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ArticleViruses2021

Development of a Recombinant RBD Subunit Vaccine for SARS-CoV-2.

Yi-Sheng Sun, Jing-Jing Zhou, Han-Ping Zhu, Fang Xu, Wen-Bin Zhao, Hang-Jing Lu, Zhen Wang, Shu-Qing Chen, Ping-Ping Yao, Jian-Min Jiang and 1 more

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yi-Sheng SunKey Lab of Vaccine, Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310015, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6854-7630
Jing-Jing ZhouZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Drug Metabolism and Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Han-Ping ZhuKey Lab of Vaccine, Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310015, China.
Fang XuKey Lab of Vaccine, Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310015, China.
Wen-Bin ZhaoZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Drug Metabolism and Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1380-0237
Hang-Jing LuKey Lab of Vaccine, Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310015, China.
Zhen WangKey Lab of Vaccine, Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310015, China.
Shu-Qing ChenZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Drug Metabolism and Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0792-3735
Ping-Ping YaoKey Lab of Vaccine, Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310015, China.
Jian-Min JiangKey Lab of Vaccine, Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310015, China.
Zhan ZhouZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, Institute of Drug Metabolism and Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2730-5483
Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNZhejiang Lab · CNZhejiang University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31971371Zhejiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology 2018C03070Zhejiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology 2020C03010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) pandemic is a great threat to human society and now is still spreading. Although several vaccines have been authorized for emergency use, only one recombinant subunit vaccine has been permitted for widespread use. More subunit vaccines for COVID-19 should be developed in the future. The receptor binding domain (RBD), located at the S protein of SARS-CoV-2, contains most of the neutralizing epitopes. However, the immunogenicity of RBD monomers is not strong enough. In this study, we fused the RBD-monomer with a modified Fc fragment of human IgG1 to form an RBD-Fc fusion protein. The recombinant vaccine candidate based on the RBD-Fc protein could induce high levels of IgG and neutralizing antibody in mice, and these could last for at least three months. The secretion of IFN-γ, IL-2 and IL-10 in the RBD-stimulated splenocytes of immunized mice also increased significantly. Our results first showed that the RBD-Fc vaccine could induce both humoral and cellular immune responses and might be an optional strategy to control COVID-19.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesEpitopesFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CProtein BindingProtein DomainsSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusVaccines, SubunitAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesEpitopesImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2Vaccines, SubunitVaccines, SyntheticViral Vaccinescellular immune responseCOVID-19fusion proteinneutralizing antibodyRBD-Fcvaccine

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PMID34696367
PMCPMC8541238
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