Rico Amber B, Phillips Aaron T, Schountz Tony, Jarvis Donald L, Tjalkens Ronald B, Powers Ann M, Olson Ken E
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Virology. 2016 Dec;499:30-39. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.08.023. Epub 2016 Sep 12.
Eastern, Venezuelan and western equine encephalitis viruses (EEEV, VEEV, and WEEV) are mosquito-borne viruses that cause substantial disease in humans and other vertebrates. Vaccines are limited and current treatment options have not proven successful. In this report, we vaccinated outbred mice with lipid-antigen-nucleic acid-complexes (LANACs) containing VEEV E1+WEEV E1 antigen and characterized protective efficacy against lethal EEEV, VEEV, and WEEV challenge. Vaccination resulted in complete protection against EEEV, VEEV, and WEEV in CD-1 mice. Measurements of bioluminescence and plaque reduction neutralization tests (PRNTs) indicate that LANAC VEEV E1+WEEV E1 vaccination is sterilizing against VEEV and WEEV challenge; whereas immunity to EEEV is not sterilizing. Passive transfer of rabbit VEEV E1+WEEV E1 immune serum to naive mice extended the mean time to death (MTD) of EEEV challenged mice and provided significant protection from lethal VEEV and WEEV challenge.
东部、委内瑞拉和西部马脑炎病毒(EEEV、VEEV和WEEV)是蚊媒病毒,可在人类和其他脊椎动物中引发严重疾病。疫苗有限,目前的治疗方案尚未证明有效。在本报告中,我们用含有VEEV E1+WEEV E1抗原的脂质-抗原-核酸复合物(LANACs)对远交系小鼠进行免疫接种,并对其针对致死性EEEV、VEEV和WEEV攻击的保护效果进行了表征。接种疫苗使CD-1小鼠对EEEV、VEEV和WEEV产生了完全保护。生物发光测量和蚀斑减少中和试验(PRNTs)表明,LANAC VEEV E1+WEEV E1免疫接种对VEEV和WEEV攻击具有杀菌作用;而对EEEV的免疫不是杀菌性的。将兔VEEV E1+WEEV E1免疫血清被动转移至未免疫小鼠,延长了受EEEV攻击小鼠的平均死亡时间(MTD),并为其提供了针对致死性VEEV和WEEV攻击的显著保护。