331 results about "Spike Protein" patented technology

The invention discloses a specific antibody capable of combining with a coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and an SARS-CoV spike protein (SARS-CoV spike protein), and an application of the specific antibody capable of combining with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and the SARS-CoV spike protein. The sequences of the CDRs of the antibody disclosed by the invention are as shown in SEQ ID NO. 1 to SEQ ID NO. 6. The antibody provided by the invention comprises CDRs with a specific sequence, can be specifically combined with SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV spike protein, and has a relatively strong binding reaction with spike protein of another highly pathogenic coronavirus MERS-CoV at the same time. The antibody provided by the invention is strong in targeting property and high in binding activity, and the antibody prepared by the preparation method provided by the invention is high in purity and can be prepared on a large scale. On the whole, the antibody disclosed by the invention can be used for developing and optimizing an SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 infection detection method.

The invention discloses a porcine epidemic diarrhea virus antigen fusion protein, a coding gene and a porcine epidemic diarrhea vaccine prepared from the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus antigen fusion protein. The method comprises the following steps: screening to obtain a homosensory sequence of the spike protein of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, and fusing the homosensory sequence with a monomeric porcine ferritin heavy chain subunit to obtain an antigen fusion protein; in order to improve the expression quantity or the titer of the antigen fusion protein, the obtained antigen fusion protein is subjected to sequence optimization and then subjected to single-site or multi-site mutation, and the expression quantity and the titer of the obtained mutant are remarkably improved. According to the invention, a recombinant protein is expressed by using a silkworm or AcMNPV-insect cell and other eukaryotic expression systems to obtain a self-assembled ferritin nanoparticle antigen for displaying an S protein antigen protein on the surface of a cage structure of porcine ferritin, and a vaccine prepared from the prepared nanoparticle antigen can induce a widely neutralized anti-porcine epidemic diarrhea virus antibody; the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus vaccine has the potential of becoming a universal porcine epidemic diarrhea virus vaccine with cross immune efficacy.

The invention discloses a specific antibody MR-34 for targeting a coronavirus MERS-CoV spike protein RBD (Radial Basis Disease). The sequences of the CDRs of the antibody disclosed by the invention are as shown in SEQ ID NO. 1 to SEQ ID NO. 6. The antibody provided by the invention contains CDRs with a specific sequence, and can be specifically combined with an MERS-CoV spike protein RBD structural domain. The antibody provided by the invention is strong in targeting property and high in binding activity, and the antibody prepared by the preparation method provided by the invention is high in purity and can be prepared on a large scale. On the whole, the antibody disclosed by the invention can be used for developing and optimizing an MERS-CoV infection detection method.

The present disclosure relates to a low glycosylated spike protein and a vaccine designed to express the spike protein in vivo. The present disclosure also teaches a method for generating an immune response by utilizing the low glycosylated spike protein, which provides a broader protection across different variants. A method for identifying a glycan-shielded conserved peptide of a glycoprotein is also disclosed.

The disclosure relates to antibodies useful for the prevention, treatment and / or diagnosis of coronavirus infections, and diseases and / or complications associated with coronavirus infections, including COVID-19. In particular, the disclosure relates to antibodies capable of binding to the spike protein of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and uses thereof.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical care informatics, in particular to a respiratory infectious disease risk early warning method and system. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a respiratory tract sample of a mutant virus infected person; the method comprises the following steps: extracting a mutant virus from a respiratory tract sample, carrying out genome sequencing on the mutant virus, positioning starting and ending positions of a spike protein coding gene in a genome by virtue of a biological information comparison method, extracting a spike protein coding sequence, and translating the spike protein coding sequence into an amino acid sequence; inputting the amino acid sequence into an immune escape prediction model to predict the immune escape score of the mutant virus; and performing risk assessment based on the immune escape score in combination with clinical monitoring information, and outputting a respiratory infectious disease risk early warning value. According to the invention, the risk of respiratory infectious diseases can be early warned better.

