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ArticleNPJ vaccines2025

A bivalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccine elicited broad immune responses and protection against Omicron subvariants infection.

Jun Liu, Li Wang, Alexandra Kurtesi, Patrick Budylowski, Kyle G Potts, Haritha Menon, Yilin Tan, Philip Samaan, Xinan Liu, Yisen Wang and 16 more

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5 · Who and what money

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26 authors.

Jun LiuProvidence Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., Calgary, Canada. jun.liu@providencetherapeutics.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5040-8344
Li WangEverest Medicines, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9580-2476
Alexandra KurtesiDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Patrick BudylowskiDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Kyle G PottsRiddell Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Haritha MenonProvidence Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., Calgary, Canada.
Yilin TanProvidence Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., Calgary, Canada.
Philip SamaanDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Xinan LiuEverest Medicines, Shanghai, China.
Yisen WangEverest Medicines, Shanghai, China.
Queenie HuDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Reuben SamsonDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-8965-3212
Freda QiDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Danyel EvseevRiddell Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Cini JohnRiddell Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Kristofor K EllestadRiddell Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Yue FanEverest Medicines, Shanghai, China.
Frans BudimanDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Ellaine Riczly TohanDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Suji UdayakumarDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Jennifer YangEverest Medicines, Shanghai, China.
Eric G MarcussonProvidence Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., Calgary, Canada.
Anne-Claude GingrasDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Douglas J MahoneyRiddell Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Mario A OstrowskiDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. mario.ostrowski@gmail.com.
Natalia Martin-OrozcoProvidence Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., Calgary, Canada. Natalia@providencetherapeutics.com.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Continuously emerging SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants pose a threat thwarting the effectiveness of approved COVID-19 vaccines. Especially, the protection breadth and degree of these vaccines against antigenically distant Omicron subvariants is unclear. Here, we report the immunogenicity and efficacy of a bivalent mRNA vaccine, PTX-COVID19-M1.2 (M1.2), which encodes native spike proteins from Wuhan-Hu-1 (D614G) and Omicron BA.2.12.1, in mouse and hamster models. Both primary series and booster vaccination using M1.2 elicited potent and broad nAbs against Wuhan-Hu-1 (D614G) and some Omicron subvariants. Strong spike-specific T cell responses against Wuhan-Hu-1 and Omicron subvariants, including JN.1, were also induced. Vaccination with M1.2 protected animals from Wuhan-Hu-1 and multiple Omicron subvariants challenges. Interestingly, protection against XBB.1.5 lung infection did not correlate with nAb levels. These results indicate that M1.2 generated a broadly protective immune response against antigenically distant Omicron subvariants, and spike-specific T cells probably contributed to the breadth of the protection.

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PMID39788981
PMCPMC11718203

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