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Vaccine . Cross-protective efficacy and safety of an adenovirus-based universal influenza vaccine expressing nucleoprotein, hemagglutinin, and the e

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Vaccine


. 2024 May 6:S0264-410X(24)00481-X.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.054. Online ahead of print. Cross-protective efficacy and safety of an adenovirus-based universal influenza vaccine expressing nucleoprotein, hemagglutinin, and the ectodomain of matrix protein 2

Jooyoung Kim[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jun Chang[SUP] 2 [/SUP]



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Abstract

It is necessary to develop universal vaccines that act broadly and continuously to combat regular seasonal epidemics of influenza and rare pandemics. The aim of this study was to find the optimal dose regimen for the efficacy and safety of a mixture of previously developed recombinant adenovirus-based vaccines that expressed influenza nucleoprotein, hemagglutinin, and ectodomain of matrix protein 2 (rAd/NP and rAd/HA-M2e). The vaccine efficacy and safety were measured in the immunized mice with the mixture of rAd/NP and rAd/HA-M2e intranasally or intramuscularly. The minimum dose that would be efficacious in a single intranasal administration of the vaccine mixture and cross-protective efficacy against various influenza strains were examined. In addition, the immune responses that may affect the cross-protective efficacy were measured. We found that intranasal administration is an optimal route for 10[SUP]7[/SUP] pfu of vaccine mixture, which is effective against pre-existing immunity against adenovirus. In a study to find the minimum dose with vaccine efficacy, the 10[SUP]6[/SUP] pfu of vaccine mixture showed higher antibody titers to the nucleoprotein than did the same dose of rAd/NP alone in the serum of immunized mice. The 10[SUP]6[/SUP] pfu of vaccine mixture overcame the morbidity and mortality of mice against the lethal dose of pH1N1, H3N2, and H5N1 influenza infections. No noticeable side effects were observed in single and repeated toxicity studies. We found that the mucosal administration of adenovirus-based universal influenza vaccine has both efficacy and safety, and can provide cross-protection against various influenza infections even at doses lower than those previously known to be effective.

Keywords: Adenovirus vector; Ectodomain of matrix protein 2; Hemagglutinin; Influenza vaccine; Nucleoprotein; Pre-existing immunity.

 
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