1. An optimized messenger RNA vaccine candidate protects non-human primates from Zika virus infection
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Brooke Bollman, Naveen Nunna, Kapil Bahl, Chiaowen Joyce Hsiao, Hamilton Bennett, Scott Butler, Bryant Foreman, Katherine E. Burgomaster, Maya Aleshnick, Wing-Pui Kong, Brian E. Fisher, Tracy J. Ruckwardt, Kaitlyn M. Morabito, Barney S. Graham, Kimberly A. Dowd, Theodore C. Pierson, and Andrea Carfi
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Immunologic diseases. Allergy ,RC581-607 ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,RC254-282 - Abstract
Abstract Zika virus (ZIKV), an arbovirus transmitted by mosquitoes, was identified as a cause of congenital disease during a major outbreak in the Americas in 2016. Vaccine design strategies relied on limited available isolate sequence information due to the rapid response necessary. The first-generation ZIKV mRNA vaccine, mRNA-1325, was initially generated and, as additional strain sequences became available, a second mRNA vaccine, mRNA-1893, was developed. Herein, we compared the immune responses following mRNA-1325 and mRNA-1893 vaccination and reported that mRNA-1893 generated comparable neutralizing antibody titers to mRNA-1325 at 1/20th of the dose and provided complete protection from ZIKV challenge in non-human primates. In-depth characterization of these vaccines indicated that the observed immunologic differences could be attributed to a single amino acid residue difference that compromised mRNA-1325 virus-like particle formation.
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- 2023
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