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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

mRNA-LNP Vaccines Encoding for Dengue Optimized prM/ENV Proteins Induce Protective Immunity without ADE.

Enzo LaMontia-Hankin, Clayton J Wollner, E Taylor Stone, Angélica Peña Rosado, Jill Pflugheber, Ashley Zalla, Sebastian Nieto, Amelia K Pinto, James D Brien, Justin M Richner

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Enzo LaMontia-HankinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Clayton J WollnerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
E Taylor StoneDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Angélica Peña RosadoDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Jill PflugheberDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Ashley ZallaDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Sebastian NietoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Amelia K PintoDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
James D BrienDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Justin M RichnerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5344-118X

Funding

Sustained eIF5A hypusination at the core of brain metabolic dysfunction in TDP-43 proteinopathiesP20GM148326 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI Caroline Elyse Geisler · 2023 to 2026
$10.6M
SARS-CoV-2 correlates of protection in a Latino-origin populationU01CA260541 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES · PI BRIEN, JAMES D, LOPEZ, MARCOS · 2020 to 2024
$3.4M
Dengue virus mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccineR01AI150672 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI RICHNER, JUSTIN · 2021 to 2024
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA260541NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150672NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM148326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dengue virus (DENV) is the most common mosquito-borne virus in the world, causing nearly 400 million infections annually, with the number of cases predict to increase over time. Despite this prevalence there are no widely approved vaccine for DENV naïve individuals or therapeutics. DENV consists of four distinct serotypes, DENV 1-4, that share 60-70% homology. Development of a safe and efficacious pan-Dengue vaccine has been complicated by the potential of antibody-dependent enhancement, in which cross-reactive non-neutralizing antibodies can enhance infection and disease. We previously demonstrated that a mRNA-LNP encoding for DENV-1 prM and Envelope proteins generates homotypic neutralizing immune responses and protects against a lethal challenge. The DENV-1 vaccine avoided ADE by eliminating the fusion loop (FL), one of the dominant ADE epitopes. Using a similar design methodology, here we present mRNA-LNP prM-E vaccines for DENV 2, 3, and 4. These vaccines maintained the ΔFL modifications, but encode a chimeric E protein to improve VLP expression and stability. All three vaccines elicited neutralizing titers of serotype specific antibodies mice and protected against a lethal homotypic DENV challenge. Mutation of the FL lowered ADE in vaccinated mouse sera. We formulated monotypic vaccines into a tetravalent vaccine and evaluated for immunogenicity and protection in mice. The tetravalent vaccine elicited neutralizing humoral responses against all DENV serotypes and protected against lethal challenges. Cumulatively, our monovalent DENV mRNA-LNP vaccines against all DENV serotypes generate protective immunity and lower the potential for ADE, leading to the development of a first-generation ADE-altered tetravalent DENV vaccine.

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PMCPMC12667845

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