Development of a Modular NTA:His Tag Viral Vaccine for Co-delivery of Antigen and Adjuvant
Development of a Modular NTA:His Tag Viral Vaccine for Co-delivery of Antigen and Adjuvant
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00601
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发表时间:
2023-01-06
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Steinmetz, Nicole F.
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作者:
Chung, Young Hun;Volckaert, Britney A.;Steinmetz, Nicole F.
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the need for vaccines that are effective, but quickly produced. Of note, vaccines with plug-and-play capabilities that co -deliver antigen and adjuvant to the same cell have shown remarkable success. Our approach of utilizing a nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) histidine (His)-tag chemistry with viral adjuvants incorporates both of these characteristics: plug-and-play and co-delivery. We specifically utilize the cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) and the virus-like particles from bacteriophage Q beta as adjuvants and bind the model antigen ovalbumin (OVA). Successful binding of the antigen to the adjuvant/carrier was verified by SDS-PAGE, western blot, and ELISA. Immunization in C57BL/6J mice demonstrates that with Q beta -but not CPMV -there is an improved antibody response against the target antigen using the Q beta-NiNTA:His-OVA versus a simple admixture of antigen and adjuvant. Antibody isotyping also shows that formulation of the vaccines can alter T helper biases; while the Q beta-NiNTA:His-OVA particle produces a balanced Th1/Th2 bias the admixture was strongly Th2. In a mouse model of B16F10-OVA, we further demonstrate improved survival and slower tumor growth in the vaccine groups compared to controls. The NiNTA:His chemistry demonstrates potential for rapid development of future generation vaccines enabling plug-and-play capabilities with effectiveness boosted by co-delivery to the same cell.