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Solforosi L, Costes LMM, Tolboom JTBM, McMahan K, Anioke T, Hope D, Murdza T, Sciacca M, Bouffard E, Barrett J, Wu C, Hachmann N, Miller J, Yu J, He X, Jacob-Dolan C, Huber SKR, Dekking L, Chamanza R, Choi Y, Boer KFD, Barouch DH, Schuitemaker H, Zahn RC, Wegmann F. Booster with Ad26.COV2.S or Omicron-adapted vaccine enhanced immunity and efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in macaques. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1944. [PMID: 37029141 PMCID: PMC10080532 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37715-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Omicron spike (S) encoding vaccines as boosters, are a potential strategy to improve COVID-19 vaccine efficacy against Omicron. Here, macaques (mostly females) previously immunized with Ad26.COV2.S, are boosted with Ad26.COV2.S, Ad26.COV2.S.529 (encoding Omicron BA.1 S) or a 1:1 combination of both vaccines. All booster vaccinations elicit a rapid antibody titers increase against WA1/2020 and Omicron S. Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 antibody responses are most effectively boosted by vaccines including Ad26.COV2.S.529. Independent of vaccine used, mostly WA1/2020-reactive or WA1/2020-Omicron BA.1 cross-reactive B cells are detected. Ad26.COV2.S.529 containing boosters provide only slightly higher protection of the lower respiratory tract against Omicron BA.1 challenge compared with Ad26.COV2.S-only booster. Antibodies and cellular immune responses are identified as complementary correlates of protection. Overall, a booster with an Omicron-spike based vaccine provide only moderately improved immune responses and protection compared with the original Wuhan-Hu-1-spike based vaccine, which still provide robust immune responses and protection against Omicron.
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Non-Clinical Safety Toxicology/Pathology, Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness, Boston, MA, USA
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands.
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Roozendaal R, Solforosi L, Stieh DJ, Serroyen J, Straetemans R, Dari A, Boulton M, Wegmann F, Rosendahl Huber SK, van der Lubbe JEM, Hendriks J, Le Gars M, Dekking L, Czapska-Casey DN, Guimera N, Janssen S, Tete S, Chandrashekar A, Mercado NB, Yu J, Koudstaal W, Perez-Ruixo JJ, Sadoff J, Barouch DH, Schuitemaker H, Zahn R. SARS-CoV-2 binding and neutralizing antibody levels after Ad26.COV2.S vaccination predict durable protection in rhesus macaques. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5877. [PMID: 34620860 PMCID: PMC8497464 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26117-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Several COVID-19 vaccines have recently gained authorization for emergency use. Limited knowledge on duration of immunity and efficacy of these vaccines is currently available. Data on other coronaviruses after natural infection suggest that immunity to SARS-CoV-2 might be short-lived, and preliminary evidence indicates waning antibody titers following SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this work, we model the relationship between immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a series of Ad26 vectors encoding stabilized variants of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein in rhesus macaques and validate the analyses by challenging macaques 6 months after immunization with the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine candidate that has been selected for clinical development. We show that Ad26.COV2.S confers durable protection against replication of SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs that is predicted by the levels of Spike-binding and neutralizing antibodies, indicating that Ad26.COV2.S could confer durable protection in humans and immunological correlates of protection may enable the prediction of durability of protection.
