Characterization of a Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Vectored Recombinant Virus Bearing Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant

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第一作者： He, Wenwen

作者： He, Wenwen;Liu, Zhuoran;Liu, Bin;He, Wenwen;Cui, Huan;Wang, Shen;Liang, Bo;Zhang, Cheng;Wang, Weiqi;Wang, Qi;Li, Wujian;Zhao, Yongkun;Wang, Tiecheng;Yan, Feihu;Yang, Songtao;Xia, Xianzhu;Cui, Huan

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关键词： SARS-CoV-2; Delta variant; vesicular stomatitis virus; neutralization assay; recombinant virus

期刊名称：MICROORGANISMS （ 影响因子：4.5； 五年影响因子：4.8 ）

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年卷期： 2023 年 11 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The frequent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants thwarts the prophylactic and therapeutic countermeasures confronting COVID-19. Among them, the Delta variant attracts widespread attention due to its high pathogenicity and fatality rate compared with other variants. However, with the emergence of new variants, studies on Delta variants have been gradually weakened and ignored. In this study, a replication-competent recombinant virus carrying the S protein of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant was established based on the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), which presented a safe alternative model for studying the Delta variant. The recombinant virus showed a replication advantage in Vero E6 cells, and the viral titers reach 10(7.3) TCID50/mL at 36 h post-inoculation. In the VSV-vectored recombinant platform, the spike proteins of the Delta variant mediated higher fusion activity and syncytium formation than the wild-type strain. Notably, the recombinant virus was avirulent in BALB/c mice, Syrian hamsters, 3-day ICR suckling mice, and IFNAR/GR(-/-) mice. It induced protective neutralizing antibodies in rodents, and protected the Syrian hamsters against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant infection. Meanwhile, the eGFP reporter of recombinant virus enabled the visual assay of neutralizing antibodies. Therefore, the recombinant virus could be a safe and convenient surrogate tool for authentic SARS-CoV-2. This efficient and reliable model has significant potential for research on viral-host interactions, epidemiological investigation of serum-neutralizing antibodies, and vaccine development.

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