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Construction and Evaluation of LiveAttenuated and KBMA Listeria monocytogenes Expressing Ft Antigens as Tularemia Vaccine Candidates TVDC Tech Call June 8th, 2010 1 Cerus/Aduro Milestones • Milestone 55: Compare Cellular Immune Responses Induced by Lm-Based Tularemia Vaccines • • • • Milestone 56: Demonstrate that Lm Vaccines Induce Protective Cellular Immune Responses to Ft Antigens • • • • Measure the T-cell response to IglC induced by live and KBMA Lm expressing IglC compared with those elicited by LVS vaccination Demonstrate that Live and KBMA Lm-IglC and/or Lm-KatG protect against an LVS challenge Demonstrate that Live and KBMA Lm-IglC and/or Lm-KatG protect against a SchuS4 challenge Milestone 57: Optimization of Vaccination Route and Regimen • • • • Construct vaccine candidates Measure cellular immunogenicity of live-attenuated vaccines using model epitopes Compare immunogenicity of KBMA tularemia vaccines using model epitopes Compare various routes of administration including IV, IM, ID and oral Optimize dosing regimen of most potent and tolerable route Confirm optimized route and regimen provides protection against SchuS4 at UNM Milestone 59: Use Lm Platform For Delivery of Novel Ft Antigens Discovered by TVDC • • • • Clone up to 5 Ft antigens identified by TVDC group into Lm expression cassettes Characterize the intracellular expression levels of various Ft antigens (and SL8 immunogenicity) Rank potency of each vaccine candidate by sharing with UNM for protection studies Construct multivalent vaccine candidate 2 MS 55: Lm Ft Vaccine Construct List Strain CRS-100/LM11 LM583 LM677 BH137 BH1222 BH2282 BH1228 BH1398 BH2094 BH2172 BH2098 BH2100 BH2180 BH2182 Genetic Background actAinlB actAinlBuvrAB actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S actAinlB actAinlB actAinlB actAinlBuvrAB actAinlBuvrAB actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S actAinlB actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S actAinlB actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S Antigen Cassette none none none ActAN100-Ova ActAN100-IglC-SL8 ActAN100-KatG-SL8 ActAN100-IglC-SL8 ActAN100-KatG-SL8 ActAN100-IglC-SL8 ActAN100-KatG-SL8 ActAN100-IglC-VacQuad-SL8 ActAN100-IglC-VacQuad-SL8 ActAN100-IglC-B8R (@ comK) ActAN100-IglC-B8R (@ comK) ActAN100-IglC-B8R (@ comK) ActAN100-KatG-SL8 (@tRNAarg) ActAN100-IglC-B8R (@ comK) ActAN100-KatG-SL8 (@tRNAarg) ActAN100-KatG-C250 (@tRNAarg) ActAN100-SL8-KatG-C250 (@tRNAarg) ActAN100-SL8-KatG-C250 (@tRNAarg) ActAN100-IglC-B8R (@ comK) ActAN100-SL8-KatG-C250 (@tRNAarg) ActAN100-B8R-IglC-C175 (@tRNAarg) ActAN100-B8R-IglC-C175 (@comK) ActAN100-IglC-SL8 (@tRNAarg) ActAN100-B8R-IglC-C175 (@comK) ActAN100-KatG-SL8 (@tRNAarg) Status Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Remade and verified (BH2184 had point mutation in KatG) BH2316 actAinlB BH2292 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S BH2568 BH2594 BH2596 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S actAinlB actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S BH2608 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S BH2683 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S BH2697 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S BH2699 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S BH2932 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S ActAN100-KatG hyd2-SL8 Sequence verified BH2934 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S ActAN100-KatGhyd1-SL8 Sequence verified BH2936 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S ActAN100-KatGhyd1hyd2-SL8 Sequence verified BH2938 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S Sequence verified BH3014 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S