title: Development of recombinant porcine parvovirus-like particles as an antigen carrier formed by the hybrid VP2 protein carrying immunoreactive epitope of porcine circovirus type 2.
abstract: Virus-like particles (VLPs) are non-replicative vectors for delivery of heterologous epitopes and induction of immune responses. In this study, a self-assembled porcine parvovirus (PPV) VP2 capsid protein [PPV:VLP-(PCV2)] carrying immunoreactive epitopes, residues 165-200 from the Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) virus nucleoprotein was constructed. Immunogenicity study was carried out with hybrid VLPs derived from HEK-293 cells infected with recombinant adenovirus vectors. To our knowledge, this study presents the first demonstration that hybrid non-replicative PPV VLPs carrying PCV2 immunoreactive epitopes can induce stronger antibody responses against PCV2 than recombinant adenovirus of PCV2 ORF2, in the absence of any adjuvant. The hybrid VLPs [PPV:VLP-(PCV2)] might be a promising candidate vaccine for better prevention of the diseases associated with PCV2 as well as with co-infection by PCV2 and PPV.
authors: Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors: Qunxing
authors: Q
authors: Pan
authors: Kongwang
authors: K
authors: He
authors: Kehe
authors: K
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D017925:Circovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D028323:Parvovirus, Porcine / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D000939:Epitopes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014765:Viral Vaccines