Your Reagent Warehouse for COVID-19 Vaccine Development

Since December 2019, the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its associated disease, COVID-19, has caused a devastating pandemic worldwide. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic presents an extraordinary challenge to the lives and health of the global population, resulting in a total of over 200 million diagnosed cases and 4.9 million death (as of October 2021). It also significantly affected society, economics and the environment around the world and changed everyone's life.

As the virus spreads globally, the continuous emergence of new mutant strains escalated the challenge on humans. To better track and inform the viral variants, the World Health Organization (WHO) characterized several variants as "Variants of Concern (VOCs) " and "Variants of Interest (VOIs) " based on the risk posed to global public health. Today, of hundreds of variants that evolved from the original wild-type virus, Delta (PANGO lineage B.1.617.2/AY) are dominantly circulating and shaping the trend, reported to be responsible for most of the cases worldwide.

Vaccination is the cornerstone to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases. Despite the importance of mask-wearing and social distancing, immunization by vaccines remains the most cost-effective way to protect our health. For this reason, vaccine development and production are at the center of each nation's public health policy.

ACROBiosystems is a life science company that provides reagents for the global vaccine industry. Having mobilized forces to develop SARS-CoV-2 recombinant antigens since the pandemic and accumulated mature technology and experiences with the virus and vaccines, we supply 200+ products and customized services that cover all the dominant strains of SARS-CoV-2 and support vaccine development of all technological platforms.

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During the special time of need, we will continue to track the epidemic and are determined to facilitate the trial and application of the vaccines.

An Overview of Different COVID-19 Vaccines

In more than a year after the virus outbreak, various scientific research units and vaccine companies have worked to successfully develop a variety of COVID-19 vaccines. The vaccines can be classified by different technological platforms into whole virus vaccines, subunit vaccines, viral vector vaccines and gene vaccines (Fig. 1). Currently, 7 vaccines have obtained the WHO's emergency use authorization to be used in massivevaccination on a global scale, and over 300 vaccines are under development in pre-clinical or clinical trial stage.

Platforms of COVID-19 Vaccines

Regulation of COVID-19 Vaccines Development and Licensure

Workflow for Vaccine R&D
1 Production and QC

(1)Antigen Detection:

Whole virus/Protein based:SDS-PAGE, MS, ELISA;

Virus vectored/ Nucleic acid:Western Blot, ELISA, FACS;

(2)Affinity Detection:

Protein based:ELISA, SPR, BLI;

(3)Efficacy evaluation:

IgG titer detection:ELISA Neutralizing Ab titer detection cVNT, pVNT, sVNT.

2 Preclinical Study

(1)Efficacy evaluation

①In vivo efficacy evaluation:

★Humoral immunity:

ⅠMouse/Monkey IgG titer detection

ⅡNeutralizing Ab titer detection

★Cellular immunity:Elispot

(2)In vitro efficacy evaluation:

①Antigen Detection

3 Clinical Trial Phase I&II
4 Clinical Trial Phase III

(1)Efficacy evaluation

①In vivo efficacy evaluation:

★Humoral immunity:

ⅠHuman IgG titer detection

ⅡNeutralizing Ab titer detection

★Cellular immunity:Elispot

②In vitro efficacy evaluation:Antigen Detection

(2)Toxicity evaluation

①ADE/VED detection:IgG isotype titer mesurement

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Antigen Detection

  • Super stable SARS-CoV-2 spike trimer
  • RBD/S trimer antigen quantitative detection kit
  • Variants specific antibodies

Super stable SARS-CoV-2 spike trimer

The ideal control for antigen detection:Super stable SARS-CoV-2 spike trimer

Closely resemble the natural conformation: Introduction of 6P mutations on S2 stabilizes spike protein in the pre-fusion state.
High trimer purity (>90%) verified by SDS-PAGE, SEC-MALS and Negative Stain Electron Microscopy (NS-EM).
Provide trimer mutants of all VOCs, VOIs and other dominant strains.
Suitable as control in antigen detection tests.

