A novel intranasal administration adenoviral vector-based platform for rapid COVID-19 vaccine development
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Abstract
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has a severe impact on global public health, and the emerging variants threaten the efficacy of the circulating vaccines. Here, we report that a single vaccination with a non-replicating chimpanzee adenovirus-based vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (JS1-delta) elicits potent humoral, cellular and mucosal immunity in mice. Additionally, a single intranasal administration of JS1-delta provides effective protection against the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant challenge in mice. This study indicates that chimpanzee adenovirus type 3 (ChAd3) derived vector represents a promising platform for antiviral vaccine development against respiratory infections and JS1-delta is worth further investigation in human clinical trials.
Highlights
A new chimpanzee adenoviral vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant was developed.
The vaccine elicited potent humoral, cellular and mucosal immunity in mice.
The vaccine protected mice from the Delta variant challenge.
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Ethics IACUC: Animals: The experiments involving animals were approved by and carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Institutional Experimental Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee. Sex as a biological variable Specific pathogen-free female BALB/c mice were obtained from Charles River Laboratories Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Cell Line Authentication not detected. Table 2: Resources
Experimental Models: Cell Lines Sentences Resources In brief, adherent HEK293 cells were transfected with recombinant pCDNA3.1-delta S-His (1-1141) using PEI and incubated in 37°C. 5% CO2 for 72 h. HEK293suggested: NoneThe mixtures were added to pre-plated Vero E6 (ATCC) … SciScore for 10.1101/2022.02.21.481247: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
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Ethics IACUC: Animals: The experiments involving animals were approved by and carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Institutional Experimental Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee. Sex as a biological variable Specific pathogen-free female BALB/c mice were obtained from Charles River Laboratories Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Cell Line Authentication not detected. Table 2: Resources
Experimental Models: Cell Lines Sentences Resources In brief, adherent HEK293 cells were transfected with recombinant pCDNA3.1-delta S-His (1-1141) using PEI and incubated in 37°C. 5% CO2 for 72 h. HEK293suggested: NoneThe mixtures were added to pre-plated Vero E6 (ATCC) cell monolayers in 96-well microplate and cultured for 3-4 day. Vero E6suggested: NoneExperimental Models: Organisms/Strains Sentences Resources Specific pathogen-free female BALB/c mice were obtained from Charles River Laboratories BALB/csuggested: RRID:IMSR_ORNL:BALB/cRl)Specific pathogen-free female H11-K18-hACE2 mice were obtained from GemPharmatech. H11-K18-hACE2suggested: NoneRecombinant DNA Sentences Resources Construction of JS1-delta: The chemosynthetic JS1 genome was cyclized by the additional pUC57 backbone and was linearized by a double enzyme digestion with I-Ceu □ and PI-Sce □. pUC57suggested: RRID:Addgene_40306)In brief, adherent HEK293 cells were transfected with recombinant pCDNA3.1-delta S-His (1-1141) using PEI and incubated in 37°C. 5% CO2 for 72 h. pCDNA3.1-delta S-Hissuggested: NoneSoftware and Algorithms Sentences Resources Specific pathogen-free female H11-K18-hACE2 mice were obtained from GemPharmatech. GemPharmatechsuggested: (GemPharmatech, RRID:SCR_017239)Neutralization assay: To test SARS-CoV-2 PNAbs, serial dilutions of heat-inactivated sera were mixed with B.1.617.2 pseudoviruse (Beijing Tiantan Pharmacy Biological Research & Development Company), incubated for 1 h at 37 °C and added to ACE2-293T (YEASEN) cells in duplicate in 96-well microplate. Pharmacy Biologicalsuggested: NoneImages were collected under a Pannoramic MIDI system (3DHISTECH, Thermo) using Pannoramic scanner software and analyzed by ImageJ (NIH). ImageJsuggested: (ImageJ, RRID:SCR_003070)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: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:To circumvent these limitations, considerable efforts have been made to develop new adenoviral vectors from lower seroprevalence hAds (such as hAd26, hAd28 and hAd35)18,25,26 or from non-human primate sources (such as ChAdY25 and ChAd63)27,28. ChAd3 is one of the most promising candidates and shows well safety and tolerance in clinical trials targeting hepatitis C virus and Ebola virus.29–32 In this study, we have demonstrated for the first time, to our knowledge, that a ChAd3-derived SARS-CoV-2 vaccine can induce potent humoral and cellular immune responses and completely protect mice from B.1.617.2 challenge. At the same time, another vaccine candidate JS1-beta targeting B. 1.351 shows favorable immunogenicity in mice (Fig. S1), and JS1-omicron targeting B.1.1.529 is also under testing. The longevity of antigen-specific immune responses and the influence of anti-vector immunity induced by the vaccines, along with the cooperation with different boosters, will be further investigated. Recently, mucosal vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 have raised increasing interests due to their important advantage in preventing virus replication in the upper respiratory tracts, which is essential to interrupt pulmonary infection and person to person transmission.33–36 Compared with IM injection, the IN vaccination can elicit not only comparable systemic immunity but also additional pathogen-specific mucosal immunity, resulting in a first line of defense against the virus invasion.34–36 In our st...
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