Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (12): 3557-3568.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.012.022

• PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Evaluation of the Characteristics of Mannosylated Chitosan PLGA Nanospheres as a Delivery System for DNA Vaccine of A/FMDV

LI Xian, ZHANG Zhongwang, ZHANG Fudong, Lü Jianliang, LI Jiahao, PAN Li*   

  1. OIE/National Foot and Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Institute, CAAS, Lanzhou 730046, China
  • Received:2021-02-25 Online:2021-12-25 Published:2021-12-22

Abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of mannosylated chitosan polylactic acid-glycolide copolymer[poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide), PLGA] nanospheres as a delivery system of FMDV nucleic acid vaccine. A certain degree of substitution of mannose modified chitosan (MCS) was prepared by schiff base reaction and elemental analysis. Then, Mannose modified chitosan PLGA nanospheres (MCS-PLGA-NPs) were prepared by double emulsification and volatilization. The particle size distribution and surface potential (zeta) of MCS-PLGA-NPS were measured by nanometer particle size analyzer; The morphology of MCS-PLGA-NPS was investigated by scanning electron microscopy; The ability of plasmids adsorbed on MCS-PLGA-NPs to resist nuclease degradation was observed by agarose gel electrophoresis; The cytotoxicity of MCS-PLGA-NPs was detected by CCK-8 method; The MCS-PLGA-NPs-DNA complex uptake by macrophages was observed by confocal laser scanning; The expression of MCS-PLGA-NPs loaded plasmid DNA in cells was verified by fluorescence microscope and Western blot. The results of elemental analysis showed that MCS with a substitution degree of 5% to 10% was successfully prepared; The results of nanometer particle size measurement and scanning electron microscopy showed that the zeta of MCS-PLGA-NPs was positive, the particle size distribution was uniform and the morphology was spherical; The results of agarose gel electrophoresis showed that the ability of MCS-PLGA-NPs to adsorb plasmids increased with the increase of their quality and could resist nuclease degradation of plasmid DNA to a certain extent; In the cytotoxicity test, the survival rate of RAW264.7 cells was still more than 85% after 24 h co-incubation with different concentrations of MCS-PLGA-NPs; In the cell uptake experiment, confocal laser microscopy could clearly observe the plasmid DNA binding to the surface of the nanomicrosphere and uptake by RAW264.7 cells; Fluorescence microscopy and Western blot experiments showed that MCS-PLGA-NPS-loaded plasmid DNA could be expressed in cells. In summary, MCS and MCS-PLGA-NPs with the ability to deliver DNA vaccine of FMDV were successfully prepared, which provided new directions and insights for the delivery of FMDV nucleic acid vaccine, and also laid a foundation for further research on the carrier carrying specific antigen targeting mannose receptor on APCs surface and its application in animal immunity.

Key words: FMDV, mannose modified chitosan, chitosan grafted PLGA, nanospheres, delivery system, DNA vaccine

CLC Number: