[PDF][PDF] Induction of potent neutralizing antibody responses by a designed protein nanoparticle vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus

J Marcandalli, B Fiala, S Ols, M Perotti… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
J Marcandalli, B Fiala, S Ols, M Perotti, W de van der Schueren, J Snijder, E Hodge
Cell, 2019cell.com
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a worldwide public health concern for which no vaccine
is available. Elucidation of the prefusion structure of the RSV F glycoprotein and its
identification as the main target of neutralizing antibodies have provided new opportunities
for development of an effective vaccine. Here, we describe the structure-based design of a
self-assembling protein nanoparticle presenting a prefusion-stabilized variant of the F
glycoprotein trimer (DS-Cav1) in a repetitive array on the nanoparticle exterior. The two …
Summary
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a worldwide public health concern for which no vaccine is available. Elucidation of the prefusion structure of the RSV F glycoprotein and its identification as the main target of neutralizing antibodies have provided new opportunities for development of an effective vaccine. Here, we describe the structure-based design of a self-assembling protein nanoparticle presenting a prefusion-stabilized variant of the F glycoprotein trimer (DS-Cav1) in a repetitive array on the nanoparticle exterior. The two-component nature of the nanoparticle scaffold enabled the production of highly ordered, monodisperse immunogens that display DS-Cav1 at controllable density. In mice and nonhuman primates, the full-valency nanoparticle immunogen displaying 20 DS-Cav1 trimers induced neutralizing antibody responses ∼10-fold higher than trimeric DS-Cav1. These results motivate continued development of this promising nanoparticle RSV vaccine candidate and establish computationally designed two-component nanoparticles as a robust and customizable platform for structure-based vaccine design.
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