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ArticleNPJ vaccines2025

Recombinant production platform for Group A Streptococcus glycoconjugate vaccines.

Sowmya Ajay Castro, Ian J Passmore, Didier Ndeh, Helen Alexandra Shaw, Alessandro Ruda, Keira Burns, Sarah Thomson, Rupa Nagar, Kathirvel Alagesan, Mark Reglinski and 7 more

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Article in NPJ vaccines, 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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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Sowmya Ajay CastroDivision of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Dundee, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9831-2907
Ian J PassmoreDepartment of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Didier NdehDivision of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Dundee, United Kingdom.
Helen Alexandra ShawThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Vaccines Division, Scientific Research & Innovation Group, London, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1129-2075
Alessandro RudaDepartment of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Keira BurnsDepartment of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Sarah ThomsonBiological Services, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.
Rupa NagarDivision of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Dundee, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2127-3115
Kathirvel AlagesanMax Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany.
Mark ReglinskiDivision of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Dundee, United Kingdom.
Kieron LucasDivision of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Dundee, United Kingdom.
Sherif AbouelhadidDepartment of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Ulrich Schwarz-LinekBiomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom.
Fatme MawasThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Vaccines Division, Scientific Research & Innovation Group, London, United Kingdom.
Göran WidmalmDepartment of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8303-4481
Brendan W WrenDepartment of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. brendan.wren@lshtm.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6140-9489
Helge C DorfmuellerDivision of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Dundee, United Kingdom. hczdorfmueller@dundee.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1288-044X

Funding

Wellcome Trust 109357Wellcome Trust 221589Wellcome Trust 225350Wellcome Trust (Wellcome) 105606/Z/14/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 109357/Z/15/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 221589/Z/20/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 225350/Z/22/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) is a human-exclusive bacterial pathogen killing annually more than 500,000 patients, and no current licensed vaccine exists. Strep A bacteria are highly diverse, but all produce an essential, abundant, and conserved surface carbohydrate, the Group A Carbohydrate, which contains a rhamnose polysaccharide (RhaPS) backbone. RhaPS is a validated universal vaccine candidate in a glycoconjugate prepared by chemical conjugation of the native carbohydrate to a carrier protein. We engineered the Group A Carbohydrate biosynthesis pathway to enable recombinant production using the industry standard route to couple RhaPS to selected carrier proteins within Escherichia coli cells. The structural integrity of the produced recombinant glycoconjugate vaccines was confirmed by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Purified RhaPS glycoconjugates elicited carbohydrate-specific antibodies in mice and rabbits and bound to the surface of multiple Strep A strains of diverse M-types, confirming the recombinantly produced RhaPS glycoconjugates as valuable vaccine candidates.

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PMID39843476
PMCPMC11754613

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