Monkeypox virus quadrivalent mRNA vaccine induces immune response and protects against vaccinia virus

© 2023. The Author(s)..

Monkeypox has been declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization. There is an urgent need for efficient and safe vaccines against the monkeypox virus (MPXV) in response to the rapidly spreading monkeypox epidemic. In the age of COVID-19, mRNA vaccines have been highly successful and emerged as platforms enabling rapid development and large-scale preparation. Here, we develop two MPXV quadrivalent mRNA vaccines, named mRNA-A-LNP and mRNA-B-LNP, based on two intracellular mature virus specific proteins (A29L and M1R) and two extracellular enveloped virus specific proteins (A35R and B6R). By administering mRNA-A-LNP and mRNA-B-LNP intramuscularly twice, mice induce MPXV specific IgG antibodies and potent vaccinia virus (VACV) specific neutralizing antibodies. Further, it elicits efficient MPXV specific Th-1 biased cellular immunity, as well as durable effector memory T and germinal center B cell responses in mice. In addition, two doses of mRNA-A-LNP and mRNA-B-LNP are protective against the VACV challenge in mice. And, the passive transfer of sera from mRNA-A-LNP and mRNA-B-LNP-immunized mice protects nude mice against the VACV challenge. Overall, our results demonstrate that mRNA-A-LNP and mRNA-B-LNP appear to be safe and effective vaccine candidates against monkeypox epidemics, as well as against outbreaks caused by other orthopoxviruses, including the smallpox virus.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Signal transduction and targeted therapy - 8(2023), 1 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 172

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sang, Ye [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Haitao [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Changxiao [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Huisheng [VerfasserIn]
Long, Jinrong [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Yiming [VerfasserIn]
Mai, Jierui [VerfasserIn]
Miao, Yiqi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Jiaxin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Youchun [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Weijin [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shengqi [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vaccines, Combined
Viral Proteins

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Date Completed 01.05.2023

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41392-023-01432-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356207145