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Development and application of an uncapped mRNA platform

Liu, B.; Ni, P.; Cai, L.; Shi, X.; Ji, S.; Ke, Z.; Zhang, S.; Hu, B.; Yang, B.; Xu, Y.; Long, W.; Fang, Z.; Hu, H.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, W.; Geng, H.; Xu, Y.; Zheng, X.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, B.; Pan, K.; Zhou, K.; Cui, Y.; Wang, H.; Liu, B.

2022-06-05 bioengineering
10.1101/2022.06.05.494796 bioRxiv
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A novel uncapped mRNA platform was developed. Five lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-encapsulated mRNA constructs were made to evaluate several aspects of our platform, including transfection efficiency and durability in vitro and in vivo and the activation of humoral and cellular immunity in several animal models. The constructs were eGFP-mRNA-LNP (for enhanced green fluorescence mRNA), Fluc-mRNA-LNP (for firefly luciferase mRNA), S{delta}T-mRNA-LNP (for Delta strain SARS-CoV-2 spike protein trimer mRNA), gDED-mRNA-LNP (for truncated glycoprotein D mRNA coding ectodomain from herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV2)) and gDFR-mRNA-LNP (for truncated HSV2 glycoprotein D mRNA coding amino acids 1[~]400). Quantifiable target protein expression was achieved in vitro and in vivo with eGFP-and Fluc-mRNA-LNP. S{delta}T-mRNA-LNP, gDED-mRNA-LNP and gDFR-mRNA-LNP induced both humoral and cellular immune responses comparable to those obtained by previously reported capped mRNA-LNP constructs. Notably, S{delta}T-mRNA-LNP elicited neutralizing antibodies in hamsters against the Omicron and Delta strains. Additionally, gDED-mRNA-LNP and gDFR-mRNA-LNP induced potent neutralizing antibodies in rabbits and mice. The mRNA constructs with uridine triphosphate (UTP) outperformed those with N1-methylpseudouridine triphosphate (N1m{psi}TP) in the induction of antibodies via S{delta}T-mRNA-LNP. Our uncapped, process-simplified, and economical mRNA platform may have broad utility in vaccines and protein replacement drugs.

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