Chimpanzee adenoviral vector-based filovirus vaccines
This invention provides vaccines for inducing an immune response and protection against filovirus infection for use as a preventative vaccine in humans. In particular, the invention provides chimpanzee adenoviral vectors expressing filovirus proteins from different strains of Ebolavirus (EBOV) or Marburg virus (MARV).
1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule, wherein the isolated nucleic acid molecule comprises a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:3.
2. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 , comprising an expression cassette comprising a CMV promoter operably linked to a polynucleotide sequence encoding a filovirus antigenic protein.
3. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 , which comprises a sequence identical to SEQ ID NO:1.
4. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 , which comprises a sequence identical to SEQ ID NO:2.
5. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 , which comprises a sequence identical to SEQ ID NO:3.
6. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 3 , further comprising a promoter operably linked to said nucleic acid molecule.
7. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 4 , further comprising a promoter operably linked to said nucleic acid molecule.
8. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 5 , further comprising a promoter operably linked to said nucleic acid molecule.
9. A composition, comprising:
the isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 3 ; and
a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
10. A composition, comprising:
the isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 4 ; and
a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
11. A composition, comprising:
the isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 5 ; and
a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
12. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 6 , wherein the promoter is a CMV promoter.
13. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 7 , wherein the promoter is a CMV promoter.
14. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 8 , wherein the promoter is a CMV promoter.
15. A composition, comprising:
the isolated nucleic acid of claim 1 contained in a viral particle and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
16. A composition, comprising:
the isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 ; and
a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.