Filamentous bacteriophages, natural nanoparticles, for viral vaccine strategies

Nanoscale. 2022 Apr 21;14(16):5942-5959. doi: 10.1039/d1nr08064d.

Abstract

Filamentous bacteriophages are natural nanoparticles formed by the self-assembly of structural proteins that have the capability of replication and infection. They are used as a highly efficient vaccine platform to enhance immunogenicity and effectively stimulate the innate and adaptive immune response. Compared with traditional vaccines, phage-based vaccines offer thermodynamic stability, biocompatibility, homogeneity, high carrying capacity, self-assembly, scalability, and low toxicity. This review summarizes recent research on phage-based vaccines in virus prevention. In addition, the expression systems of filamentous phage-based virus vaccines and their application principles are discussed. Moreover, the prospect of the prevention of emerging infectious diseases, such as coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), is also discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacteriophages*
  • COVID-19* / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Inovirus* / metabolism
  • Nanoparticles*
  • Viral Vaccines* / metabolism

Substances

  • Viral Vaccines