Rationally designed multimeric nanovaccines using icosahedral DNA origami for display of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain
Multivalent antigen display on nanoparticles can enhance the immunogenicity of nanovaccines targeting viral moieties, such as the receptor binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2. However, particle morphology and size of current nanovaccines are significantly different from those of SARS-CoV-2. Additionally, surface antigen patterns are not controllable to enable the optimization of B cell activation. Herein, we employ an icosahedral DNA origami (ICO) as a display particle for RBD nanovaccines, achieving morphology and diameter like the virus (91 ± 11 nm). The surface addressability of DNA origami permits facile modification of the ICO surface with numerous RBD antigen clusters (ICO-RBD) to form various antigen patterns. Using an in vitro screening system, we demonstrate that the antigen spacing, antigen copies within clusters and cluster number parameters of the surface antigen pattern all impact the ability of the nanovaccines to activate B cells. Importantly, the optimized ICO-RBD nanovaccines evoke stronger and more enduring humoral and T cell immune responses in female mouse models compared to soluble RBD antigens, and the multivalent display broaden the protection range of B cell responses to more mutant strains. Our vaccines activate similar humoral immunity, observable stronger cellular immunity and more memory immune cells compared to trimeric mRNA vaccines.
Authors
- Xiao Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4504-5670)
- Xuehui Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6449-0887)
- Hengliang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8476-4320)
- Xu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2158-8320)
- Guangjun Nie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5040-9793)
- Qihui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3768-0401)
- Lizhuo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4460-1743)
- Guangna Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4148-4534)
- Keman Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6646-0095)
- Nana Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6764-2483)
- Xiaoyu Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9078-3843)
- Liting Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-1226)
- Xinwei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6057-8400)
- Pei Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5646-5972)
- Ming Tang
- Quanwei Shi
- Jie Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4847-2448)
- Dongshu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7077-1992)
- Qingqing Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0230-5049)
- Jiajia Zou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0735-7229)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biotechnology (CZ)
- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (CN)
- Institute of Microbiology (CN)
- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2024-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53937-4
- Citations
- 23
- Primary Topic
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.38
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences