title: [Study on the DNA immunogenicity of fusion and attachment glycoproteins of Nipah virus].
abstract: The two mammalian codon optimized genes, F and G genes of Nipah virus, were generated by assembly PCR, and inserted into mammalian expression vector pCAGGS under chicken beta-actin promoter to construct pCAGG-NiV-F and pCAGG-NiV-G. Syncytium formation was induced in BHK cells by plasmid pCAGG-NiV-F and pCAGG-NiV-G transfection, which indicate recombination proteins F and G were expressed in BHK cell and possessed good biologic activity. Six-week-old female BALB/c mice were intramuscularly primed with 100 microg pCAGG-NiV-F, pCAGG-NiV-G or pCAGG-NiV-F+ pCAGG-NiV-G respectively, and boosted with same dose after 4 weeks. The sera were collected at 3 weeks post second boost. The serum IgG against Nipah virus F and G proteins was detected by indirect ELISA using recombinant Baculovirus expressed Nipah F and G glycoproteins. The results showed that specific antibodies possessed good sensitivity and specificity. Furthermore, the G and F proteins' specific antibodies could neutralize the infectivity of VSVdeltaG* F/G (the NiV F and G envelope glycoproteins psudotyped recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus expressing green fluorescence protein). And, pCAGG-NiV-G also induced higher titer of neutralizing antibody response than pCAGG-NiV-F did. The result indicates that DAN immunization is an efficient vaccine strategy against Nipah virus.
authors.affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: Xi-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jin-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Qing-Hua
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Sen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Xiang-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Zhi-Gao
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Bu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D045405:Nipah Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; C510755:F protein, Nipah virus; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014765:Viral Vaccines; C116204:attachment protein G