An efficient approach for SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody production via modified mRNA-LNP immunization

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    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsIACUC: Mouse immunization: All procedures involving animals were performed in accordance with guidelines set by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at Academia Sinica, Taiwan. BALB/c mice 6 to 8 weeks of age were immunized by four intramuscular injections of 10 μg RBD mRNA-LNP at 2-week intervals or four intraperitoneal injections of 50 μg recombinant RBD protein in CFA-IFA adjuvant at 3-week intervals.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
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    The plates were washed with PBST0.1 three times, then incubated with horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated anti-human IgG (Sigma, MA, USA) secondary antibody at room temperature for 1 h.
    anti-human IgG
    suggested: None
    Next, the horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated anti-mouse antibody (1:2000) was added for 1 h at room temperature.
    anti-mouse
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    In vitro RBD expression of RBD mRNA and mRNA-LNPs: RBD mRNA was transfected into 293T cells via Lipofectamine™ 2000 Transfection Reagent (Invitrogen, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA), while RBD mRNA-LNP was added directly to cells cultured in DMEM containing 10% FBS.
    293T
    suggested: None
    Pseudovirus neutralization assay: SARS-CoV-2 pseudotyped lentiviruses expressing full-length S proteins and HEK293T cells overexpressing human ACE2 (HEK293T/hACE2) were provided by the National RNAi Core Facility (Academia Sinica, Taiwan).
    HEK293T
    suggested: None
    The mixtures were added to pre-seeded Vero E6 cells for 1 h at 37°C.
    Vero E6
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Organisms/Strains
    SentencesResources
    Mouse immunization: All procedures involving animals were performed in accordance with guidelines set by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at Academia Sinica, Taiwan. BALB/c mice 6 to 8 weeks of age were immunized by four intramuscular injections of 10 μg RBD mRNA-LNP at 2-week intervals or four intraperitoneal injections of 50 μg recombinant RBD protein in CFA-IFA adjuvant at 3-week intervals.
    BALB/c
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    The hydrodynamic diameter (z-average) and zeta potential of RBD mRNA-LNPs were analyzed by Zetasizer software, version 7.11 (www.malvern.com).
    Zetasizer
    suggested: None
    The half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) was calculated by nonlinear regression using Prism software version 8.1.0 (
    Prism
    suggested: (PRISM, RRID:SCR_005375)
    GraphPad Software Inc.)
    GraphPad
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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