Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (10): 4773-4778.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2024.10.046

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Preparation and Application of N Protein Polyclonal Antibody of Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus SH2021 Strain

Fukang LIU1,2(), Ligang YUAN1,*(), Da ZHANG2, Aoxing TANG2, Guangqing LIU2, Jie ZHU2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    2. Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, China
  • Received:2023-10-07 Online:2024-10-23 Published:2024-11-04
  • Contact: Ligang YUAN, Jie ZHU E-mail:liufukang1015@163.com;yuan2918@126.com;zj121@shvri.ac.cn

Abstract:

This study aimed to express the nucleocapsid protein (N) of feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) strain SH2021 in vitro and prepare rabbit polyclonal antibodies. Primers were designed based on the N gene sequence of FIPV strain SH2021 to construct the recombinant expression plasmid pCold-I-N. Subsequently, the recombinant plasmid was transformed into expression-competent cells BL21 (DE3), and expression was induced under conditions of 1.0 mmol·L-1 IPTG and 16 ℃. Finally, purification was performed using a His column, and the purified recombinant protein was used to immunize New Zealand white rabbits to prepare polyclonal antibodies. The experimental results showed that the purified recombinant N protein had a size of approximately 45 ku, and the titer of the prepared rabbit polyclonal antibodies against the N protein reached 1∶512 000. The antibodies exhibited good reactivity and specificity towards the N protein. This study successfully prepared rabbit polyclonal antibodies against the FIPV N protein, which showed good reactivity and specificity, providing important tools for FIPV antigen-antibody detection and research on the biological functions of the N protein.

Key words: feline infectious peritonitis virus, feline coronavirus, N protein, gene cloning, prokaryotic expression, polyclonal antibody

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