvaccinated controls, hematology and biochemistry parameters were unremarkable and no adverse histopathological findings. There was no detectable viral shedding in urine, nor viral RNA detected in whole blood or serum samples seven days post vaccination. The rVSV-ΔG-SARS-CoV-2-S vaccination gave rise to neutralizing antibodies, cellular immune responses, and increased lymphocytic cellularity in the spleen germinal centers and regional lymph nodes. No evidence for neurovirulence was found in C57BL/6 immune competent mice or in highly sensitive type I interferon knock-out mice. Vaccine virus replication and distribution in K18-human Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2-transgenic mice showed a gradual clearance from the vaccination site with no vaccine virus recovered from the lungs. The nonclinical data suggest that the rVSV-ΔG-SARS-CoV-2-S vaccine is safe and immunogenic. These results supported the initiation of clinical trials, currently in Phase 2.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:96

Enthalten in:

Archives of toxicology - 96(2022), 3 vom: 03. März, Seite 859-875

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Madar-Balakirski, Noa [VerfasserIn]
Rosner, Amir [VerfasserIn]
Melamed, Sharon [VerfasserIn]
Politi, Boaz [VerfasserIn]
Steiner, Michal [VerfasserIn]
Tamir, Hadas [VerfasserIn]
Yahalom-Ronen, Yfat [VerfasserIn]
Bar-David, Elad [VerfasserIn]
Ben-Shmuel, Amir [VerfasserIn]
Sittner, Assa [VerfasserIn]
Glinert, Itai [VerfasserIn]
Weiss, Shay [VerfasserIn]
Bar-Haim, Erez [VerfasserIn]
Cohen, Hila [VerfasserIn]
Elia, Uri [VerfasserIn]
Achdout, Hagit [VerfasserIn]
Erez, Noam [VerfasserIn]
Rotem, Shahar [VerfasserIn]
Lazar, Shlomi [VerfasserIn]
Nyska, Abraham [VerfasserIn]
Yitzhaki, Shmuel [VerfasserIn]
Beth-Din, Adi [VerfasserIn]
Levy, Haim [VerfasserIn]
Paran, Nir [VerfasserIn]
Israely, Tomer [VerfasserIn]
Marcus, Hadar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
G protein, vesicular stomatitis virus
Journal Article
Membrane Glycoproteins
Neutralizing antibodies
Nonclinical
Safety
Vaccine
Vaccines, Synthetic
Viral Envelope Proteins

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Date Completed 28.02.2022

Date Revised 06.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00204-021-03214-w

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NLM335669867