The invention discloses a VZV antigen variant, nucleic acid, a pharmaceutical composition and application of the VZV antigen variant. The VZV antigen variant has a Y582G difference compared with an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; and / or the VZV antigen variant has the deletion of 561 to 623 sites, 569 to 623 sites or 574 to 623 sites compared with the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and / or the VZV antigen variant has the deletion of 561 to 623 sites, 569 to 623 sites or 574 to 623 sites; and / or the VZV antigen variant is a modification having a protein transmembrane region and an intracellular region compared with the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and the modification of the protein transmembrane region and the intracellular region is that the transmembrane region and the intracellular region of the original VZV antigen are replaced by a transmembrane region of SARS-CoV-2Spike protein or a transmembrane region of influenza H protein. Compared with the VZV antigen in the prior art, the VZV antigen variant has stronger immunogenicity, can obtain higher binding antibody titer, and has higher protective efficacy.

The invention discloses a cell membrane protein replacement type oncolytic virus vector and application thereof. The cell membrane protein replacement type oncolytic virus vector is rhabdoviridae virus, and a nucleotide sequence for coding G protein in a genome of the rhabdoviridae virus is replaced by a nucleotide sequence for coding an antibody and a nucleotide sequence for coding a spike protein truncation of coronavirus. The invention also discloses a construction method of the cell membrane protein replacement type oncolytic virus vector for expressing the antibody, the non-replicated virus vector is used for expressing the antibody sequence for the first time, and meanwhile, the novel coronavirus cell membrane protein is embedded into the virus surface, so that the cell membrane protein replacement type oncolytic virus vector can be rapidly produced in a suspension cell in a large scale; through removal of virus cell membrane protein genes, the virus cell membrane protein genes cannot be continuously replicated in vivo, so that the safety of the virus cell membrane protein genes is ensured, the tumor immunosuppression condition is improved, and an organism can be stimulated to generate a neutralizing antibody for resisting new coronavirus while tumor cells are killed.

Disclosed herein is a new method referred to as Conformational Shifting by Distance and Volume Analysis (CS-DVA) which can be employed to change the dynamics of multi-state glycoproteins for altered immune responses. Also disclosed are stabilized spike antigens and methods of use thereof for SARS-COV-2 vaccines.

The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for vaccinating a subject against a variety of SARS-CoV-2 variants and other respiratory viruses, the compositions and methods involve preparing and delivering extracellular vesicles expressing on its surface an engineered spike protein, an engineered nucleocapsid protein, an engineered hemagglutinin protein, and / or an engineered respiratory syncytial virus pre-fusion or fusion (RSV F) protein. The invention also relates to compositions and methods for designing, preparing, making, formulating and / or using spike display, nucleocapsid display, hemagglutinin display and / or RSV F display vesicle vaccines, the spike display, nucleocapsid display, hemagglutinin display, and / or RSV F display vesicle vaccines are designed to elicit potent humoral and cellular immune responses against a variety of respiratory viruses and variants.

The present invention relates to treatment of COVID-19 and methods thereof. A vaccine composition for inducing immunity against coronavirus in a subject comprises a recombinant nucleic acid encoding an N-ETSD, which is a modified nucleocapsid protein comprising an endosomal targeting sequence, and / or a recombinant nucleic acid encoding an S-fusion, which is a modified spike protein with improved surface expression. The vaccines can be formulated as recombinant nucleic acids, recombinant yeasts, and / or recombinant viruses, such as adenoviruses, and can be administered via injection and / or mucosal delivery.

The invention discloses a porcine delta coronavirus spike protein monoclonal antibody, an antigen epitope peptide and application, and belongs to the technical field of biology. The antibody comprises a light chain variable region and a heavy chain variable region, the amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region is as shown in SEQ ID No.1, and the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain variable region is as shown in SEQ ID No.3. According to the invention, a highly conservative linear B cell epitope (the amino acid sequence is DFGEARLD) of a PDCoV spike protein receptor binding domain (S-RBD) and a neutralizing monoclonal antibody capable of being specifically bound to the epitope are identified for the first time. The epitope peptide and the monoclonal antibody provided by the invention can be used for immunological detection and serological investigation of the PDCoV.