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness, Boston, MA, USA
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Solforosi L, Kuipers H, Jongeneelen M, Rosendahl Huber SK, van der Lubbe JE, Dekking L, Czapska-Casey DN, Izquierdo Gil A, Baert MR, Drijver J, Vaneman J, van Huizen E, Choi Y, Vreugdenhil J, Kroos S, de Wilde AH, Kourkouta E, Custers J, van der Vlugt R, Veldman D, Huizingh J, Kaszas K, Dalebout TJ, Myeni SK, Kikkert M, Snijder EJ, Barouch DH, Böszörményi KP, Stammes MA, Kondova I, Verschoor EJ, Verstrepen BE, Koopman G, Mooij P, Bogers WM, van Heerden M, Muchene L, Tolboom JT, Roozendaal R, Brandenburg B, Schuitemaker H, Wegmann F, Zahn RC. Immunogenicity and efficacy of one and two doses of Ad26.COV2.S COVID vaccine in adult and aged NHP. J Exp Med 2021; 218:e20202756. [PMID: 33909009 PMCID: PMC8085771 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20202756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Safe and effective coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) vaccines are urgently needed to control the ongoing pandemic. While single-dose vaccine regimens would provide multiple advantages, two doses may improve the magnitude and durability of immunity and protective efficacy. We assessed one- and two-dose regimens of the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine candidate in adult and aged nonhuman primates (NHPs). A two-dose Ad26.COV2.S regimen induced higher peak binding and neutralizing antibody responses compared with a single dose. In one-dose regimens, neutralizing antibody responses were stable for at least 14 wk, providing an early indication of durability. Ad26.COV2.S induced humoral immunity and T helper cell (Th cell) 1-skewed cellular responses in aged NHPs that were comparable to those in adult animals. Aged Ad26.COV2.S-vaccinated animals challenged 3 mo after dose 1 with a SARS-CoV-2 spike G614 variant showed near complete lower and substantial upper respiratory tract protection for both regimens. Neutralization of variants of concern by NHP sera was reduced for B.1.351 lineages while maintained for the B.1.1.7 lineage independent of Ad26.COV2.S vaccine regimen.
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, Netherlands
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- Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, Netherlands
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- Non-Clinical Safety Toxicology/Pathology, Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V., Leiden, Netherlands
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van der Lubbe JEM, Rosendahl Huber SK, Vijayan A, Dekking L, van Huizen E, Vreugdenhil J, Choi Y, Baert MRM, Feddes-de Boer K, Izquierdo Gil A, van Heerden M, Dalebout TJ, Myeni SK, Kikkert M, Snijder EJ, de Waal L, Stittelaar KJ, Tolboom JTBM, Serroyen J, Muchene L, van der Fits L, Rutten L, Langedijk JPM, Barouch DH, Schuitemaker H, Zahn RC, Wegmann F. Ad26.COV2.S protects Syrian hamsters against G614 spike variant SARS-CoV-2 and does not enhance respiratory disease. NPJ Vaccines 2021; 6:39. [PMID: 33741993 PMCID: PMC7979827 DOI: 10.1038/s41541-021-00301-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Previously we have shown that a single dose of recombinant adenovirus serotype 26 (Ad26) vaccine expressing a prefusion stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike antigen (Ad26.COV2.S) is immunogenic and provides protection in Syrian hamster and non-human primate SARS-CoV-2 infection models. Here, we investigated the immunogenicity, protective efficacy, and potential for vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease (VAERD) mediated by Ad26.COV2.S in a moderate disease Syrian hamster challenge model, using the currently most prevalent G614 spike SARS-CoV-2 variant. Vaccine doses of 1 × 109 and 1 × 1010 VP elicited substantial neutralizing antibodies titers and completely protected over 80% of SARS-CoV-2 inoculated Syrian hamsters from lung infection and pneumonia but not upper respiratory tract infection. A second vaccine dose further increased neutralizing antibody titers that was associated with decreased infectious viral load in the upper respiratory tract after SARS-CoV-2 challenge. Suboptimal non-protective immune responses elicited by low-dose A26.COV2.S vaccination did not exacerbate respiratory disease in SARS-CoV-2-inoculated Syrian hamsters with breakthrough infection. In addition, dosing down the vaccine allowed to establish that binding and neutralizing antibody titers correlate with lower respiratory tract protection probability. Overall, these preclinical data confirm efficacy of a one-dose vaccine regimen with Ad26.COV2.S in this G614 spike SARS-CoV-2 virus variant Syrian hamster model, show the added benefit of a second vaccine dose, and demonstrate that there are no signs of VAERD under conditions of suboptimal immunity.
