Zhang YN, Gomes KB, Lee YZ, Ward G, Xie B, Auclair. A Single-Component Multilayered Self-Assembling Protein Nanoparticle Vaccine Based on Extracellular Domains of Matrix Protein 2 against Both Influenza A and B. Vaccines (Basel). 2024 Aug 28;12(9):975
The development of an effective and broadly protective influenza vaccine against circulating and emerging strains remains elusive. In this study, we evaluated a potentially universal influenza vaccine based on single-component self-assembling protein nanoparticles (1c-SApNPs) presenting the conserved matrix protein 2 ectodomain (M2e) from influenza A and B viruses (IAV and IBV, respectively). We previously designed a tandem antigen comprising three IAV M2e domains of human, avian/swine, and human/swine origins (termed M2ex3). The M2ex3-presenting 1c-SApNPs conferred complete protection in mice against sequential lethal challenges with H1N1 and H3N2. To broaden this protection to cover IBVs, we designed a series of antigens incorporating different arrangements of three IAV M2e domains and three copies of IBV M2e. Tandem repeats of IAV and IBV (termed influenza A-B) M2e arrayed on the I3-01v9a 60-mer 1c-SApNP, when formulated with an oil-in-water emulsion adjuvant, generated greater M2e-specific immunogenicity and protective efficacy than the soluble influenza A-B M2e trimer, indicated by higher survival rates and reduced weight loss post-challenge. Importantly, one of the influenza A-B M2e SApNP constructs elicited 100% protection against a lethal influenza A/Puerto Rico/8/1934 (H1N1) challenge in mice and 70% protection against a lethal influenza B/Florida/4/2006 (Yamagata lineage) challenge, the latter of which has not been reported in the literature to date. Our study thus provides a promising M2e-based single-component universal vaccine candidate against the two major types of influenza virus circulating in humans.
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