Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (10): 4579-4589.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2024.10.029

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Development of Monoclonal Antibodies against Classical Swine Fever Virus E2 Protein by Single B Cell Sorting Technology and Its Application in ELISA

Zhongyuan MA1(), Junzuo ZHENG1, Zhibo LIANG1, Li PAN2, Qiaoying ZENG1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    2. Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China
  • Received:2023-12-21 Online:2024-10-23 Published:2024-11-04
  • Contact: Qiaoying ZENG E-mail:1203639017@qq.com;zengqy@gsau.edu.cn

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to develop a classical swine fever virus (CSFV) E2 monoclonal antibody-based competition ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay) for evaluating the efficiency of the live attenuated C-strain and E2 subunit vaccines. Firstly, the E2 gene of CSFV was constructed into pFast BAC vector, and the E2 protein was efficiently expressed in SF9 cells; Secondly, 6-8 weeks of BABL/c mice were immunized at intervals with purified E2 protein, and the single B cells were then sorted out at the gate of IgM-/E2+ by flow cytometry. Then, the heavy and light chains of E2 antigen-specific IgG antibodies were amplified by semi-nested PCR, after sequencing, the heavy and light chains of the antibodies were constructed into pCDNA3.1vector, and then were co-transfected into HEK293 cells to prepare the monoclonal antibodies against CSFV E2. The results showed that the two monoclonal antibodies derived from single B cells, namely mAb3A9 (IgG1, kappa) and mAb4F7 (IgG2a, lambda), could efficiently reacted with the linear epitopes25GLTTTWKEYSHDLQL39 and259GNTTVKVHASDERGP273 of CSFV E2 protein, respectively. In addition, the competitive ELISAs developed using the monoclonal antibodies and E2 protein mentioned above exhibited an excellent diagnostic sensitivity (97.49%, 95.97%) and specificity (96.08%, 94.38%) in the process of detecting serum samples, which provides a favorable technical support for the gradual elimination of CSF in China.

Key words: classic swine fever, E2, single B cells, epitopes, ELISA

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