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Efforts to develop an HIV-1 vaccine include those focusing on conserved structural elements as the target of broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies. MAb D5 binds to a highly conserved hydrophobic pocket on the gp41 N-heptad repeat (NHR) coiled coil and neutralizes through prevention of viral fusion and entry. Assessment of 17-mer and 36-mer NHR peptides presenting the D5 epitope in rodent immunogenicity studies showed that the longer peptide elicited higher titers of neutralizing antibodies, suggesting that neutralizing epitopes outside of the D5 pocket may exist. Although the magnitude and breadth of neutralization elicited by NHR-targeting antigens are lower than that observed for antibodies directed to other epitopes on the envelope glycoprotein complex, it has been shown that NHR-directed antibodies are potentiated in TZM-bl cells containing the FcγRI receptor. Herein, we report the design and evaluation of covalently stabilized trimeric 51-mer peptides encompassing the complete gp41 NHR. We demonstrate that these peptide trimers function as effective antiviral entry inhibitors and retain the ability to present the D5 epitope. We further demonstrate in rodent and nonhuman primate immunization studies that our 51-mer constructs elicit a broader repertoire of neutralizing antibody and improved cross-clade neutralization of primary HIV-1 isolates relative to 17-mer and 36-mer NHR peptides in A3R5 and FcγR1-enhanced TZM-bl assays. These results demonstrate that sensitive neutralization assays can be used for structural enhancement of moderately potent neutralizing epitopes. Finally, we present expanded trimeric peptide designs which include unique low-molecular-weight scaffolds that provide versatility in our immunogen presentation strategy.
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Vacinas contra a AIDS , Anticorpos Neutralizantes , Anticorpos Anti-HIV , Proteína gp41 do Envelope de HIV , HIV-1 , Proteína gp41 do Envelope de HIV/imunologia , Proteína gp41 do Envelope de HIV/química , HIV-1/imunologia , Animais , Vacinas contra a AIDS/imunologia , Anticorpos Neutralizantes/imunologia , Anticorpos Anti-HIV/imunologia , Humanos , Camundongos , Epitopos/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/prevenção & controle , Infecções por HIV/virologia , Peptídeos/imunologia , Peptídeos/química , Feminino , Anticorpos Monoclonais/imunologiaRESUMO
Shingles is a painful, blistering rash caused by reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and most frequently occurs in elderly and immunocompromised individuals. Currently, two approved vaccines for the prevention of shingles are on the market, a live attenuated virus vaccine ZOSTAVAX® (Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA) and an AS01B adjuvanted subunit protein vaccine Shingrix™ (Glaxo Smith Kline, Rockville, MD, USA). Human clinical immunogenicity and vaccine efficacy data is available for these two benchmark vaccines, offering a unique opportunity for comparative analyses with novel vaccine platforms and animal model translatability studies. The studies presented here utilized non-human primates (NHP) to evaluate humoral and cellular immune response by three vaccine modalities: the new platform of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulated mRNA encoding VZV gE antigen (VZV gE mRNA/LNP) as compared with well-established platforms of live attenuated VZV (VZV LAV) and adjuvanted VZV gE subunit protein (VZV gE protein/adjuvant). The magnitude of response to vaccination with a single 100-200 µg mRNA dose or two 50 µg mRNA doses of VZV gE mRNA/LNP were comparable to two 50 µg protein doses of VZV gE protein/adjuvant, suggesting the VZV gE mRNA/LNP platform has the potential to elicit a robust immune response, and both modalities generated markedly higher responses than VZV LAV. Additionally, the slopes of decay for VZV-specific antibody titers were roughly similar across all three vaccines, indicating the magnitude of peak immunogenicity was the driving force in determining immune response longevity. Finally, vaccine-induced immunogenicity with VZV LAV and VZV gE protein/adjuvant in NHP closely resembled human clinical trials immune response data for ZOSTAVAX® and Shingrix™, helping to validate NHP as an appropriate preclinical model for evaluating these vaccines.
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Vacina contra Herpes Zoster , Herpes Zoster , Animais , Anticorpos Antivirais , Herpesvirus Humano 3 , RNA Mensageiro , Vacinas Atenuadas , Vacinas de Subunidades Antigênicas , Proteínas do Envelope ViralRESUMO
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is the leading cause of hospitalization and infant mortality under six months of age worldwide; therefore, the prevention of RSV infection in all infants represents a significant unmet medical need. Here we report the isolation of a potent and broadly neutralizing RSV monoclonal antibody derived from a human memory B-cell. This antibody, RB1, is equipotent on RSV A and B subtypes, potently neutralizes a diverse panel of clinical isolates in vitro and demonstrates in vivo protection. It binds to a highly conserved epitope in antigenic site IV of the RSV fusion glycoprotein. RB1 is the parental antibody to MK-1654 which is currently in clinical development for the prevention of RSV infection in infants.
