Development of anti-thrombotic vaccine against human S100A9 in rhesus monkey

Abstract In post-stroke patients, a decreased adherence to antiplatelet drugs is a major challenge in the prevention of recurrent stroke. Previously, we reported an antiplatelet vaccine against S100A9 in mice, but the use of Freund’s adjuvant and the difference in amino acid sequences in epitopes be...

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Autores principales: Munehisa Shimamura, Koichi Kaikita, Hironori Nakagami, Tomohiro Kawano, Nan Ju, Hiroki Hayashi, Ryo Nakamaru, Shota Yoshida, Tsutomu Sasaki, Hideki Mochizuki, Kenichi Tsujita, Ryuichi Morishita
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/75054d98bf174a6881ebb26034462b6a
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Sumario:Abstract In post-stroke patients, a decreased adherence to antiplatelet drugs is a major challenge in the prevention of recurrent stroke. Previously, we reported an antiplatelet vaccine against S100A9 in mice, but the use of Freund’s adjuvant and the difference in amino acid sequences in epitopes between mice and humans were problematic for clinical use. Here, we redesigned the S100A9 vaccine for the common sequence in both humans and monkeys and examined its effects in cynomolgus monkeys with Alum adjuvant. First, we assessed several candidate epitopes and selected 102 to 112 amino acids as the suitable epitope, which could produce antibodies. When this peptide vaccine was intradermally injected into 4 cynomolgus monkeys with Alum, the antibody against human S100A9 was successfully produced. Anti-thrombotic effects were shown in two monkeys in a mixture of vaccinated serum and fresh whole blood from another cynomolgus monkey. Additionally, the anti-thrombotic effects were partially inhibited by the epitope peptide, indicating the feasibility of neutralizing anti-thrombotic effects of produced antibodies. Prolongation of bleeding time was not observed in vaccinated monkeys. Although further studies on increasing the effect of vaccine and safety are necessary, this vaccine will be a promising approach to improve adherence to antiplatelet drugs in clinical settings.