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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2025

Inverted HA-EV immunization elicits stalk-specific influenza immunity and cross-protection in mice.

Wandi Zhu, Chunhong Dong, Lai Wei, Joo Kyung Kim, Bao-Zhong Wang

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors.

Wandi ZhuCenter for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Chunhong DongCenter for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Lai WeiCenter for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Joo Kyung KimCenter for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Bao-Zhong WangCenter for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. Electronic address: bwang23@gsu.edu.

Funding

Novel Influenza nano vaccines for broad cross protectionR01AI101047 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, BAOZHONG · 2012 to 2023
$6.1M
Multivalent nanocluster universal influenza vaccine given by microneedle patchR01AI143844 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, BAOZHONG · 2019 to 2023
$3.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI101047NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI143844
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enhancing protective immunity in the respiratory tract is crucial to combat influenza infection and transmission. Developing mucosal universal influenza vaccines requires effective delivery platforms to overcome the respiratory mucosal barrier and stimulate appropriate innate immune reactions, thereby bridging adaptive immune responses with minimal necessary inflammation. Meanwhile, the vaccine platforms must be biocompatible. This study employed cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) as a mucosal universal influenza vaccine platform. By conjugating influenza hemagglutinin (HA) onto EV surfaces through HA-receptor interaction, we achieved an upside-down (inverted) influenza HA configuration that exposed the conserved HA stalk region while partially hiding the globular head domain. Intranasal immunization with the resulting EVs induced robust HA stalk- and virus-specific serum antibody and mucosal immune responses in mice, protecting against heterologous virus infection. Notably, EVs derived from the lung epithelial cell line A549 induced superior cross-reactive antibodies and enhanced protection upon intranasal immunization. EVs conjugating multivalent HA elicited broadly cross-reactive antibody and cellular responses against different influenza strains. Our results demonstrated that EVs conjugating multiple inverted HAs represented an effective strategy for developing a mucosal universal influenza vaccine.

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Cross ProtectionExtracellular VesiclesHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsA549 CellsAdministration, IntranasalAnimalsAntibodies, ViralCross ReactionsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansImmunity, MucosalImmunizationAntibodies, ViralHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza Vaccinescross-protectionextracellular vesicleHA stalkinfluenza virusintranasal immunizationmucosal immune response

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PMID39741410
PMCPMC11852689

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