Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (2): 597-606.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2022.02.026

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Development and Epitope Identification of a Monoclonal Antibody against VP2 Protein of Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus

WANG Mingrui1,2, WU Junhua1,2, WANG Fei1,2, SHAO Hongxia1,2,3, QIAN Kun1,2,3, YE Jianqiang1,2,3,4, QIN Aijian1,2,3,4*   

  1. 1. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China;
    2. Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China;
    3. Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China;
    4. Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
  • Received:2021-04-30 Online:2022-02-23 Published:2022-03-02

Abstract: The aim of this study was to prepare monoclonal antibody(mAb) against VP2 protein of chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV) for diagnosis of CIAV and further research in characteristics of CIAV. The VP2 gene of CIAV was amplified and cloned into the pET-32a plasmid. The VP2 fusion protein was expressed in Escherichia coli induced by IPTG. Hybridoma cells were fused between SP2/0 cells and spleen cells of BALB/c mice immunized with the expressed protein and screened by immunofluenscence assay. The epitope recognized by mAb was further identified by the truncated VP2 proteins in Western blot. One hybridoma cell line named CIAV-VP2-4A12 that can stably secrete mAb against CIAV VP2 protein was successfully obtained. The isotype of the mAb was IgG1 and the light chain was kappa chain. Western blot assay showed that mAb could react with the VP2 protein expressed in Escherichia coli, Sf9 cells or DF1 cells transfected with pCAGSS-VP2-Flag. The epitope recognized by the mAb CIAV-VP2-4A12 was identified as 155KTVRW159of VP2, which sequence is highly conserved among different CIAV strains. In this study, a monoclonal antibody against CIAV VP2 was successfully developed and the antigenic epitope recognized by the mAb was identified, which will be useful tool for research on the function of the VP2 protein and development of diagnostic methods for CIAV.

Key words: chicken infectious anemia virus, VP2 protein, monoclonal antibody, epitope

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