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Enhanced production of recombinant coxsackievirus A16 using a serum-free HEK293A suspension culture system for bivalent enterovirus vaccine development
1 , 2 , 2 , 3 , 3 , 4 , 1 , * 2
1  Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
2  National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
3  School of Dentistry & Institute of Oral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
4  Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Academic Editor: Eric Freed

Abstract:

Coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) is one of the primary pathogens that causes hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in young children. In previous studies, CVA16 vaccine development has encountered several challenges, such as inefficient replication of the CVA16 virus in present culture systems, the induction of only mild neutralizing antibody titers, and neutralizing antibodies induced by certain vaccine candidates that are unable to protect against CVA16 viral challenge. In this study, we constructed a DNA-launched CVA16 infectious clone (CVA16ic) based on the genomic sequence of the CVA16 N5079 strain to minimize interference from viral quasispecies. The biochemical properties of this CVA16ic strain were similar to those of its parental strain. Serum-free HEK293A suspension cells, which produced higher virus titers than Vero cells, were demonstrated to improve CVA16 production yields. In addition, our study showed that inactivated EV-A71 antigens could enhance the immunogenicity of inactivated CVA16 mature/full particles (F-particles), suggesting that a bivalent CVA16 and EV-A71 vaccine may be an effective strategy for CVA16 vaccine development. These findings are expected to provide novel strategies and accelerate the development of bivalent HFMD vaccines.

Keywords: Coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16); hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD); DNA-launched infectious clone, inactivated whole virion vaccine, Serum-free HEK293A suspension culture, bivalent vaccine.

 
 
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