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Anticorpos Antivirais/imunologia , Anticorpos Amplamente Neutralizantes/imunologia , Sequência Conservada , Glicoproteínas/imunologia , Vírus Sincicial Respiratório Humano/imunologia , Proteínas Virais de Fusão/imunologia , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais/isolamento & purificação , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Sítios de Ligação , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Epitopos/imunologia , Feminino , Humanos , Memória Imunológica , Modelos Moleculares , Ligação Proteica , SigmodontinaeRESUMO
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading etiologic agent of lower respiratory tract infections in children, but no licensed vaccine exists. Previously, we developed two parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5)-based RSV vaccine candidates that protect mice against RSV challenge. PIV5 was engineered to express either the RSV fusion protein (F) or the RSV major attachment glycoprotein (G) between the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (L) genes of the PIV5 genome [PIV5-RSV-F (HN-L) and PIV5-RSV-G (HN-L), respectively]. To investigate the stability of the vaccine candidates in vitro, they were passaged in Vero cells at high and low multiplicities of infection (MOIs) for 11 generations and the genome sequences, growth kinetics, and protein expression of the resulting viruses were compared with those of the parent viruses. Sporadic mutations were detected in the consensus sequences of the viruses after high-MOI passages, and mutation rates increased under low-MOI-passage conditions. None of the mutations abolished antigen expression. Increased numbers of mutations correlated with increased growth rates in vitro, indicating that the viruses evolved through the course of serial passages. We also examined the in vivo stability of the vaccine candidates after a single passage in African green monkeys. No mutations were detected in the consensus sequences of viruses collected from the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of the animals. In vivo, mutations in RSV G and PIV5 L were found in individual isolates of PIV5-RSV-G (HN-L), but plaque isolates of PIV5-RSV-F (HN-L) had no mutations. To improve upon the PIV5-RSV-F (HN-L) candidate, additional vaccine candidates were generated in which the gene for RSV F was inserted into earlier positions in the PIV5 genome. These insertions did not negatively impact the sequence stability of the vaccine candidates. The results suggest that the RSV F and G gene insertions are stable in the PIV5 genome. However, the function of the foreign gene insertion may need to be considered when designing PIV5-based vaccines.IMPORTANCE The genetic stability of live viral vaccines is important for safety and efficacy. PIV5 is a promising live viral vector and has been used to develop vaccines. In this work, we examined the genetic stability of a PIV5-based RSV vaccine in vitro and in vivo We found that insertions of foreign genes, such as the RSV F and G genes, were stably maintained in the PIV5 genome and there was no mutation that abolished the expression of RSV F or G. Interestingly, the function of the inserted gene may have an impact on PIV5 genome stability.
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Glicoproteínas/genética , Proteína HN/genética , Vírus da Parainfluenza 5/genética , RNA Polimerase Dependente de RNA/genética , Vírus Sincicial Respiratório Humano/genética , Proteínas Virais de Fusão/genética , Animais , Líquido da Lavagem Broncoalveolar/virologia , Linhagem Celular , Chlorocebus aethiops , Cricetinae , Instabilidade Genômica/genética , Glicoproteínas/imunologia , Vacinas contra Vírus Sincicial Respiratório/imunologia , Células Vero , Proteínas Virais de Fusão/imunologiaRESUMO
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of severe respiratory disease among infants, immunocompromised individuals, and the elderly. No licensed vaccine is currently available. In this study, we evaluated two parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5)-vectored vaccines expressing RSV F (PIV5/F) or G (PIV5/G) protein in the cotton rat and African green monkey models for their replication, immunogenicity, and efficacy of protection against RSV challenge. Following a single intranasal inoculation, both animal species shed the vaccine viruses for a limited time but without noticeable clinical symptoms. In cotton rats, the vaccines elicited RSV F- or G-specific serum antibodies and conferred complete lung protection against RSV challenge at doses as low as 103 PFU. Neither vaccine produced the enhanced lung pathology observed in animals immunized with formalin-inactivated RSV. In African green monkeys, vaccine-induced serum and mucosal antibody responses were readily detected, as well. PIV5/F provided nearly complete protection against RSV infection in the upper and lower respiratory tract at a dose of 106 PFU of vaccine. At the same dose levels, PIV5/G was less efficacious. Both PIV5/F and PIV5/G were also able to boost neutralization titers in RSV-preexposed African green monkeys. Overall, our data indicated that PIV5/F is a promising RSV vaccine candidate.IMPORTANCE A safe and efficacious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine remains elusive. We tested the recombinant parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) vectors expressing RSV glycoproteins for their immunogenicity and protective efficacy in cotton rats and African green monkeys, which are among the best available animal models to study RSV infection. In both species, a single dose of intranasal immunization with PIV5-vectored vaccines was able to produce systemic and local immunity and to protect animals from RSV challenge. The vaccines could also boost RSV neutralization antibody titers in African green monkeys that had been infected previously. Our data suggest that PIV5-vectored vaccines could potentially protect both the pediatric and elderly populations and support continued development of the vector platform.
