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ArticleNature communications2024

Improved influenza vaccine responses after expression of multiple viral glycoproteins from a single mRNA.

Rebecca A Leonard, Kaitlyn N Burke, Rachel L Spreng, Andrew N Macintyre, Ying Tam, Mohamad-Gabriel Alameh, Drew Weissman, Nicholas S Heaton

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rebecca A LeonardDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine Durham, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3404-0399
Kaitlyn N BurkeDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine Durham, Durham, NC, USA.
Rachel L SprengDuke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1254-0760
Andrew N MacintyreDuke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Ying TamAcuitas Theraputics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4083-5251
Mohamad-Gabriel AlamehDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5672-6930
Drew WeissmanDepartment of Medicine, Institute for RNA Innovation, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Nicholas S HeatonDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine Durham, Durham, NC, USA. nicholas.heaton@duke.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5307-3428

Funding

Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs): Component A: Vaccine Center75N93019C00050 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MOODY, TONY · 2019 to 2025
$69.1M
Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL)UC6AI058607 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAMS, R SANDERS · 2003 to 2005
$16.3M
NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00050NIAID NIH HHS UC6 AI058607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza viruses cause substantial morbidity and mortality every year despite seasonal vaccination. mRNA-based vaccines have the potential to elicit more protective immune responses, but for maximal breadth and durability, it is desirable to deliver both the viral hemagglutinin and neuraminidase glycoproteins. Delivering multiple antigens individually, however, complicates manufacturing and increases cost, thus it would be beneficial to express both proteins from a single mRNA. Here, we develop an mRNA genetic configuration that allows the simultaneous expression of unmodified, full-length NA and HA proteins from a single open reading frame. We apply this approach to glycoproteins from contemporary influenza A and B viruses and, after vaccination, observe high levels of functional antibodies and protection from disease in female mouse and male ferret challenge models. This approach may further efforts to utilize mRNA technology to improve seasonal vaccine efficacy by efficiently delivering multiple viral antigens simultaneously and in their native state.

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Antibodies, ViralFerretsInfluenza VaccinesNeuraminidaseOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsRNA, MessengerAnimalsAntigens, ViralFemaleGlycoproteinsHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza B virusInfluenza, HumanMaleAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralGlycoproteinsHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza VaccinesNeuraminidaseRNA, MessengerViral Proteins

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PMID39379405
PMCPMC11461824

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