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. 2020 Nov 30;11:6121. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19819-1

Fig. 5. Humoral immune responses stimulated by sMVA-CoV2 vectors.

Fig. 5

Balb/c mice (n = 5) immunized twice in a 3-week interval with 5 × 107 PFU of the single and double recombinant sMVA-CoV2 vectors derived with FPV HP1.441 (sMVA-S/N hp and sMVA-N/S hp) or TROVAC (sMVA-S/N tv, sMVA-N/S tv, sMVA-S tv, sMVA-N tv) were evaluated for SARS-CoV-2-specific humoral immune responses. a, b Binding antibodies. S-, RBD-, and N-specific binding antibodies induced by the vaccine vectors were evaluated after the first (a) and second (b) immunization by ELISA. As a comparison, antigen-specific endpoint titers measured in n = 19 plasma samples from SARS-CoV-2 convalescent individuals (Fig. S4) were added in a and b. Data are presented as mean values + SD. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparison test was used to evaluate the differences between binding antibody end-point titers. c IgG2a/IgG1 isotype ratio. S-, RBD-, and N-specific binding antibodies of the IgG2a and IgG1 isotype were measured after the second immunization using 1:10,000 serum dilution, and absorbance reading was used to calculate IgG2a/IgG1 antibody ratio. Lines represent median values. One-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s multiple comparison test was used to compare each group mean IgG2a/IgG1 ratio to a ratio of 1 (balanced Th1/Th2 response). dg NAb responses. SARS-CoV-2-specific NAb (NT90 titer) induced by the vaccine vectors were measured after the first (d, f) and second (e, g) immunization against SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus (pv) (d, e) or infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus (f, g) in pooled sera of immunized mice. Shown is the average NT90 measured in duplicate (d, e) or triplicate (f, g) infection. N/A = failed quality control of the samples. Dotted lines indicate lowest antibody dilution included in the analysis. h SARS-CoV-2/SARS-CoV-2pv correlation analysis. Correlation analysis of NT90 measured in mouse sera after one and two immunizations using infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus and SARS-CoV-2pv. Pearson correlation coefficient (r) was calculated in h; *0.05 < p ≪0.01, **0.01 < p < 0.001, ***0.001 < p < 0.0001, ****p < 0.0001; ns = not significant. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.