ActAN100-IglC(no tag) ActAN100-IglC-B8R (@ comK) ActAN100-KatG-hyd2-SL8 (@tRNAarg) 3 Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Sequence verified Original Listeria Vaccine Candidates actAp ActAN100 KatG SL8 BH2172 construct at tRNAArg Kat G SL8 actAp ActAN100 IglC B8R BH2182 construct at comK IglC B8R actAp ActAN100 KatG SL8 tRNAArg construct at B8R BH2292 actAp ActAN100 IglC Kat G IglC B8R construct at comK 4 SL8 Evaluation of New IglC and KatG Constructs 1) Remove epitope tag from IglC construct actAp ActAN100 actAp IglC SL8 ActAN100 IglC 2) Remove hydrophobic regions from KatG 1 2 ActAN100 KatG (∆1-23) • Intracellular expression of untagged IglC was equivalent to tagged • KatG2 expression was 38 fold higher than full-length KatG 5 SL8 Immunogenicity of New KatG Constructs AS10-016 BH2172: KatG-SL8 BH2932: KatG2-SL8 BH2934: KatG1-SL8 BH2926: KatG12-SL8 NB#2000, pp 155-157 • Based on increased expression (last month) and equivalent SL8 immunogenicity (above), KatG2 allele was selected for further evaluation 6 New Listeria Vaccine Candidates actAp ActAN100 IglC BH2938 construct at comK IglC actAp KatG ∆2 ActAN100 SL8 BH2932 construct at tRNAArg KatG SL8 actAp ActAN100 KatG∆2 SL8 tRNAArg construct at B8R BH3014 actAp ActAN100 IglC Kat G IglC B8R construct at comK 7 SL8 Immunogenicity of New Listeria Vaccine Candidates AS10-018 BH2938: IglC untagged BH2932: KatG2-SL8 BH2172: KatG-SL8 BH3014: IglC-B8R + KatG2-SL8 BH2292: IglC-B8R + KatG-SL8 AS10-018, Notebook 2000 pp. 171-173 8 New Vaccine Lots Prepared and Shipped to UNM • New lots of Lm vaccine candidates were prepared • Shipped to UNM 6/7/10 Strain # Expression cassette Background Lot # Titer BH2182 IglC-B8R actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S 837-067-A 1.7 x1010 cfu/mL BH2932 KatG2-SL8 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S 837-067-B 2.1 x1010 cfu/mL BH2938 IglC-untagged actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S 837-067-C 1.6 x1010 cfu/mL BH3014 IglC-B8R KatG2-SL8 actAinlBuvrABprfAG155S 837-067-D 1.8 x1010 cfu/mL 9 MS 55 Next Steps • Continue to characterize new IglC and KatG constructs • Repeat expression and immunogenicity studies • LVS challenge after vaccination with new KatG2 strain (MS56) • Plan SchuS4 rat protection studies with UNM 10 MS56: 2nd Rat SchuS4 Protection Study Design (Ftc91.2) Regimens Groups (1-2) Prime → → → → → 10→ → → → SchuS4 IT Challenge Groups (3-5,7) Prime → → 6 wk → Boost → 4 wk → SchuS4 IT Challenge Groups (6) Prime → 2 wk → Boost → 4 wk → SchuS4 IT Challenge Groups 1) PBS – SC 2) 5x107 LVS (No boost) – SC 3) 1x108 BH2182 (Lm677:IglC) – IM 4) 1x108 BH2182 (Lm677:IglC) – ID 5) 1x106 BH2182 (Lm677:IglC) – IM 6) 1x108 BH2182 (Lm677:IglC) – IM 2 week p/b 7) 1x108 BH1222 (Lm11:IglC) – IM 11 Two Vaccinations with Lm-IglC Are Insufficient to Confer High-Level Protection One month after second vaccination, Fisher 344 rats were challenged with ~200 cfu SchuS4 IT 12 UNM Data provided by Terry Wu and Gloria Statom (FTC91.2 UNM Notebook 128 pp 170-173, 181, 186 and notebook 147 pp 3,13-15) Modifications to 3rd Rat Protection Study (Ftc91.3) Regimens Group 1 Prime → → → → → 14wk→ → → → SchuS4 IT Challenge Groups(2-4) Prime→6wk→Boost 6wk→Boost→ 4wk→SchuS4 IT Challenge Groups 1) PBS - IM 2) 1x108 Live BH2182 (Lm677:IglC) -IM, -IM - IV 3) 1x108 Live BH2182 (Lm677:IglC) -IM, -IM - IM 4) 1x108 Live BH2182 (Lm677:IglC) -IM, -IM, 5x107 LVS SC 13 Design for KBMA Lm Rat SchuS4 Protection Study (Ftc91.4) Regimens (Groups1-2) Prime → → → → → → → → 8wk→ SchuS4 IT Challenge (Groups 3-6) Prime→2wk→Boost→2wk→Boost→4wk→SchuS4 IT Challenge Groups 1) PBS - SC 2) 5x107 LVS (No boost) - SC 3) 1x108 Live BH2182 (Lm677:IglC) - IM 4) 1x108 KBMA BH2182 (Lm677:IglC) - IM 5) 2x109 KBMA BH2182 (Lm677:IglC) - IV 6) 2x109 KBMA BH2182 (Lm677:IglC) - IM 14 LVS Protection Study in C57Bl/6 mice AS10-013: NB#2000, pp 104, 126, 175, 186 Mice vaccinated IV with 5e6 Lm or 1e3 LVS IV on D0 and D28 All mice challenged 5 weeks after boost with 4.3e5 LVS IV 15 MS 56 Next Steps • Evaluate ability of new KatG2 allele to provide protection against lethal LVS challenge using monovalent and bivalent vaccine strains • Repeat LVS protection study in C57BL/6 mice 16 MS57: Comparison of Routes Followed by Stringent LVS Challenge AS10-006: NB#2000, pp 91, 127, 153, 187 Balb/c mice vaccinated on D0 and D28 with 1e3 LVS IV, 2e6 BH2182 IV or IM, or 2e7 BH2182 or UCLA-IglC ID One month later mice challenged with 1.22e6 LVS IV 17 MS57: Heterologous Prime/Boost Regimens to Try to Increase IglC Immunogenicity Regimens (Groups1-5) Prime→ → 5wk → → Boost→ 6d→ harvest spleens for ELISpot (Group6) Prime wk→ Boost→ 6d→ harvest spleens for ELISpot (Group7) Prime 1wk → harvest spleens for ELISpot BH2182 = Lm677:IglC-B8R Groups 1) 2x106 BH2182 -IM,-IM 2) 1x109 BH2182-Oral, 2x106 BH2182-IM 3) 25ug IglC peptide pool + 50uG polyi:c-IV, 2x106 BH2182-IM 4) 25ug IglC peptide pool + 25uG CpG-IV, 2x106 BH2182-IM 5) 100ug pCDNA3-IglC plasmid DNA-IM, 2x106 BH2182-IM 6) 100ug IglC peptide 33-17 + 100ug PLGA microspheres-IV, 2x106 BH2182-IM 7) 2x106 BH2182 (Lm:IglC) –IM (single dose) AS10-007 NB#2000, pp 92-95, 131, 142-146, 150-151 18 MS57: Heterologous Prime/Boost Regimens Can Increase IglC Immunogenicity AS10-007 NB#2000, pp 92-95, 131, 142-146, 150-151 19 -10 130 -10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 IFNg SFC/2e5 cells 130 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 IFNg SFC/2e5 cells Immune Responses to IglC Peptides After Heterologous Prime/Boost Vaccination 150 BH2182 IM-IM 110 90 70 50 30 10 150 CpG + BH2182 IM 110 90 70 50 30 10 20 MS 57 Next Steps • Repeat comparison of live Lm-IglC via multiple routes followed by 15x LD50 LVS challenge (AS10-006) • IV, IM, ID • Compare KBMA Lm-IglC via multiple routes followed by 15x LD50 LVS challenge • IV, IM, ID • IN LD50 • Determine whether low-dose prime/high-dose boost regimen with live provides protection against LVS challenge 21 MS 59: New Antigens • Goal is to construct 5 new vaccine candidates and compare to IglC and KatG expression, immunogenicity, and protection • Progress on new antigen list? 22 Additional Points Deliverables completed for each active milestone: MS55: Live and KBMA Lm vaccine lots delivered to UNM for testing MS57: IM route identified as potential non-IV ROA List of relevant publications from the past month: None Abstract submitted for Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology Conference hosted by DTRA MSCR status MS 40, 41, 42, 44: Completed and accepted by NIAID MS 46: Under NIAID review (UNM submitted to NIAID on 3/2/10) MS 55,56,57: milestones are active MS 59: milestone not started yet MS 43, 45, 47, 58: Terminated (not initiated), no MSCR to write 23 Action Items 1. Justin will add the regimen associations to the groups for the minutes for slide 11. 2. Justin will insert the correct study protocol into slide 13. 3. Terry/Rick- on 6/10/10, will discuss options for UNM training Aduro on i.t. challenges in mice. I.v. challenge dosing doesn’t work very consistently at Aduro. 4. Terry will send the reference to Justin on the head to head comparison of mouse strains for i.t. challenge. 5. Justin will provide more details in the minutes for the arms using the adjuvants on slide 18. 6. Justin will present both CFU and LD50 values for challenges each time when describing challenges so the reader can understand and compare, from study to study. Sometimes Aduro uses HBSS or naïve as the control nomenclature. Justin will use same /consistent nomenclature.