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  1. Article: mRNA-Based Vaccines and Mode of Action.

    Gergen, Janina / Petsch, Benjamin

    Current topics in microbiology and immunology

    2021  Volume 440, Page(s) 1–30

    Abstract: In the past 20 years, the mRNA vaccine technology has evolved from the first proof of concept to the first licensed vaccine against emerging pandemics such as SARS-CoV-2. Two mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 have received emergency use authorization by ...

    Abstract In the past 20 years, the mRNA vaccine technology has evolved from the first proof of concept to the first licensed vaccine against emerging pandemics such as SARS-CoV-2. Two mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 have received emergency use authorization by US FDA, conditional marketing authorization by EMA, as well as multiple additional national regulatory authorities. The simple composition of an mRNA encoding the antigen formulated in a lipid nanoparticle enables a fast adaptation to new emerging pathogens. This can speed up vaccine development in pandemics from antigen and sequence selection to clinical trial to only a few months. mRNA vaccines are well tolerated and efficacious in animal models for multiple pathogens and will further contribute to the development of vaccines for other unaddressed diseases. Here, we give an overview of the mRNA vaccine design and factors for further optimization of this new promising technology and discuss current knowledge on the mode of action of mRNA vaccines interacting with the innate and adaptive immune system.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; Models, Animal ; mRNA Vaccines/pharmacology ; COVID-19 Vaccines ; Vaccine Development
    Chemical Substances mRNA Vaccines ; COVID-19 Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-29
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ISSN 0070-217X
    ISSN 0070-217X
    DOI 10.1007/82_2020_230
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  2. Article: Assessment of Immunogenicity and Efficacy of CV0501 mRNA-Based Omicron COVID-19 Vaccination in Small Animal Models.

    Roth, Nicole / Gergen, Janina / Kovacikova, Kristina / Mueller, Stefan O / Ulrich, Lorenz / Schön, Jacob / Halwe, Nico Joel / Fricke, Charlie / Corleis, Björn / Dorhoi, Anca / Hoffmann, Donata / Beer, Martin / Maione, Domenico / Petsch, Benjamin / Rauch, Susanne

    Vaccines

    2023  Volume 11, Issue 2

    Abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron and its subvariants (BA.2, BA.4, BA.5) represented the most commonly circulating variants of concern (VOC) in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2022. Despite high ... ...

    Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron and its subvariants (BA.2, BA.4, BA.5) represented the most commonly circulating variants of concern (VOC) in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2022. Despite high vaccination rates with approved SARS-CoV-2 vaccines encoding the ancestral spike (S) protein, these Omicron subvariants have collectively resulted in increased viral transmission and disease incidence. This necessitates the development and characterization of vaccines incorporating later emerging S proteins to enhance protection against VOC. In this context, bivalent vaccine formulations may induce broad protection against VOC and potential future SARS-CoV-2 variants. Here, we report preclinical data for a lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-formulated RNActive
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-31
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2703319-3
    ISSN 2076-393X
    ISSN 2076-393X
    DOI 10.3390/vaccines11020318
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  3. Article ; Online: Efficacy of an unmodified bivalent mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variants in female small animal models.

    Corleis, Björn / Hoffmann, Donata / Rauch, Susanne / Fricke, Charlie / Roth, Nicole / Gergen, Janina / Kovacikova, Kristina / Schlottau, Kore / Halwe, Nico Joel / Ulrich, Lorenz / Schön, Jacob / Wernike, Kerstin / Widera, Marek / Ciesek, Sandra / Mueller, Stefan O / Mettenleiter, Thomas C / Maione, Domenico / Petsch, Benjamin / Beer, Martin /
    Dorhoi, Anca

    Nature communications

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 816

    Abstract: Combining optimized spike (S) protein-encoding mRNA vaccines to target multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants could improve control of the COVID-19 pandemic. We compare monovalent and bivalent mRNA vaccines encoding B.1.351 (Beta) and/or B.1.617.2 (Delta) SARS-CoV- ...

