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Oxidation-sensitive polymersomes as vaccine nanocarriers enhance humoral responses against Lassa virus envelope glycoprotein

Galan-Navarro, Clara
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Rincon-Restrepo, Marcela
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Zimmer, Gert
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2017
Virology

Lassa virus (LASV) causes severe hemorrhagic fever with high mortality, yet no vaccine currently exists. Antibodies targeting viral attachment proteins are crucial for protection against many viral infections. However, the envelope glycoprotein (GP) 1 of LASV elicits weak antibody responses due to extensive glycan shielding. Here, we explored a novel vaccine strategy to enhance humoral immunity against LASV GP1. Using structural information, we designed a recombinant GP1 immunogen, and then encapsulated it into oxidation-sensitive polymersomes (PS) as nanocarriers that promote intracellular MHCII loading. Mice immunized with adjuvanted PS (LASV GP1) showed superior humoral responses than free LASV GP1, including antibodies with higher binding affinity to virion GP1, increased levels of polyfunctional anti-viral CD4 T cells, and IgG-secreting B cells. PS (LASV GP1) elicited a more diverse epitope repertoire of anti-viral IgG. Together, these data demonstrate the potential of our nanocarrier vaccine platform for generating virus-specific antibodies against weakly immunogenic viral antigens.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.virol.2017.09.013
Web of Science ID

WOS:000414384800019

Author(s)
Galan-Navarro, Clara
Rincon-Restrepo, Marcela
Zimmer, Gert
Saphire, Erica Mann
Hubbell, Jeffrey A.  
Hirosue, Sachiko
Swartz, Melody A.  
Kunz, Stefan
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science

Published in
Virology
Volume

512

Start page

161

End page

171

Subjects

Polymersomes

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Nanocarrier

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Lassa virus

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Anti-viral antibodies

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Subunit vaccine

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LMRP  
LLCB  
Available on Infoscience
December 4, 2017
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/142532
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