Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (8): 3985-3991.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.08.036

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Construction and Expression of IgA Antibodies against Foot-and-mouth Disease Virus and Analysis of Its Antiviral Activity

LIU Feng1,2(), LI Kun1,2, ZHANG Xingze1,2, MA Xueqing1,2, SUN Pu1,2, LI Fengjuan1,2, CAO Yimei1,2, BAI Xingwen1,2, FU Yuanfang1,2, YUAN Hong1,2, OUYANG Yifan1,2, LIU Zaixin1,2, LU Zengjun1,2, LI Pinghua1,2,*()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
    2. Gansu Province Research Center for Basic Disciplines of Pathogen Biology, Lanzhou 730046, China
  • Received:2024-11-11 Online:2025-08-23 Published:2025-08-28
  • Contact: LI Pinghua E-mail:liufeng1534@163.com;lipinghua@caas.cn

Abstract:

Foot-and-mouth disease(FMD)caused by foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is a high infectious disease of pigs, cattle, sheep and other major livestock. In order to develop new strategies against FMDV to carry out comprehensive prevention and control of the disease, the heavy chain variable region (VH) sequences and light chain variable region (VL) sequences of 5 different IgA antibodies against type O and A FMDV were screened from the specific porcine BCR library of type O and A FMDV and linked with the gene sequences of the heavy chain constant region and the light chain (Kappa chain) constant region of porcine IgA, then, five heavy chain plasmids and five light chain plasmids were respectively constructed. The corresponding heavy chain plasmids and light chain plasmids were co-transfected into CHO-s suspension cells, after 7 days post transfection, the transfected supernatants were collected for antibody purification. The purified antibodies were identified by SDS-PAGE and Western blot. The ability of the five antibodies neutralizing types O and A FMDV was analyzed by virus neutralization test. The reactivity of the five antibodies with FMDV was detected by ELISA. Results showed that 5 IgA antibodies were successfully expressed in CHO-s cells and they all could not neutralize type O and A FMDV, but one of them (POA-A8) had the strongest ability to specifically bind with FMDV, which could be used for establishment of FMDV diagnostic methods in the future. This study lays a foundation for research of anti-FMDV nonneutralizing sIgA antibodies and development of diagnostic methods for FMDV in the future.

Key words: FMDV, IgA antibody, construction and expression, antiviral activity

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