Construction and Evaluation of Quadruple-Gene-Deleted Pseudorabies Virus Platforms for ASFV Antigen Delivery
Hui Li, Ruhai Guo, Yanqing Jia, Xiao Zhang, Zishan Liu, WenLi Shi, Ruochen Hu, YiNing Zhang, Saba Nasir, Likang Han, Xinxin Qiu, Xinglong Wang
TL;DR
Researchers developed a new vaccine platform using a modified virus to deliver proteins from the deadly African Swine Fever virus, showing promise in triggering strong immune responses in animals.
Contribution
The novel use of a quadruple-gene-deleted pseudorabies virus to deliver multiple ASFV antigens is a new approach for bivalent vaccine development.
Findings
The recombinant PRV strains stably expressed and delivered multiple ASFV proteins while maintaining parental biological properties.
Both strains induced strong humoral and cellular immune responses in mice and piglets.
The strains demonstrated favorable safety profiles in animal models.
Abstract
African Swine Fever (ASF) is a highly lethal viral disease in swine. The emergence and rapid spread of African Swine Fever virus (ASFV) in China, since 2018 have caused significant economic losses to the pig farming industry. The complexity of ASFV has impeded the development of effective vaccines, and with no commercial vaccines currently available in China, highlighting the urgent need for safe and efficacious vaccine candidates. In this study, we utilized a highly immunogenic quadruple-gene-deleted recombinant pseudorabies virus (PRV) strain (rPRV SX-10ΔUL24/TK/gI/gE) as a vector to construct two recombinant viral strains expressing ASFV p54, p72, CD2v, and pp62 proteins using the HDR-CRISPR/Cas9 system. These strains, rPRV-p54+p72 and rPRV-CD2v+pp62, demonstrated stable genetic characteristics and efficiently expressed and delivered heterologous proteins while maintaining biological…
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TopicsAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology · Vector-Borne Animal Diseases · Viral Infections and Immunology Research