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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2023

SARS-CoV-2 S1 Subunit Booster Vaccination Elicits Robust Humoral Immune Responses in Aged Mice.

Eun Kim, Muhammad S Khan, Alessandro Ferrari, Shaohua Huang, Josè C Sammartino, Elena Percivalle, Thomas W Kenniston, Irene Cassaniti, Fausto Baldanti, Andrea Gambotto

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Eun KimDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7963-7722
Muhammad S KhanDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Alessandro FerrariMolecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Shaohua HuangDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Josè C SammartinoMolecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Elena PercivalleMolecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Thomas W KennistonDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Irene CassanitiMolecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Fausto BaldantiMolecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Andrea GambottoDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8154-7419
University of Pittsburgh · USPoliclinico San Matteo Fondazione · ITUniversity of Pavia · IT

Funding

Validation, CLIA and Qualification (VQC): Enhancing the RS ratio as a tool for AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) tuberculosis trialsUM1AI106701 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Grace M Aldrovandi · 2014 to 2026
$116.8M
New Strategy to Improve Gastrointestinal Health in SIV/HIVR01DK119936 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI APETREI, CRISTIAN · 2018 to 2022
$5.1M
U01 Proposal Transfer - 2021U01CA233085 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GAMBOTTO, ANDREA, KOZBOR, DANUTA B · 2019 to 2019
$4.1M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA233085NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI106701NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK119936
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants has raised concerns about reduced vaccine effectiveness and the increased risk of infection, and while repeated homologous booster shots are recommended for elderly and immunocompromised individuals, they cannot completely protect against breakthrough infections. In our previous study, we assessed the immunogenicity of an adenovirus-based vaccine expressing SARS-CoV-2 S1 (Ad5.S1) in mice, which induced robust humoral and cellular immune responses (E. Kim, F. J. Weisel, S. C. Balmert, M. S. Khan, et al., Eur J Immunol 51:1774-1784, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.202149167). In this follow-up study, we found that the mice had high titers of anti-S1 antibodies 1 year after vaccination, and one booster dose of the nonadjuvanted rS1Beta (recombinant S1 protein of SARS-CoV-2 Beta [B.1.351]) subunit vaccine was effective at stimulating strong long-lived S1-specific immune responses and inducing significantly high neutralizing antibodies against Wuhan, Beta, and Delta strains, with 3.6- to 19.5-fold increases. Importantly, the booster dose also elicited cross-reactive antibodies, resulting in angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) binding inhibition against spikes of SARS-CoV-2, including Omicron variants, persisting for >28 weeks after booster vaccination. Interestingly, the levels of neutralizing antibodies were correlated not only with the level of S1 binding IgG but also with ACE2 inhibition. Our findings suggest that the rS1Beta subunit vaccine candidate as a booster has the potential to offer cross-neutralization against broad variants and has important implications for the vaccine control of newly emerging breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 variants in elderly individuals primed with adenovirus-based vaccines like AZD1222 and Ad26.COV2.S.

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COVID-19Immunity, HumoralAd26COVS1AgedAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2AnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralBreakthrough InfectionsChAdOx1 nCoV-19COVID-19 VaccinesFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiceSARS-CoV-2VaccinationAd26COVS1Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralChAdOx1 nCoV-19COVID-19 Vaccinesadenovirus-based vaccineadenovirus-vectored vaccineCOVID-19prime-boostS1 protein subunit vaccineS1 recombinant proteinSARS-CoV-2subunit vaccine

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