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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Immunogenicity of Adjuvanted Psoralen-Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein DNA Vaccines in BALB/c Mice.

Appavu K Sundaram, Daniel Ewing, Zhaodong Liang, Vihasi Jani, Ying Cheng, Peifang Sun, Kanakatte Raviprakash, Shuenn-Jue Wu, Nikolai Petrovsky, Gabriel Defang and 2 more

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Appavu K SundaramViral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Daniel EwingViral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Zhaodong LiangViral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Vihasi JaniViral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Ying ChengViral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1009-8721
Peifang SunViral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Kanakatte RaviprakashViral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Shuenn-Jue WuViral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Nikolai PetrovskyVaxine Pty Ltd., Warradale, SA 5042, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1580-5245
Gabriel DefangViral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Maya WilliamsNaval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
Kevin R PorterInfectious Diseases Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.

Funding

Novel vaccine adjuvants to counter bioterrorist threatsU01AI061142 · NIAID · FLINDERS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA · PI PETROVSKY, NIKOLAI · 2005 to 2009
$3.5M
DHP RDT&E supplemental COVID fundingNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases HHS-N272200800039CNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases HHS-N272201400053CNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases U01-AI061142
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of a safe and effective vaccine to protect against COVID-19 is a global priority due to the current high SARS-CoV-2 infection rate. Currently, there are over 160 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates at the clinical or pre-clinical stages of development. Of these, there are only three whole-virus vaccine candidates produced using β-propiolactone or formalin inactivation. Here, we prepared a whole-virus SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (SARS-CoV-2 PsIV) using a novel psoralen inactivation method and evaluated its immunogenicity in mice using two different adjuvants, alum and Advax-2. We compared the immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 PsIV against SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccines expressing either full-length or truncated spike proteins. We also compared the psoralen-inactivated vaccine against a DNA prime, psoralen-inactivated vaccine boost regimen. After two doses, the psoralen-inactivated vaccine, when administered with alum or Advax-2 adjuvants, generated a dose-dependent neutralizing antibody responses in mice. Overall, the pattern of cytokine ELISPOT responses to antigen-stimulation observed in this study indicates that SARS-CoV-2 PsIV with the alum adjuvant promotes a Th2-type response, while SARS-CoV-2 PsIV with the Advax-2 adjuvant promotes a Th1-type response.

Indexed as

4′-aminomethyl-4,5′,8-trimethylpsoralen (AMT)Advax-2anti-SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing antibodiesconformational epitopes of surface antigensCOVID-19DNA vaccineprime-boostpsoralen-inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccineSARS-CoV-2

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PMID34069575
PMCPMC8160882

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