ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2017, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (12): 2358-2364.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2017.12.015

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Expression of Codon-optimized Porcine Ficolin α in Insect Cell and Its Antiviral Activity in vitro

LI Lan1, QIAO Xu-wen1, ZHANG Yuan-peng1, CHEN Jin1, ZHENG Qi-sheng1*, HOU Ji-bo1,2*   

  1. 1. Institute of Animal Immunology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China;
    2. Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, China
  • Received:2017-06-20 Online:2017-12-23 Published:2017-12-23

Abstract:

To get native porcine Ficolin α, Bac-to-Bac baculovirus expression system was used. Firstly, rBacmid-Ficolin α was constructed, and then transfected into sf9 insect cells to obtain recombinant baculovirus rBV-Ficolin α. The optimized expression conditions were detected by Western blot and analyzed by gray level using Image J software. Followed by purification, antiviral activity of target protein was assessed in vitro. Western blot results showed that the expression level of Ficolin α in transfected sf 9 insect cells was higher at the infection (MOI) of 7.5 when they were harvested at 96 h, and porcine Ficolin α had the antivirus activity against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). In conclusion, porcine Ficolin α was successfully expressed in sf9 insect cells and showed strongly anti-PRRSV activity. This study provided a material basis for the study of antiviral activity and its mechanism of porcine Ficolin α.

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