The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China.
The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China.
Antiviral Res. 2023 Aug;216:105668. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2023.105668. Epub 2023 Jul 8.
In response to the human Mpox (hMPX) epidemic that began in 2022, there is an urgent need for a monkeypox vaccine. Here, we have developed a series of mRNA-lipid nanoparticle (mRNA-LNP)-based vaccine candidates that encode a collection of four highly conserved Mpox virus (MPXV) surface proteins involved in virus attachment, entry, and transmission, namely A29L, A35R, B6R, and M1R, which are homologs to Vaccinia virus (VACV) A27, A33, B5, and L1, respectively. Despite possible differences in immunogenicity among the four antigenic mRNA-LNPs, administering these antigenic mRNA-LNPs individually (5 μg each) or an average mixture of these mRNA-LNPs at a low dose (0.5 μg each) twice elicited MPXV-specific IgG antibodies and potent VACV-specific neutralizing antibodies. Furthermore, two doses of 5 μg of A27, B5, and L1 mRNA-LNPs or a 2 μg average mixture of the four antigenic mRNA-LNPs protected mice against weight loss and death after the VACV challenge. Overall, our data suggest that these antigenic mRNA-LNP vaccine candidates are both safe and efficacious against MPXV, as well as diseases caused by other orthopoxviruses.
针对 2022 年开始的人类猴痘(hMPX)疫情,我们急需一种猴痘疫苗。在这里,我们开发了一系列基于 mRNA-脂质纳米颗粒(mRNA-LNP)的疫苗候选物,这些候选物编码了一组参与病毒附着、进入和传播的四种高度保守的猴痘病毒(MPXV)表面蛋白,分别是 A29L、A35R、B6R 和 M1R,它们分别是痘苗病毒(VACV)的 A27、A33、B5 和 L1 的同源物。尽管这四种抗原性 mRNA-LNP 之间的免疫原性可能存在差异,但单独给予这些抗原性 mRNA-LNP(每种 5μg)或低剂量(每种 0.5μg)的这些 mRNA-LNP 的平均混合物两次,均可引发 MPXV 特异性 IgG 抗体和有效的 VACV 特异性中和抗体。此外,两次给予 5μg 的 A27、B5 和 L1 mRNA-LNP 或这四种抗原性 mRNA-LNP 的 2μg 平均混合物,可保护小鼠免受 VACV 攻击后的体重减轻和死亡。总的来说,我们的数据表明,这些抗原性 mRNA-LNP 疫苗候选物既安全又有效,可预防 MPXV 以及其他正痘病毒引起的疾病。