Weidenbacher Payton A-B, Sanyal Mrinmoy, Friedland Natalia, Tang Shaogeng, Arunachalam Prabhu S, Hu Mengyun, Kumru Ozan S, Morris Mary Kate, Fontenot Jane, Shirreff Lisa, Do Jonathan, Cheng Ya-Chen, Vasudevan Gayathri, Feinberg Mark B, Villinger Francois J, Hanson Carl, Joshi Sangeeta B, Volkin David B, Pulendran Bali, Kim Peter S
Sarafan ChEM-H, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
bioRxiv. 2022 Dec 26:2022.12.25.521784. doi: 10.1101/2022.12.25.521784.
While the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines has been a scientific triumph, the need remains for a globally available vaccine that provides longer-lasting immunity against present and future SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs). Here, we describe DCFHP, a ferritin-based, protein-nanoparticle vaccine candidate that, when formulated with aluminum hydroxide as the sole adjuvant (DCFHP-alum), elicits potent and durable neutralizing antisera in non-human primates against known VOCs, including Omicron BQ.1, as well as against SARS-CoV-1. Following a booster ∼one year after the initial immunization, DCFHP-alum elicits a robust anamnestic response. To enable global accessibility, we generated a cell line that can enable production of thousands of vaccine doses per liter of cell culture and show that DCFHP-alum maintains potency for at least 14 days at temperatures exceeding standard room temperature. DCFHP-alum has potential as a once-yearly booster vaccine, and as a primary vaccine for pediatric use including in infants.
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