VelcroVax: a ‘bolt-on’ vaccine platform technology improves antibody titres against a viral glycoprotein in mice
biorxiv(2022)
摘要
Having varied approaches to the design and manufacture of vaccines is critical in being able to respond to worldwide needs and to newly emerging pathogens. Virus-like particle (VLP) vaccines form the basis of two of the most successful licensed vaccines (against hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human papillomavirus). They are produced by recombinant expression of viral structural proteins, which self-assemble into immunogenic nanoparticles. VLPs can also be modified to present unrelated antigens, and here we describe a universal ‘bolt-on’ vaccine platform (termed VelcroVax) where the capturing VLP and the target antigen (hapten) are produced separately. We utilise a modified HBV core (HBcAg) VLP, with surface expression of a high-affinity binding sequence (Affimer) directed against a SUMO tag and use this to capture SUMO-tagged gp1 glycoprotein from the arenavirus, Junín virus (JUNV). Using this model system, we have solved high-resolution structures of VelcroVax VLPs, and shown that the VelcroVax-JUNV gp1 complex induces superior humoral immune responses compared to the non-complexed viral protein. We propose that this system could be modified to present a range of haptens and therefore form the foundation of future rapid-response vaccination strategies.
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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vaccine platform technology,viral glycoprotein,antibody titres
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