Summary of The Invention
The invention takes the common conserved Cap protein of different epidemic strains of the porcine circovirus type 3, the B cell epitope of the porcine circovirus type 2 and the T cell epitope of the porcine circovirus type 1 as vaccine structures, and after the vaccine structures are expressed in escherichia coli, the porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine with ideal immunogenicity is obtained through processes of protein purification, preparation and the like. The vaccine can induce effective humoral immunity and cellular immune response after immunizing target animals.
One of the purposes of the invention is to provide a new porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine polypeptide capable of stimulating humoral immunity and cellular immunity and a vaccine composition thereof, wherein the vaccine composition can be used for preventing related diseases caused by the porcine circovirus; the second purpose of the invention is to provide a construction and obtaining method of the porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine; the third purpose of the invention is to provide a genetic engineering strain capable of expressing the porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine; the fourth purpose of the invention is to provide a preparation method of the porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine; the fifth purpose of the invention is to provide the application of the circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine in preventing porcine circovirus disease.
In a first aspect, the invention provides a recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine polypeptide for prophylaxis and compositions thereof. The porcine circovirus type-3 virus epitope peptide contains common conserved Cap proteins of different epidemic strains of the porcine circovirus type-3 virus, B cell epitopes of the porcine circovirus type-2 virus and T cell epitopes of the porcine circovirus type-1 virus. B cell epitope, T cell epitope refers to a part of polypeptide in the main nucleocapsid protein with immunogenicity or equivalent thereof with basically the same immunogenicity function. The tandem connection can be carried out by a genetic engineering method or artificial synthesis, and the recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine contains non-immune active substances besides the main nucleocapsid protein epitope. The non-immune active substance is a connecting part of each polypeptide, has no nucleocapsid protein antigen immunogenicity, also has no adjuvant activity, and mainly comprises a linker peptide, a chemical modification part, an N-terminal signal peptide, a C-terminal polyadenylic acid and the like. The pharmaceutically acceptable salt is non-toxic, irritant and allergic, and is suitable for human or animal tissues. Inactive substances and pharmaceutically acceptable salts are well known to those skilled in the art.
Preferably, the major nucleocapsid protein antigen and the epitope sequence thereof in the recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine polypeptide of the first aspect of the invention are respectively selected from the group consisting of consensus conserved Cap proteins of different circulating strains of porcine circovirus type 3, B-cell epitopes of porcine circovirus type 2 and T-cell epitopes of porcine circovirus type 1.
Preferably, the amino acid sequence of the recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine polypeptide of the first aspect of the invention is as follows:
(1) consensus conserved Cap protein of different circulating strains of porcine circovirus type 3(SEQ ID No. 4):
(2) the B cell epitope 1 amino acid sequence of porcine circovirus type 2 is Be1(SEQ ID No. 6): VDMMRFNINDFLPPGGGSNP, respectively;
(3) the amino acid sequence of the B cell epitope 2 of porcine circovirus type 2 is Be2(SEQ ID No. 8): VPFEYYRIRKVKVEFWPCSPITQGDRGV, respectively;
(4) the B cell epitope 3 amino acid sequence of porcine circovirus type 2 is Be3(SEQ ID No. 10):
(5) the B cell epitope 4 amino acid sequence of porcine circovirus type 2 is Be4(SEQ ID No. 12): TMYVQFREFNLKDPPLNP, respectively;
(6) the T cell epitope 1 amino acid sequence of porcine circovirus type 1 is Te1(SEQ ID No. 14): PYLAHPAFRNRYRWRRKTGIFNGSGEFVLTIK
(7) The T cell epitope 2 amino acid sequence of porcine circovirus type 1 is Te2(SEQ ID No. 16):
(8) the T cell epitope 3 amino acid sequence of porcine circovirus type 1 is Te3(SEQ ID No. 18):
(9) the T cell epitope 4 amino acid sequence of porcine circovirus type 1 is Te4(SEQ ID No. 20):
based on the vaccine elicited immune response mechanism and the biochemical characteristics of the vaccine, the better peptide fragment combination sequence is as follows: PCV3 Cap-PCV2 Be1-PCV2 Be2-PCV2 Be3-PCV2 Be4-PCV1 Te1-PCV1 Te2-PCV1 Te3-PCV1 Te 4.