    Abstract Combining optimized spike (S) protein-encoding mRNA vaccines to target multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants could improve control of the COVID-19 pandemic. We compare monovalent and bivalent mRNA vaccines encoding B.1.351 (Beta) and/or B.1.617.2 (Delta) SARS-CoV-2 S-protein in a transgenic mouse and a Wistar rat model. The blended low-dose bivalent mRNA vaccine contains half the mRNA of each respective monovalent vaccine, but induces comparable neutralizing antibody titres, enrichment of lung-resident memory CD8
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Female ; Mice ; Rats ; Antibodies, Neutralizing ; Antibodies, Viral ; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; COVID-19 Vaccines/immunology ; Mice, Transgenic ; Models, Animal ; mRNA Vaccines/immunology ; Rats, Wistar ; SARS-CoV-2/genetics ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/genetics ; Vaccines, Combined/immunology
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Neutralizing ; Antibodies, Viral ; COVID-19 Vaccines ; mRNA Vaccines ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus ; spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 ; Vaccines, Combined
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-13
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-36110-1
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  4. Article ; Online: mRNA vaccines induce rapid antibody responses in mice.

    Gebre, Makda S / Rauch, Susanne / Roth, Nicole / Gergen, Janina / Yu, Jingyou / Liu, Xiaowen / Cole, Andrew C / Mueller, Stefan O / Petsch, Benjamin / Barouch, Dan H

    NPJ vaccines

    2022  Volume 7, Issue 1, Page(s) 88

    Abstract: mRNA vaccines can be developed and produced quickly, making them prime candidates for immediate outbreak responses. Furthermore, clinical trials have demonstrated rapid protection following mRNA vaccination. Thus, we sought to investigate how quickly ... ...

    Abstract mRNA vaccines can be developed and produced quickly, making them prime candidates for immediate outbreak responses. Furthermore, clinical trials have demonstrated rapid protection following mRNA vaccination. Thus, we sought to investigate how quickly mRNA vaccines elicit antibody responses compared to other vaccine modalities. We first compared the immune kinetics of mRNA and DNA vaccines expressing SARS-CoV-2 spike in mice. We observed rapid induction of antigen-specific binding and neutralizing antibodies by day 5 following mRNA (4 µg/mouse), but not DNA (50 µg/mouse), immunization. Comparing innate responses hours post immunization, the mRNA vaccine induced increased levels of IL-5, IL-6, and MCP-1 cytokines which maybe promoting humoral responses downstream. We then evaluated the immune kinetics of an HIV-1 mRNA vaccine in comparison to DNA, protein, and rhesus adenovirus 52 (RhAd52) vaccines of the same HIV-1 envelope antigen in mice. Again, induction of envelope-specific antibodies was observed by day 5 following mRNA vaccination, whereas antibodies were detected by day 7-14 following DNA, protein, and RhAd52 vaccination. Thus, eliciting rapid humoral immunity may be a unique and advantageous property of mRNA vaccines for controlling infectious disease outbreaks.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2059-0105
    ISSN (online) 2059-0105
    DOI 10.1038/s41541-022-00511-y
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  5. Article ; Online: Comparative immunogenicity of an mRNA/LNP and a DNA vaccine targeting HIV

    Valentin, Antonio / Bergamaschi, Cristina / Rosati, Margherita / Angel, Matthew / Burns, Robert / Agarwal, Mahesh / Gergen, Janina / Petsch, Benjamin / Oostvogels, Lidia / Loeliger, Edde / Chew, Kara W / Deeks, Steven G / Mullins, James I / Pavlakis, George N / Felber, Barbara K

    Frontiers in immunology

    2022  Volume 13, Page(s) 945706

    Abstract: Immunogenicity of HIV-1 mRNA vaccine regimens was analyzed in a non-human primate animal model. Rhesus macaques immunized with mRNA in lipid nanoparticle (mRNA/LNP) formulation expressing HIV-1 Gag and Gag conserved regions (CE) as immunogens developed ... ...