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Viroclinics Biosciences B.V., Viroclinics Xplore, Schaijk, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands
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Mercado NB, Zahn R, Wegmann F, Loos C, Chandrashekar A, Yu J, Liu J, Peter L, McMahan K, Tostanoski LH, He X, Martinez DR, Rutten L, Bos R, van Manen D, Vellinga J, Custers J, Langedijk JP, Kwaks T, Bakkers MJG, Zuijdgeest D, Rosendahl Huber SK, Atyeo C, Fischinger S, Burke JS, Feldman J, Hauser BM, Caradonna TM, Bondzie EA, Dagotto G, Gebre MS, Hoffman E, Jacob-Dolan C, Kirilova M, Li Z, Lin Z, Mahrokhian SH, Maxfield LF, Nampanya F, Nityanandam R, Nkolola JP, Patel S, Ventura JD, Verrington K, Wan H, Pessaint L, Van Ry A, Blade K, Strasbaugh A, Cabus M, Brown R, Cook A, Zouantchangadou S, Teow E, Andersen H, Lewis MG, Cai Y, Chen B, Schmidt AG, Reeves RK, Baric RS, Lauffenburger DA, Alter G, Stoffels P, Mammen M, Van Hoof J, Schuitemaker H, Barouch DH. Single-shot Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques. Nature 2020; 586:583-588. [PMID: 32731257 PMCID: PMC7581548 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2607-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 637] [Impact Index Per Article: 159.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
A safe and effective vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may be required to end the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic1-8. For global deployment and pandemic control, a vaccine that requires only a single immunization would be optimal. Here we show the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a single dose of adenovirus serotype 26 (Ad26) vector-based vaccines expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein in non-human primates. Fifty-two rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) were immunized with Ad26 vectors that encoded S variants or sham control, and then challenged with SARS-CoV-2 by the intranasal and intratracheal routes9,10. The optimal Ad26 vaccine induced robust neutralizing antibody responses and provided complete or near-complete protection in bronchoalveolar lavage and nasal swabs after SARS-CoV-2 challenge. Titres of vaccine-elicited neutralizing antibodies correlated with protective efficacy, suggesting an immune correlate of protection. These data demonstrate robust single-shot vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 in non-human primates. The optimal Ad26 vector-based vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, termed Ad26.COV2.S, is currently being evaluated in clinical trials.
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- Noe B Mercado
- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness, Boston, MA, USA
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Janssen Vaccines and Prevention BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. .,Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. .,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. .,Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness, Boston, MA, USA.
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Rosendahl Huber SK, Hendriks M, Jacobi RHJ, van de Kassteele J, Mandersloot-Oskam JC, van Boxtel RAJ, Wensing AMJ, Rots NY, Luytjes W, van Beek J. Immunogenicity of Influenza Vaccines: Evidence for Differential Effect of Secondary Vaccination on Humoral and Cellular Immunity. Front Immunol 2019; 9:3103. [PMID: 30761157 PMCID: PMC6362424 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.03103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
While currently used influenza vaccines are designed to induce neutralizing antibodies, little is known on T cell responses induced by these vaccines. The 2009 pandemic provided us with the opportunity to evaluate the immune response to vaccination in a unique setting. We evaluated both antibody and T cell responses in a cohort of public health care workers (18–52 years) during two consecutive influenza seasons from 2009 to 2011 and compared the MF59-adjuvanted pandemic vaccine with the unadjuvanted seasonal subunit vaccine that included the pandemic strain [The study was registered in the Netherlands Trial Register (NTR2070)]. Antibody responses were determined in serum by a hemagglutination inhibition assay. Vaccine-specific T cell responses were evaluated by detecting IFN-γ producing peripheral blood mononuclear cells using whole influenza virus or vaccine-specific peptide pools as stimulating antigens. Mixed effects regression models were used to correct the data for influenza-specific pre-existing immunity due to previous infections or vaccinations and for age and sex. We show that one dose of the pandemic vaccine induced antibody responses sufficient for providing seroprotection and that the vaccine induced T cell responses. A second dose further increased antibody responses but not T cell responses. Nonetheless, both could be boosted by the seasonal vaccine in the subsequent season. Furthermore, we show that the seasonal vaccine alone is capable of inducing vaccine-specific T cell responses, despite the fact that the vaccine did not contain an adjuvant. In addition, residual antibody levels remained detectable for over 15 months, while T cell levels in the blood had contracted to baseline levels by that time. Hereby, we show that pandemic as well as seasonal vaccines induce both humoral and cellular responses, however, with a different profile of induction and waning, which has its implications for future vaccine design.
