Engineering potent live attenuated coronavirus vaccines by targeted inactivation of the immune evasive viral deubiquitinase

© 2023. The Author(s)..

Coronaviruses express a papain-like protease (PLpro) that is required for replicase polyprotein maturation and also serves as a deubiquitinating enzyme (DUB). In this study, using a Middle East respiratory syndrome virus (MERS-CoV) PLpro modified virus in which the DUB is selectively inactivated, we show that the PLpro DUB is an important MERS-CoV interferon antagonist and virulence factor. Although the DUB-negative rMERS-CoVMA replicates robustly in the lungs of human dipeptidyl peptidase 4 knock-in (hDPP4 KI) mice, it does not cause clinical symptoms. Interestingly, a single intranasal vaccination with DUB-negative rMERS-CoVMA induces strong and sustained neutralizing antibody responses and sterilizing immunity after a lethal wt virus challenge. The survival of naïve animals also significantly increases when sera from animals vaccinated with the DUB-negative rMERS-CoVMA are passively transferred, prior to receiving a lethal virus dose. These data demonstrate that DUB-negative coronaviruses could be the basis of effective modified live attenuated vaccines.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 28. Feb., Seite 1141

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Myeni, Sebenzile K [VerfasserIn]
Bredenbeek, Peter J [VerfasserIn]
Knaap, Robert C M [VerfasserIn]
Dalebout, Tim J [VerfasserIn]
Morales, Shessy Torres [VerfasserIn]
Sidorov, Igor A [VerfasserIn]
Linger, Marissa E [VerfasserIn]
Oreshkova, Nadia [VerfasserIn]
van Zanen-Gerhardt, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Zander, Serge A L [VerfasserIn]
Enjuanes, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Sola, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Snijder, Eric J [VerfasserIn]
Kikkert, Marjolein [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

COVID-19 Vaccines
Deubiquitinating Enzymes
EC 3.4.-
EC 3.4.19.12
EC 3.4.22.2
Journal Article
Papain
Peptide Hydrolases
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vaccines, Attenuated

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.03.2023

Date Revised 11.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-023-36754-z

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353607908