Immunogenicity and protectivity of the peptide vaccine against SARS-CoV-2
- Authors: Ryzhikov A.B.1, Ryzhikov E.А.2, Bogryantseva M.P.1, Danilenko E.D.1, Imatdinov I.R.1, Nechaeva E.A.1, Pyankov O.V.1, Pyankova O.G.1, Susloparov I.M.1, Taranov O.S.1, Gudymo A.S.1, Danilchenko N.V.1, Sleptsova E.S.2, Bodnev S.A.1, Onkhonova G.S.1, Petrov V.N.1, Moiseeva A.A.1, Torzhkova P.Y.1, Pyankov S.A.1, Tregubchak T.V.1, Antonets D.V.1, Gavrilova E.V.1, Maksyutov R.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
- Limited Liability Company “EpiVac”
- Issue: Vol 76, No 1 (2021)
- Pages: 5-19
- Section: INFECTIOUS DISEASES: CURRENT ISSUES
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/vramn/article/view/125671
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.15690/vramn1528
- ID: 125671
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Abstract
Background. In 2020, the pandemic caused by novel coronavirus infection has become one of the most critical global health challenges during the past century. The lack of a vaccine, as the most effective way to control the novel infection, has prompted the development of a large number of preventive products by the scientific community. We have developed a candidate vaccine (EpiVacCorona) against novel coronavirus infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 that is based on chemically synthesized peptides conjugated to a carrier protein and adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide and studied the specific activity of the developed vaccine.
Aims — study of the immunogenicity and protectivity of the peptide candidate vaccine EpiVacCorona.
Methods. The work was performed using standard molecular biological, virological and histological methods.
Results. It was demonstrated that EpiVacCorona, when administered twice, spaced 14 days apart, to hamsters, ferrets, and non-human primates (african green monkeys, rhesus macaques) at a dose of 260 μg, which is equal to one inoculation dose for humans, induces virus-specific antibodies in 100% of the animals. Experiments in hamsters showed this vaccine to be associated with the dose-dependent immunogenicity. The vaccine was shown to accelerate the elimination of the virus from the upper respiratory tract in ferrets and prevent the development of pneumonia in hamsters and non-human primates following a respiratory challenge with novel coronavirus.
Conclusions. The results of a preclinical specific activity study indicate that the use of EpiVacCorona has the potential for human vaccination.
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Aleksandr B. Ryzhikov
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: ryzhik@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7009-0748
SPIN-code: 9282-2863
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Department Head
Russian Federation, 630559, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionEvgenii А. Ryzhikov
Limited Liability Company “EpiVac”
Email: e.a.ryzhikov@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4233-7870
Director
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionMarina P. Bogryantseva
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: bogryantseva@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0467-5024
SPIN-code: 5017-6279
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Department Head
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionElena D. Danilenko
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: danilenko_ed@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5026-1602
SPIN-code: 1388-4127
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Director
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionIlnaz R. Imatdinov
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: imatdinov_ir@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6927-7580
SPIN-code: 8174-1635
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Leading Researcher
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionElena A. Nechaeva
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: nechaeva@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6901-7738
SPIN-code: 9270-8888
Cand. Sc. (Medicine), Deputy Director General
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionOleg V. Pyankov
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: pyankov@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3340-8750
SPIN-code: 8622-9293
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Department Head
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionOlga G. Pyankova
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: pyankova_og@vector.nsc.ru
SPIN-code: 5872-2078
Leading Researcher
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionIvan M. Susloparov
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: imsous@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9718-7339
SPIN-code: 8371-4785
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Senior Researcher
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionOleg S. Taranov
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: taranov@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6746-8092
SPIN-code: 5894-6518
Department Head
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionAndrei S. Gudymo
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: gudymo_as@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6952-6412
SPIN-code: 5274-0265
Junior Researcher
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionNatalya V. Danilchenko
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: danilchenko_nv@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2655-4629
SPIN-code: 3041-1686
Junior Researcher
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionEkaterina S. Sleptsova
Limited Liability Company “EpiVac”
Email: katyuss@yandex.ru
Head of the Quality Control Department
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionSergei A. Bodnev
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: bodnev@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0599-3817
SPIN-code: 2219-2723
Cand. Sc. (Medicine), Leading Researcher
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionGalina S. Onkhonova
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: onhonova_gs@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1547-1708
SPIN-code: 2017-8031
Junior Researcher
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionVladimir N. Petrov
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: vnpetrov@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3270-8412
Department Head
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionAnastasiya A. Moiseeva
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: chalaya_aa@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7048-2357
SPIN-code: 9361-8776
Junior Researcher
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionPolina Y. Torzhkova
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: torzhkova_pyu@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0387-1907
SPIN-code: 8720-8129
Research Intern
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionStepan A. Pyankov
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: pyankov_sa@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6593-6614
SPIN-code: 1344-4854
Leading Researcher
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionTatyana V. Tregubchak
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Author for correspondence.
Email: tregubchak_tv@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9608-2044
SPIN-code: 1028-1981
Leading Researcher
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionDenis V. Antonets
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: antonec@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1823-9701
SPIN-code: 6825-8804
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Senior Researcher
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionElena V. Gavrilova
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: gavrilova_ev@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7118-5749
SPIN-code: 4523-9695
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Deputy Director
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk RegionRinat A. Maksyutov
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being
Email: maksyutov_ra@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1314-281X
SPIN-code: 7332-2123
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