Construction of an artificial recombinant bicistronic plasmid DNA vaccine against porcine rotavirus
2013
Cui, Tingting(Sichuan Agricultural University Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine) | Xiong, Jun(Sichuan Agricultural University Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine) | Wang, Yongzhi(Sichuan Rural Science and Technology Development Centre) | Wen, Xintian(Sichuan Agricultural University Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine) | Huang, Xiaobo(Sichuan Agricultural University Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine) | Huang, Yong(Sichuan Agricultural University Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine) | Ma, Xiaoping | Hu, Zhongkai(Sichuan Agricultural University Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine) | Zhao, Qin | Cao, Sanjie(Sichuan Agricultural University Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine)
The attenuated Salmonella typhimurium χ4550 strain was used to harbour a reconstructed bicistronic DNA vaccine against porcine rotavirus, which carried the rotavirus nonstructural protein 4 (NSP4) and VP7 genes simultaneously. Using a balanced lethal system, the kanamycin resistance gene of expressing eukaryotic plasmids pVAX1 and pVAXD were replaced by the aspartate β-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (asd) gene. The NSP4 cleavage product (259-525) of rotavirus OSU strain and VP7 full-length genes were amplified by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and then inserted into the eukaryotic single-expression plasmid, pVAX1-asd, and the eukaryotic dual-expression plasmid, pVAXD-asd, respectively. The recombinant plasmids pVAX1-asd-NSP4, pVAX1-asd-VP7 and pVAXD-asd-NSP4-VP7 were transformed into the attenuated S. typhimurium χ4550 strain by electrotransformation. An indirect immunofluorescence assay of the expressed COS-7 cell suggested that the recombinant S. typhimurium χ4550 strain was constructed successfully. The recombinant S. typhimurium χ4550 strain was orally administered to BALB/c mice. The group immunised with dual-expression plasmids produced a significantly higher level of serum Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and intestinal Immunoglobulin A (IgA) than the group immunised with single-expression plasmids. These results indicated that eukaryotic bicistronic plasmid DNA vaccines could be successfully constructed to enhance humoural, mucosal and cellular immune response against rotavirus infection.
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