A chemical method for generating live-attenuated, replication-defective DNA viruses for vaccine development.
A chemical method for generating live-attenuated, replication-defective DNA viruses for vaccine development.
复制标题
DOI:
10.1016/j.crmeth.2022.100287
复制
发表时间:
2022-09-19
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
The development of a chemically attenuated, replication-incompetent virus vaccine can provide protection against diseases caused by DNA viruses. In this study, we have developed a method to produce live-attenuated, replication-defective viruses using centanamycin (CM), a chemical compound that alkylates the A-T-rich minor groove of the DNA and thereby blocks DNA replication. We tested the efficacy of CM to produce live-attenuated, replication-defective human cytomegalovirus, mouse cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), suggesting a broad application for generating live-attenuated, replication-defective DNA viruses. Mass spectrometry analysis showed that CM alkylate viral DNA at the adenine-N3 position. Moreover, mice immunization with CM-attenuated mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV) produced a robust immune response and reduced the viral load in immunized animals against challenges with live, wild-type MCMV. Our study offers a unifying and attractive therapeutic opportunity that chemically attenuated live DNA viruses can be readily developed as new frontline vaccines. Centanamycin (CM) treatment creates live-attenuated, replication-defective DNA viruses Immunization with CM-treated DNA virus induces strong neutralizing antibody response Mice immunized with CM-treated mouse CMV are protected against live virus challenges A large pool of unique viral antigens is present in CM-treated DNA viruses DNA viruses include major human pathogens such as herpesviruses, adenoviruses, papillomaviruses, enteroviruses, and others. As of now, there is not an established method that can generate live-attenuated, replication-defective viruses for vaccine development. A common technology that can be applied to all DNA viruses presents a feasible solution to this problem. Our proposed technology solution is the use of centanamycin (CM) to develop whole-virion, chemically attenuated, replication-defective live DNA viruses as potential vaccines. We found that CM potently inhibits replication of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), mouse CMV (MCMV), and herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) in vitro. Our technology can produce live-attenuated, DNA replication-defective viruses in a few hours. It is easy, quickly scalable, adaptable to any type of DNA virus, requires less labor, and is inexpensive. Importantly, we demonstrate that CM-attenuated whole virion MCMV elicits a robust serum neutralizing antibody response in mice and that the vaccinated animals were completely protected from live-virus challenge. Jaijyan et al. describe an efficient method to generate chemically live-attenuated, replication-defective DNA viruses for vaccine development. CM alkylates the genome of DNA viruses. Upon immunization, CM-treated viruses induce strong immune activation and provide protection against live virus challenges. The method developed here can be applied to all DNA viruses.
影响因子:
3
作者:
Rayburn E;Wang W;Li M;Zhang X;Xu H;Li H;Qin JJ;Jia L;Covey J;Lee M;Zhang R
通讯作者:
Zhang R