DNA immunization with in silico predicted T-cell epitopes protects against lethal SARS-CoV-2 infection in K18-hACE2 mice

Copyright © 2023 Persson, Restori, Emdrup, Schussek, Klausen, Nicol, Katkere, Rønø, Kirimanjeswara and Sørensen..

The global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic caused significant social and economic disruption worldwide, despite highly effective vaccines being developed at an unprecedented speed. Because the first licensed vaccines target only single B-cell antigens, antigenic drift could lead to loss of efficacy against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. Improving B-cell vaccines by including multiple T-cell epitopes could solve this problem. Here, we show that in silico predicted MHC class I/II ligands induce robust T-cell responses and protect against severe disease in genetically modified K18-hACE2/BL6 mice susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 14(2023) vom: 24., Seite 1166546

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Persson, Gry [VerfasserIn]
Restori, Katherine H [VerfasserIn]
Emdrup, Julie Hincheli [VerfasserIn]
Schussek, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Klausen, Michael Schantz [VerfasserIn]
Nicol, McKayla J [VerfasserIn]
Katkere, Bhuvana [VerfasserIn]
Rønø, Birgitte [VerfasserIn]
Kirimanjeswara, Girish [VerfasserIn]
Sørensen, Anders Bundgaard [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-49-2
ACE2 protein, human
COVID-19
DNA
EC 3.4.17.23
Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
Journal Article
K-18 conjugate
Machine learning
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
T-cell vaccine
Vaccines, DNA
Viral challenge model

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Date Completed 03.05.2023

Date Revised 03.05.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2023.1166546

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356176258