新型合成脂肽作为潜在的黏膜佐剂增强了 SARS-CoV-2 rRBD 诱导的免疫应答。

Novel Synthetic Lipopeptides as Potential Mucosal Adjuvants Enhanced SARS-CoV-2 rRBD-Induced Immune Response.

机构信息

National Engineering Research Center of Immunological Products, Department of Microbiology and Biochemical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.

出版信息

Front Immunol. 2022 Mar 9;13:833418. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.833418. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

As TLR2 agonists, several lipopeptides had been proved to be candidate vaccine adjuvants. In our previous study, lipopeptides mimicking N-terminal structures of the bacterial lipoproteins were also able to promote antigen-specific immune response. However, the structure-activity relationship of lipopeptides as TLR2 agonists is still unclear. Here, 23 synthetic lipopeptides with the same lipid moiety but different peptide sequences were synthesized, and their TLR2 activities and mucosal adjuvant effects to OVA were evaluated. LP1-14, LP1-30, LP1-34 and LP2-2 exhibited significantly lower cytotoxicity and stronger TLR2 activity compared with PamCSK, the latter being one of the most potent TLR2 agonists. LP1-34 and LP2-2 assisted OVA to induce more profound specific IgG in sera or sIgA in BALF than PamCSK. Furthermore, the possibility of LP1-34, LP2-2 and PamCSK as the mucosal adjuvant for the SARS-CoV-2 recombinant RBD (rRBD) was investigated. Intranasally immunized with rRBD plus either the novel lipopeptide or PamCSK significantly increased the levels of specific serum and respiratory mucosal IgG and IgA, while rRBD alone failed to induce specific immune response due to its low immunogenicity. The novel lipopeptides, especially LP2-2, significantly increased levels of rRBD-induced SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody in sera, BALF and nasal wash. Finally, Support vector machine (SVM) results suggested that charged residues in lipopeptides might be beneficial to the agonist activity, while lipophilic residues might adversely affect the agonistic activity. Figuring out the relationship between peptide sequence in the lipopeptide and its TLR2 activity may lay the foundation for the rational design of novel lipopeptide adjuvant for COVID-19 vaccine.

摘要

作为 TLR2 激动剂,几种脂肽已被证明是候选疫苗佐剂。在我们之前的研究中,模拟细菌脂蛋白 N 端结构的脂肽也能够促进抗原特异性免疫反应。然而,脂肽作为 TLR2 激动剂的结构-活性关系仍不清楚。在这里,合成了 23 种具有相同脂质部分但不同肽序列的合成脂肽,并评估了它们对 TLR2 的活性和对 OVA 的粘膜佐剂作用。与 PamCSK 相比,LP1-14、LP1-30、LP1-34 和 LP2-2 具有更低的细胞毒性和更强的 TLR2 活性,后者是最有效的 TLR2 激动剂之一。LP1-34 和 LP2-2 辅助 OVA 诱导血清中更深刻的特异性 IgG 或 BALF 中的 sIgA 比 PamCSK 多。此外,还研究了 LP1-34、LP2-2 和 PamCSK 作为 SARS-CoV-2 重组 RBD(rRBD)粘膜佐剂的可能性。用 rRBD 加新型脂肽或 PamCSK 鼻腔免疫,显著增加了血清和呼吸道粘膜 IgG 和 IgA 的水平,而 rRBD 本身由于其低免疫原性而不能诱导特异性免疫反应。新型脂肽,特别是 LP2-2,显著增加了血清、BALF 和鼻腔冲洗中 rRBD 诱导的 SARS-CoV-2 中和抗体水平。最后,支持向量机(SVM)结果表明,脂肽中的带电残基可能有利于激动剂活性,而亲脂残基可能不利地影响激动活性。确定脂肽中肽序列与 TLR2 活性之间的关系可能为 COVID-19 疫苗的新型脂肽佐剂的合理设计奠定基础。

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