title: Enhanced immunogenicity of multiple-epitopes of foot-and-mouth disease virus fused with porcine interferon alpha in mice and protective efficacy in guinea pigs and swine.
abstract: Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious and economically devastating vesicular disease of cloven-hoofed animals. In this study, three amino acid residues 21-60, 141-160 and 200-213 from VP1 protein of FMDV were selected as multiple-epitopes (VPe), and a recombinant adenovirus expressing the multiple-epitopes fused with porcine interferon alpha (rAd-pIFN alpha-VPe) was constructed. Six groups of female BALB/c mice (18 mice per group) were inoculated subcutaneously (s.c.) twice at 2-week intervals with the recombinant adenoviruses and the immune responses were examined. Following this the protective efficacy of rAd-pIFN alpha-VPe was examined in guinea pigs and swine. The results showed that both FMDV-specific humoral and cell-mediated immune responses could be induced by rAd-VPe and increased when rAd-pIFN alpha is included in this regime in mice model. Moreover, the levels of the immune responses in the group inoculated with rAd-pIFN alpha-VPe were significantly higher than the group inoculated with rAd-VPe plus rAd-pIFN alpha. All guinea pigs and swine vaccinated with rAd-pIFN alpha-VPe were completely protected from viral challenge. It demonstrated that recombinant adenovirus rAd-pIFN alpha-VPe might be an attractive candidate vaccine for preventing FMDV infection.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases Diagnostic and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Yijun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Yufeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hairong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Wenming
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Xinglong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Xianwei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D016207:Cytokines; D000939:Epitopes; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C442501:VP1 protein, Foot-and-mouth disease virus; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D014765:Viral Vaccines