ChAdOx1 COVID vaccines express RBD open prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spikes on the cell surface

© 2023 The Author(s)..

Vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been proven to be an effective means of decreasing COVID-19 mortality, hospitalization rates, and transmission. One of the vaccines deployed worldwide is ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, which uses an adenovirus vector to drive the expression of the original SARS-CoV-2 spike on the surface of transduced cells. Using cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging, we determined the native structures of the vaccine product expressed on cell surfaces in situ. We show that ChAdOx1-vectored vaccines expressing the Beta SARS-CoV-2 variant produce abundant native prefusion spikes predominantly in one-RBD-up conformation. Furthermore, the ChAdOx1-vectored HexaPro-stabilized spike yields higher cell surface expression, enhanced RBD exposure, and reduced shedding of S1 compared to the wild type. We demonstrate in situ structure determination as a powerful means for studying antigen design options in future vaccine development against emerging novel SARS-CoV-2 variants and broadly against other infectious viruses.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

iScience - 26(2023), 10 vom: 20. Okt., Seite 107882

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ni, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Mendonça, Luiza [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Yanan [VerfasserIn]
Howe, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Radecke, Julika [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Pranav M [VerfasserIn]
Sheng, Yuewen [VerfasserIn]
Krebs, Anna-Sophia [VerfasserIn]
Duyvesteyn, Helen M E [VerfasserIn]
Allen, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Lambe, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Bisset, Cameron [VerfasserIn]
Spencer, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Morris, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Stuart, David I [VerfasserIn]
Gilbert, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Peijun [VerfasserIn]

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Cell biology
Journal Article
Virology

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Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.isci.2023.107882

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NLM362632545