Journal of Integrative Agriculture ›› 2025, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (3): 1198-1211.DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2024.07.024

• • 上一篇    下一篇

狂犬病病毒载体新冠口服或肌注式灭活疫苗 可保护水貂阻断新冠病毒的感染和传播

  

  • 收稿日期:2024-02-20 接受日期:2024-05-28 出版日期:2025-03-20 发布日期:2025-02-28

Rabies virus-based oral and inactivated vaccines protect minks against SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission

Hong Huo1, 2*, Shuang Xiao1*, Jinming Wang1*, Xijun Wang1, Jinying Ge1, Gongxun Zhong1, 2, Zhiyuan Wen1, 2, Chong Wang1, 2, Jinliang Wang1, 2, Han Wang1, Xijun He2, Lei Shuai1, 2#, Zhigao Bu1, 2, 3#   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China

    2 National High Containment Laboratory for Animal Diseases Control and Prevention, Harbin 150069, China

    3 Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China

  • Received:2024-02-20 Accepted:2024-05-28 Online:2025-03-20 Published:2025-02-28
  • About author: #Correspondence Zhigao Bu, E-mail: buzhigao@caas.cn; Lei Shuai, E-mail: shuailei@caas.cn * These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC2301700), and the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province, China (YQ2022C040).

摘要:

新型冠状病毒感染(COVID-19)是一种由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)引起的人兽共患病,对人类健康和公共卫生安全造成极大的影响。SARS-CoV-2易感动物范围广泛,其中水貂对SARS-CoV-2高度敏感,并可将SARS-CoV-2传播给人类。动物COVID-19疫苗的研发和应用是降低和阻断动物SARS-CoV-2感染和传播的有效手段。对于水貂和野生动物的新冠感染防控,口服免疫是预防SARS-CoV-2感染和传播的有效策略之一。

本研究以SARS-CoV-2原始株(WT)、德尔塔株(Delta)和奥密克戎BA.2(BA.2)株刺突蛋白(S)基因为靶基因,分别进行预融合、结构稳定等方面分子修饰,并人工合成可表达S6P、DS6P、BA2S6P蛋白的S基因。将合成的基因插入狂犬病病毒株(rabies virus, RABV)rERAG333E的P和M基因之间,构建重组RABV病毒rERAG333E/S6P、rERAG333E/DS6P、rERAG333E/BA2S6P。重组病毒体外感染试验结果显示,S6P、DS6P、BA2S6P均可稳定、高效表达预融合的S6P、DS6P、BA2S6P蛋白,并且不影响重组病毒的体外生长性状。重组RABVs作为口服疫苗分别单独或联合免疫BALB/c小鼠,体重变化与载体疫苗免疫组相比无显著差异,并能诱导产生高水平的SARS-CoV-2中和抗体、WT/Delta/BA.2交叉中和抗体反应、唾液sIgA反应及RABV中和抗体反应;作为肌注式灭活疫苗单独或联合免疫BALB/c小鼠,同样显示出优秀的安全性和免疫原性。此外,rERAG333E/S6P作为口服、肌注式灭活疫苗均可有效阻止SARS-CoV-2在BALB/c小鼠上、下呼吸道的复制。

为评估重组RABVs作为新冠易感动物新冠疫苗的潜力,本研究将重组RABVs作为口服疫苗或肌注式灭活疫苗单独或联合免疫水貂,监测期内水貂均健活,且具有良好的免疫原性,联合免疫可诱导高效的SARS-CoV-2 WT/Delta/Omicron BA.2株交叉中和抗体反应及RABV中和抗体反应。水貂攻毒保护和传播阻断试验结果显示,rERAG333E/S6P作为口服、肌注式灭活疫苗在水貂上均具有良好的SARS-CoV-2 WT株攻毒保护和传播阻断效果,可有效降低SARS-CoV-2对水貂的感染、肺脏损伤和传播。

本研究结果表明,表达SARS-CoV-2修饰S蛋白的重组RABVs可作为口服疫苗候选株应用于水貂、流浪动物、野生动物等,作为肌注式灭活疫苗候选株应用于伴侣动物;联合免疫的免疫策略有潜力成为抵抗多种SARS-CoV-2流行株的动物用COVID-19多价疫苗;借助RABV灭活疫苗的成熟生产工艺,有潜力作为人用COVID-19和狂犬病二联候选疫苗株。

Abstract:

Minks are highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, and have transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to humans.  Oral immunization is one of the most promising strategies to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in minks.  Here, we generated 3 recombinant rabies viruses (RABV), rERAG333E/S6P, rERAG333E/DS6P and rERAG333E/BA2S6P, expressing the prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike protein of wild-type (S6P), δ (DS6P) or BA.2 (BA2S6P) strain based on an oral rabies vaccine candidate (rERAG333E).  Oral or inactivated immunization of the 3 RABVs monovalent or trivalent were safe, and induced robust RABV neutralizing antibody and cross-antibody responses against the three SARS-CoV-2 in mice and minks.  The challenge tests showed that 2 doses of rERAG333E-S6P as an oral or inactivated vaccine completely protected mice against mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 infection in the upper and lower respiratory tracts, and largely prevented viral replication and lung damage caused by wild-type SARS-CoV-2 infection in minks.  Notably, we also confirmed that 2 doses of rERAG333E-S6P as an oral or inactivated vaccine can largely protect minks against wild-type SARS-CoV-2 transmission via respiratory droplets.  Our findings suggest that rERAG333E-based COVID-19 vaccines appear to be suitable oral candidates to protect minks from SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission, and may serve as inactivated vaccines for further investigation in humans.


Key words: SARS-CoV-2 ,  rabies virus ,  oral vaccine ,  inactivated vaccine ,  mink