bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 6, 2024
Abstract
Antigenic
assessments
of
SARS-CoV-2
variants
inform
decisions
to
update
COVID-19
vaccines.
Primary
infection
sera
are
often
used
for
assessments,
but
such
rare
due
population
immunity
from
infections
and
vaccinations.
Here,
we
show
that
neutralization
titers
breadth
matched
human
hamster
pre-Omicron
variant
primary
correlate
well
generate
similar
antigenic
maps.
The
map
shows
modest
drift
among
XBB
sub-lineage
variants,
with
JN.1
BA.4/BA.5
within
the
cluster,
five
six-fold
differences
between
these
XBB.1.5.
Compared
following
only
ancestral
or
bivalent
vaccinations,
post-vaccination
infections,
XBB.1.5
booster
had
broadest
against
although
a
five-fold
titer
difference
was
still
observed
variants.
These
findings
suggest
antibody
coverage
antigenically
divergent
could
be
improved
vaccine
antigen.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
121(32)
Published: July 30, 2024
Severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
Coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
has
developed
substantial
antigenic
variability.
As
the
majority
of
population
now
pre-existing
immunity
due
to
infection
or
vaccination,
use
experimentally
generated
animal
immune
sera
can
be
valuable
for
measuring
differences
between
virus
variants.
Here,
we
immunized
Syrian
hamsters
by
two
successive
infections
with
one
nine
SARS-CoV-2
Their
were
titrated
against
16
variants,
and
resulting
titers
visualized
using
cartography.
The
map
shows
a
condensed
cluster
containing
all
pre-Omicron
variants
(D614G,
Alpha,
Delta,
Beta,
Mu,
an
engineered
B.1+E484K
variant)
considerably
more
diversity
among
selected
panel
Omicron
subvariants
(BA.1,
BA.2,
BA.4/BA.5,
BA.5
descendants
BF.7
BQ.1.18,
BA.2.75
descendant
BN.1.3.1,
BA.2-derived
recombinants
XBB.2
EG.5.1,
BA.2.86
JN.1).
Some
as
antigenically
distinct
from
each
other
wildtype
is
BA.1
variant.
Compared
measured
in
human
sera,
hamster
are
higher
magnitude,
show
less
fold
change,
result
compact
topology.
results
highlight
potential
continued
characterization
SARS-CoV-2.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
121(10)
Published: Feb. 26, 2024
The
severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
Omicron
strain
has
evolved
into
highly
divergent
variants
with
several
sub-lineages.
These
newly
emerging
threaten
the
efficacy
of
available
COVID-19
vaccines.
To
mitigate
occurrence
breakthrough
infections
and
re-infections,
more
importantly,
to
reduce
disease
burden,
it
is
essential
develop
a
strategy
for
producing
updated
multivalent
vaccines
that
can
provide
broad
neutralization
against
both
currently
circulating
variants.
We
developed
bivalent
vaccine
AdCLD-CoV19-1
BA.5/BA.2.75
trivalent
XBB/BN.1/BQ.1.1
XBB.1.5/BN.1/BQ.1.1
using
an
Ad5/35
platform-based
non-replicating
recombinant
adenoviral
vector.
compared
immune
responses
elicited
by
monovalent
in
mice
macaques.
found
exhibited
improved
cross-neutralization
ability
their
respective
data
suggest
enhance
immunity
subvariants
effectively
elicit
neutralizing
antibodies
across
spectrum
SARS-CoV-2
npj Vaccines,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
10(1)
Published: Jan. 10, 2025
Abstract
Continuously
emerging
SARS-CoV-2
Omicron
subvariants
pose
a
threat
thwarting
the
effectiveness
of
approved
COVID-19
vaccines.
Especially,
protection
breadth
and
degree
these
vaccines
against
antigenically
distant
is
unclear.
Here,
we
report
immunogenicity
efficacy
bivalent
mRNA
vaccine,
PTX-COVID19-M1.2
(M1.2),
which
encodes
native
spike
proteins
from
Wuhan-Hu-1
(D614G)
BA.2.12.1,
in
mouse
hamster
models.
Both
primary
series
booster
vaccination
using
M1.2
elicited
potent
broad
nAbs
some
subvariants.
Strong
spike-specific
T
cell
responses
subvariants,
including
JN.1,
were
also
induced.
