All issues > Volume 55(9); 2012

Review Article

Published online: September 14, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2012.55.9.309

Need for a safe vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus infection

Joo-Young Kim, PhD, Jun Chang, PhD

Division of Life & Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Jun Chang, PhD. Division of Life & Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-750, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3277-2549, Fax: +82-2-3277-3051, tcell@ewha.ac.kr

Received March 13, 2012       Accepted May 15, 2012

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Abstract

Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is a major cause of severe respiratory tract illnesses in infants and young children worldwide. Despite its importance as a respiratory pathogen, there is currently no licensed vaccine for HRSV. Following failure of the initial trial of formalin-inactivated virus particle vaccine, continuous efforts have been made for the development of safe and efficacious vaccines against HRSV. However, several obstacles persist that delay the development of HRSV vaccine, such as the immature immune system of newborn infants and the possible Th2-biased immune responses leading to subsequent vaccine-enhanced diseases. Many HRSV vaccine strategies are currently being developed and evaluated, including live-attenuated viruses, subunit-based, and vector-based candidates. In this review, the current HRSV vaccines are overviewed and the safety issues regarding asthma and vaccine-induced pathology are discussed.

Key words: Respiratory syncytial viruses, Vaccines, Asthma, Pathology

Introduction

Introduction

Since its first discovery in the 1950s, human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) has been recognized as the leading viral pathogen of severe respiratory tract diseases in infants and young children. HRSV causes yearly epidemics, and it is estimated that HRSV infection results in hospitalizations of >3 million children under 5 years of age¹⁾. Most children are infected during the first year of life, all are infected by age 3, and recurrent infections occur throughout life, possibly due to incomplete RSV immunity²⁾. An increased incidence of asthma has been also associated with severe HRSV infection in the lower respiratory tract³⁾. HRSV also causes severe diseases in the elderly that are associated with comparable mortality as influenza⁴⁾.

HRSV is a member of Paramyxoviridae family of the non-segmented negative-strand RNA viruses. HRSV could be divided into 2 antigenic subgroups, A and B, according to their reactive patterns to monoclonal antibodies. These subtypes co-circulate, and the predominance of 1 subtype over the other seems to vary by year and location. The RSV genome contains genes for 11 proteins, including transmembrane proteins G, F, and SH. G and F are the only HRSV proteins that induce neutralizing antibodies5,⁶⁾. The antigenic diversity of HRSV is mainly associated with the amino acid heterogeneity of G protein, in which homology comparison shows only -53% identity between the A and B subgroups⁷⁾. Recent evidence demonstrated that the recombinant adenovirus-based vaccine-expressing G protein of subtype A perfectly protects immune mice from HRSV challenge of a related subtype A isolate but only partially protects mice from HRSV challenge with the B isolate subtype⁸⁾. These results suggest that the protective efficacy of G protein-based HRSV vaccine over 2 HRSV subtypes depends on the sequence employed in the vaccine.

Animal models for HRSV infection and disease are indispensible in the research of prophylactic vaccines and novel therapies for HRSV disease. Animal models also provide links between tissue culture studies and early stage human trials. An ideal model should reproduce all aspects of HRSV disease in humans, such as clinical signs of illness, relevant pathological alterations, and susceptibility to viral replication. Chimpanzees are the most appropriate model to fit the criteria and are primarily used for vaccine studies; however, economical and ethical burdens restrict their use in HRSV research. As such, rodent models are the most common animal model for HRSV study. The cotton rat has become a standard rodent animal for studying HRSV disease since it is semi-permissive for HRSV replication and shows some clinical signs of HRSV disease. Inbred laboratory mice have been the most popular animal for experimental HRSV infection and disease, although they are less susceptible to viral replication and show limited symptoms and signs of the illness. The availability of numerous genetically modified strains and mouse-specific tools make this species the most popular animal model for HRSV research.

