Structural diversity of tick-borne encephalitis virus particles in the inactivated vaccine based on strain Sofjin

The main approach to preventing tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is vaccination. Formaldehyde-inactivated TBE vaccines have a proven record of safety and efficiency but have never been characterized structurally with atomic resolution. We report a cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of the formaldehyde-inactivated TBE virus (TBEV) of Sofjin-Chumakov strain representing the Far-Eastern subtype. A 3.8 Å resolution reconstruction reveals the structural integrity of the envelope E proteins, specifically the E protein ectodomains. The comparative study shows a high structural similarity to the previously published structures of the TBEV European subtype strains Hypr and Kuutsalo-14. A fraction of inactivated virions exhibits asymmetric features including the deformations of the membrane profile. We propose that the heterogeneity is caused by inactivation and perform a local variability analysis on the small parts of the envelope protein shell to reveal membrane curvature features possibly induced by the inactivation. The results of this study will have implications for the design of novel vaccines against diseases caused by flaviviruses.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Emerging microbes & infections - 13(2024), 1 vom: 27. März, Seite 2290833

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Moiseenko, Andrey [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yichen [VerfasserIn]
Vorovitch, Mikhail F [VerfasserIn]
Ivanova, Alla L [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zheng [VerfasserIn]
Osolodkin, Dmitry I [VerfasserIn]
Egorov, Alexey M [VerfasserIn]
Ishmukhametov, Aydar A [VerfasserIn]
Sokolova, Olga S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1HG84L3525
Asymmetry
Cryoelectron microscopy
Formaldehyde
Image analysis
Inactivated vaccines
Journal Article
Tick-borne encephalitis virus
Vaccines, Inactivated
Variability analysis
Viral Vaccines

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.03.2024

Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2023.2290833

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365643165