Immunization of Pigs by DNA Prime and Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Boost To Identify and Rank African Swine Fever Virus Immunogenic and Protective Proteins
| Autor: | Christopher L. Netherton, Debra T. Hansen, Alex Y. Borovkov, Andrey Loskutov, James K. Jancovich, Bertram L. Jacobs, Karen V. Kibler, Katherine King, Mark D. Robida, Kathryn Sykes, Linda K. Dixon, Lynnette C. Goatley, David A. G. Chapman, Felicia M. Craciunescu, Geraldine Taylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Swine 030106 microbiology Immunology Immunization Secondary Vaccinia virus Microbiology African swine fever virus veterinary vaccine development Virus DNA vaccination law.invention DNA vaccines 03 medical and health sciences Viral Proteins Immune system Antigen immune markers law Virology Vaccines and Antiviral Agents Vaccines DNA Animals African Swine Fever biology ELISPOT biology.organism_classification African Swine Fever Virus Recombinant Proteins 3. Good health Vaccination 030104 developmental biology Insect Science Recombinant DNA |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Virology |
| ISSN: | 1098-5514 |
| Popis: | African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes an acute hemorrhagic fever in domestic pigs, with high socioeconomic impact. No vaccine is available, limiting options for control. Although live attenuated ASFV can induce up to 100% protection against lethal challenge, little is known of the antigens which induce this protective response. To identify additional ASFV immunogenic and potentially protective antigens, we cloned 47 viral genes in individual plasmids for gene vaccination and in recombinant vaccinia viruses. These antigens were selected to include proteins with different functions and timing of expression. Pools of up to 22 antigens were delivered by DNA prime and recombinant vaccinia virus boost to groups of pigs. Responses of immune lymphocytes from pigs to individual recombinant proteins and to ASFV were measured by interferon gamma enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot (ELISpot) assays to identify a subset of the antigens that consistently induced the highest responses. All 47 antigens were then delivered to pigs by DNA prime and recombinant vaccinia virus boost, and pigs were challenged with a lethal dose of ASFV isolate Georgia 2007/1. Although pigs developed clinical and pathological signs consistent with acute ASFV, viral genome levels were significantly reduced in blood and several lymph tissues in those pigs immunized with vectors expressing ASFV antigens compared with the levels in control pigs. IMPORTANCE The lack of a vaccine limits the options to control African swine fever. Advances have been made in the development of genetically modified live attenuated ASFV that can induce protection against challenge. However, there may be safety issues relating to the use of these in the field. There is little information about ASFV antigens that can induce a protective immune response against challenge. We carried out a large screen of 30% of ASFV antigens by delivering individual genes in different pools to pigs by DNA immunization prime and recombinant vaccinia virus boost. The responses in immunized pigs to these individual antigens were compared to identify the most immunogenic. Lethal challenge of pigs immunized with a pool of antigens resulted in reduced levels of virus in blood and lymph tissues compared to those in pigs immunized with control vectors. Novel immunogenic ASFV proteins have been identified for further testing as vaccine candidates. |
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