Lee Sang Nam, Kim Young-Il, Kim Jaemoo, Haluwana D K, Eun Ryounho, Park Sei Hyun, Heo Janghun, Gil Juryeon, Seong Yebin, Lee Min-Ho, Noh Young-Woock, Lee Jong-Soo, Choi Young Ki, Lim Yong Taik
Department of Nano Engineering, SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), School of Chemical Engineering, and Biomedical Institute for Convergence at SKKU, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea.
Center for Study of Emerging and Re-emerging Viruses, Korea Virus Research Institute (KVRI), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), 55, Expo-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34126, Republic of Korea.
Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 25;16(1):2914. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-58006-y.
Immunity by vaccination can protect human against heterologous viruses. However, protective abilities of artificial vaccines are still weaker than natural infections. Here we develop a kinetically engineered vaccine (KE-VAC) that mimics the multidimensional immunomodulation in natural infections via dynamic activation of antigen presenting cells with masked TLR7/8 agonist and sustained supplies of antigens and adjuvants to lymph nodes, leading to follicular helper T and germinal centre B cell activation in vaccinated mice. KE-VAC demonstrates superior efficacy than traditional alum and mRNA vaccines, achieving a 100% survival rate with increased neutralizing antibodies titers and polyfunctional CD8 T cells, recognizing heterologous SARS-CoV-2 variants, and inducing broad and long-term protection against multiple strains of influenza viruses. Prime/boost vaccination with KE-VAC also protect aged ferrets from severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection, with no virus detected in any organs at day 6 p.i. The efficacy of KE-VAC across various pathogens thus highlights its potential as an effective vaccine against emerging infectious risks.
通过疫苗接种产生的免疫力可保护人类抵御异源病毒。然而,人工疫苗的保护能力仍弱于自然感染。在此,我们开发了一种动力学工程疫苗(KE-VAC),该疫苗通过用掩蔽的TLR7/8激动剂动态激活抗原呈递细胞,并持续向淋巴结供应抗原和佐剂,模拟自然感染中的多维免疫调节,从而在接种疫苗的小鼠中激活滤泡辅助性T细胞和生发中心B细胞。KE-VAC显示出比传统铝佐剂疫苗和mRNA疫苗更优异的功效,实现了100%的存活率,同时中和抗体滴度增加,多功能CD8 T细胞增多,能够识别异源SARS-CoV-2变体,并诱导针对多种流感病毒株的广泛且长期的保护。用KE-VAC进行初免/加强免疫接种还可保护老年雪貂免受严重发热伴血小板减少综合征病毒感染,在感染后第6天,任何器官中均未检测到病毒。KE-VAC对各种病原体的有效性因此凸显了其作为针对新出现的感染风险的有效疫苗的潜力。