Protective activity of mRNA vaccines against ancestral and variant SARS-CoV-2 strains

  • Baoling Ying
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
  • Bradley Whitener
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
  • Laura A. VanBlargan
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
  • Ahmed O. Hassan
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
  • Swathi Shrihari
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
  • Chieh-Yu Liang
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
  • Courtney E. Karl
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
  • Samantha Mackin
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
  • Rita E. Chen
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
  • Natasha M. Kafai
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
  • Samuel H. Wilks
    Center for Pathogen Evolution, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.
  • Derek J. Smith
    Center for Pathogen Evolution, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.
  • Juan Manuel Carreño
    Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
  • Gagandeep Singh
    Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
  • Florian Krammer
    Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
  • Andrea Carfi
    Moderna Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • Sayda M. Elbashir
    Moderna Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • Darin K. Edwards
    Moderna Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • Larissa B. Thackray
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
  • Michael S. Diamond
    Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

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公開日
2022-02-02
DOI
  • 10.1126/scitranslmed.abm3302
公開者
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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<jats:p>Although mRNA vaccines encoding the spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) prevent COVID-19, the emergence of new viral variants jeopardizes their efficacy. Here, we assessed the immunogenicity and protective activity of historical (mRNA-1273, designed for Wuhan-1 spike protein) or modified (mRNA-1273.351, designed for B.1.351 spike protein) Moderna mRNA vaccines in 129S2 and K18-hACE2 mice. Mice were immunized with either high-dose or low-dose formulations of the mRNA vaccines, where low-dose vaccination modeled suboptimal immune responses. Immunization with formulations at either dose induced neutralizing antibodies in serum against ancestral SARS-CoV-2 WA1/2020 and several virus variants, although serum titers were lower against the B.1.617.2 (Delta) virus. Protection against weight loss and lung pathology was observed with all high-dose vaccines against all viruses. However, low-dose formulations of the vaccines, which produced lower magnitude antibody and T cell responses, showed breakthrough lung infections with B.1.617.2 and development of pneumonia in K18-hACE2 mice. Thus, in individuals with reduced immunity after mRNA vaccination, breakthrough infection and disease may occur with some SARS-CoV-2 variants.</jats:p>

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  • Science Translational Medicine

    Science Translational Medicine 14 (630), eabm3302-, 2022-02-02

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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