DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.22.541685

ChAdOx1 COVID vaccines express RBD open prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spikes on the cell surface

P.Zhang S. Gilbert J. Radecke T. Ni L. Mendonca Y. Zhu A. Howe P. M. Shah Y. Sheng A.-S. Krebs H. M. E. Duyvesteyn E. Allen T. Lambe C. Bissett S. Morris

P.Zhang S. Gilbert J. Radecke ...+13 D. I. Stuart

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Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 have been proven to be an effective means of decreasing COVID-19 mortality, hospitalization rates, and transmission. One of the vaccines deployed worldwide is ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, which uses an adenovirus vector to drive the expression of the original SARS-CoV-2 spike on the surface of transduced cells. Using cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging, we determined the native structures of the vaccine product expressed on cell surfaces in situ. We show that ChAdOx1-vectored vaccines expressing the Beta SARS-CoV-2 variant produce abundant native prefusion spikes predominantly in one-RBD-up conformation. Furthermore, the ChAdOx1 vectored HexaPro stabilized spike yields higher cell surface expression, enhanced RBD exposure, and reduced shedding of S1 compared to the wild-type. We demonstrate in situ structure determination as a powerful means for studying antigen design options in future vaccine development against emerging novel SARS-CoV-2 variants and broadly against other infectious viruses.

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