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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

A High-Yield Recombinant Inactivated Whole-Virion Nasal Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus Vaccine with an Attenuated PB2 Gene.

Seung-Eun Son, Jin-Ha Song, Ho-Won Kim, Se-Hee An, Seung-Ji Kim, Chung-Young Lee, Hyuk-Joon Kwon, Kang-Seuk Choi

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Seung-Eun SonLaboratory of Avian Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4558-8990
Jin-Ha SongLaboratory of Avian Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Ho-Won KimLaboratory of Avian Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5509-1152
Se-Hee AnAvian Influenza Research & Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si 39660, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2206-1299
Seung-Ji KimLaboratory of Avian Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Chung-Young LeeDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3037-7581
Hyuk-Joon KwonResearch Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-9107-7860
Kang-Seuk ChoiLaboratory of Avian Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6825-6924

Funding

Korea Health Industry Development Institute RS-2000-KH000000 (HV20C0000)Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries RS-2024-00399869
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic (pdm09), the poor replication of PR8-derived vaccine strains in embryonated chicken eggs (ECEs) delayed vaccine production, necessitating costly adjuvants. To improve egg-based yield, we generated PB2-substituted H1N1 strains via reverse genetics, replacing PR8 PB2 with a PB2 lacking mammalian-adaptive mutations (dtxPB2), cognate pdm09 PB2 (19PB2), or avian PB2. All PB2-substituted strains achieved over tenfold higher titers than the conventional PR8 PB2-containing strain (rGD19), with rGD19/dtxPB2 and rGD19/19PB2 exhibiting significantly higher titers and reduced murine virulence. Among these, rGD19/19PB2 produced the highest hemagglutinin (HA) yield and, when administered intranasally as a binary ethyleneimine (BEI)-inactivated whole-virion vaccine, elicited a significantly stronger broncho-alveolar IgA response than rGD19. Both rGD19 and rGD19/19PB2 provided comparable protection against a homologous H1N1 challenge, yet only rGD19/19PB2 conferred full survival protection after a lethal heterologous H3N2 challenge. These findings show that incorporation of cognate PB2 enhances H1N1 replication in ECEs and antigen yield, reduces murine virulence, and confers robust homo- and heterosubtypic protection via intranasal immunization, underscoring the promise of PB2-modified H1N1 strains as inactivated mucosal whole-virion vaccines for future vaccine development.

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Influenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza VaccinesOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral ProteinsAdministration, IntranasalAnimalsFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CVaccines, AttenuatedVaccines, InactivatedInfluenza VaccinesRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseVaccines, AttenuatedVaccines, InactivatedViral Proteinscognate PB2egg-propagated vaccineheterosubtypic protectionhigh-yieldinactivated mucosal vaccinepandemic 2009 virus

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PMCPMC12193355

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