新型冠状病毒SARS-CoV-2基于受体结合域(RBD)的亚单位疫苗高效佐剂的筛选

Screening of Efficient Adjuvants for the RBD-Based Subunit Vaccine of SARS-CoV-2.

作者信息

Shi Juan, Zhao Yu, Peng Min, Zhu Suyue, Wu Yandan, Ji Ruixue, Shen Chuanlai

机构信息

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.

出版信息

Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Mar 23;11(4):713. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11040713.

Abstract

The variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are more transmissible, with a reduced sensitivity to vaccines targeting the original virus strain. Therefore, developing an effective vaccine against both the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and its variants is an urgent need. It is known that the receptor-binding domain (RBD) in the S protein of SARS-CoV-2 is an important vaccine target, but subunit vaccines usually have lower immunogenicity and efficacy. Thus, selecting appropriate adjuvants to enhance the immunogenicity of protein-based subunit vaccine antigens is necessary. Here, an RBD-Fc subunit vaccine of SARS-CoV-2 has been generated, followed by vaccination in B6 mice, and four adjuvant regimens were investigated, including aluminum salts (Alum) + 3-O-desacyl-4'-monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL), AddaVax, QS21 + MPL, and Imiquimod. The adjuvant potency was evaluated by comparing the elicited polyclonal antibodies titers with measuring binding to RBD and S protein in ELISA and Western blot analysis, and also the cross-neutralizing antibodies titers using a pseudovirus infection assay of hACE2-expressing 293T cells, with pseudoviruses expressing the S protein of the SARS-CoV-2 original strain and Delta strain. The presence of QS21 + MPL adjuvant induced stronger polyclonal antibody response and neutralization potency blocking the original strain and Delta strain, as compared with the non-adjuvant RBD-Fc group and other adjuvant groups. Meanwhile, Imiquimod even had a negative effect in inducing specific antibodies and cross-neutralizing antibody production as an adjuvant.

摘要

严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)的变种更具传播性,对针对原始病毒株的疫苗敏感性降低。因此,开发一种针对原始SARS-CoV-2毒株及其变种的有效疫苗迫在眉睫。已知SARS-CoV-2的S蛋白中的受体结合域(RBD)是一个重要的疫苗靶点,但亚单位疫苗通常具有较低的免疫原性和效力。因此,选择合适的佐剂来增强基于蛋白质的亚单位疫苗抗原的免疫原性是必要的。在此,已制备出一种SARS-CoV-2的RBD-Fc亚单位疫苗,随后在B6小鼠中进行接种,并研究了四种佐剂方案,包括铝盐(明矾)+ 3-O-去酰基-4'-单磷酸脂质A(MPL)、AddaVax、QS21 + MPL和咪喹莫特。通过在ELISA和蛋白质印迹分析中比较诱导产生的多克隆抗体滴度以及与RBD和S蛋白的结合情况,以及使用表达hACE2的293T细胞的假病毒感染试验,用表达SARS-CoV-2原始毒株和Delta毒株S蛋白的假病毒来评估交叉中和抗体滴度,从而评估佐剂效力。与无佐剂的RBD-Fc组和其他佐剂组相比,QS21 + MPL佐剂的存在诱导了更强的多克隆抗体反应以及针对原始毒株和Delta毒株的中和效力。同时,咪喹莫特作为佐剂在诱导特异性抗体和交叉中和抗体产生方面甚至具有负面影响。

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