Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vaccine Provides Multispecies Protection against Rift Valley Fever

Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 5:6:20617. doi: 10.1038/srep20617.

Abstract

Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV) causes recurrent outbreaks of acute life-threatening human and livestock illness in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. No licensed vaccines are currently available for humans and those widely used in livestock have major safety concerns. A 'One Health' vaccine development approach, in which the same vaccine is co-developed for multiple susceptible species, is an attractive strategy for RVFV. Here, we utilized a replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vaccine platform with an established human and livestock safety profile, ChAdOx1, to develop a vaccine for use against RVFV in both livestock and humans. We show that single-dose immunization with ChAdOx1-GnGc vaccine, encoding RVFV envelope glycoproteins, elicits high-titre RVFV-neutralizing antibody and provides solid protection against RVFV challenge in the most susceptible natural target species of the virus-sheep, goats and cattle. In addition we demonstrate induction of RVFV-neutralizing antibody by ChAdOx1-GnGc vaccination in dromedary camels, further illustrating the potency of replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vaccine platforms. Thus, ChAdOx1-GnGc warrants evaluation in human clinical trials and could potentially address the unmet human and livestock vaccine needs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenovirus Vaccines / administration & dosage*
  • Adenovirus Vaccines / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / metabolism*
  • Camelus
  • Cattle
  • Goats
  • Humans
  • Pan troglodytes / immunology
  • Pan troglodytes / virology
  • Rift Valley Fever / immunology
  • Rift Valley Fever / prevention & control*
  • Rift Valley fever virus / genetics
  • Rift Valley fever virus / immunology
  • Rift Valley fever virus / metabolism*
  • Saudi Arabia / epidemiology
  • Sheep
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology
  • Vaccination
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / administration & dosage
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / genetics*
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / immunology
  • Viral Vaccines / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Adenovirus Vaccines
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing
  • Vaccines, Synthetic
  • Viral Envelope Proteins
  • Viral Vaccines