Alfalfa Plants (Medicago sativa L.) Expressing the 85B (MAP1609c) Antigen of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Elicit Long-Lasting Immunity in Mice
| Autor: | Carlos Angulo, Elizabeth Monreal-Escalante, Mario Arce-Montoya, Amalia León-Gallo, Virginie Roupie, Sergio Rosales-Mendoza, Cristhian Sández-Robledo, Kris Huygen, Sawako Hori-Oshima |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
Antigenicity Plant-made vaccine medicine.medical_treatment Paratuberculosis Administration Oral Bioengineering Biology 85B antigen 01 natural sciences Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Biochemistry Microbiology Enteritis 03 medical and health sciences Antigen Adjuvants Immunologic Immunity 010608 biotechnology medicine Oral vaccine Animals Molecular Biology 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences Original Paper Antigens Bacterial Mice Inbred BALB C Immunogenicity Alfalfa medicine.disease Plants Genetically Modified Antibodies Bacterial Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis biology.protein Immunization Antibody Adjuvant Biotechnology Medicago sativa |
| Zdroj: | Molecular Biotechnology |
| ISSN: | 1559-0305 1073-6085 |
| Popis: | Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the etiological agent of Paratuberculosis, a contagious, untreatable, and chronic granulomatous enteritis that results in diarrhea, emaciation, and death in farmed ruminants (i.e., cattle, sheep, and goats). In this study, the Ag85B antigen from MAP was expressed in transgenic alfalfa as an attractive vaccine candidate. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation allowed the rescue of 56 putative transformed plants and transgenesis was confirmed in 19 lines by detection of the Ag85B gene (MAP1609c) by PCR. Line number 20 showed the highest Ag85B expression [840 ng Ag85B per gram of dry weight leaf tissue, 0.062% Total Soluble Protein (TSP)]. Antigenicity of the plant-made Ag85B was evidenced by its reactivity with a panel of sera from naturally MAP-infected animals, whereas immunogenicity was assessed in mice immunized by either oral or subcutaneous routes. The plant-made Ag85B antigen elicited humoral responses by the oral route when co-administered with cholera toxin as adjuvant; significant levels of anti-85B antibodies were induced in serum (IgG) and feces (IgA). Long-lasting immunity was evidenced at day 180 days post-first oral immunization. The obtained alfalfa lines expressing Ag85B constitute the first model of a plant-based vaccine targeting MAP. The initial immunogenicity assessment conducted in this study opens the path for a detailed characterization of the properties of this vaccine candidate. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12033-021-00307-w. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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