HRSV infection and asthma

HRSV infection and asthma

Neonates with HRSV infection are more susceptible to diseases such as bronchiolitis, interstitial pneumonitis, and alveolitis. Structural immaturity of the respiratory system and an underdeveloped immune system may contribute to HRSV infection severity. Several cohort studies suggested that HRSV infection in the lower respiratory tract of infants is closely connected to later development of asthma. A prospective cohort study in Finland demonstrated that severe bronchiolitis requiring hospitalization in infancy was a significant risk factor for asthma that extends into adolescence⁹⁾. In a study in Sweden, hospitalization for HRSV bronchiolitis in the first year of life was the significant risk factor for asthma and allergy patterns in patients at >18 years of age¹⁰⁾. Another study also demonstrated relevance between HRSV severity and the development of asthma in a cohort of >95,000 infants¹¹⁾.

In a mouse model, it was shown that 1- or 3-week-old age groups could provoke increased airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) after primary RSV infection¹²⁾. However, when the infected mice were later re-exposed to the RSV, the initial RSV infection at 1 week of age resulted in enhanced AHR, mucus production, and airway eosinophilia compared with the initial RSV infection of weanling mice¹²⁾. Due to the failure of the formalin-inactivated RSV (FI-RSV) vaccine in 1969, it has been proposed that an understanding of the immune system of infants is very important for both the treatment of severe HRSV infection and vaccine development¹³⁾. Throughout these studies, it is thought that the age of initial HRSV infection is one of the important factors of severity of viral infection-associated bronchiolitis and is a strong predictor of the development of asthma.

Pre-existing allergic symptoms such as genetic tendencies and prior exposure to an allergen can lead to increased Th2-dominant immune responses against HRSV infection. Several genetic studies in cytokines reported that HRSV-induced respiratory disease and asthma share genetic factors¹⁴⁾. Polymorphisms in the chemokine receptor 5, interleukin (IL)-4, IL-10, IL-13, and transforming growth factor-β genes were associated with HRSV-associated bronchiolitis severity. Some environmental risk factors such as daycare attendance, the presence of siblings, passive smoke exposure, and allergic sensitization to foods during the first years of life are important in the association between HRSV infection and asthma¹⁵⁾. Makela et al.¹⁶⁾ revealed that prior airway exposure to ovalbumin increases HRSV-induced AHR and the accumulation of Th2 cytokine-producing T lymphocytes, granulocytes (eosinophils and neutrophils), and CD8+ T cells in the lungs.

Severity of HRSV infection in early life is associated with an increased production of Th2 cytokines, which could influence the later immune response to inhaled pathogens¹⁷⁾, and reduced and delayed interferon (IFN)-γ responses¹⁸⁾. Han et al.¹⁹⁾ demonstrated that HRSV infection in the neonatal stage resulted in reduced IFN-γ production compared with infection in the weanling or adult stage as well as the development of AHR and goblet cell hyperplasia in a mouse model. When re-infected with RSV later, the sequelae such as enhanced AHR, increased IL-13 production associated with mucus hyperproduction, and eosinophilia were worsened. The role of IFN-γ in the severity of RSV-mediated respiratory disease is not yet well defined. However, the relationship between IFN-γ production and pulmonary sequelae suggests that IFN-γ plays an important role in deciding the lesion of RSV-mediated disease.

The production of a viral pathogen-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) is an important event in host defense against virus infection. In earlier studies in the HRSV field, most investigators were concerned with antibodies of the IgA, IgG, and IgM isotypes in nasopharyngeal secretions during HRSV infection. They suggested that these Igs bound to RSV-infected cells²⁰⁾. Since Welliver et al.³⁾ reported about RSV-specific IgE in 1981, several studies have proved the existence of RSV-specific IgE in infants and children with severe HRSV infection-induced disease21-²⁴⁾. In these studies, they consistently demonstrated that HRSV-infected patients with wheezing had higher titers of virus-specific IgE than patients infected with HRSV who did not have wheezing. Furthermore, HRSV-specific IgE was highly correlated with HRSV infection severity. In a mouse model, it was proven that the production of RSV-specific IgE is highly correlated with the development of RSV-mediated wheezing and post-allergen-triggered asthma25,²⁶⁾. However, it is unclear how HRSV leads to upregulation of virus-specific IgE production in both infected humans and mice.

