title: Expressions of Bovine IFN-gamma and foot-and-mouth disease VP1 antigen in P. pastoris and their effects on mouse immune response to FMD antigens.
abstract: As a highly contagious disease in cloven-hoofed animals, foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) may cause a considerable social-economic loss in those countries affected. IFN-gamma has a wide range of antiviral and immune modulating functions. Thus, to study the immune enhancing effects of recombinant Bovine IFN-gamma (rBoIFN-gamma) on a recombinant FMDV vaccine, BoIFN-gamma, FMDV VP1 and BoIFN-gamma/VP fusion genes were cloned, expressed, co-expressed in pichia pastoris (P. pastoris) respectively, and subsequent immune effects have been evaluated in this study. The results showed that the genes encoding for BoIFN-gamma, VP1 and BoIFN-gamma/VP1 are successfully expressed in P. pastoris and their products are directly secreted into the cultural supernatant at a high level of 1.0 g/L analyzed by thin-layer scanning. In addition, rVP1 alone could induce both humoral and marginal cell-mediated immune responses in mice, while the group with co-inoculations of rBoIFN-gamma could markedly enhance both humoral and cell-mediated immune responses; even more dramatic immune responses were observed with the group inoculated with the fusion product, rBoIFN-gamma/VP1. The fusion product could be further investigated for its utility of FMDV vaccine development.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, No. 2, yuanmingyuan west Road, haidian District 100094, Beijing, PR China. shixj@bjciq.gov.cn
authors.forename: Xi-Ju
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle; D016207:Cytokines / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D007114:Immunization; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000235:genetics*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D016207:Cytokines; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C442501:VP1 protein, Foot-and-mouth disease virus; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D014765:Viral Vaccines; D007371:Interferon-gamma