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An mRNA-Based Multiple Antigenic Gene Expression System Delivered by Engineered Salmonella for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome and Assessment of Its Immunogenicity and Protection Using a Human DC-SIGN-Transduced Mouse Model

Currently, there are no commercial vaccines or therapeutics against severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus. This study explored an engineered Salmonella as a vaccine carrier to deliver a eukaryotic self-mRNA replicating vector, pJHL204. This vector expresses multiple SFTS virus ant...

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Autores principales: Park, Ji-Young, Hewawaduge, Chamith, Sivasankar, Chandran, Lloren, Khristine Kaith S., Oh, Byungkwan, So, Mi Young, Lee, John Hwa
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10222543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37242581
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15051339
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author Park, Ji-Young
Hewawaduge, Chamith
Sivasankar, Chandran
Lloren, Khristine Kaith S.
Oh, Byungkwan
So, Mi Young
Lee, John Hwa
author_facet Park, Ji-Young
Hewawaduge, Chamith
Sivasankar, Chandran
Lloren, Khristine Kaith S.
Oh, Byungkwan
So, Mi Young
Lee, John Hwa
author_sort Park, Ji-Young
collection PubMed
description Currently, there are no commercial vaccines or therapeutics against severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus. This study explored an engineered Salmonella as a vaccine carrier to deliver a eukaryotic self-mRNA replicating vector, pJHL204. This vector expresses multiple SFTS virus antigenic genes for the nucleocapsid protein (NP), glycoprotein precursor (Gn/Gc), and nonstructural protein (NS) to induce host immune responses. The engineered constructs were designed and validated through 3D structure modeling. Western blot and qRT-PCR analyses of transformed HEK293T cells confirmed the delivery and expression of the vaccine antigens. Significantly, mice immunized with these constructs demonstrated a cell-mediated and humoral response as balanced Th1/Th2 immunity. The JOL2424 and JOL2425 delivering NP and Gn/Gc generated strong immunoglobulin IgG and IgM antibodies and high neutralizing titers. To further examine the immunogenicity and protection, we utilized a human DC-SIGN receptor transduced mouse model for SFTS virus infection by an adeno-associated viral vector system. Among the SFTSV antigen constructs, the construct with full-length NP and Gn/Gc and the construct with NP and selected Gn/Gc epitopes induced robust cellular and humoral immune responses. These were followed by adequate protection based on viral titer reduction and reduced histopathological lesions in the spleen and liver. In conclusion, these data indicate that recombinant attenuated Salmonella JOL2424 and JOL2425 delivering NP and Gn/Gc antigens of SFTSV are promising vaccine candidates that induce strong humoral and cellular immune responses and protection against SFTSV. Moreover, the data proved that the hDC-SIGN transduced mice as a worthy tool for immunogenicity study for SFTSV.
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spelling pubmed-102225432023-05-28 An mRNA-Based Multiple Antigenic Gene Expression System Delivered by Engineered Salmonella for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome and Assessment of Its Immunogenicity and Protection Using a Human DC-SIGN-Transduced Mouse Model Park, Ji-Young Hewawaduge, Chamith Sivasankar, Chandran Lloren, Khristine Kaith S. Oh, Byungkwan So, Mi Young Lee, John Hwa Pharmaceutics Article Currently, there are no commercial vaccines or therapeutics against severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus. This study explored an engineered Salmonella as a vaccine carrier to deliver a eukaryotic self-mRNA replicating vector, pJHL204. This vector expresses multiple SFTS virus antigenic genes for the nucleocapsid protein (NP), glycoprotein precursor (Gn/Gc), and nonstructural protein (NS) to induce host immune responses. The engineered constructs were designed and validated through 3D structure modeling. Western blot and qRT-PCR analyses of transformed HEK293T cells confirmed the delivery and expression of the vaccine antigens. Significantly, mice immunized with these constructs demonstrated a cell-mediated and humoral response as balanced Th1/Th2 immunity. The JOL2424 and JOL2425 delivering NP and Gn/Gc generated strong immunoglobulin IgG and IgM antibodies and high neutralizing titers. To further examine the immunogenicity and protection, we utilized a human DC-SIGN receptor transduced mouse model for SFTS virus infection by an adeno-associated viral vector system. Among the SFTSV antigen constructs, the construct with full-length NP and Gn/Gc and the construct with NP and selected Gn/Gc epitopes induced robust cellular and humoral immune responses. These were followed by adequate protection based on viral titer reduction and reduced histopathological lesions in the spleen and liver. In conclusion, these data indicate that recombinant attenuated Salmonella JOL2424 and JOL2425 delivering NP and Gn/Gc antigens of SFTSV are promising vaccine candidates that induce strong humoral and cellular immune responses and protection against SFTSV. Moreover, the data proved that the hDC-SIGN transduced mice as a worthy tool for immunogenicity study for SFTSV. MDPI 2023-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10222543/ /pubmed/37242581 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15051339 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Park, Ji-Young
Hewawaduge, Chamith
Sivasankar, Chandran
Lloren, Khristine Kaith S.
Oh, Byungkwan
So, Mi Young
Lee, John Hwa
An mRNA-Based Multiple Antigenic Gene Expression System Delivered by Engineered Salmonella for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome and Assessment of Its Immunogenicity and Protection Using a Human DC-SIGN-Transduced Mouse Model
title An mRNA-Based Multiple Antigenic Gene Expression System Delivered by Engineered Salmonella for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome and Assessment of Its Immunogenicity and Protection Using a Human DC-SIGN-Transduced Mouse Model
title_full An mRNA-Based Multiple Antigenic Gene Expression System Delivered by Engineered Salmonella for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome and Assessment of Its Immunogenicity and Protection Using a Human DC-SIGN-Transduced Mouse Model
title_fullStr An mRNA-Based Multiple Antigenic Gene Expression System Delivered by Engineered Salmonella for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome and Assessment of Its Immunogenicity and Protection Using a Human DC-SIGN-Transduced Mouse Model
title_full_unstemmed An mRNA-Based Multiple Antigenic Gene Expression System Delivered by Engineered Salmonella for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome and Assessment of Its Immunogenicity and Protection Using a Human DC-SIGN-Transduced Mouse Model
title_short An mRNA-Based Multiple Antigenic Gene Expression System Delivered by Engineered Salmonella for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome and Assessment of Its Immunogenicity and Protection Using a Human DC-SIGN-Transduced Mouse Model
title_sort mrna-based multiple antigenic gene expression system delivered by engineered salmonella for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome and assessment of its immunogenicity and protection using a human dc-sign-transduced mouse model
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10222543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37242581
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15051339
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