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Protection from lethal challenge in a neonatal mouse model by circulating recombinant form coxsackievirus A16 vaccine candidates

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posted on 2024-06-19, 20:26 authored by Jingliang LiJingliang Li, Junliang Chang, Xin Liu, Jiaxin Yang, Haoran Guo, Wei Wei, Wenyan Zhang, Xiao-Fang Yu
Circulating coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) is a major cause of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in South-east Asia. At present, there is no vaccine against CA16. Pathogenic animal models that are sensitive to diverse circulating CA16 viruses would be desirable for vaccine development and evaluation. In this study, we isolated and characterized several circulating CA16 viruses from recent HFMD patients. These CA16 viruses currently circulating in humans were highly pathogenic in a newly developed neonatal mouse model; we also observed and analysed the pathogenesis of representative circulating recombinant form CA16 viruses. An inactivated CA16 vaccine candidate, formulated with alum adjuvant and containing submicrogram quantities of viral proteins, protected neonatal mice born to immunized female mice from lethal-dose challenge with a series of CA16 viruses. Further analysis of humoral immunity showed that antibody elicited from both the immunized dams and their pups could neutralize various lethal viruses by a cytopathic effectin vitro. Moreover, viral titres and loads in the tissues of challenged pups in the vaccine group were far lower than those in the control group, and some were undetectable. This lethal-challenge model using pathogenic CA16 viruses and the vaccine candidates that mediated protection in this model could be useful tools for the future development and evaluation of CA16 vaccines.

History

Journal

JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Volume

95

Pagination

1083-1093

Location

England

ISSN

0022-1317

eISSN

1465-2099

Language

English

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

5

Publisher

MICROBIOLOGY SOC