title: A recombinant fusion protein and DNA vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease virus type Asia 1 infection in guinea pigs.
abstract: On the basis of amino acid (aa) sequence of the tandem repeat 133-158-20-34-133-158 which consisted of aa 133-158 of VP1 and aa 20-34 of VP4 of Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) type Asia 1 a recombinant prokaryotic expression vector pAS1-P encoding a fusion protein and eukaryotic expression vectors pAS1-E and pAS1-EdeltaCpG-ODN representing DNA vaccines were constructed. Guinea pigs immunized with these vaccines showed both neutralizing antibody and T cell proliferation responses. FMDV challenge tests for the first time showed that the recombinant fusion protein and pAS1-E and pAS1-EdeltaCpG-ODN vaccines protected 86%, 60% and 43% of guinea pigs from FMDV type Asia1 challenge, respectively. The results also indicated that the immune response of animals treated with the vector pAS1-E containing an oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN), which consisted of immunostimulatory cytosine-phosphate-guanosine (CpG) motifs, was augmented by CpG ODN.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Y Q
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Z X
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001483:Base Sequence; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000235:genetics; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D014765:Viral Vaccines