Putative correlates of protection against shigellosis assessing immunomarkers across responses to S. sonnei investigational vaccine.


Journal

NPJ vaccines
ISSN: 2059-0105
Titre abrégé: NPJ Vaccines
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101699863

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 Mar 2024
Historique:
received: 31 08 2023
accepted: 30 01 2024
medline: 9 3 2024
pubmed: 9 3 2024
entrez: 8 3 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Shigella spp. are a leading bacterial cause of diarrhea. No widely licensed vaccines are available and there is no generally accepted correlate of protection. We tested a S. sonnei Generalized Modules for Membrane Antigen (GMMA)-based vaccine (1790GAHB) in a phase 2b, placebo-controlled, randomized, controlled human infection model study (NCT03527173) enrolling healthy United States adults aged 18-50 years. We report analyses evaluating immune responses to vaccination, with the aim to identify correlates of risk for shigellosis among assessed immunomarkers. We found that 1790GAHB elicited S. sonnei lipopolysaccharide specific α4β7+ immunoglobulin (Ig) G and IgA secreting B cells which are likely homing to the gut, indicating the ability to induce a mucosal in addition to a systemic response, despite parenteral delivery. We were unable to establish or confirm threshold levels that predict vaccine efficacy facilitating the evaluation of vaccine candidates. However, serum anti-lipopolysaccharide IgG and bactericidal activity were identified as potential correlates of risk for shigellosis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38459072
doi: 10.1038/s41541-024-00822-2
pii: 10.1038/s41541-024-00822-2
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

56

Informations de copyright

© 2024. GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A.

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Auteurs

Valentino Conti (V)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.

Omar Rossi (O)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.

Kristen A Clarkson (KA)

Department of Diarrheal Disease Research, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Horizon Therapeutics, Deerfield, IL, USA.

Francesca Mancini (F)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.

Usman N Nakakana (UN)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy. usman.n.nakakana@gsk.com.

Eleanna Sarakinou (E)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.

Andrea Callegaro (A)

GSK, Rixensart, Belgium.

Pietro Ferruzzi (P)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.

Alessandra Acquaviva (A)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.

Ashwani Kumar Arora (AK)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.

Elisa Marchetti (E)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.

Francesca Necchi (F)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.

Robert W Frenck (RW)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Laura B Martin (LB)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.
US Pharmacopeial Convention, Rockville, MD, USA.

Robert W Kaminski (RW)

Department of Diarrheal Disease Research, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Latham BioPharm Group, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Audino Podda (A)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.
Independent Consultant, Siena, Italy.

Francesca Micoli (F)

GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy.

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