Preclinical evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine PTX-COVID19-B

Jun Liu; Patrick Budylowski; Reuben Samson; Bryan D. Griffin; Giorgi Babuadze; Bhavisha Rathod; Karen Colwill; Jumai A. Abioye; Jordan A. Schwartz; Ryan Law; Lily Yip; Sang Kyun Ahn; Serena Chau; Maedeh Naghibosadat; Yuko Arita; Queenie Hu; Feng Yun Yue; Arinjay Banerjee; W. Rod Hardy; Karen Mossman; Samira Mubareka; Robert A. Kozak; Michael S. Pollanen; Natalia Martin Orozco; Anne Claude Gingras; Eric G. Marcusson; Mario A. Ostrowski

doi:10.1126/sciadv.abj9815

Preclinical evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine PTX-COVID19-B

Jun Liu
, Patrick Budylowski
, Reuben Samson
, Bryan D. Griffin
, Giorgi Babuadze
, Bhavisha Rathod
, Karen Colwill
, Jumai A. Abioye
, Jordan A. Schwartz
, Ryan Law
, Lily Yip
, Sang Kyun Ahn
, Serena Chau
, Maedeh Naghibosadat
, Yuko Arita
, Queenie Hu
, Feng Yun Yue
, Arinjay Banerjee
, W. Rod Hardy
, Karen Mossman

Samira Mubareka, Robert A. Kozak, Michael S. Pollanen, Natalia Martin Orozco, Anne Claude Gingras, Eric G. Marcusson, Mario A. Ostrowski

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Safe and effective vaccines are needed to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we report the preclinical development of a lipid nanoparticle-formulated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine, PTX-COVID19-B. PTX-COVID19-B was chosen among three candidates after the initial mouse vaccination results showed that it elicited the strongest neutralizing antibody response against SARS-CoV-2. Further tests in mice and hamsters indicated that PTX-COVID19-B induced robust humoral and cellular immune responses and completely protected the vaccinated animals from SARS-CoV-2 infection in the lung. Studies in hamsters also showed that PTX-COVID19-B protected the upper respiratory tract from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Mouse immune sera elicited by PTX-COVID19-B vaccination were able to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, including the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta lineages. No adverse effects were induced by PTX-COVID19-B in either mice or hamsters. Based on these results, PTX-COVID19-B was authorized by Health Canada to enter clinical trials in December 2020 with a phase 2 clinical trial ongoing.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	eabj9815
Journal	Science Advances
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj9815
State	Published - Jan 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Liu, J., Budylowski, P., Samson, R., Griffin, B. D., Babuadze, G., Rathod, B., Colwill, K., Abioye, J. A., Schwartz, J. A., Law, R., Yip, L., Ahn, S. K., Chau, S., Naghibosadat, M., Arita, Y., Hu, Q., Yue, F. Y., Banerjee, A., Hardy, W. R., ... Ostrowski, M. A. (2022). Preclinical evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine PTX-COVID19-B. Science Advances, 8(3), Article eabj9815. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj9815

Liu, J, Budylowski, P, Samson, R, Griffin, BD, Babuadze, G, Rathod, B, Colwill, K, Abioye, JA, Schwartz, JA, Law, R, Yip, L, Ahn, SK, Chau, S, Naghibosadat, M, Arita, Y, Hu, Q, Yue, FY, Banerjee, A, Hardy, WR, Mossman, K, Mubareka, S, Kozak, RA, Pollanen, MS, Orozco, NM, Gingras, AC, Marcusson, EG & Ostrowski, MA 2022, 'Preclinical evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine PTX-COVID19-B', Science Advances, vol. 8, no. 3, eabj9815. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj9815

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