Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV), Pune, India.
Front Immunol. 2023 Apr 28;14:1161571. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1161571. eCollection 2023.
The magnitude and duration of immune response to COVID-19 vaccination in older adults are known to be adversely affected due to immunosenescence and inflammaging. The threat of emerging variants warrants studies on immune response in older adults to primary vaccination and booster doses so as to understand the effectiveness of vaccines in countering the threat of emerging variants. Non-human primates (NHPs) are ideal translational models, as the immunological responses in NHPs are similar to those in humans, so it enables us to understand host immune responses to the vaccine. We initially studied humoral immune responses in aged rhesus macaques employing a three-dose regimen of BBV152, an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Initially, the study investigated whether the third dose enhances the neutralizing antibody (Nab) titer against the homologous virus strain (B.1) and variants of concern (Beta and Delta variants) in aged rhesus macaques immunized with BBV152, adjuvanted with Algel/Algel-IMDG (imidazoquinoline). Later, we also attempted to understand cellular immunity in terms of lymphoproliferation against γ-inactivated SARS-CoV-2 B.1 and delta in naïve and vaccinated rhesus macaques after a year of the third dose. Following the three-dose regimen with 6 µg of BBV152 with Algel-IMDG, animals had increased Nab responses across all SARS-CoV-2 variants studied, which suggested the importance of booster dose for the enhanced immune response against SARS-CoV-2-circulating variants. The study also revealed the pronounced cellular immunity against B.1 and delta variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the aged rhesus macaques even after a year of vaccination.
众所周知,由于免疫衰老和炎症衰老,老年人对 COVID-19 疫苗的免疫反应的幅度和持续时间受到不利影响。新出现的变异体的威胁需要研究老年人对初级疫苗接种和加强剂量的免疫反应,以便了解疫苗对抗新出现的变异体威胁的有效性。非人类灵长类动物(NHP)是理想的转化模型,因为 NHP 的免疫反应与人类相似,因此我们能够了解宿主对疫苗的免疫反应。我们最初使用 BBV152(一种灭活的 SARS-CoV-2 疫苗)对老年恒河猴进行了三剂方案研究,以研究体液免疫反应。最初,该研究调查了在 BBV152 免疫的老年恒河猴中,第三剂是否增强了针对同源病毒株(B.1)和关注变异株(Beta 和 Delta 变异株)的中和抗体(Nab)滴度,佐剂为 Algel/Algel-IMDG(咪唑并喹啉)。后来,我们还试图了解一年后第三剂后针对 γ-灭活的 SARS-CoV-2 B.1 和 delta 的淋巴增殖的细胞免疫。在 Algel-IMDG 存在的情况下,用 6 µg 的 BBV152 进行三剂方案后,所有研究的 SARS-CoV-2 变异体中,动物的 Nab 反应均增加,这表明加强剂量对增强针对 SARS-CoV-2 循环变异体的免疫反应很重要。该研究还揭示了即使在接种疫苗一年后,老年恒河猴对 SARS-CoV-2 的 B.1 和 delta 变异体仍具有明显的细胞免疫。
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