Hovakimyan Armine, Zagorski Karen, Chailyan Gor, Antonyan Tatevik, Melikyan Levon, Petrushina Irina, Batt Dash G, King Olga, Ghazaryan Manush, Donthi Aashrit, Foose Caitlynn, Petrovsky Nikolai, Cribbs David H, Agadjanyan Michael G, Ghochikyan Anahit
Department of Molecular Immunology, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Huntington Beach, CA, USA.
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
NPJ Vaccines. 2022 Oct 12;7(1):117. doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00544-3.
Pathological forms of Tau protein are directly associated with neurodegeneration and correlate with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) symptoms, progression, and severity. Previously, using various mouse models of Tauopathies and AD, we have demonstrated the immunogenicity and efficacy of the MultiTEP-based adjuvanted vaccine targeting the phosphatase activating domain (PAD) of Tau, AV-1980R/A. Here, we analyzed its immunogenicity in non-human primates (NHP), the closest phylogenic relatives to humans with a similar immune system, to initiate the transition of this vaccine into clinical trials. We have demonstrated that AV-1980R/A is highly immunogenic in these NHPs, activating a broad but unique to each monkey repertoire of MultiTEP-specific T helper (Th) cells that, in turn, activate B cells specific to PAD. The resulting anti-PAD IgG antibodies recognize pathological Tau tangles and Tau-positive neuritis in AD case brain sections with no staining in control non-AD cases. These published data and efficacy results support the AV-1980R/A vaccine progression to first-in-human clinical trials.
Tau蛋白的病理形式与神经退行性变直接相关,并与阿尔茨海默病(AD)的症状、进展和严重程度相关。此前,我们使用多种Tau蛋白病和AD的小鼠模型,证明了靶向Tau蛋白磷酸酶激活域(PAD)的基于MultiTEP的佐剂疫苗AV-1980R/A的免疫原性和有效性。在此,我们分析了其在非人灵长类动物(NHP)中的免疫原性,NHP是与人类亲缘关系最近且免疫系统相似的动物,以启动该疫苗向临床试验的转化。我们证明,AV-1980R/A在这些NHP中具有高度免疫原性,可激活广泛但对每只猴子而言独特的MultiTEP特异性辅助性T(Th)细胞库,进而激活针对PAD的特异性B细胞。由此产生的抗PAD IgG抗体可识别AD病例脑切片中的病理性Tau缠结和Tau阳性神经炎,而在对照非AD病例中无染色。这些已发表的数据和有效性结果支持AV-1980R/A疫苗进入首次人体临床试验。
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