Ren Dongna, Ding Peiyang, Liu Siyuan, Zhang Ning, Chen Yilan, Li Qingmei, Fan Lu, Chang Zejie, Zhang Gaiping
College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
College of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
Int J Biol Macromol. 2022 Jun 1;209(Pt A):533-541. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.03.069. Epub 2022 Mar 29.
African swine fever (ASF) caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV) is becoming a serious threat to the swine industry worldwide. CD2v is a key pathogenic factor of ASFV and the protective antigen with low immunogenicity, whereas viral protein-based nanoparticles have advantages of precise assembly and high immunogenicity. In this study, the CD2v protein fused with Norovirus (NoV) P particle assembled into nanoparticle for improved immunogenicity. Then, CD2v protein nanoparticle and monomer CD2v protein were expressed in HEK293F cells. The former induced higher levels of antibodies, and thus highly potent monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were generated and characterized. The highest antibody titration of mAb 10A3 reached 1:2048000, and mAb 2E9 had the highest inhibition percent of 84% when competed with ASFV positive serum. Meanwhile, all mAbs reacted specifically with the denatured CD2v protein, and the linear epitope with the location of amino acids 28th to 51st of CD2v extracellular domain sequence was identified. In summary, this study produced a highly immunogenic CD2v protein and generated high-titer mAbs, the precise location of linear epitope on the CD2v was further determined. These findings may provide a powerful help for etiology and serological detection of ASFV.
由非洲猪瘟病毒(ASFV)引起的非洲猪瘟(ASF)正成为全球养猪业的严重威胁。CD2v是ASFV的关键致病因子和免疫原性较低的保护性抗原,而基于病毒蛋白的纳米颗粒具有精确组装和高免疫原性的优点。在本研究中,与诺如病毒(NoV)P颗粒融合的CD2v蛋白组装成纳米颗粒以提高免疫原性。然后,在HEK293F细胞中表达CD2v蛋白纳米颗粒和单体CD2v蛋白。前者诱导产生更高水平的抗体,因此产生并鉴定了高效的单克隆抗体(mAb)。单克隆抗体10A3的最高抗体滴度达到1:2048000,单克隆抗体2E9与ASFV阳性血清竞争时的最高抑制率为84%。同时,所有单克隆抗体均与变性的CD2v蛋白特异性反应,并鉴定出位于CD2v细胞外结构域序列第28至51位氨基酸处的线性表位。总之,本研究制备了一种高免疫原性的CD2v蛋白并产生了高滴度的单克隆抗体,进一步确定了CD2v上线性表位的精确位置。这些发现可能为ASFV的病因学和血清学检测提供有力帮助。
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