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ArticleVirology journal2026

Ferritin nanoparticles displaying rift valley fever virus glycoprotein elicit potent dendritic cell activation in vitro.

Margarida Q Rodrigues, Inês Cardoso, Nádia Duarte, Paula M Alves, António Roldão

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Article in Virology journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Margarida Q RodriguesiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, Oeiras, 2781- 901, Portugal.
Inês CardosoiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, Oeiras, 2781- 901, Portugal.
Nádia DuarteiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, Oeiras, 2781- 901, Portugal.
Paula M AlvesiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, Oeiras, 2781- 901, Portugal.
António RoldãoiBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, Oeiras, 2781- 901, Portugal. aroldao@ibet.pt.

Funding

European Commission Project "PROMETEUS", grant 823780European Regional Development Fund Project "eZVac", grant LISBOA2030-FEDER-00754700Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia iNOVA4Health - Programme in Translational Medicine (UID/04462)Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia PhD fellowship DFA/BD/8167/2020
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Abstract

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne zoonosis of major concern for human and animal health, yet no licensed human vaccine exists. Here, we engineered a self-assembling nanoparticle vaccine candidate by genetically fusing the RVF virus glycoprotein Gn to the N-terminus of a hybrid bacterial ferritin, generating nanoparticles that display 24 copies of Gn on their surface. Cryo-electron microscopy at 6 Å resolution confirmed ordered and symmetric presentation of the antigens, consistent with the structural models of ferritin and Gn. When incubated with human monocyte-derived dendritic cells, the Gn-ferritin nanoparticles were efficiently internalized and induced robust expression of maturation markers (e.g., CD54, CD83, CD86) and secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines (e.g., IL-1β, IL-6, IL-12p40, TNF-α), in contrast to soluble Gn or ferritin controls. These findings demonstrate that ferritin nanoparticles provide a structurally defined and immunologically active platform for RVF virus antigen display, establishing a foundation for the development of safe and effective subunit vaccines against this emerging pathogen.

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Dendritic CellsFerritinsGlycoproteinsNanoparticlesRift Valley fever virusViral ProteinsCryoelectron MicroscopyCytokinesHumansNanovaccinesProtein Subunit VaccinesViral VaccinesCytokinesFerritinsGlycoproteinsNanovaccinesProtein Subunit VaccinesViral ProteinsViral VaccinesAntigen displayFerritin nanoparticlesGlycoprotein GnHuman dendritic cellsInnate immune activationNanoparticle-based vaccine platformsRift Valley fever virusSubunit vaccines

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PMID41864987
PMCPMC13127017

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