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A non-transmissible live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (2023)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Adler, Julia M. (WE 5)

Vidal, Ricardo Martin (WE 5)

Voß, Anne (WE 12)

Kunder, Sandra (WE 12)

Nascimento, Mariana (WE 5)

Abdelgawad, Azza (WE 5)

Langner, Christine (WE 5)

Vladimirova, Daria (WE 5)

Osterrieder, Nikolaus (WE 5)

Gruber, Achim D. (WE 12)

Kunec, Dusan (WE 5)

Trimpert, Jakob (WE 5)

Quelle

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy

Bandzählung: 31

Heftzählung: 8

Seiten: 2391 – 2407

ISSN: 1525-0016

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1525001623002605

DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2023.05.004

Pubmed: 37263272

Kontakt

Institut für Tierpathologie

Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 15
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62450
pathologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Live attenuated vaccines (LAVs) administered via the mucosal route may offer better control of the COVID-19 pandemic than non-replicating vaccines injected intramuscularly. Conceptionally, LAVs have several advantages, including presentation of the entire antigenic repertoire of the virus, and the induction of strong mucosal immunity. Thus, immunity induced by LAV could offer superior protection against future surges of COVID-19 cases caused by emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. However, LAVs carry the risk of unintentional transmission. To address this issue, we investigated whether transmission of a SARS-CoV-2 LAV candidate can be blocked by removing the furin cleavage site (FCS) from the spike protein. The level of protection and immunity induced by the attenuated virus with the intact FCS was virtually identical to the one induced by the attenuated virus lacking the FCS. Most importantly, removal of the FCS completely abolished horizontal transmission of vaccine virus between cohoused hamsters. Furthermore, the vaccine was safe in immunosuppressed animals and showed no tendency to recombine in vitro or in vivo with a SARS-CoV-2 field strain. These results indicate that removal of the FCS from SARS-CoV-2 LAV is a promising strategy to increase vaccine safety and prevent vaccine transmission without compromising vaccine efficacy.