A fourth dose of Omicron RBD vaccine enhances broad neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 variants including BA.1 and BA.2 in vaccinated mice

© 2022 The Authors. Journal of Medical Virology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC..

The SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have been widely used to build an immunologic barrier in the population against the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a newly emerging Omicron variant, including BA.1, BA.1.1, BA.2, and BA.3 sublineages, largely escaped the neutralization of existing neutralizing antibodies (nAbs), even those elicited by three doses of vaccines. Here, we used the Omicron BA.1 RBD as a fourth dose of vaccine to induce potent Omicron-specific nAbs and evaluated the broadly neutralizing activities against SARS-CoV-2 variants. The BA.1-based vaccine was indeed prone to induce a strain-specific antibody response substantially cross-reactive with BA.2 sublineage, and yet triggered broad neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 variants when it was used in the sequential immunization with WT and other variant vaccines. These results demonstrated that the booster of Omicron RBD vaccine could be a rational strategy to enhance the broadly nAb response.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical virology - 94(2022), 8 vom: 26. Aug., Seite 3992-3997

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Bing [VerfasserIn]
Song, Shuo [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Huimin [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xinrong [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Weilong [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Xiangyang [VerfasserIn]
Ju, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article
Neutralization
Omicron variant
RBD vaccine
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Sequential immunization
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
Viral Vaccines

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Date Completed 15.06.2022

Date Revised 14.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmv.27811

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340032898