Veterinary Medicine Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America.
Virology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2023 May 31;18(5):e0275082. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275082. eCollection 2023.
A SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine targeting the spike protein and delivered by jet injection, nCOV-S(JET), previously shown to protect wild-type and immunosuppressed Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus), was evaluated via two needle-free delivery methods in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). The methods included intramuscular delivery of 2 mg per vaccination with the PharmaJet Stratis device and intradermal delivery of 0.4 mg per vaccination with the PharmaJet Tropis device. We hypothesized that the nCOV-S(JET) vaccine would mount detectable neutralizing antibody responses when delivered by needle-free jet injection by either the intradermal or intramuscular route. When delivered intramuscularly, the vaccines elicited neutralizing and variant (Beta, Gamma, and Delta) cross-neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in all six animals after three vaccinations. The neutralizing response to Omicron was lower with only 4 of 6 animals responding. When delivered at a lower dose by the intradermal route, strong neutralizing antibody responses were only detected in two of six animals. This study confirms that a vaccine previously shown to protect in a hamster model can elicit neutralizing and cross-neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in nonhuman primates. We posit that nCOV-S(JET) has the potential for use as booster vaccine in heterologous vaccination strategies against COVID-19.
一种针对刺突蛋白的 SARS-CoV-2 DNA 疫苗,通过喷射注射(jet injection)方式给药,即 nCOV-S(JET),先前已被证明可保护野生型和免疫抑制的叙利亚仓鼠(Mesocricetus auratus),我们通过两种无针输送方法在恒河猴(Macaca mulatta)中对其进行了评估。这两种方法包括使用 PharmaJet Stratis 设备进行每剂 2 毫克的肌内给药和使用 PharmaJet Tropis 设备进行每剂 0.4 毫克的皮内给药。我们假设 nCOV-S(JET)疫苗通过无针喷射注射的皮内或肌内途径给药时,会产生可检测的中和抗体反应。当通过肌内途径给药时,疫苗在三剂接种后在所有六只动物中引发了针对 SARS-CoV-2 的中和抗体和变体(Beta、Gamma 和 Delta)交叉中和抗体。对 Omicron 的中和反应较低,只有 6 只动物中的 4 只产生反应。当通过皮内途径以较低剂量给药时,仅在 6 只动物中的 2 只中检测到强烈的中和抗体反应。这项研究证实,一种先前在仓鼠模型中被证明具有保护作用的疫苗能够在非人类灵长类动物中引发针对 SARS-CoV-2 的中和抗体和交叉中和抗体。我们认为 nCOV-S(JET)有可能作为针对 COVID-19 的异源疫苗接种策略的加强疫苗使用。