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Vírus da Parainfluenza 5/genética , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/prevenção & controle , Vacinas contra Vírus Sincicial Respiratório/imunologia , Vírus Sincicial Respiratório Humano/imunologia , Animais , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Anticorpos Antivirais/imunologia , Chlorocebus aethiops , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Vetores Genéticos , Pulmão/virologia , Ratos , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/imunologia , Infecções por Vírus Respiratório Sincicial/virologia , Vacinas contra Vírus Sincicial Respiratório/administração & dosagem , Vacinas contra Vírus Sincicial Respiratório/genética , Vírus Sincicial Respiratório Humano/genética , Sigmodontinae , Vacinação , Vacinas Sintéticas/administração & dosagem , Vacinas Sintéticas/imunologia , Células Vero , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/genética , Proteínas Virais de Fusão/genéticaRESUMO
Eliciting a broadly neutralizing polyclonal antibody response against HIV-1 remains a major challenge. One approach to vaccine development is prevention of HIV-1 entry into cells by blocking the fusion of viral and cell membranes. More specifically, our goal is to elicit neutralizing antibodies that target a transient viral entry intermediate (the prehairpin intermediate) formed by the HIV-1 gp41 protein. Because this intermediate is transient, a stable mimetic is required to elicit an immune response. Previously, a series of engineered peptides was used to select a mAb (denoted D5) that binds to the surface of the gp41 prehairpin intermediate, as demonstrated by x-ray crystallographic studies. D5 inhibits the replication of HIV-1 clinical isolates, providing proof-of-principle for this vaccine approach. Here, we describe a series of peptide mimetics of the gp41 prehairpin intermediate designed to permit a systematic analysis of the immune response generated in animals. To improve the chances of detecting weak neutralizing polyclonal responses, two strategies were employed in the initial screening: use of a neutralization-hypersensitive virus and concentration of the IgG fraction from immunized animal sera. This allowed incremental improvements through iterative cycles of design, which led to vaccine candidates capable of generating a polyclonal antibody response, detectable in unfractionated sera, that neutralize tier 1 HIV-1 and simian HIV primary isolates in vitro. Our findings serve as a starting point for the design of more potent immunogens to elicit a broadly neutralizing response against the gp41 prehairpin intermediate.
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Anticorpos Neutralizantes/imunologia , Materiais Biomiméticos , Anticorpos Anti-HIV/imunologia , Proteína gp41 do Envelope de HIV/imunologia , HIV-1/imunologia , Soros Imunes/imunologia , Vacinação , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Cobaias , Proteína gp41 do Envelope de HIV/química , HIV-1/química , HIV-1/isolamento & purificação , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Peptídeos/química , Peptídeos/imunologia , CoelhosRESUMO
Rational vaccines designed to engender T cell responses require intimate knowledge of how epitopes are generated and presented. Recently, we vaccinated 8 Mamu-A*02(+) rhesus macaques with every SIV protein except Envelope (Env). Surprisingly, one of the strongest T cell responses engendered was against the Env protein, the Mamu-A*02-restricted epitope, Env(788-795)RY8. In this paper, we show that translation from an alternate reading frame of both the Rev-encoding DNA plasmid and the rAd5 vector engendered Env(788-795)RY8-specific CD8(+) T cells of greater magnitude than "normal" SIV infection. Our data demonstrate both that the pathway from vaccination to immune response is not well understood and that products of alternate reading frames may be rich and untapped sources of T cell epitopes.
