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ArticleViruses2022

Oral Rabies Vaccine Strain SPBN GASGAS: Genetic Stability after Serial In Vitro and In Vivo Passaging.

Stefan Borutzki, Benjamin Richter, Matthias Proemmel, Izabela Fabianska, Hon Quang Tran, Boris Hundt, Dietmar Mayer, Christian Kaiser, Andreas Neubert, Ad Vos

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Article in Viruses, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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10 authors.

Stefan BorutzkiIDT Biologika GmbH, Am Pharmapark, 06861 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany.
Benjamin RichterIDT Biologika GmbH, Am Pharmapark, 06861 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany.
Matthias ProemmelCeva Innovation Center GmbH, Am Pharmapark, 06861 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany.
Izabela FabianskaIDT Biologika GmbH, Am Pharmapark, 06861 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany.
Hon Quang TranIDT Biologika GmbH, Am Pharmapark, 06861 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany.
Boris HundtCeva Innovation Center GmbH, Am Pharmapark, 06861 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany.
Dietmar MayerIDT Biologika GmbH, Am Pharmapark, 06861 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany.
Christian KaiserTEW Servicegesellschaft mbH, Am Pharmapark 15, 06861 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany.
Andreas NeubertKlocke Holding GmbH, Max-Becker-Str. 6, 76356 Weingarten, Germany.
Ad VosCeva Innovation Center GmbH, Am Pharmapark, 06861 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral vaccination of wildlife has shown to be a very effective management tool in rabies control. Evaluation of the genetic stability of vaccine viruses before distributing vaccine baits in the environment is essential because all available oral rabies vaccines, including the genetically engineered rabies virus vaccine strain SPBN GASGAS (Rabitec), are based on replication-competent viruses. To evaluate the genetic stability of this vaccine strain, five serial passages of the Master Seed Virus (MSV) in the production cell line BHK21 Cl13 were performed. Furthermore, to test possible reversion to virulence, a back-passage study in suckling mouse brain (SMB) was performed. Subsequently, the pooled 5th SMB passage was inoculated intracerebrally (i.c.) in adult and suckling mice. The full genome sequences of the isolated 5th passage, in vivo and in vitro, were compared at both the consensus and the quasispecies level with the MSV. Additionally, the full genome sequence of the 6th SMB passage from the individual animals was determined and compared. Full-length integration of the double glycoprotein and modified base substitutions at amino acid position 194 and 333 of the glycoprotein could be verified in all 5th and 6th passage samples. Overall, 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were detected in the 5th pooled SMB passage, 4 with frequency between 10 and 20%, and 7 with between 2.5 and 10%. SNPs that resulted in amino acid exchange were found in genes: N (one SNP), G (four SNPs), and L (three SNPs). However, none of these SNPs were associated with reversion to virulence since all adult mice inoculated i.c. with this material survived. In the individual samples of the 6th SMB passage 24 additional SNPs (>2.5%) were found, of which only 1 SNP (L-gene, position 6969) had a prevalence of >50% in 3 of 17 samples. The obtained results confirmed the stable expression of genetic modifications and the genetic stability of the consensus strain after serial in vivo and in vitro passaging.

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PMID36298691
PMCPMC9609770

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