Product List

Lineage Cat. No. Mutation Tag Preorder/Order
Wild type SPN-C52H9 His Tag

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Assay data

Comparison of Sample Test Data

The purity of SARS-CoV-2 S protein, His Tag, Super stable trimer (Cat. No. SPN-C52H9) is more than 90% verified by SDS-PAGE under reducing (R) condition. The molecular weight was around 550-660 kDa confirmed by SEC-MALS. The particles are similar in size and appearance to SARS-CoV-2 trimers reported in published literature verified by negative stain electron micrography.

Comparison of Sample Test Data
Comparison of Sample Test Data

SARS-CoV-2 S protein, His Tag, Super stable trimer (Cat. No. SPN-C52H9) shows highest signal-to-noise ratio as compared to other spike proteins constructs in antibody tests in convalescent serum

RBD/S trimer antigen quantitative detection kit

Highly efficient tools for antigen detection:RBD/S trimer antigen quantitative detection kit (sandwich ELISA)

Meet different detection needs at customized sensitivity
Antibody pairs in the kit can recognize mutant antigens from multiple strains at equal sensitivity
High batch-to-batch stability ensured consistency of detection in the mass manufacturing and quality control process

Assay data

Variants specific antibodies

For mutant antigen detection in next-generation Vaccine R&D: Omicron/Delta/Beta & Gamma specific antibodies

Specific binding activity verified by ELISA
High bioactivity verified by BLI/SPR
The purity of antibodies are more than 95% as determined by SDS-PAGE and 90% verified by SEC-MALS
Can be used for mutant antigen quantitative detection requirement during the process of polyvalent and Omicron-based vaccine R&D

Assay data

Loaded Monoclonal Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Antibody

Loaded Monoclonal Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Antibody, Mouse IgG1 (Cat. No. SPD-M305) on AMC Biosensor, can bind SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD, His Tag (B.1.1.529/Omicron) (Cat. No. SPD-C522e) with an affinity constant of 9.07 nM as determined in BLI assay (ForteBio Octet Red96e).

Loaded Monoclonal Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Antibody

Immobilized  SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD (Omicron, Cat. No. SPD-C522e) can bind Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Antibody, Mouse IgG1(Cat. No.SPD-M305) with a linear range of 0.4-12.5 ng/mL. The antibody does not bind  Spike RBD of WT (Cat. No. SPD-C52H1), Alpha (Cat. No. SPD-C52Hn), Beta (Cat. No. SPD-C52Hp), Delta(Cat. No. SPD-C52Hh).

Antigen Bioactivity Characterization

  • ACE2 and other host receptors
  • Antigen-ACE2 interaction service

ACE2 and other host receptors

High quality dimeric receptor:ACE2 proteins

Available in multiple tags: His, His & Avitag™, Fc, Fc & Avitag™ etc.
Available in multiple species: Human, Mouse, Cynomolgus, Rat, Paguma larvata
Available in biotinylated or unconjugated forms that suits different experimental needs
High purity and binding activity with spike proteins verified with ELISA/SPR/BLI

Product List

Molecule Cat. No. Species Tag Host Product Description Preorder/Order
ACE2 AC2-H5205 Human Mouse IgG Fc Tag HEK293 Human ACE2 / ACEH Protein, Mouse IgG1 Fc Tag (MALS verified)

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ACE2 AC2-H5257 Human Fc Tag HEK293 Human ACE2 / ACEH Protein, Fc Tag (MALS verified)

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ACE2 AC2-H52H8 Human His Tag HEK293 Human ACE2 / ACEH Protein, His Tag (MALS verified)

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ACE2 AC2-H82E6 Human His Tag & Avi Tag HEK293 Biotinylated Human ACE2 / ACEH Protein, His,Avitag™ (MALS verified)

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ACE2 AC2-H82E8 Human His Tag & Avi Tag HEK293 Biotinylated Monomeric Human ACE2 / ACEH Protein, His,Avitag™ (MALS verified)

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ACE2 AC2-H82F9 Human Fc Tag & Avi Tag HEK293 Biotinylated Human ACE2 / ACEH Protein, Fc,Avitag™

