Wang Hongye, Wang Zengshuai, Ma Liang, Zhu Xiaoyong, Li Bingxiang, Huang Yuhang, Li Jingwen, Sun Ming, Shi Li, Yao Yufeng
Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming 650118, China.
School of Basic Medical Science, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, China.
Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Jan 16;11(1):193. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11010193.
The spread of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants leads to a heavy burden on healthcare and the global economy, highlighting the need for developing vaccines that induce broad immunity against coronavirus. Here, we explored the immunogenicity of monovalent or bivalent spike (S) trimer subunit vaccines derived from SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 (S1-2P) or/and B.1. 618 (S2-2P) in Balb/c mice. Both S1-2P and S2-2P elicited anti-spike antibody responses, and alum adjuvant induced higher levels of antibodies than Addavax adjuvant. The dose responses of the vaccines on immunogenicity were evaluated in vivo. A low dose of 5 μg monovalent recombinant protein or 2.5 μg bivalent vaccine triggered high-titer antibodies that showed cross-activity to Beta, Delta, and Gamma RBD in mice. The third immunization dose could boost (1.1 to 40.6 times) high levels of cross-binding antibodies and elicit high titers of neutralizing antibodies (64 to 1024) prototype, Beta, Delta, and Omicron variants. Furthermore, the vaccines were able to provoke a Th1-biased cellular immune response. Significantly, at the same antigen dose, S1-2P immune sera induced stronger broadly neutralizing antibodies against prototype, Beta, Delta, and Omicron variants compared to that induced by S2-2P. At the same time, the low dose of bivalent vaccine containing S2-2P and S1-2P (2.5 μg for each antigen) significantly improved the cross-neutralizing antibody responses. In conclusion, our results showed that monovalent S1-2P subunit vaccine or bivalent vaccine (S1-2P and S2-2P) induced potent humoral and cellular responses against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants and provided valuable information for the development of recombinant protein-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines that protect against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)及其变体的传播给医疗保健和全球经济带来了沉重负担,凸显了开发能诱导针对冠状病毒产生广泛免疫力的疫苗的必要性。在此,我们探讨了源自SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351(S1-2P)或/和B.1.618(S2-2P)的单价或二价刺突(S)三聚体亚单位疫苗在Balb/c小鼠中的免疫原性。S1-2P和S2-2P均引发了抗刺突抗体反应,且明矾佐剂诱导产生的抗体水平高于Addavax佐剂。在体内评估了疫苗免疫原性的剂量反应。低剂量的5μg单价重组蛋白或2.5μg二价疫苗在小鼠中引发了高滴度抗体,这些抗体对贝塔、德尔塔和伽马受体结合域(RBD)表现出交叉活性。第三次免疫剂量可增强(1.1至40.6倍)高水平的交叉结合抗体,并引发高滴度的中和抗体(64至1024)针对原型、贝塔、德尔塔和奥密克戎变体。此外,这些疫苗能够引发以Th1为主的细胞免疫反应。值得注意的是,在相同抗原剂量下,与S2-2P诱导的免疫血清相比,S1-2P免疫血清诱导产生的针对原型、贝塔、德尔塔和奥密克戎变体的广泛中和抗体更强。同时,含有S2-2P和S1-2P的低剂量二价疫苗(每种抗原2.5μg)显著改善了交叉中和抗体反应。总之,我们的结果表明,单价S1-2P亚单位疫苗或二价疫苗(S1-2P和S2-2P)诱导了针对多种SARS-CoV-2变体的强大体液和细胞反应,并为开发基于重组蛋白的、能预防新出现的SARS-CoV-2变体的SARS-CoV-2疫苗提供了有价值的信息。