Vaccination
with
protected
animals
multiple
challenges.
Interestingly,
XBB.1.5
lung
infection
did
not
correlate
nAb
levels.
These
results
indicate
that
generated
broadly
protective
immune
response
cells
probably
contributed
to
protection.
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
9(29)
Published: July 21, 2023
Severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
breakthrough
infection
of
vaccinated
individuals
is
increasingly
common
with
the
circulation
highly
immune
evasive
and
transmissible
Omicron
variants.
Here,
we
report
dynamics
durability
recalled
spike-specific
humoral
immunity
following
BA.1
or
BA.2
infection,
longitudinal
sampling
up
to
8
months
after
infection.
Both
infections
robustly
boosted
neutralization
activity
against
infecting
strain
while
expanding
breadth
BA.4,
although
was
substantially
reduced
for
more
recent
XBB
BQ.1.1
strains.
Cross-reactive
memory
B
cells
both
ancestral
spike
were
predominantly
expanded
by
limited
recruitment
de
novo
Omicron-specific
antibodies.
Modeling
titers
predicts
that
protection
from
symptomatic
reinfection
antigenically
similar
strains
will
be
durable
but
undermined
new
emerging
further
escape.
Journal of Medical Virology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
96(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Abstract
The
EG.5.1
variant
of
severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus‐2
(SARS‐CoV‐2)
has
been
prevalent
since
mid‐July
2023
in
the
United
States
and
China.
BA.2.86
become
a
major
concern
because
it
is
34
mutations
away
from
parental
BA.2
>30
XBB.1.5.
There
an
urgent
need
to
evaluate
whether
immunity
population
current
vaccines
are
protective
against
BA.2.86.
Based
on
cohort
two
breakthrough‐infected
groups,
levels
neutralizing
antibodies
(NAbs)
different
subvariants
were
measured
using
pseudovirus‐based
neutralization
assays.
XBB.1.5,
EG.5.1,
comparably
immune‐evasive
by
plasma
individuals
recovered
BA.5
infection
(BA.5‐convalescent)
or
XBB.1.9.2/XBB.1.5
following
(BA.5‐XBB‐convalescent).
NAb
remained
>120
geometric
mean
titers
(GMTs)
BA.5‐XBB‐convalescent
2
months
postinfection
but
<40
GMTs
BA.5‐convalescent
individuals.
Furthermore,
XBB‐targeting
messenger
RNA
(mRNA)
vaccine
RQ3033
induced
higher
NAbs
than
BA.5‐XBB
infection.
results
suggest
that
unlikely
cause
more
concerns
currently
circulating
XBB
XBB.1.5‐targeting
mRNA
tested
promising
protection
Science Translational Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(747)
Published: May 15, 2024
The
evolution
of
severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
requires
ongoing
monitoring
to
judge
the
ability
newly
arising
variants
escape
immune
response.
A
surveillance
system
necessitates
an
understanding
differences
in
neutralization
titers
measured
different
assays
and
using
human
animal
serum
samples.
We
compared
18
datasets
generated
human,
hamster,
mouse
six
assays.
Datasets
model
samples
showed
higher
titer
magnitudes
than
this
comparison.
Fold
change
ancestral
SARS-CoV-2,
immunodominance
patterns,
antigenic
maps
were
similar
among
Most
yielded
consistent
results,
except
for
fold
cytopathic
effect
Hamster
a
surrogate
first-infection
These
results
inform
transition
SARS-CoV-2
variation
from
dependence
on
utilization
models.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
26(2), P. 816 - 816
Published: Jan. 19, 2025
Adeno-associated
viruses
(AAVs)
are
non-pathogenic,
replication-deficient
that
have
gained
widespread
attention
for
their
application
as
gene
therapy
vectors.
While
these
vectors
offer
high
transduction
efficiency
and
long-term
expression,
the
host
immune
response
poses
a
significant
challenge
to
clinical
success.
This
review
focuses
on
obstacles
evaluating
humoral
AAVs.
We
discuss
problems
with
validation
of
in
vitro
tests
possible
approaches
overcome
them.
Using
published
data
neutralizing
titers
AAV
serotypes,
we
built
first
antigenic
maps
AAVs
order
visualize
relationships
between
varying
serotypes.