ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2010, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (10): 1274-1280.doi:

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Co-expression of Porcine INF-γ Gene and Its Molecular Adjuvant Effects on the PPV VP2-PCV2 ORF2 Eukaryotic Plasmid

CHEN Yan-ling, XU Zhi-wen *, GUO Wan-zhu, ZHU Ling, XU Kai,TANG Yu-xiang   

  1. Animal Biotechnology Center, Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya′an 625014, China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2010-10-25 Published:2010-10-25

Abstract: Three genes encoding interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), major epitope (47-85AA) of ORF2 of PCV2 and VP2 of Porcine parvovirus were cloned and inserted into eukaryotic vector of pCI-neo, the recombinant expression plasmid of pCI-IFN-γ.ORF2.VP2 was constructed. And then the constructed plasmid was transfected into MDBK cells by lipofectamine. The expressed product was tested by Indirect Immunofluorescence and RT-PCR. The recombinant plasmid pCI-IFN-γ.ORF2.VP2 and pCI-ORF2.VP2, the control plasmid pCI-neo, PBS, the PPV inactivated vaccine and PCV2 subunit vaccine were injected into mice by intramuscular method. The lymphocyte transformation function of immuned mice was detected; In the different periods, the dynamic variation of blood T lymphocytes were assayed; PPV and PCV2 antibodies were measured too. The experimental results showed that the MDBK cells with the transfection restructuring plasmid could not only amplify the ORF2-VP2 and IFN-γ gene, but also produce green fluorescence which could be seen by Fluorescence Microscope. Expression of the specific protein was detected too. All of these were considered as a confirmation of biological activities of the expressed protein. From the seventh-day on, the splenic lymphocytes had obvious response to ConA in the group of mice immuned by pCI-IFN-γ.ORF2.VP2,which was higher than that of control and the group of mice immuned by pCI-ORF2.VP2; the number of CD3+CD4+, CD3+CD8+T lymphocytes were higher or significantly higher than that of control group and the group of mice immuned by pCI-ORF2.VP2; On the fourteenth day, the antibodies of PPV and PCV were detected. These results manifested that the pCI-IFN-γ.ORF2.VP2 effectively induced humoral and cellular immunity response in organism.