The basic feature, effector functions, and roles of eosinophils have been studied in various disease states. Most researchers believe that eosinophils are major pathophysiological mediators in respiratory disease and asthma²⁷⁾. Likewise, eosinophils have been considered end-stage effector cells in asthma and other respiratory disease like HRSV infection. However, it is not well known whether eosinophils are directly responsible for the immunopathology induced by HRSV infection, play an unexpected role in the host immune system, or are simply bystander cell phenotypes²⁸⁾. On the other hand, some investigators argue that eosinophils show a protective effect in various diseases. If major functions of eosinophils are harmful to the host, the cell types will not consistently persist.

Eosinophils have secretory ribonuclease that can directly affect the single-stranded RNA genome of RSV²⁷⁾. Phipps et al.²⁹⁾ investigated RSV clearance in wild-type and eosinophil-enriched IL-5 transgenic mice and suggested that RSV clearance proceeded more efficiently in the IL-5 transgenic mice. Although HRSV infection is associated with pulmonary eosinophilia, eosinophils have not been clearly linked to the HRSV-mediated progression to asthma either mechanistically or pathophysiologically. It has also not been proven that eosinophils promote virus clearance. A further study is needed to clarify how eosinophils are involved in the sequelae of HRSV infection.

Immunopathology involved in vaccination and subsequent HRSV infection

Immunopathology involved in vaccination and subsequent HRSV infection

The infected individual induces a broad range of immune responses to clear the HRSV infection, but these immune responses are also known to contribute to the clinical manifestations of HRSV diseases. Antibody responses have been proven sufficient to prevent or restrict the primary infection as evidenced by palivizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that is currently used as a passive prophylaxis against HRSV infection in high-risk populations³⁰⁾. However, once RSV infection is established, T-cell responses are required to completely eliminate the virus³¹⁾. T cells also play important roles in pulmonary inflammation, in which cytokines secreted by T cells provoke severe lung pathology marked by a massive infiltration of immune cells³²⁾.

In the initial trial of the FI-RSV vaccine in the late 1960s, the vaccine proved to be poorly protective against but rather enhance HRSV disease severity³³⁾. Although the mechanism of this vaccine-induced disease enhancement remains not completely understood, it is proposed that FI-RSV induces unusual antibody responses with little neutralizing activity compared with that induced by natural HRSV infection³⁴⁾. Subsequent studies demonstrated that FI-RSV induced imbalanced Th2-type CD4 T-cell responses in experimental animal models35-³⁷⁾. Thus, vaccine-enhanced disease following vaccination appears to be associated with massive pulmonary inflammation initiated by vaccine-primed Th2-type CD4 T cells.

G glycoprotein, the major RSV attachment protein, is thought to be an important protective antigen against RSV infection³⁸⁾. The central domain of G protein is relatively conserved between strains and subtypes and contains several protective B-cell epitopes39-⁴¹⁾. Numerous studies have suggested that priming with G protein is associated with the induction of a polarized Th2-type response similar to that induced by FI-RSV, which leads to pulmonary eosinophilia upon RSV challenge of G-immunized mice39,42-⁴⁵⁾. However, in the presence of an immunodominant cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitope from M2 protein, G protein-primed mice did not develop pulmonary eosinophilia during HRSV challenge⁴⁶⁾. Thus, it is likely that the absence of a Th1-promoting effect of RSV-specific CTLs, rather than the G protein itself, is responsible for the Th2-biased response. It has recently been suggested that G-specific immune responses are not solely the basis for vaccine-enhanced illness and should not be excluded from potential vaccine strategies47-⁴⁹⁾. Based on these findings, it should be emphasized that the fine balance between protective immunity and vaccine-induced immunopathology is one of the most important issues to be considered in the development of safe HRSV vaccines.

