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ArticleScientific reports2023

Intradermal administration of DNA vaccine targeting Omicron SARS-CoV-2 via pyro-drive jet injector provides the prolonged neutralizing antibody production via germinal center reaction.

Hiroki Hayashi, Jiao Sun, Yuka Yanagida, Takako Otera, Jiayu A Tai, Tomoyuki Nishikawa, Kunihiko Yamashita, Naoki Sakaguchi, Shota Yoshida, Satoshi Baba and 9 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroki HayashiDepartment of Health Development and Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. hayashih@cgt.med.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Jiao SunDepartment of Health Development and Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Yuka YanagidaDepartment of Health Development and Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Takako OteraDepartment of Health Development and Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Jiayu A TaiDepartment of Device Application for Molecular Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Tomoyuki NishikawaDepartment of Device Application for Molecular Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Kunihiko YamashitaDepartment of Device Application for Molecular Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Naoki SakaguchiDaicel Co, Osaka, Japan.
Shota YoshidaDepartment of Health Development and Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Satoshi BabaDepartment of Health Development and Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Chin Yang ChangDepartment of Gene and Stem Cell Regenerative Therapy, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Munehisa ShimamuraDepartment of Gene and Stem Cell Regenerative Therapy, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Sachiko OkamotoTakara Bio Inc., Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan.
Yasunori AmaishiTakara Bio Inc., Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan.
Hideto ChonoTakara Bio Inc., Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan.
Junichi MinenoTakara Bio Inc., Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan.
Hiromi RakugiDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Ryuichi MorishitaDepartment of Clinical Gene Therapy, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Hironori NakagamiDepartment of Health Development and Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Osaka University · JPTakara (Japan) · JPAnges (Japan) · JPDaicel (Japan) · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants are highly contagious with enhanced immune escape mechanisms against the initially approved COVID-19 vaccines. Therefore, we require stable alternative-platform vaccines that confer protection against newer variants of SARS-CoV-2. We designed an Omicron B.1.1.529 specific DNA vaccine using our DNA vaccine platform and evaluated the humoral and cellular immune responses. SD rats intradermally administered with Omicron-specific DNA vaccine via pyro-drive jet injector (PJI) thrice at 2-week intervals elicited high antibody titers against the Omicron subvariants as well as the ancestral strain. Indeed, the Omicron B.1.1.529-specific antibody titer and neutralizing antibody were higher than that of other strains. Longitudinal monitoring indicated that anti-spike (ancestral and Omicron) antibody titers decreased toward 30 weeks after the first vaccination dose. However, neutralization activity remained unaltered. Germinal center formation was histologically detected in lymph nodes in rats immunized with Omicron DNA vaccine. Ancestral spike-specific immune cell response was slightly weaker than Omicron spike-specific response in splenocytes with Omicron-adapted DNA vaccine, evaluated by ELISpot assay. Collectively, our findings suggest that Omicron targeting DNA vaccines via PJI can elicit robust durable antibody production mediated by germinal center reaction against this new variant as well as partially against the spike protein of other SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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COVID-19Vaccines, DNAAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesGerminal CenterHumansRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySARS-CoV-2Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesVaccines, DNA

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PMID37563266
PMCPMC10415318
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