Therefore, the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide of the recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine is as follows:
in a second aspect, the present invention provides a nucleotide molecule encoding a recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine polypeptide according to the first aspect of the invention. The nucleotide can be in an RNA form or a DNA form, a multi-antigen epitope tandem sequence is synthesized in an artificial synthesis mode, then the multi-antigen epitope tandem sequence is cloned into a vector after being connected through genetic engineering operation, and the vector is transformed into escherichia coli, and the recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine polypeptide is obtained after screening, fermentation and purification. The nucleic acid may be subjected to conventional molecular biological procedures in the present invention, such as: PCR, restriction enzyme digestion, connection and the like, and enzyme digestion sites are added to the 5 'end and the 3' end of the nucleic acid design. Preferably, the nucleotide sequence of the present invention is as follows:
note: within the box are cleavage sites.
In a third aspect, the present invention provides a vector comprising, in addition to the nucleotide molecule encoding a recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine according to the second aspect of the invention, expression control elements required for expression (transcription and translation) in prokaryotic cells operably linked to the nucleotide sequence. The most basic expression control elements include promoters, transcription terminators, enhancers, selectable markers, and the like, which are well known in the art. pRSETB is preferably used as an expression vector for a target gene in the present invention.
In a fourth aspect, the present invention provides a host cell comprising a vector according to the third aspect of the invention. The host cell is transformed or transfected with a gene sequence containing the coding protein, and then the gene sequence is detected to have good heredity and expression stability, so that the gene sequence can be used for producing the required recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine antigen through fermentation expression. In the present invention, Escherichia coli BL21(DE3, Plys) is preferred as a host bacterium for expression of a target protein.
In a fifth aspect, the present invention provides a method for preparing a recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine, comprising the steps of: the engineering bacteria are fermented to express the recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine polypeptide, and the required recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine is obtained through a crude purification and fine purification process and a subsequent vaccine preparation process. The methods involved therein include, but are not limited to, cell disruption, inclusion body washing, centrifugation, denaturation, affinity chromatography, hydrophobic chromatography, anion exchange chromatography, reverse phase chromatography, renaturation, emulsification and the like.
In a sixth aspect, the present invention provides a vaccine for preventing a trivalent subunit of a recombinant porcine circovirus, comprising a polypeptide according to the first aspect of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine can prevent syndromes caused by porcine circovirus. The pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is an immunopotentiator or an immunologic adjuvant, and preferably the immunologic adjuvant is a water-in-oil-in-water adjuvant.
In a seventh aspect, the present invention provides the use of the recombinant trivalent subunit porcine circovirus vaccine of the sixth aspect. The vaccine can be administered to the animal intramuscularly, intradermally or subcutaneously in an effective amount, preferably intramuscularly, to produce a humoral and cellular immune response sufficiently effective (see examples five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve), stimulate the production of IgG, induce IFN γ production, provide antiviral activity, reduce pathological reactions, and protect the animal from attack by porcine circovirus. Furthermore, in an embodiment of the present invention, the recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine of the present invention is shown to be safe by laboratory safety testing of the vaccine (see example four).