Current strategies for the development of HRSV vaccine

Current strategies for the development of HRSV vaccine

Since the most serious HRSV disease occurs at 2 to 7 months of age, immunization should be started within the first few weeks of life. However, several major obstacles must be overcome to enable the development of a pediatric HRSV vaccine. First, the immune system of young infants is relatively immature compared to that of older children and adults. As such, HRSV vaccines targeting the newborn population should be immunogenic enough to induce protective immunity in a relatively immature immune environment. Second, maternal antibodies might interfere with the actions of administered vaccines, especially in the first few weeks of life⁵⁰⁾. To ensure vaccination success, it might be necessary for effective vaccines to avoid the compromising activity of maternal antibodies. Third, the failure of the early vaccine trial with FI-RSV significantly increased the safety standards for HRSV vaccines, which could be associated with detrimental vaccine-enhanced illness. Thus, new vaccine candidates should be thoroughly verified to have little vaccine-associated pathology and illness.

Various approaches have been applied in the development of effective HRSV vaccines. One of the major strategies for HRSV vaccine is the use of live-attenuated RSV strains for intranasal administration that mimic natural infection. Several live-attenuated HRSV vaccine candidates have been developed by conventional cold passage methods and subsequently evaluated in several clinical stages51,⁵²⁾. A second-generation live-attenuated HRSV has been also generated by reverse genetics (rA2cp strains) and tested in HRSV-naïve 1- to 2-month-old infants, and protective immunity could be achieved in a majority of the vaccine recipients53,⁵⁴⁾. However, for this live-attenuated HRSV platform, it is quite challenging to determine whether the balance between over- and under-attenuation is most appropriate for a safe and effective vaccine.

Due to the potential for disease exacerbation, the use of inactivated or subunit vaccines had been considered inappropriate in the pediatric population. However, several HRSV-derived proteins and their derivatives as recombinant subunit vaccines have been evaluated in preclinical and clinical stages. Purified F and G proteins from HRSV-infected mammalian cells and F/G chimeric proteins produced in insect cells generated humoral responses similar to those observed in FI-RSV vaccination in rodent models55,⁵⁶⁾. However, the use of appropriate adjuvants was shown to enhance the immunogenicity of subunit vaccines57,⁵⁸⁾.

Another subunit vaccine, BBG2Na, which consists of a G protein region covering amino acids 130 to 230 and the albumin-binding domain of streptococcal protein G, has also been evaluated in preclinical and clinical testing59,⁶⁰⁾. BBG2Na was well tolerated in phase II studies, but the trial was stopped due to a limited number of unexpected adverse events⁶¹⁾.

Viral vectored vaccines employing platforms such as the vaccinia virus⁶⁾, adenovirus49,62,⁶³⁾, Sendai virus⁶⁴⁾, and parainfluenza virus⁶⁵⁾, have been developed and evaluated as HRSV vaccine candidates. Most of these candidates exhibited significant immunogenicity and protective immunity in animal models, showing the possibility of further development. Other forms of vaccines using replicon-based non-replicating viral vectors or virus-like particles66,⁶⁷⁾, live bacteria⁶⁸⁾, and avian virus⁶⁹⁾ have been also reported to be immunogenic and induce varying degrees of protective immunity in mouse studies. Vaccination of DNA plasmids expressing F or G protein has shown only a limited degree of protection against HRSV challenge70,⁷¹⁾.

Conclusion

Conclusion

For many years, the development of an HRSV vaccine has been a high priority in many public health agendas. As mentioned above, numerous vaccine strategies have been tested or are being tested for further development. Needless to say, basic research into RSV virology and immunology will provide important information in vaccine development. Once we understand the enigmatic immune evasion and immunopathology of HRSV more clearly, we will be able to advance the development of HRSV vaccines. More serious awareness of the social and economical burden of HRSV diseases must also occur. We are hopeful that our great efforts into HRSV vaccine development will soon achieve the goal of safe and effective vaccines in the near future.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by grant R15-2006-020 from the National Core Research Center program of the Ministry of Science & Technology and the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation through the Center for Cell Signaling & Drug Discovery Research at Ewha Womans University.

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