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<p>The live-attenuated yellow fever 17D vaccine strain differs genetically only minimally from its virulent parent. However, it remains unclear which sequence differences lead to virulence or attenuation. Here we demonstrate, using SHAPE-MaP, that these mutations do not induce global RNA structure changes and show that protein sequence mutations are mostly responsible for the phenotypic differences between 17D and virulent YFV. Using a highly modular, combinatorial genetic approach, we identified key mutations in the envelope (E) and non-structural 2A (NS2A) proteins that increase 17D’s ability to spread and enhance host antiviral responses. Introducing these mutations into infectious clones of virulent YFV genomes results in viral attenuation in vitro and in two mouse models. Collectively, our results define the genetic basis for 17D attenuation and highlight a potentially general approach for creating live-attenuated vaccines by introducing mutations resulting in similar phenotypic changes in other pathogenic viruses.</p>

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Amino acid changes in two viral proteins drive attenuation of the yellow fever 17D vaccine

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    2025年7月8日

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  • Jiayu Zhang,
  • Elizabeth C. Chavez,
  • Melina Winkler,
  • Jianche Liu,
  • Sebastian Carver,
  • Aaron E. Lin,
  • Abhishek Biswas,
  • Tomokazu Tamura,
  • Anna Tseng,
  • Danyang Wang,
  • Aaron Benhamou,
  • Aoife K. O’ Connell,
  • Mao Matsuo,
  • Jack E. Norton,
  • Devin Kenney,
  • Britt Adamson,
  • Ralph E. Kleiner,
  • Benjamin Burwitz,
  • Nicholas A. Crossland,
  • Florian Douam,
  • Alexander Ploss

摘要

The live-attenuated yellow fever 17D vaccine strain differs genetically only minimally from its virulent parent. However, it remains unclear which sequence differences lead to virulence or attenuation. Here we demonstrate, using SHAPE-MaP, that these mutations do not induce global RNA structure changes and show that protein sequence mutations are mostly responsible for the phenotypic differences between 17D and virulent YFV. Using a highly modular, combinatorial genetic approach, we identified key mutations in the envelope (E) and non-structural 2A (NS2A) proteins that increase 17D’s ability to spread and enhance host antiviral responses. Introducing these mutations into infectious clones of virulent YFV genomes results in viral attenuation in vitro and in two mouse models. Collectively, our results define the genetic basis for 17D attenuation and highlight a potentially general approach for creating live-attenuated vaccines by introducing mutations resulting in similar phenotypic changes in other pathogenic viruses.