    Abstract Immunogenicity of HIV-1 mRNA vaccine regimens was analyzed in a non-human primate animal model. Rhesus macaques immunized with mRNA in lipid nanoparticle (mRNA/LNP) formulation expressing HIV-1 Gag and Gag conserved regions (CE) as immunogens developed robust, durable antibody responses but low adaptive T-cell responses. Augmentation of the dose resulted in modest increases in vaccine-induced cellular immunity, with no difference in humoral responses. The
    MeSH term(s) AIDS Vaccines ; Animals ; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes ; HIV Infections/prevention & control ; HIV-1 ; Liposomes ; Macaca mulatta ; Nanoparticles ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Vaccines, DNA ; Vaccines, Synthetic ; mRNA Vaccines
    Chemical Substances AIDS Vaccines ; Lipid Nanoparticles ; Liposomes ; RNA, Messenger ; Vaccines, DNA ; Vaccines, Synthetic ; mRNA Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-22
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2606827-8
    ISSN 1664-3224 ; 1664-3224
    ISSN (online) 1664-3224
    ISSN 1664-3224
    DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.945706
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  6. Article ; Online: Assessment of Immunogenicity and Efficacy of CV0501 mRNA-based Omicron COVID-19 Vaccination in Small Animal Models

    Roth, Nicole / Gergen, Janina / Kovacikova, Kristina / Mueller, Stefan / Ulrich, Lorenz / Schoen, Jacob / Halwe, Nico Joel / Fricke, Charlie / Corleis, Bjorn / Dorhoi, Anca / Hoffmann, Donata / Beer, Martin / Maione, Domenico / Petsch, Benjamin Wolfgang / Rauch, Susanne

    bioRxiv

    Abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron and its subvariants (BA.2, BA.4, BA.5) represent the most commonly circulating variants of concern (VOC) in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2022. Despite high ... ...

    Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron and its subvariants (BA.2, BA.4, BA.5) represent the most commonly circulating variants of concern (VOC) in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2022. Despite high vaccination rates with approved SARS-CoV-2 vaccines encoding the ancestral spike (S) protein, these Omicron subvariants have collectively resulted in increased viral transmission and disease incidence. This necessitates the development and characterization of vaccines incorporating later emerging S proteins to enhance protection against VOC. In this context, bivalent vaccine formulations may induce broad protection against VOC and potential future SARS CoV 2 variants. Here, we report preclinical data for a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulated RNActive N1-methylpseudouridine (N1mΨ) modified mRNA vaccine (CV0501) based on our second-generation SARS-CoV-2 vaccine CV2CoV, encoding the S protein of Omicron BA.1. The immunogenicity of CV0501, alone or in combination with a corresponding vaccine encoding the ancestral S protein (ancestral N1mΨ), was first measured in dose-response and booster immunization studies performed in Wistar rats. Both monovalent CV0501 and bivalent CV0501/ancestral N1mΨ immunization induced robust neutralizing antibody titers against the BA.1, BA.2 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, in addition to other SARS-CoV-2 variants in a booster immunization study. The protective efficacy of monovalent CV0501 against live SARS-CoV-2 BA.2 infection was then assessed in hamsters. Monovalent CV0501 significantly reduced SARS CoV 2 BA.2 viral loads in the airways, demonstrating protection induced by CV0501 vaccination. CV0501 has now advanced into human Phase 1 clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05477186).
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-04
    Publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1101/2023.01.04.521629
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  7. Book ; Online: Assessment of Immunogenicity and Efficacy of CV0501 mRNA-based Omicron COVID-19 Vaccination in Small Animal Models

    Roth, Nicole / Gergen, Janina / Kovacikova, Kristina / Mueller, Stefan / Ulrich, Lorenz / Schön, Jacob / Halwe, Nico / Fricke, Charlie / Corleis, Björn / Dorhoi, Anca / Hoffmann, Donata / Beer, Martin / Maione, Domenico / Petsch, Benjamin Wolfgang / Rauch, Susanne

    [Preprint]

    2023  

    Abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron and its subvariants (BA.2, BA.4, BA.5) represent the most commonly circulating variants of concern (VOC) in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2022. Despite high ... ...

    Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron and its subvariants (BA.2, BA.4, BA.5) represent the most commonly circulating variants of concern (VOC) in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2022. Despite high vaccination rates with approved SARS-CoV-2 vaccines encoding the ancestral spike (S) protein, these Omicron subvariants have collectively resulted in increased viral transmission and disease incidence. This necessitates the development and characterization of vaccines incorporating later emerging S proteins to enhance protection against VOC. In this context, bivalent vaccine formulations may induce broad protection against VOC and potential future SARS CoV 2 variants. Here, we report preclinical data for a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulated RNActive N1-methylpseudouridine (N1mΨ) modified mRNA vaccine (CV0501) based on our second-generation SARS-CoV-2 vaccine CV2CoV, encoding the S protein of Omicron BA.1. The immunogenicity of CV0501, alone or in combination with a corresponding vaccine encoding the ancestral S protein (ancestral N1mΨ), was first measured in dose-response and booster immunization studies performed in Wistar rats. Both monovalent CV0501 and bivalent CV0501/ancestral N1mΨ immunization induced robust neutralizing antibody titers against the BA.1, BA.2 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, in addition to other SARS-CoV-2 variants in a booster immunization study. The protective efficacy of monovalent CV0501 against live SARS-CoV-2 BA.2 infection was then assessed in hamsters. Monovalent CV0501 significantly reduced SARS CoV 2 BA.2 viral loads in the airways, demonstrating protection induced by CV0501 vaccination. CV0501 has now advanced into human Phase 1 clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05477186).
    Keywords Text ; ddc:570 ; COVID-19 variant -- SARS-CoV-2 -- mRNA vaccine -- virus neutralizing antibody titer
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-04
    Publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Publishing country de
    Document type Book ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: Assessment of Immunogenicity and Efficacy of CV0501 mRNA-Based Omicron COVID-19 Vaccination in Small Animal Models

    Roth, Nicole / Gergen, Janina / Kovacikova, Kristina / Mueller, Stefan / Ulrich, Lorenz / Schön, Jacob / Halwe, Nico / Fricke, Charlie / Corleis, Björn / Dorhoi, Anca / Hoffmann, Donata / Beer, Martin / Maione, Domenico / Petsch, Benjamin Wolfgang / Rauch, Susanne

    2023  

    Abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron and its subvariants (BA.2, BA.4, BA.5) represented the most commonly circulating variants of concern (VOC) in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2022. Despite high ... ...

    Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron and its subvariants (BA.2, BA.4, BA.5) represented the most commonly circulating variants of concern (VOC) in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2022. Despite high vaccination rates with approved SARS-CoV-2 vaccines encoding the ancestral spike (S) protein, these Omicron subvariants have collectively resulted in increased viral transmission and disease incidence. This necessitates the development and characterization of vaccines incorporating later emerging S proteins to enhance protection against VOC. In this context, bivalent vaccine formulations may induce broad protection against VOC and potential future SARS-CoV-2 variants. Here, we report preclinical data for a lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-formulated RNActive® N1-methylpseudouridine (N1mΨ) modified mRNA vaccine (CV0501) based on our second-generation SARS-CoV-2 vaccine CV2CoV, encoding the S protein of Omicron BA.1. The immunogenicity of CV0501, alone or in combination with a corresponding vaccine encoding the ancestral S protein (ancestral N1mΨ), was first measured in dose-response and booster immunization studies performed in Wistar rats. Both monovalent CV0501 and bivalent CV0501/ancestral N1mΨ immunization induced robust neutralizing antibody titers against the BA.1, BA.2 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, in addition to other SARS-CoV-2 variants in a booster immunization study. The protective efficacy of monovalent CV0501 against live SARS-CoV-2 BA.2 infection was then assessed in hamsters. Monovalent CV0501 significantly reduced SARS-CoV-2 BA.2 viral loads in the airways, demonstrating protection induced by CV0501 vaccination. CV0501 has now advanced into human Phase 1 clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05477186).
    Keywords Text ; ddc:570 ; COVID-19 variant -- SARS-CoV-2 -- mRNA vaccine -- virus neutralizing antibody titer
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-31
    Publishing country de
    Document type Article ; Online
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  9. Article: mRNA Vaccine Protects against Zika Virus.