The present invention pertains to protein oligomers for active immunization. Specifically, the invention relates to protein oligomers comprising at least a first monomer and a second 5 monomer, said at least first and second monomer comprising, in N- to C-terminal order, at least one first RBD, an immunoglobulin Fc (Ig Fc), and at least one second RBD, wherein a) Ig Fc has enhanced affinity for the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) at mucosal pH, compared to wildtype Ig Fc; and b) RBD is a receptor binding domain from or derived from SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, wherein the receptor binding domain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 13, or a fragment thereof, or an amino acid sequence having at least 80%, 85%, 90%, or 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO. 13. The invention further relates to a vaccine comprising said protein oligomer, preferably for use in active immunization and / or booster vaccination in a subject.

This disclosure relates to the field of RNA to prevent or treat coronavirus infection. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and agents for vaccination against coronavirus infection and inducing effective coronavirus antigen-specific immune responses such as antibody and / or T cell responses. Specifically, in one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to methods comprising administering to a subject RNA encoding a peptide or protein comprising an epitope of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein) for inducing an immune response against coronavirus S protein, in particular S protein of SARS-CoV-2, in the subject, i.e., vaccine RNA encoding vaccine antigen.

In various embodiments immunogenic nanoparticles are provided that are capable of raising an immune response directed against SARS-CoV-2. In certain embodiments the immunogenic nanoparticles comprise mRNA multi-epitope vaccines that can be used in combination with or independent of other covid-19 vaccines (e.g., the spike protein mRNA vaccine(s)) to invoke a strong CD8+ or CD4+ T-cell as well as neutralizing antibody producing B-cell responses. In certain embodiments this vaccine is based on the rational combination of well-conserved T- and B-cell epitopes identified COVID-19 and viral variants.

The present invention relates to a binding molecule that binds to SARS-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). More particularly, the binding molecule of the present invention has strong ability to bind to a spike protein (S protein) on the surface of SARS-coronavirus-2 and high neutralizing activity against SARS-coronavirus-2 and is thus very useful in the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of SARS-coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

The present invention pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising protein oligomers for passive immunization and therapy. Specifically, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a protein oligomer comprising at least a first and a second monomer, said at least first and second monomer comprising, in N- to C-terminal order, at least one first receptor binding domain (RBD), an immunoglobulin Fc (Ig Fc), and at least one second receptor binding domain (RBD), wherein a) Ig Fc has enhanced affinity for the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) at mucosal pH, compared to wildtype Ig Fc; and b) RBD is a receptor binding domain from or derived from SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, wherein the receptor binding domain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 13, or an amino acid sequence having at least 80%, 85%, 90%, or 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO. 13.

Disclosed are monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically bind a coronavirus spike protein, such as SARS-CoV-2. Also disclosed is the use of these antibodies for inhibiting a coronavirus infection. In addition, disclosed are methods for detecting a coronavirus in a biological sample, using the disclosed antibodies.

Disclosed herein are methods for inducing immunity against a virus such as a coronavirus in the mucosal tissue of a patient, include administering a vaccine composition to the patient by oral administration (e.g., nasal injection, nasal inhalation, oral inhalation, and / or oral ingestion). Also disclosed are compositions for assaying the presence of anti-viral antibodies induced by the administered vaccine or the presence of viral proteins in a saliva sample include a stabilizing solution and may also include the use of aragonite particle beads. Compositions and methods are presented for prevention and / or treatment of a coronavirus disease wherein the composition comprises a recombinant entity. The recombinant entity is bivalent, comprising a nucleic acid encoding a coronavirus 2 nucleocapsid protein CoV2 nucleocapsid protein fused to an endosomal targeting sequence, and a nucleic acid encoding a CoV2 spike protein sequence optimized for cell surface expression.

The present disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to the spike protein of SARS-COV-2 and methods of making and using the same. The antibodies can be used, for example, in prophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis, or treatment of SARS-COV-2 infection. The antibodies can also be used to detect SARS-COV-2, e.g., an infection in subject.

