Choi Sun A, Kim Yeonji, Lee Su Jin, Moon Seong Cheol, Ahn Keun Seung, Zheng Xinghua, Kim Do Soon, Lee Se Young, Shin Seung Pyo, Tark Dongseob, Kim Wonjun, Shin Yongwoo, Jheong Weonhwa, Sur Jung Hyang
Central Research and Development Institute, Komipharm International Co., Ltd., Siheung-si 15094, Republic of Korea.
Wildlife Disease Response Team, National Institute of Wildlife Disease Control and Prevention (NIWDC), Ministry of Environment, Gwangju 62407, Republic of Korea.
Animals (Basel). 2025 Feb 7;15(4):473. doi: 10.3390/ani15040473.
African swine fever virus (ASFV) has substantially spread worldwide, resulting in significant economic losses in the swine industry. Despite extensive research, no ASF vaccine has surpassed the effectiveness of live attenuated vaccines. For instance, the live attenuated vaccine ASFV-G-ΔI177L/ΔLVR has demonstrated good efficacy and safety, along with prolonged persistence of ASF antibodies after vaccination. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate its potential for protection against highly virulent homologous ASF viruses based on changes in the farm environment. To this end, we challenged domestic pigs with a virulent field strain of ASFV following intramuscular immunization with ASFV-G-ΔI177L/ΔLVR. We further assessed its genomic stability and long-term antibody persistence in immunized domestic pigs. All vaccinated pigs exhibited high antibody positivity, with higher levels of antibodies observed at the time of challenge. These high ASF vaccine antibodies were maintained for approximately 2 months after vaccination. In addition, no organ or tissue damage was observed in the vaccinated animals. Our findings demonstrate the applicability of this vaccine candidate in the prevention of ASFV infection in the swine industry.
非洲猪瘟病毒(ASFV)已在全球范围内大幅传播,给养猪业造成了重大经济损失。尽管进行了广泛研究,但尚无ASF疫苗能超越减毒活疫苗的有效性。例如,减毒活疫苗ASFV-G-ΔI177L/ΔLVR已证明具有良好的疗效和安全性,并且接种疫苗后ASF抗体的持续时间延长。因此,我们旨在根据农场环境的变化评估其对高致病性同源ASF病毒的保护潜力。为此,我们在用ASFV-G-ΔI177L/ΔLVR进行肌肉注射免疫后,用ASFV的强毒田间毒株对家猪进行攻毒。我们进一步评估了其在免疫家猪中的基因组稳定性和长期抗体持久性。所有接种疫苗的猪均表现出高抗体阳性,在攻毒时观察到更高水平的抗体。这些高ASF疫苗抗体在接种疫苗后维持了约2个月。此外,在接种疫苗的动物中未观察到器官或组织损伤。我们的研究结果证明了这种候选疫苗在预防养猪业中ASFV感染方面的适用性。