<p>The Sudan virus (SUDV) outbreaks in Uganda in 2022 and 2025 created public health concerns in-country and the entire East African region. There are currently no licensed countermeasures against SUDV. We developed a SUDV vaccine candidate based on a nanocarrier (LION<sup>TM</sup>) complexed with an alphavirus-based replicon RNA. Here, we compare the protective efficacy of the LION-SUDV vaccine either encoding the SUDV glycoprotein (GP) alone or in combination with the Ebola virus (EBOV) GP (LION-Combination). A LION-EBOV vaccine which is protective against EBOV was also included to determine the potential for cross-protection against SUDV infection. Single-dose vaccinations were conducted three weeks before challenge with a lethal dose of guinea pig-adapted SUDV using a female guinea pig disease model. We demonstrate 100% survival and protection with the LION-SUDV and the LION-Combination vaccines, while the LION-EBOV vaccine achieved 50% protection. Antigen-specific humoral responses correlate with decreased virus replication and survival. This result warrants further studies in larger animal species to ensure that protective efficacy is maintained with the single-dose LION-SUDV vaccine.</p>

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Single-dose replicon RNA Sudan virus vaccine uniformly protects female guinea pigs from disease

  • Kyle L. O’Donnell,
  • Hanna Anhalt,
  • Greg Saturday,
  • Nikole L. Warner,
  • Troy Hinkley,
  • E. Taylor Stone,
  • Kiara Hatzakis,
  • Amit P. Khandhar,
  • Logan Banadyga,
  • Jesse H. Erasmus,
  • Andrea Marzi

摘要

The Sudan virus (SUDV) outbreaks in Uganda in 2022 and 2025 created public health concerns in-country and the entire East African region. There are currently no licensed countermeasures against SUDV. We developed a SUDV vaccine candidate based on a nanocarrier (LIONTM) complexed with an alphavirus-based replicon RNA. Here, we compare the protective efficacy of the LION-SUDV vaccine either encoding the SUDV glycoprotein (GP) alone or in combination with the Ebola virus (EBOV) GP (LION-Combination). A LION-EBOV vaccine which is protective against EBOV was also included to determine the potential for cross-protection against SUDV infection. Single-dose vaccinations were conducted three weeks before challenge with a lethal dose of guinea pig-adapted SUDV using a female guinea pig disease model. We demonstrate 100% survival and protection with the LION-SUDV and the LION-Combination vaccines, while the LION-EBOV vaccine achieved 50% protection. Antigen-specific humoral responses correlate with decreased virus replication and survival. This result warrants further studies in larger animal species to ensure that protective efficacy is maintained with the single-dose LION-SUDV vaccine.