    Medina-Magües, Lex G / Gergen, Janina / Jasny, Edith / Petsch, Benjamin / Lopera-Madrid, Jaime / Medina-Magües, Emily S / Salas-Quinchucua, Cristhian / Osorio, Jorge E

    Vaccines

    2021  Volume 9, Issue 12

    Abstract: Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, has recently triggered global concern due to severe health complications. In 2015, a large ZIKV outbreak occurred in the Americas and established a link between ZIKV and microcephaly in newborn babies, ... ...

    Abstract Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, has recently triggered global concern due to severe health complications. In 2015, a large ZIKV outbreak occurred in the Americas and established a link between ZIKV and microcephaly in newborn babies, spontaneous abortion, persistent viremia, and Guillain-Barré syndrome. While antivirals are being developed and prevention strategies focus on vector control, a safe and effective Zika vaccine remains unavailable. Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine technology has arisen as a flexible, simplified, and fast vaccine production platform. Here, we report on an mRNA vaccine candidate that encodes the pre-membrane and envelope (prM-E) glycoproteins of ZIKV strain Brazil SPH2015 and is encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). Our ZIKV prM-E mRNA-LNP vaccine candidate induced antibody responses that protected in AG129 mice deficient in interferon (IFN) alpha/beta/gamma (IFN-α/β/γ) receptors. Notably, a single administration of ZIKV prM-E mRNA-LNP protected against a lethal dose of ZIKV, while a two-dose strategy induced strong protective immunity. E-specific double-positive IFN-γ and TNF-α T-cells were induced in BALB/c mice after immunizations with a two-dose strategy. With the success of mRNA vaccine technology in facing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, our data support the development of prM-E RNActive
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-10
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2703319-3
    ISSN 2076-393X
    ISSN 2076-393X
    DOI 10.3390/vaccines9121464
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  10. Article: mRNA Vaccines Induce Rapid Antibody Responses in Mice.

    Gebre, Makda S / Rauch, Susanne / Roth, Nicole / Gergen, Janina / Yu, Jingyou / Liu, Xiaowen / Cole, Andrew C / Mueller, Stefan O / Petsch, Benjamin / Barouch, Dan H

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2021  

    Abstract: mRNA vaccines can be developed and produced quickly, making them attractive for immediate outbreak responses. Furthermore, clinical trials have demonstrated rapid protection following mRNA vaccination. We sought to investigate how quickly mRNA vaccines ... ...

    Abstract mRNA vaccines can be developed and produced quickly, making them attractive for immediate outbreak responses. Furthermore, clinical trials have demonstrated rapid protection following mRNA vaccination. We sought to investigate how quickly mRNA vaccines elicit antibody responses compared to other vaccine modalities. We first examined immune kinetics of mRNA and DNA vaccines expressing SARS-CoV-2 spike in mice. We observed rapid induction of antigen-specific binding and neutralizing antibodies by day 5 following mRNA, but not DNA, immunization. The mRNA vaccine also induced increased levels of IL-5, IL-6 and MCP-1. We then evaluated immune kinetics of an HIV-1 mRNA vaccine in comparison to DNA, protein, and rhesus adenovirus 52 (RhAd52) vaccines with the same HIV-1 envelope antigen in mice. Induction of envelope-specific antibodies was observed by day 5 following mRNA vaccination, whereas antibodies were detected by day 7-14 following DNA, protein, and RhAd52 vaccination. Eliciting rapid humoral immunity may be an advantageous property of mRNA vaccines for controlling infectious disease outbreaks.
    Importance: mRNA vaccines can be developed and produced in record time. Here we demonstrate induction of rapid antibody responses by mRNA vaccines encoding two different viral antigens by day 5 following immunization in mice. The rapid immune kinetics of mRNA vaccines can be an advantageous property that makes them well suited for rapid control of infectious disease outbreaks.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-11-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2021.11.01.466863
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