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- Sietske K Rosendahl Huber
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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de Bree LCJ, Marijnissen RJ, Kel JM, Rosendahl Huber SK, Aaby P, Benn CS, Wijnands MVW, Diavatopoulos DA, van Crevel R, Joosten LAB, Netea MG, Dulos J. Corrigendum: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-Induced Trained Immunity Is Not Protective for Experimental Influenza A/Anhui/1/2013 (H7N9) Infection in Mice. Front Immunol 2018; 9:2471. [PMID: 30393473 PMCID: PMC6211335 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- L Charlotte J de Bree
- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Immunology, Triskelion B.V., Zeist, Netherlands
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- Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Laboratory of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Department for Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life and Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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de Bree LCJ, Marijnissen RJ, Kel JM, Rosendahl Huber SK, Aaby P, Benn CS, Wijnands MVW, Diavatopoulos DA, van Crevel R, Joosten LAB, Netea MG, Dulos J. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-Induced Trained Immunity Is Not Protective for Experimental Influenza A/Anhui/1/2013 (H7N9) Infection in Mice. Front Immunol 2018; 9:869. [PMID: 29760700 PMCID: PMC5936970 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Avian influenza A of the subtype H7N9 has been responsible for almost 1,600 confirmed human infections and more than 600 deaths since its first outbreak in 2013. Although sustained human-to-human transmission has not been reported yet, further adaptations to humans in the viral genome could potentially lead to an influenza pandemic, which may have severe consequences due to the absence of pre-existent immunity to this strain at population level. Currently there is no influenza A (H7N9) vaccine available. Therefore, in case of a pandemic outbreak, alternative preventive approaches are needed, ideally even independent of the type of influenza virus outbreak. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is known to induce strong heterologous immunological effects, and it has been shown that BCG protects against non-related infection challenges in several mouse models. BCG immunization of mice as well as human induces trained innate immune responses, resulting in increased cytokine responses upon subsequent ex vivo peripheral blood mononuclear cell restimulation. We investigated whether BCG (Statens Serum Institut-Denmark)-induced trained immunity may protect against a lethal avian influenza A/Anhui/1/2013 (H7N9) challenge. Here, we show that isolated splenocytes as well as peritoneal macrophages of BCG-immunized BALB/c mice displayed a trained immunity phenotype resulting in increased innate cytokine responses upon ex vivo restimulation. However, after H7N9 infection, no significant differences were found between the BCG immunized and the vehicle control group at the level of survival, weight loss, pulmonary influenza A nucleoprotein staining, or histopathology. In conclusion, BCG-induced trained immunity did not result in protection in an oseltamivir-sensitive influenza A/Anhui/1/2013 (H7N9) challenge mouse model.
