Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Sci Adv. 2024 Aug 9;10(32):eadn7187. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adn7187. Epub 2024 Aug 7.
Over the past few decades, the development of potent and safe immune-activating adjuvant technologies has become the heart of intensive research in the constant fight against highly mutative and immune evasive viruses such as influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Herein, we developed a highly modular saponin-based nanoparticle platform incorporating Toll-like receptor agonists (TLRas) including TLR1/2a, TLR4a, and TLR7/8a adjuvants and their mixtures. These various TLRa-saponin nanoparticle adjuvant constructs induce unique acute cytokine and immune-signaling profiles, leading to specific T helper responses that could be of interest depending on the target disease for prevention. In a murine vaccine study, the adjuvants greatly improved the potency, durability, breadth, and neutralization of both COVID-19 and HIV vaccine candidates, suggesting the potential broad application of these adjuvant constructs to a range of different antigens. Overall, this work demonstrates a modular TLRa-SNP adjuvant platform that could improve the design of vaccines and affect modern vaccine development.
在过去的几十年中,开发高效且安全的免疫激活佐剂技术已成为与流感、严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 和人类免疫缺陷病毒 (HIV) 等高度突变和免疫逃避病毒不断斗争的核心研究内容。在此,我们开发了一种高度模块化的基于皂苷的纳米颗粒平台,其中包含 Toll 样受体激动剂 (TLRa),包括 TLR1/2a、TLR4a 和 TLR7/8a 佐剂及其混合物。这些不同的 TLRa-皂苷纳米颗粒佐剂构建体诱导独特的急性细胞因子和免疫信号特征,导致特定的辅助性 T 细胞反应,根据预防的目标疾病,这些反应可能具有重要意义。在一项小鼠疫苗研究中,佐剂极大地提高了 COVID-19 和 HIV 候选疫苗的效力、持久性、广度和中和能力,这表明这些佐剂构建体具有广泛应用于一系列不同抗原的潜力。总的来说,这项工作展示了一种模块化的 TLRa-SNP 佐剂平台,可用于改善疫苗设计并影响现代疫苗的开发。