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PF-D-Trimer, a broadly protective SARS-CoV-2 subunit vaccine: immunogenicity and application
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em Inglês
| bioRxiv
| ID: ppbiorxiv-509414
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has had and still has a considerable impact on global public health. One of the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 is a surface homotrimeric spike protein, the primary responsible for the host immune response upon infection. Here we show the preclinical studies of a broad protective SARS-CoV-2 subunit vaccine developed from our Trimer Domain platform using the Delta spike protein, from antigen design to purification, vaccine evaluation and manufacturability. The prefusion trimerized Delta spike protein, PF-D-Trimer, was highly expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, purified by a rapid one-step anti-Trimer Domain monoclonal antibody immunoaffinity process and prepared as a vaccine formulation with an adjuvant. The immunogenicity studies demonstrated that this vaccine candidate induces robust immune responses in mouse, rat and Syrian hamster models. It also protects K18-hACE2 transgenic mice in a homologous virus challenge. The neutralizing antibodies induced by this vaccine display a cross-reactive capacity against the ancestral WA1 and Delta variants as well as different Omicron, including BA.5.2. The Trimer Domain platform was proven to be a key technology in the rapid production of the PF-D-Trimer vaccine and may be crucial to accelerate the development of updated versions of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.
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Experimental_studies
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Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Preprint