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Cell Rep Med. 2021 Oct 19;2(10):100420. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100420. Epub 2021 Sep 28.

Intradermal-delivered DNA vaccine induces durable immunity mediating a reduction in viral load in a rhesus macaque SARS-CoV-2 challenge model.

Cell reports. Medicine

Ami Patel, Jewell N Walters, Emma L Reuschel, Katherine Schultheis, Elizabeth Parzych, Ebony N Gary, Igor Maricic, Mansi Purwar, Zeena Eblimit, Susanne N Walker, Diana Guimet, Pratik Bhojnagarwala, Opeyemi S Adeniji, Arthur Doan, Ziyang Xu, Dustin Elwood, Sophia M Reeder, Laurent Pessaint, Kevin Y Kim, Anthony Cook, Neethu Chokkalingam, Brad Finneyfrock, Edgar Tello-Ruiz, Alan Dodson, Jihae Choi, Alison Generotti, John Harrison, Nicholas J Tursi, Viviane M Andrade, Yaya Dia, Faraz I Zaidi, Hanne Andersen, Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Mark G Lewis, Kar Muthumani, J Joseph Kim, Daniel W Kulp, Laurent M Humeau, Stephanie J Ramos, Trevor R F Smith, David B Weiner, Kate E Broderick

Affiliations

  1. Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
  2. Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462, USA.
  3. Bioqual, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.

PMID: 34604818 PMCID: PMC8479327 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100420

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has had a dramatic global impact on public health and social and economic infrastructures. Here, we assess the immunogenicity and anamnestic protective efficacy in rhesus macaques of an intradermal (i.d.)-delivered SARS-CoV-2 spike DNA vaccine, INO-4800, currently being evaluated in clinical trials. Vaccination with INO-4800 induced T cell responses and induced spike antigen and RBD binding antibodies with ADCP and ADCD activity. Sera from the animals neutralized both the D614 and G614 SARS-CoV-2 pseudotype viruses. Several months after vaccination, animals were challenged with SARS-CoV-2 resulting in rapid recall of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein T cell and neutralizing antibody responses. These responses were associated with lower viral loads in the lung. These studies support the immune impact of INO-4800 for inducing both humoral and cellular arms of the adaptive immune system, which are likely important for providing durable protection against COVID-19 disease.

© 2021 The Author(s).

Keywords: COVID-19; ID DNA vaccine; SARS-CoV-2; challenge; coronavirus; electroporation; infectious disease; macaque; protection

Conflict of interest statement

A.P., E.L.R., E.P., E.N.G., M.P., S.N.W., P.B., Z.X., S.M.R., K.Y.K., N.C., E.T-R., J.C., N.J.T., K.M., and D.K.W. declare no competing interests. J.N.W., K.S., I.M., Z.E., D.G., A.D., D.E., A.G., V.M

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