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ArticleEmerging microbes & infections2024

Disulfide-stabilized trimeric hemagglutinin ectodomains provide enhanced heterologous influenza protection.

De-Jian Liu, Xiu-Qin Zhong, Yan-Xia Ru, Shi-Long Zhao, Cui-Cui Liu, Yi-Bo Tang, Xuan Wu, Yi-Shuai Zhang, Hui-Hui Zhang, Jia-Yue She and 4 more

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Article in Emerging microbes & infections, 2024. 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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  1. Stabilized mosaic hemagglutinin immunogens as novel universal influenza virus vaccines.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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De-Jian LiuHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Institute of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Xiu-Qin ZhongHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Institute of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Yan-Xia RuSchool of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
Shi-Long ZhaoHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Institute of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Cui-Cui LiuHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Institute of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Yi-Bo TangHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Institute of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Xuan WuHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Institute of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Yi-Shuai ZhangBioinformatics Center, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Hui-Hui ZhangBioinformatics Center, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Jia-Yue SheHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Institute of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Mu-Yang WanHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Institute of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Yao-Wang LiSchool of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
He-Ping ZhengBioinformatics Center, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Lei DengHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Institute of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-2818-0432

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza virus infection poses a continual menace to public health. Here, we developed soluble trimeric HA ectodomain vaccines by establishing interprotomer disulfide bonds in the stem region, which effectively preserve the native antigenicity of stem epitopes. The stable trimeric H1 ectodomain proteins exhibited higher thermal stabilities in comparison with unmodified HAs and showed strong binding activities towards a panel of anti-stem cross-reactive antibodies that recognize either interprotomer or intraprotomer epitopes. Negative stain transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis revealed the stable trimer architecture of the interprotomer disulfide-stapled WA11#5, NC99#2, and FLD#1 proteins as well as the irregular aggregation of unmodified HA molecules. Immunizations of mice with those trimeric HA ectodomain vaccines formulated with incomplete Freund's adjuvant elicited significantly more potent cross-neutralizing antibody responses and offered broader immuno-protection against lethal infections with heterologous influenza strains compared to unmodified HA proteins. Additionally, the findings of our study indicate that elevated levels of HA stem-specific antibody responses correlate with strengthened cross-protections. Our design strategy has proven effective in trimerizing HA ectodomains derived from both influenza A and B viruses, thereby providing a valuable reference for designing future influenza HA immunogens.

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Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralDisulfidesHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza VaccinesMice, Inbred BALB COrthomyxoviridae InfectionsAnimalsCross ProtectionCross ReactionsEpitopesFemaleHumansInfluenza B virusInfluenza, HumanMiceAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralDisulfidesEpitopesHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza Vaccinescross-neutralizing antibodycross-protectionInfluenza vaccineinterprotomer disulfide bondtrimeric hemagglutinin ectodomain

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PMCPMC11334750

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