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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Protection from COVID-19 disease in hamsters vaccinated with subunit SARS-CoV-2 S1 mucosal vaccines adjuvanted with different adjuvants.

Yongjun Sui, Hanne Andersen, Jianping Li, Tanya Hoang, Yonas Bekele, Swagata Kar, Mark G Lewis, Jay A Berzofsky

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yongjun SuiVaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States.
Hanne AndersenBIOQUAL Inc., Rockville, MD, United States.
Jianping LiVaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States.
Tanya HoangVaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States.
Yonas BekeleVaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States.
Swagata KarBIOQUAL Inc., Rockville, MD, United States.
Mark G LewisBIOQUAL Inc., Rockville, MD, United States.
Jay A BerzofskyVaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States.
Bioqual · USNational Cancer Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · USCenter for Cancer Research · US

Funding

Studies of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike ProteinZIABC011941 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI BERZOFSKY, JAY A · 2020 to 2025
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Adjuvant plays an important role in directing the immune responses induced by vaccines. In previous studies, we have shown that a mucosal SARS-CoV-2 S1 subunit vaccine adjuvanted with a combination of CpG, Poly I:C and IL-15 (named CP15) induced effective mucosal and systemic immunity and conferred nearly sterile protection against SARS-CoV-2 viral replication in macaque models. Methods: In this study, we used a hamster model, which mimics the human scenario and reliably exhibits severe SARS-CoV-2 disease similar to hospitalized patients, to investigate the protection efficacy of the vaccines against COVID-19 disease. We compared the weight loss, viral loads (VLs), and clinical observation scores of three different vaccine regimens. All three regimens consisted of priming/boosting with S1 subunit vaccines, but adjuvanted with alum and/or CP15 administrated by either intramuscular (IM) or intranasal (IN) routes: Group 1 was adjuvanted with alum/alum administrated IM/IM; Group 2 was alum-IM/CP15-IN; and Group 3 was CP15-IM/CP15-IN. Results: After challenge with SARS-CoV-2 WA strain, we found that the alum/CP15 group showed best protection against weight loss, while the CP15 group demonstrated best reduction of oral SARS-CoV-2 VLs, suggesting that the protection profiles were different. Sex differences for VL and clinical scores were observed. Humoral immunity was induced but not correlated with protection. Moreover, S1-specific binding antibody titers against beta, omicron BA.1, and BA.2 variants showed 2.6-, 4.9- and 2.8- fold reduction, respectively, compared to the Wuhan strain. Discussion: Overall, the data suggested that adjuvants in subunit vaccines determine the protection profiles after SARS-CoV-2 infection and that nasal/oral mucosal immunization can protect against systemic COVID-19 disease.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicAdjuvants, PharmaceuticAlum CompoundsAnimalsCricetinaeFemaleHumansMaleSARS-CoV-2Vaccines, SubunitAdjuvants, ImmunologicAdjuvants, PharmaceuticAlum Compoundsaluminum sulfateCOVID-19 VaccinesVaccines, SubunitCOVID-19hamster modelintranasal vaccinemucosal adjuvantSARS-CoV-2

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PMID37020550
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