Immunogenicity of a receptor-binding domain of SARS coronavirus spike protein in mice: Implications for a subunit vaccine

Alexander N. Zakhartchouk, Chetna Sharon, Malathy Satkunarajah, Thierry Auperin, Sathiyanarayanan Viswanathan, George Mutwiri, Martin Petric, Raymond H. See, Robert C. Brunham, B. Brett Finlay, Cheryl Cameron, David J. Kelvin, Alan Cochrane, James M. Rini, Lorne A. Babiuk

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We studied the immunogenicity of an anti-SARS subunit vaccine comprised of the fragment of the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) spike protein amino acids 318-510 (S318-510) containing the receptor-binding domain. The S protein fragment was purified from the culture supernatant of stably transformed HEK293T cells secreting a tagged version of the protein. The vaccine was given subcutaneously to 129S6/SvEv mice in saline, with alum adjuvant or with alum plus CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN). Mice immunized with the adjuvanted antigen elicited strong antibody and cellular immune responses; furthermore, adding the CpG ODN to the alum resulted in increased IgG2a antibody titers and a higher number of INF-γ-secreting murine splenocytes. Mice vaccinated with S318-510 deglycosylated by PNGase F (dgS318-510) showed a lower neutralizing antibody response but had similar numbers of INF-γ-producing cells in the spleen. This finding suggests that carbohydrate is important for the immunogenicity of the S318-510 protein fragment and provide useful information for designing an effective and safe SARS subunit vaccine.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)136-143
Número de páginas8
PublicaciónVaccine
Volumen25
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublished - ene. 2 2007
Publicado de forma externa

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Funding Information:
We would like to thank all members of the SARS Accelerated Vaccine Initiative (SAVI) for their dedication and commitment towards this rapid response initiative. We thank the Province of British Columbia, Canada, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence for funding this project. In addition, we thank the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Training Program for fellowships to T.A. and C.S. We would like to thank Mr. Barry Carroll and Dr. Igor Moshynskyy for help in work with animals and Mr. Ponn Benjamin for help in setting up the immunological assays. Dr. L.A. Babiuk is a holder of a Canada Research Chair in Vaccinology and Biotechnology. Published as Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization Series no. 439.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • General Immunology and Microbiology
  • General Veterinary
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases

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