This invention provides a human antibody with neutralizing ability against the JN.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 and its application, belonging to the field of biomedical technology. The antibody comprises a heavy chain sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1 and a light chain sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:2; or comprises a heavy chain sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:3 and a light chain sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:4. The antibody of this invention binds to the extracellular domain of the JN.1 variant spike protein via ECG. 50 The value was significantly lower than that of its parent antibody, with a binding capacity increase of 3 to 5 times or more. In the pseudovirus neutralization experiment, the antibody showed a half-maximal neutralizing concentration (IC50) against JN.1 pseudovirus. 50 The antibody also showed significantly better performance than the parent antibody, with a neutralizing activity increase of 3 to 24 times or more. Furthermore, the antibody's melting temperature exceeded 75°C, demonstrating good thermal stability.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an antibody against a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mutant strain, in particular, an omicron substrain. Moreover, another purpose of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition against coronavirus infections, the pharmaceutical composition using said antibody. The present invention provides: an antibody that binds to a spike protein of coronavirus and has the ability to neutralize coronavirus including an omicron substrain, or an antigen-binding fragment thereof; and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating coronavirus infections, the pharmaceutical composition comprising said antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof.

The present invention relates to peptides derived from COVID-19 virus envelope protein and spike protein. The invention further relates to polynucleotides and vectors encoding said peptides, and antibodies and chimeric antigen receptors that bind to said peptides. The invention also relates to methods of diagnosis and prediction of conditions in a subject which leverage recognition of said peptides, such as by antigen-specific T cells.

The present disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind specifically to a coronavirus spike protein and methods of using such antibodies and fragments for treating or preventing viral infections (e.g., coronavirus infections).

The present disclosure relates to the field of RNAs for the prevention or treatment of various infectious agents. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and agents for vaccination against coronavirus infection, influenza infection and / or RSV infection and induction of effective coronavirus, influenza virus and / or RSV antigen-specific immune responses, such as antibodies and / or T cell responses. Specifically, in one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method comprising administering to a subject (i) a bivalent RNA vaccine encoding a peptide or protein comprising an epitope of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein), and (ii) a tetravalent RNA vaccine encoding a peptide or protein comprising an epitope of hemagglutinin (HA), the present invention relates to a method for inducing an immune response in a subject against a coronavirus S protein, in particular an S protein of SARS-CoV-2, and an influenza protein, in particular an HA protein of influenza A and B viruses.

The present invention relates to a recombinant avian coronavirus spike protein or fragment thereof comprising a mutation to cysteine at amino acid position 267. Further, the present invention relates to immunogenic compositions comprising an avian coronavirus having such spike proteins.

Provided herein are adenoviral vectors encoding spike protein variants of an SARS-CoV2 coronavirus, and compositions comprising the vectors. Also provided are methods of preventing and treating SARS-CoV2 using the provided compositions.

There is a modified coronavirus spike antigen protein and uses therefor. The spike antigen protein of coronavirus exhibits suppression of cell membrane fusion ability and improves safety by modifying two protein cleavage sites present in the coronavirus spike protein. In addition, inoculation with a vaccine having the antigen protein induces production of a large number of neutralizing antibodies to inhibit invasion of coronavirus into cells, thereby suppressing viral proliferation.

The invention provides a compound comprising one, two, three or more non-natural HRC sequence of a viral spike peptide conjugated to a hydrophobic moiety via an optional linker. The hydrophobic moiety can be a membrane integrating ligand, such as a cholesterol, a sphingolipid, a glycolipid, a glycerophospholipid. The non-natural viral spike peptide is preferably a coronavirus spike protein characterized by one or more D-amino acids. The peptides of the invention inhibit viral fusion. The invention includes compositions for the delivery of compounds of the invention, such as pulmonary or nasal delivery. The invention also provides a method of treating or preventing a viral infection, including for example a SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of the invention.

The present invention relates to a recombinant avian coronavirus spike protein or fragment thereof comprising a mutation to cysteine at amino acid position 267. Further, the present invention relates to immunogenic compositions comprising an avian coronavirus having such spike proteins.