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ACE2 AC2-HP2H3 Human His Tag HEK293 PE-Labeled Human ACE2 / ACEH Protein, His TagStar Staining

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ACE2 AC2-M5248 Mouse His Tag HEK293 Mouse ACE2 / ACEH Protein, His Tag (MALS verified)

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ACE2 AC2-R5246 Rat His Tag HEK293 Rat ACE2 / ACEH Protein, His Tag (MALS verified)

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ACE2 AC2-P5248 Paguma larvata His Tag HEK293 Paguma larvata ACE2 / ACEH Protein, His Tag (SPR verified)

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ACE2 AC2-M52H3 Mink His Tag HEK293 Mink ACE2 / ACEH Protein, His Tag (MALS & SPR verified)

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Assay data

Bioactivity Verification
Bioactivity Verification

Immobilized SARS-CoV-2 S1 protein, His Tag (Cat. No. S1N-C52H3) at 2 μg/mL (100 μL/well) can bind Biotinylated Human ACE2, His,Avitag (Cat. No. AC2-H82E6) with a linear range of 2-20 ng/mL (QC tested).

Bioactivity Verification

Human ACE2, Fc Tag (Cat. No. AC2-H5257) captured on CM5 chip via Anti-human IgG Fc antibodies surface can bind recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Spike vaccine with an affinity constant of 16.9 nM as determined in a SPR assay (Biacore T200).

Antigen-ACE2 interaction service

Aid comprehensive research on antigen-ACE2 interaction:Molecular interaction analytical services

Multi-platform analytical services (SPR, BLI, etc.)
Qualitative/quantitative analysis of the speed, affinity, and mechanism of binding between antigen proteins and host receptors
High-standard QC system with high-quality data output
Customized report generation in 1-2 days

Immune Persistence Research

  • Total Antibody Titer Determination
  • Neutralizing Antibody Titer Detection
  • Broad-spectrum anti-RBD neutralizing antibody

Total Antibody Titer Determination

In vivo antibody titer determination in preclinical & clinical trial:S trimer/RBD/S1 IgG Antibody Titer Detection Kit (indirect ELISA)

NAb kits are standardized with WHO International Standard Serum (G, NIBSC code 20/136) to ensure that data is comparable between studies and laboratories
Stable reagents with high batch-to-batch consistency to ensure data reliability for measuring changes in antibody titers at different times after vaccination
Provide different kits suitable for serum antibody detection in different species (rats, monkeys, humans) to meet the needs of preclinical and clinical experiments
Provide VOCs mutant-specific IgG antibody titer kits for antibody titer evaluation of vaccines against multiple viral variants

Neutralizing Antibody Titer Detection

High-throughput alternative for neutralizing antibody detection: Neutralizing Antibody Titer Detection Kit (competitive ELISA)

High correlation with WHO International Standard Serum (G, NIBSC code 20/136): ensures the data is comparable between studies and laboratories
High correlation with pseudovirus tests: can be used as a high-throughput alternative method for pseudovirus neutralization assay
Simple operation: the entire experiment can detect 90 + samples at the same time in 1.5-2.0 h
Mutation-specific (VOCs) neutralizing antibody detection kits: can identify mutant-specific neutralizing antibodies at high sensitivity

Assay data

Experimental Principle
Experimental Principle

Competitive ELISA

Clinical Test Data
Clinical Test Data

Post-vaccination serum NAb test (Cat. No. RAS-N022) demonstrates high sensitivity and accuracy

Pseudovirus Neutralization
Pseudovirus Neutralization

16 convalescent serum samples were tested for neutralizing antibody level with pseudovirus and ELISA kit (Cat. No. RAS-N022), respectively. The results are highly correlated (R2 =93.73)。

Clinical Test Data
Clinical Test Data

56 post-vaccination (inactivated vaccines) serum samples are tested for neutralizing capacity against multiple strains (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta) of SARS-CoV-2 with wild type (WT) and mutant-specific kits. Neutralization against all VOCs is lower than the WT, with Delta being the lowest.

