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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Chimeric Fusion (F) and Attachment (G) Glycoprotein Antigen Delivery by mRNA as a Candidate Nipah Vaccine.

Rebecca J Loomis, Anthony T DiPiazza, Samantha Falcone, Tracy J Ruckwardt, Kaitlyn M Morabito, Olubukola M Abiona, Lauren A Chang, Ria T Caringal, Vladimir Presnyak, Elisabeth Narayanan and 9 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05398796 (VRC 322/DMID 21-0016), which is not on this map. Cited by 49 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05398796 phase1completednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

VRC 322/DMID 21-0016: A Phase I, Dose Escalation, Open-Label Clinical Trial to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of a Nipah Virus (NiV) mRNA Vaccine, mRNA-1215, in Healthy Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)Ran2022 to 2024Enrolled40ConditionsNipah Virus InfectionArmsmRNA -1215
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Rebecca J LoomisViral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Anthony T DiPiazzaViral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Samantha FalconeModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States.
Tracy J RuckwardtViral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Kaitlyn M MorabitoViral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Olubukola M AbionaViral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Lauren A ChangViral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Ria T CaringalVaccine Production Program, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Vladimir PresnyakModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States.
Elisabeth NarayananModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States.
Yaroslav TsybovskyVaccine Research Center Electron Microscopy Unit, Cancer Research Technology Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, United States.
Deepika NairViral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Geoffrey B HutchinsonViral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Guillaume B E Stewart-JonesVirology Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Lisa A KueltzoVaccine Production Program, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Sunny HimansuModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States.
John R MascolaVirology Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Andrea CarfiModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States.
Barney S GrahamViral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.

Funding

Training in Cellular & Molecular BiologyT32GM136534 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Andrew Atwell Oberst, LARRY S ZWEIFEL · 2021 to 2026
$5.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136534
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nipah virus (NiV) represents a significant pandemic threat with zoonotic transmission from bats-to-humans with almost annual regional outbreaks characterized by documented human-to-human transmission and high fatality rates. Currently, no vaccine against NiV has been approved. Structure-based design and protein engineering principles were applied to stabilize the fusion (F) protein in its prefusion trimeric conformation (pre-F) to improve expression and increase immunogenicity. We covalently linked the stabilized pre-F through trimerization domains at the C-terminus to three attachment protein (G) monomers, forming a chimeric design. These studies detailed here focus on mRNA delivery of NiV immunogens in mice, assessment of mRNA immunogen-specific design elements and their effects on humoral and cellular immunogenicity. The pre-F/G chimera elicited a strong neutralizing antibody response and a superior NiV-specific Tfh and other effector T cell response compared to G alone across both the mRNA and protein platforms. These findings enabled final candidate selection of pre-F/G Fd for clinical development.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, ViralFemaleImmunoglobulin GLiposomesMicemRNA VaccinesNanoparticlesNipah VirusPublic-Private Sector PartnershipsRNA, MessengerT-LymphocytesViral Envelope ProteinsViral Fusion ProteinsViral VaccinesAntigens, ViralImmunoglobulin GLipid NanoparticlesLiposomesmRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengerViral Envelope ProteinsViral Fusion ProteinsViral VaccinesmRNANipah virus (NiV)pandemic preparedness and responsePre-F/Gstructure-based immunogen designT cell responsesvaccine

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PMID34956199
PMCPMC8692728

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