期刊
VIROLOGICA SINICA
卷 38, 期 5, 页码 767-777出版社
KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.virs.2023.06.003
关键词
Tick -borne encephalitis virus (TBEV); Virus -like particle (VLP); Immunogenicity; Neutralization; Vaccine
类别
A novel strategy of using VLPs as vaccine against TBEV was developed and showed promising results in mice, including the ability to generate cross-reactive antibodies and provide protection against TBEV infection and pathology.
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is an important tick-borne pathogen that poses as a serious public health concern. The coverage and immunogenicity of the currently available vaccines against TBEV are relatively low; therefore, it is crucial to develop novel and effective vaccines against TBEV. The present study describes a novel strategy for the assembly of virus-like particles (VLPs) by co-expressing the structural (core/prM/E) and non-structural (NS2B/NS3Pro) proteins of TBEV. The efficacy of the VLPs was subsequently evaluated in C57BL/6 mice, and the resultant IgG serum could neutralize both Far-Eastern and European subtypes of TBEV. These findings indicated that the VLP-based vaccine elicited the production of cross-subtype reactive antibodies. The VLPs pro-vided protection to mice lacking the type I interferon receptor (IFNAR-/-) against lethal TBEV challenge, with undetectable viral load in brain and intestinal tissues. Furthermore, the group that received the VLP vaccine did not exhibit significant pathological changes and the inflammatory factors were significantly suppressed compared to the control group. Immunization with the VLP vaccine induced the production of multiple-cytokine-producing antiviral CD4+ T cells in vivo, including TNF-alpha+, IL-2+, and IFN-gamma+ T cells. Altogether, the findings suggest that noninfectious VLPs can serve as a potentially safe and effective vaccine candidate against diverse subtypes of TBEV.
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