WHO International Standard Serum (G, NIBSC code 20/136) Calibration Results
WHO International Standard Serum (G, NIBSC code 20/136) Calibration Results
WHO International Standard Serum (G, NIBSC code 20/136) Calibration Results

Note:y = (A - D) / [1 + (x/C)^B] + D (A =1.55562 B =1.45522 C=14.42024 D=0.05532 r^2= 1)

Broad-spectrum anti-RBD neutralizing antibody

Qualified positive control for neutralizing antibody detection:Broad-spectrum anti-RBD neutralizing antibody

High specificity and binding activity verified by ELISA
Pseudovirus-verified broad spectrum neutralization of a variety of mutants, including all the VOCs

Product List

Cat. No. Species Product Description Isotype Preorder/Order
SPD-M121 Mouse Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike NTD Antibody, Chimeric mAb, Human IgG1 (AM121) Spike NTD

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SPD-M180 Human Anti-SARS-CoV-2 RBD Potent Neutralizing Antibody, Human IgG1 (AM180) Spike RBD

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SPD-M265 Human Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Broadly Neutralizing Antibody, Human IgG1 (AM359b) (MALS verified) Spike RBD

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S1N-M122 Mouse Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Neutralizing Antibody, Chimeric mAb, Human IgG1 (AM122) Spike RBD

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S1N-VM226 Mouse Biotinylated Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Neutralizing Antibody, Chimeric mAb, Human IgG1 (AM122) (MALS verified) Spike RBD

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SCT-M369 Mouse Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Neutralizing Antibody, Mouse IgG1 (AM122) Spike RBD

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SPD-M128 Mouse Anti-SARS-CoV-2 RBD Potent Neutralizing Antibody, Chimeric mAb, Human IgG1 (AM128) Spike RBD

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SPD-M162 Mouse Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Neutralizing Antibody, Chimeric mAb, Human IgM (AM122) (MALS verified) Spike RBD

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SPD-M58P1 Mouse Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Neutralizing Antibody, Chimeric mAb, Human IgA1 (AM122) Spike RBD

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SPD-PM226 Mouse PE-Labeled Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Neutralizing Antibody, Chimeric mAb, Human IgG1 (AM122) (Site-specific conjugation) Spike RBD

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SPD-M201 Cynomolgus Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Neutralizing Antibody, Chimeric mAb, Cynomolgus IgG1 (AM122) Spike RBD

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Assay data

ELISA Verification
ELISA Verification

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD Neutralizing antibody (Cat. No.S1N-M122)neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD by inhibiting RBD: ACE2 interaction. The ACE2-coated plate is incubated with the wild type (WT) RBD or B.1.1.7, B.1.351, P.1, B.1.617.1, B.1.617.2 mutant and treated with the neutralizing antibody at increasing concentration. Percent inhibition is calculated based on the OD value.

Pseudovirus verification data
Pseudovirus verification data

As verified by SARS-CoV-2 spike pseudovirus neutralization test, the broad-spectrum neutralizing antibody (Cat. No. S1N-M122) can effectively neutralize wild-type and Alpha (B.1.1.7) /Beta (B.1.351) /Gamma (P.1) /Delta (B.1.617.2, data not shown) viral mutants, making it suitable as a quality control antibody in neutralizing antibody screening for mutant strains, neutralizing antibody detection in convalescent or vaccinated serum, etc.

Toxicity Studies (antibody subtype detection)

  • antibody subtype detection

IgG Antibody Subtype Detection Kit (indirect ELISA):support research in ADE and ERD

Designed for serological tests of IgG subtypes: IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4
High specificity that ensures antibodies are correctly typed
High stability and batch-to-batch consistency
The complete set of reagents needed for an experiment is provided in one kit to ease operation
Can test 90 + samples at the same time within 2h

Assay data

Cross-validation data for antibody subtype detection

Cross-validation data for antibody subtype detection

  • Background
  • An Overview of Different COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Regulation of COVID-19 Vaccines Development and Licensure
  • Antigen Detection
  • Antigen Bioactivity Characterization
  • Immune Persistence Research
  • Toxicity Studies (antibody subtype detection)
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