Cross-reactivity reduced dengue virus serotype 2 vaccine does not confer cross-protection against other serotypes of dengue viruses

Author:

Galula Jedhan Ucat,Yang Chung-Yu,Davis Brent S.,Chang Gwong-Jen J.,Chao Day-YuORCID

Abstract

AbstractThe four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV) cause the most important rapidly emerging arthropod-borne disease globally. The humoral immune response to DENV infection is predominantly directed against the immunodominant cross-reactive weakly neutralizing epitopes located in the highly conserved fusion peptide of ectodomain II of envelope (E) protein (EDIIFP). Antibodies recognizing EDIIFP have been shown to associate with immune enhancement in an ex vivo animal model. In this study, we explored how prime-boost strategies influence the immunogenicity of a cross-reactivity reduced (CRR) DENV-2 vaccine with substitutions in EDIIFP residues (DENV-2 RD) and found that mice in various DENV-2 RD prime-boost immunizations had significantly reduced levels of EDIIFP antibodies. In addition, heterologous DENV-2 RD DNA-VLP prime-boost immunization induced higher and broader levels of total IgG and neutralizing antibodies (NtAbs) although IgG titers to DENV-2 and 3 were statistically significant. Consistently, mice from DENV-2 RD DNA-VLP prime-boost immunization were fully protected from homologous DENV-2 lethal challenge and partially protected (60% survival rate) from heterologous lethal DENV-3 challenge. Our results conclude that the CRR DENV-2 RD vaccine requires a multivalent format to effectively elicit a balanced and protective immunity across all four DENV serotypes.ImportanceThe low vaccine efficacy of the live-attenuated chimeric yellow fever virus-DENV tetravalent dengue vaccine (CYD-TDV) is unexpected and there is an urgent need to develop a next generation of dengue vaccine. Antibodies against the fusion peptide in envelope protein (E) ectodomain II (EDIIFP) can potentially induce a severe disease via antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) of infection. This study evaluated different formats of an EDIIFP-modified DENV-2 vaccine (DENV-2 RD) in its capability of inducing a reduced EDIIFP antibodies, and sculpting the immune response towards an increased DENV complex-reactive neutralizing antibodies (CR NtAb). The results from this study confirmed the poor correlate of neutralizing assay with protection as suggested by the results of CYD-TDV clinical trials. There is a urgent need to develop a biological correlate with protection while evaluating the efficacy of the next generation dengue vaccine.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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