Full protection from SARS-CoV-2 brain infection and damage in susceptible transgenic mice conferred by MVA-CoV2-S vaccine candidate

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Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 have been shown to be safe and effective but their protective efficacy against infection in the brain is yet unclear. Here, in the susceptible transgenic K18-hACE2 mouse model of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), we report a spatiotemporal description of SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication through the brain. SARS-CoV-2 brain replication occurs primarily in neurons, leading to neuronal loss, signs of glial activation and vascular damage in mice infected with SARS-CoV-2. One or two doses of a modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) vector expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein (MVA-CoV2-S) conferred full protection against SARS-CoV-2 cerebral infection, preventing virus replication in all areas of the brain and its associated damage. This protection was maintained even after SARS-CoV-2 reinfection. These findings further support the use of MVA-CoV2-S as a promising vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Nature neuroscience - 26(2023), 2 vom: 09. Feb., Seite 226-238

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Villadiego, Javier [VerfasserIn]
García-Arriaza, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Ramírez-Lorca, Reposo [VerfasserIn]
García-Swinburn, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Cabello-Rivera, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Rosales-Nieves, Alicia E [VerfasserIn]
Álvarez-Vergara, María I [VerfasserIn]
Cala-Fernández, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
García-Roldán, Ernesto [VerfasserIn]
López-Ogáyar, Juan L [VerfasserIn]
Zamora, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Astorgano, David [VerfasserIn]
Albericio, Guillermo [VerfasserIn]
Pérez, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz-Cabello, Ana M [VerfasserIn]
Pascual, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Esteban, Mariano [VerfasserIn]
López-Barneo, José [VerfasserIn]
Toledo-Aral, Juan José [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 09.02.2023

Date Revised 09.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41593-022-01242-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351353232