SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine design enabled by prototype pathogen preparedness

A vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is needed to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic. Structural studies have led to the development of mutations that stabilize Betacoronavirus spike proteins in the prefusion state, improving their e...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2020-10, Vol.586 (7830), p.567-571
Main Authors: Corbett, Kizzmekia S, Edwards, Darin K, Leist, Sarah R, Abiona, Olubukola M, Boyoglu-Barnum, Seyhan, Gillespie, Rebecca A, Himansu, Sunny, Schäfer, Alexandra, Ziwawo, Cynthia T, DiPiazza, Anthony T, Dinnon, Kenneth H, Elbashir, Sayda M, Shaw, Christine A, Woods, Angela, Fritch, Ethan J, Martinez, David R, Bock, Kevin W, Minai, Mahnaz, Nagata, Bianca M, Hutchinson, Geoffrey B, Wu, Kai, Henry, Carole, Bahl, Kapil, Garcia-Dominguez, Dario, Ma, LingZhi, Renzi, Isabella, Kong, Wing-Pui, Schmidt, Stephen D, Wang, Lingshu, Zhang, Yi, Phung, Emily, Chang, Lauren A, Loomis, Rebecca J, Altaras, Nedim Emil, Narayanan, Elisabeth, Metkar, Mihir, Presnyak, Vlad, Liu, Cuiping, Louder, Mark K, Shi, Wei, Leung, Kwanyee, Yang, Eun Sung, West, Ande, Gully, Kendra L, Stevens, Laura J, Wang, Nianshuang, Wrapp, Daniel, Doria-Rose, Nicole A, Stewart-Jones, Guillaume, Bennett, Hamilton, Alvarado, Gabriela S, Nason, Martha C, Ruckwardt, Tracy J, McLellan, Jason S, Denison, Mark R, Chappell, James D, Moore, Ian N, Morabito, Kaitlyn M, Mascola, John R, Baric, Ralph S, Carfi, Andrea, Graham, Barney S
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Summary:A vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is needed to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic. Structural studies have led to the development of mutations that stabilize Betacoronavirus spike proteins in the prefusion state, improving their expression and increasing immunogenicity . This principle has been applied to design mRNA-1273, an mRNA vaccine that encodes a SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that is stabilized in the prefusion conformation. Here we show that mRNA-1273 induces potent neutralizing antibody responses to both wild-type (D614) and D614G mutant SARS-CoV-2 as well as CD8 T cell responses, and protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection in the lungs and noses of mice without evidence of immunopathology. mRNA-1273 is currently in a phase III trial to evaluate its efficacy.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687