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ELIFE
卷 11, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
eLIFE SCIENCES PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.78513
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adenovirus; vaccine; SARS-CoV-2; process-related impurities; host cell proteins; Viruses
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资金
- German Research Foundation [SFB1074]
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- Federal States of Germany Grant 'Innovative Hochschule' [FKZ 3IHS024D]
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine contains higher than expected levels of host cell proteins (HCPs) and free viral proteins, while Ad26.COV2.S vaccine has low amounts of HCPs. The purification procedures of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine should be modified to remove protein impurities, and standard quality assays for protein manufacturing need to be adapted for vectored vaccines.
ChAdOx1 nCov-19 and Ad26.COV2.S are approved vaccines inducing protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans by expressing the Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. We analyzed protein content and protein composition of ChAdOx1 nCov-19 and Ad26.COV2.S by biochemical methods and by mass spectrometry. Four out of four tested lots of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 contained significantly higher than expected levels of host cell proteins (HCPs) and of free viral proteins. The most abundant contaminating HCPs belonged to the heat-shock protein and cytoskeletal protein families. The HCP content exceeded the 400 ng specification limit per vaccine dose, as set by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for this vaccine, by at least 25-fold and the manufacturer's batch-release data in some of the lots by several hundred-fold. In contrast, three tested lots of the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine contained only very low amounts of HCPs. As shown for Ad26.COV2.S production of clinical grade adenovirus vaccines of high purity is feasible at an industrial scale. Correspondingly, purification procedures of the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine should be modified to remove protein impurities as good as possible. Our data also indicate that standard quality assays, as they are used in the manufacturing of proteins, have to be adapted for vectored vaccines.
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