Immunogenicity of a recombinant fusion protein of tandem repeat epitopes of foot-and-mouth disease virus type Asia 1 for guinea pigs.
In this study, the sequences of capsid protein VPI regions of YNAs1.1 and YNAs1.2 isolates of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) were analyzed and a peptide containing amino acids (aa) 133-158 of VP1 and aa 20-34 of VP4 of FMDV type Asia I was assumed to contain B and T cell epitopes, because it is hypervariable and includes a cell attachment site RGD located in the G-H loop. The DNA fragments encoding aa 133-158 of VP1 and aa 20-34 of VP4 of FMDV type Asia 1 were chemically synthesized and ligated into a tandem repeat of aa 133-158-20 approximately 34-133-158. In order to enhance its immunogenicity, the tandem repeat was inserted downstream of the beta-galactosidase gene in the expression vector pWR590. This insertion yielded a recombinant expression vector pAS1 encoding the fusion protein. The latter reacted with sera from FMDV type Asia 1-infected animals in vitro and elicited high levels of neutralizing antibodies in guinea pigs. The T cell proliferation in immunized animals increased following stimulation with the fusion protein. It is reported for the first time that a recombinant fusion protein vaccine was produced using B and T cell epitopes of FMDV type Asia 1 and that this fusion protein was immunogenic. The fusion protein reported here can serve as a candidate of fusion epitopes for design of a vaccine against FMDV type Asia 1.
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State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China. qz980@yahoo.com
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D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002213:Capsid / Q000276:immunology*; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000276:immunology; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D000939:Epitopes; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C442501:VP1 protein, Foot-and-mouth disease virus; D014765:Viral Vaccines