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- L Charlotte J de Bree
- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Immunology, Triskelion B.V., Zeist, Netherlands
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- Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines, Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Laboratory of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Department for Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life and Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Soema PC, Rosendahl Huber SK, Willems GJ, Jacobi R, Hendriks M, Soethout E, Jiskoot W, de Jonge J, van Beek J, Kersten GFA, Amorij JP. Whole-Inactivated Influenza Virus Is a Potent Adjuvant for Influenza Peptides Containing CD8 + T Cell Epitopes. Front Immunol 2018; 9:525. [PMID: 29593747 PMCID: PMC5861146 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Influenza peptide antigens coding for conserved T cell epitopes have the capacity to induce cross-protective influenza-specific immunity. Short peptide antigens used as a vaccine, however, often show poor immunogenicity. In this study, we demonstrate that whole-inactivated influenza virus (WIV) acts as an adjuvant for influenza peptide antigens, as shown by the induction of peptide-specific CD8+ T cells in HLA-A2.1 transgenic mice upon vaccination with the influenza-M1-derived GILGFVFTL peptide (GIL), formulated with WIV. By screening various concentrations of GIL and WIV, we found that both components contributed to the GIL-specific T cell response. Whereas co-localization of the peptide antigen and WIV adjuvant was found to be important, neither physical association between peptide and WIV nor fusogenic activity of WIV were relevant for the adjuvant effect of WIV. We furthermore show that WIV may adjuvate T cell responses to a variety of peptides, using pools of either conserved wild-type influenza peptides or chemically altered peptide ligands. This study shows the potential of WIV as an adjuvant for influenza peptides. The simple formulation process and the solid safety record of WIV make this an attractive adjuvant for T cell peptides, and may also be used for non-influenza antigens.
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- Peter C Soema
- Intravacc (Institute for Translational Vaccinology), Bilthoven, Netherlands.,Division of Drug Delivery Technology, Cluster BioTherapeutics, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Intravacc (Institute for Translational Vaccinology), Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Intravacc (Institute for Translational Vaccinology), Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Division of Drug Delivery Technology, Cluster BioTherapeutics, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Intravacc (Institute for Translational Vaccinology), Bilthoven, Netherlands.,Division of Drug Delivery Technology, Cluster BioTherapeutics, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Intravacc (Institute for Translational Vaccinology), Bilthoven, Netherlands
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Rosendahl Huber SK, Luimstra JJ, van Beek J, Hoppes R, Jacobi RHJ, Hendriks M, Kapteijn K, Ouwerkerk C, Rodenko B, Ovaa H, de Jonge J. Chemical Modification of Influenza CD8+ T-Cell Epitopes Enhances Their Immunogenicity Regardless of Immunodominance. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0156462. [PMID: 27333291 PMCID: PMC4917206 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
T cells are essential players in the defense against infection. By targeting the MHC class I antigen-presenting pathway with peptide-based vaccines, antigen-specific T cells can be induced. However, low immunogenicity of peptides poses a challenge. Here, we set out to increase immunogenicity of influenza-specific CD8+ T cell epitopes. By substituting amino acids in wild type sequences with non-proteogenic amino acids, affinity for MHC can be increased, which may ultimately enhance cytotoxic CD8+ T cell responses. Since preventive vaccines against viruses should induce a broad immune response, we used this method to optimize influenza-specific epitopes of varying dominance. For this purpose, HLA-A*0201 epitopes GILGFVFTL, FMYSDFHFI and NMLSTVLGV were selected in order of decreasing MHC-affinity and dominance. For all epitopes, we designed chemically enhanced altered peptide ligands (CPLs) that exhibited greater binding affinity than their WT counterparts; even binding scores of the high affinity GILGFVFTL epitope could be improved. When HLA-A*0201 transgenic mice were vaccinated with selected CPLs, at least 2 out of 4 CPLs of each epitope showed an increase in IFN-γ responses of splenocytes. Moreover, modification of the low affinity epitope NMLSTVLGV led to an increase in the number of mice that responded. By optimizing three additional influenza epitopes specific for HLA-A*0301, we show that this strategy can be extended to other alleles. Thus, enhancing binding affinity of peptides provides a valuable tool to improve the immunogenicity and range of preventive T cell-targeted peptide vaccines.