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Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Epitopos de Linfócito T/imunologia , Fases de Leitura/genética , Vacinas contra a SAIDS/imunologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Epitopos de Linfócito T/genética , Produtos do Gene env/genética , Produtos do Gene env/imunologia , Macaca mulatta , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Fases de Leitura/imunologia , Vacinas contra a SAIDS/genética , Vírus da Imunodeficiência Símia/imunologia , Transfecção , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/genética , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/imunologiaRESUMO
All human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine efficacy trials to date have ended in failure. Structural features of the Env glycoprotein and its enormous variability have frustrated efforts to induce broadly reactive neutralizing antibodies. To explore the extent to which vaccine-induced cellular immune responses, in the absence of neutralizing antibodies, can control replication of a heterologous, mucosal viral challenge, we vaccinated eight macaques with a DNA/Ad5 regimen expressing all of the proteins of SIVmac239 except Env. Vaccinees mounted high-frequency T-cell responses against 11 to 34 epitopes. We challenged the vaccinees and eight naïve animals with the heterologous biological isolate SIVsmE660, using a regimen intended to mimic typical HIV exposures resulting in infection. Viral loads in the vaccinees were significantly less at both the peak (1.9-log reduction; P < 0.03) and at the set point (2.6-log reduction; P < 0.006) than those in control naïve animals. Five of eight vaccinated macaques controlled acute peak viral replication to less than 80,000 viral RNA (vRNA) copy eq/ml and to less than 100 vRNA copy eq/ml in the chronic phase. Our results demonstrate that broad vaccine-induced cellular immune responses can effectively control replication of a pathogenic, heterologous AIDS virus, suggesting that T-cell-based vaccines may have greater potential than previously appreciated.
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Vacinas contra a SAIDS/imunologia , Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida dos Símios/prevenção & controle , Vírus da Imunodeficiência Símia/patogenicidade , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Replicação Viral , Animais , Epitopos de Linfócito T/imunologia , Produtos do Gene env/genética , Produtos do Gene env/imunologia , Macaca mulatta , Filogenia , RNA Viral/genética , Alinhamento de Sequência , Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida dos Símios/imunologia , Vírus da Imunodeficiência Símia/genética , Vírus da Imunodeficiência Símia/imunologia , Linfócitos T/virologia , Vacinas de DNA/imunologia , Carga ViralRESUMO
M2 protein of influenza A virus has been implicated as a target for vaccines with broad cross-strain coverage. Studies in small animal models have shown that antibody responses induced by 23-mer M2 peptide vaccines can provide protection against influenza A virus challenge. To study antiviral mechanisms of Merck M2-OMPC conjugate vaccine, we generated and characterized four M2 peptide-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Here we demonstrated that the protection by our M2 mAbs is independent of NK-mediated effector functions in mice. The protective mAbs preferentially bind to M2 multimers composed of two or more M2 peptides in parallel orientation. Our findings indicate that the protective M2 Ab prefer to bind to epitopes located within the N-terminal 10 amino acids of the M2 peptide, and the epitopes are likely formed by two M2 peptides in parallel orientation. The implications of these results in antiviral mechanisms of immune responses induced by M2 vaccines are discussed.
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Anticorpos Monoclonais/imunologia , Anticorpos Antivirais/metabolismo , Vírus da Influenza A/genética , Vírus da Influenza A/imunologia , Vacinas contra Influenza/imunologia , Infecções por Orthomyxoviridae/metabolismo , Proteínas da Matriz Viral/imunologia , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais/genética , Anticorpos Antivirais/biossíntese , Antivirais/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Células Cultivadas , Mapeamento de Epitopos , Feminino , Vírus da Influenza A/metabolismo , Vacinas contra Influenza/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C/metabolismo , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Infecções por Orthomyxoviridae/prevenção & controle , Infecções por Orthomyxoviridae/virologia , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/metabolismo , Proteínas da Matriz Viral/química , Proteínas da Matriz Viral/genética , Proteínas da Matriz Viral/metabolismoRESUMO
Lack of virus specific antibody response is commonly observed in both HIV-1-infected humans and SIV-infected monkeys with rapid disease progression. However, the mechanisms underlying this important observation still remain unclear. In a titration study of a SIVmac239 viral stock, three out of six animals with viral inoculation rapidly progressed to AIDS within 5 months. Unexpectedly, there was no obvious depletion of CD4(+) T cells in both peripheral and lymph node (LN) compartments in these animals. Instead, progressive depletion of proliferating B cells and disruption of the follicular dendritic cell (FDC) network in germinal centers (GC) was evident in the samples collected at as early as 20 days after viral challenge. This coincided with undetectable, or weak and transient, virus-specific antibody responses over the course of infection. In situ hybridization of SIV RNA in the LN samples revealed a high frequency of SIV productively infected cells and large amounts of accumulated viral RNA in the GCs in these animals. Early severe depletion of GC proliferating B cells and disruption of the FDC network may thus result in an inability to mount a virus-specific antibody response in rapid progressors, which has been shown to contribute to accelerated disease progression of SIV infection.
