Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (10): 4517-4529.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2024.10.023

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Application of the Cre-LoxP System to Construct the Deleted TK Gene of the Lumpy Skin Disease Virus

Yuzhe ZHANG1(), Shanhui REN2, Wei YAO3, Zhenli GONG2, Hongqiang ZHANG1, Minyi LIU1, Ting YOU1, Xiangwei WANG2, Jiyun LI4, Xiangping YIN2, Yuefeng SUN2, Haotai CHEN2, Xuerui WAN1,*()   

  1. 1. Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    2. Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China
    3. Animal Husbandry Industry Development Center, Wanzhou District, Chongqing 400000, China
    4. Institute of Science and Technical Information of Qinghai Province, Xining 810003, China
  • Received:2023-11-21 Online:2024-10-23 Published:2024-11-04
  • Contact: Xuerui WAN E-mail:1156928206@qq.com;wanxr@gsau.edu.cn

Abstract:

A TK-deficient Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) strain was constructed by homologous recombination technology and the Cre-LoxP system platform to provide an alternative strain for developing a safe and efficient LSDV genetic engineering vaccine. Using the TK gene as the target gene, using the Cre-LoxP system platform and red fluorescent protein (RFP) as screening marker, the left and right homologous arms and RFP gene expression cassettes were amplified by overlapping PCR and fused, and then cloned into pUC19T vector to construct gene deletion transfer vector pUC19T-LSDVΔTK-RFP. The transfer vector recombinant plasmid was transfected into Vero cells and infected with LSDV/CHA/FJ/2021 strain to construct LSDV-ΔTK-RFP recombinant virus. LSDV-TK-RFP was screened and purified by the plaque method and limited dilution method. Then, using the Cre-LoxP system, RFP tags were cut off from the viral genome in MDBK-Cre cells, and LSDV-TK strains were screened and purified by the plaque method and limited dilution method. PCR and sequencing identified the recombinant strain, and its one-step growth curve was determined. The recombinant strain (LSDV-ΔTK) with deletion of the TK gene was successfully constructed, and the replication ability of the recombinant strain was slightly lower than that of the wild-type strain. The LSDV strain with deletion of the TK gene constructed by the Cre-LoxP system has good genetic stability and replication growth characteristics, so it can be used as an alternative strain for the development of the LSDV genetic engineering vaccine and expands the application range of the Cre-LoxP system.

Key words: lumpy skin disease virus, TK gene, Cre-LoxP system, recombinant virus

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