ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2012, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (9): 1455-1462.doi:

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Eukaryotic Expression of Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy Chain II-A C-terminus Protein
and Its Roles in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Infection of
Marc-145 Cells

LV Jun-hua1,LIU Ning-ning1,ZHAO Qin2, MA Yu-ping2,
ZHANG Chong2, WANG Xiang-peng2, HU Shou-bin1,ZHAO Fei-fei1,WU Hai-zhen1
XIAO Yi-hong1*, ZHOU En-min2*   

  1. (1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China;
    2. Immunology Institute of Northwest A & F University, College of Veterinary Medicine,
    Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China)
  • Received:2011-12-13 Online:2012-09-25 Published:2012-09-25

Abstract: Our previous studies demonstrated that anti-idiotypic antibody against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) GP5 protein specifically binds nonmuscle myosin heavy chain II-A (NMHC II-A) on Marc-145 cells and the binding site is in the NMHC II-A C-terminus region (named PRA). In this study, PRA protein was expressed in eukaryotic system and examined for its roles in PRRSV infection of Marc-145 cells. PRA protein containing 310 amino acids was expressed in Bac-to-Bac baculovirus expression system and identified by Western blot. Its binding to Marc-145 cells was detected by indirect immunofluorescence assay. The ability of PRA protein to block PRRSV infection of Marc-145 cells was examined by virus neutralization test, fluorescent focus neutralization test and quantitative RT-PCR. PRA protein was expressed in eukaryotic system with the highest expression level at MOI 1 after 96 hours of infection. The results showed that PRA protein specifically bound with Marc-145 cells and inhibited the PRRSV infectivity up to 60%. Our results indicated that NMHC Ⅱ-A C-terminus protein was successfully expressed in baculovirus expression system and could inhibite the PRRSV infectivity of Marc-145 cells up to 60%. These results provided additional information on the function of NMHC II-A during PRRSV infection.

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