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Linfonodos/imunologia , Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida dos Símios/imunologia , Vírus da Imunodeficiência Símia , Animais , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Linfócitos B/citologia , Biópsia , Contagem de Células , Progressão da Doença , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Centro Germinativo/virologia , Hiperplasia/patologia , Linfonodos/patologia , Macaca mulatta , Masculino , Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida dos Símios/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida dos Símios/patologia , Vírus da Imunodeficiência Símia/imunologia , Carga ViralRESUMO
The goal of an AIDS vaccine regimen designed to induce cellular immune responses should be to reduce the viral set point and preserve memory CD4 lymphocytes. Here we investigated whether vaccine-induced cellular immunity in the absence of any Env-specific antibodies can control viral replication following multiple low-dose challenges with the highly pathogenic SIVmac239 isolate. Eight Mamu-A*01-positive Indian rhesus macaques were vaccinated with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) gag, tat, rev, and nef using a DNA prime-adenovirus boost strategy. Peak viremia (P = 0.007) and the chronic phase set point (P = 0.0192) were significantly decreased in the vaccinated cohort, out to 1 year postinfection. Loss of CD4(+) memory populations was also ameliorated in vaccinated animals. Interestingly, only one of the eight vaccinees developed Env-specific neutralizing antibodies after infection. The control observed was significantly improved over that observed in animals vaccinated with SIV gag only. Vaccine-induced cellular immune responses can, therefore, exert a measure of control over replication of the AIDS virus in the complete absence of neutralizing antibody and give us hope that a vaccine designed to induce cellular immune responses might control viral replication.
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Produtos do Gene env/administração & dosagem , Imunidade Celular , Vacinas contra a SAIDS/farmacologia , Vírus da Imunodeficiência Símia/patogenicidade , Animais , Anticorpos Antivirais/biossíntese , Contagem de Linfócito CD4 , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos , Produtos do Gene env/imunologia , Imunização , Macaca mulatta , Vacinas contra a SAIDS/administração & dosagem , Carga Viral , Replicação ViralRESUMO
Simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) challenge studies in rhesus macaques were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of adenovirus-based vaccines in the context of different major histocompatibility complex class I genetic backgrounds and different vaccine compositions. Mamu-A*01 allele-negative rhesus monkeys were immunized with one of the following vaccine constructs: (i) replication-defective recombinant adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) expressing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Tat (Ad5/HIVTat); (ii) Ad5 vector expressing simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Gag (Ad5/SIVGag); (iii) Ad5 vector expressing the truncated HIV-1(jrfl) Env, gp140 (Ad5/gp140_jrfl); (iv) Ad5 vector expressing the SHIV-89.6P gp140 (Ad5/gp140_89.6P); or (v) the combination of Ad5/SIVGag and Ad5/gp140_jrfl. Following intravenous challenge with SHIV-89.6P, only those cohorts that received vaccines expressing Gag or Env exhibited an attenuation of the acute viremia and associated CD4-cell lymphopenia. While no prechallenge neutralizing antibody titers were detectable in either Ad5/gp140-vaccinated group, an accelerated neutralizing antibody response was observed in the Ad5/gp140_89.6P-vaccinated group upon viral challenge. The set-point viral loads in the Ad5/SIVGag- and Ad5/gp140_jrfl-vaccinated groups were associated with the overall strength of the induced cellular immune responses. To examine the contribution of Mamu-A*01 allele in vaccine efficacy against SHIV-89.6P challenge, Mamu-A*01-positive monkeys were immunized with Ad5/SIVGag. Vaccine-mediated protection was significantly more pronounced in the Mamu-A*01-positive monkeys than in Mamu-A*01-negative monkeys, suggesting the strong contributions of T-cell epitopes restricted by the Mamu-A*01 molecule. The implications of these results in the development of an HIV-1 vaccine will be discussed.