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- Sietske K. Rosendahl Huber
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control (Cib), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Institute for Chemical Immunology (ICI), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control (Cib), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control (Cib), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control (Cib), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Institute for Chemical Immunology (ICI), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control (Cib), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Soema PC, Rosendahl Huber SK, Willems GJ, Jiskoot W, Kersten GFA, Amorij JP. Influenza T-cell epitope-loaded virosomes adjuvanted with CpG as a potential influenza vaccine. Pharm Res 2014; 32:1505-15. [PMID: 25344321 PMCID: PMC4356889 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-014-1556-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Purpose Influenza CD8+ T-cell epitopes are conserved amongst influenza strains and can be recognized by influenza-specific cytotoxic T-cells (CTLs), which can rapidly clear infected cells. An influenza peptide vaccine that elicits these CTLs would therefore be an alternative to current influenza vaccines, which are not cross-reactive. However, peptide antigens are poorly immunogenic due to lack of delivery to antigen presenting cells, and therefore need additional formulation with a suitable delivery system. In this study, the potential of virosomes as a delivery system for an influenza T-cell peptide was investigated. Methods The conserved human HLA-A2.1 influenza T-cell epitope M158–66 was formulated with virosomes. The immunogenicity and protective effect of the peptide-loaded virosomes was assessed in HLA-A2 transgenic mice. Delivery properties of the virosomes were studied in mice and in in vitro dendritic cell cultures. Results Immunization of HLA-A2.1 transgenic C57BL/6 mice with peptide-loaded virosomes in the presence of the adjuvant CpG-ODN 1826 increased the number of peptide-specific CTLs. Vaccination with adjuvanted peptide-loaded virosomes reduced weight loss in mice after heterologous influenza infection. Association with fusion-active virosomes was found to be crucial for antigen uptake by dendritic cells, and subsequent induction of CTLs in mice. Conclusions These results show that influenza virosomes loaded with conserved influenza epitopes could be the basis of a novel cross-protective influenza vaccine. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11095-014-1556-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Peter C Soema
- Intravacc (Institute for Translational Vaccinology), Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3721 MA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands,
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Stoop EJM, Schipper T, Rosendahl Huber SK, Nezhinsky AE, Verbeek FJ, Gurcha SS, Besra GS, Vandenbroucke-Grauls CMJE, Bitter W, van der Sar AM. Zebrafish embryo screen for mycobacterial genes involved in the initiation of granuloma formation reveals a newly identified ESX-1 component. Dis Model Mech 2011; 4:526-36. [PMID: 21372049 PMCID: PMC3124061 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.006676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
The hallmark of tuberculosis (TB) is the formation of granulomas, which are clusters of infected macrophages surrounded by additional macrophages, neutrophils and lymphocytes. Although it has long been thought that granulomas are beneficial for the host, there is evidence that mycobacteria also promote the formation of these structures. In this study, we aimed to identify new mycobacterial factors involved in the initial stages of granuloma formation. We exploited the zebrafish embryo Mycobacterium marinum infection model to study initiation of granuloma formation and developed an in vivo screen to select for random M. marinum mutants that were unable to induce granuloma formation efficiently. Upon screening 200 mutants, three mutants repeatedly initiated reduced granuloma formation. One of the mutants was found to be defective in the espL gene, which is located in the ESX-1 cluster. The ESX-1 cluster is disrupted in the Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine strain and encodes a specialized secretion system known to be important for granuloma formation and virulence. Although espL has not been implicated in protein secretion before, we observed a strong effect on the secretion of the ESX-1 substrates ESAT-6 and EspE. We conclude that our zebrafish embryo M. marinum screen is a useful tool to identify mycobacterial genes involved in the initial stages of granuloma formation and that we have identified a new component of the ESX-1 secretion system. We are confident that our approach will contribute to the knowledge of mycobacterial virulence and could be helpful for the development of new TB vaccines.
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- Esther J M Stoop
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Center, van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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