In addition, it is noted that other aspects of the invention having substantial characteristics will be apparent to those skilled in the art based on the disclosure in the context of the present application. Further, the present invention also uses publications, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Detailed Description
The specific test method descriptions set forth in the examples are illustrative only and are intended to be illustrative of the invention in detail, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
Example a design concept of a recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine protein
The invention analyzes the common conserved Cap protein of different epidemic strains of the current porcine circovirus type 3, the B cell epitope of the porcine circovirus type 2 and the T cell epitope of the porcine circovirus type 1. The designed epitopes are expressed in the enterobacter coli after being connected in series, and the recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine with ideal immunogenicity is obtained through processes of fermentation, purification, preparation and the like. The vaccine prepared by the invention can effectively prevent the syndrome caused by the porcine circovirus. Comprehensively analyzing the genome sequences, antigen structures and epidemiological research progress of domestic porcine circovirus type 3, type 2 and type 1 epidemic strains, optimally designing a recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine, finally determining one section of common conserved Cap protein, 4 sections of PCV 2B cell epitopes and 4 sections of PCV 1T cell antigen epitopes of different epidemic strains of the porcine circovirus type 3, and connecting all epitopes in series to form the framework structure of the vaccine. The overall structure of the vaccine is as follows: PCV3 Cap-PCV2 Be1-PCV2 Be2-PCV2 Be3-PCV2 Be4-PCV1 Te1-PCV1 Te2-PCV1 Te3-PCV1 Te 4.
EXAMPLE two construction of E.coli expression vectors and expression strains
1, synthesizing the designed polypeptide coding nucleotide by Shanghai handsome biotechnology company, designing restriction sites of BamH I (5 'end) and HindIII (3' end) at two ends of a nucleotide fragment respectively, cloning the synthesized fragment to a pMD18T vector respectively, and confirming that the inserted gene fragment is consistent with the designed sequence by sequence determination (see a sequence table). The recombinant plasmids were designated pMD18T-PCV (3/2/1), respectively. The plasmid is cut by corresponding restriction enzyme, the plasmid pRSETB of Invitrogen is selected as the escherichia coli expression vector, and the same restriction enzyme is used for cutting under the conditions that: mu.l of plasmid was added to 10. mu.l of the reaction system, and 5 units of restriction enzyme (New England Biolabs) were added thereto, followed by 1. mu.l of 10 Xbuffer, completion with deionized water, and digestion at 37 ℃ for 1.5 hours. After completion of the digestion, the reaction was stopped by adding 1. mu.l of 200mM EDTA. In 1% agarose gel electrophoresis, electrophoresis is carried out for 30 minutes. The 2.85kb pRSETB plasmid and the 1614bp PCV (3/2/1) fragment were excised under an ultraviolet lamp and gel recovered according to the instructions of the Qiagen gel recovery kit. According to the carrier: the polyepitope nucleotide fragment is mixed with an expression vector independently according to the proportion of the fragment 1: 2-3, a reaction system is 15 mu l, the polyepitope nucleotide fragment is connected by T4 DNA ligase, the polyepitope nucleotide fragment is connected overnight at 16 ℃, and the obtained recombinant plasmid is named as pRSETB-PCV (3/2/1) (shown in figure 1) and is transformed competent Enterobacter coli BL21(DE3) pLysS.
2, transformation: placing pRSETB-PCV (3/2/1) on ice to melt, adding 2 mu l of connecting reaction solution, mixing uniformly again, carrying out ice-water bath for 30 minutes at 42 ℃ for 30 seconds, then quickly placing the solution back into an ice bath for 1.5 minutes, adding 1mL of LB culture solution, carrying out static culture for 1 hour at 37 ℃, centrifuging at the low temperature of 4000g for 10 seconds, removing supernatant, and suspending the bacteria by using the culture medium of 200 mu lLB; and uniformly coating the bacterial liquid on an LB agar culture plate containing 100 mu g/mL ampicillin, and inversely placing the plate in a 37 ℃ incubator for culturing for 12-16 hours until the bacterial liquid is cloned.
3, identification: picking single clone on the plate to LB culture medium, shaking culturing for 12 hours at 37 ℃ and 200rpm, extracting plasmid, performing double enzyme digestion by using endonuclease BamH I and HindIII respectively, and cutting out clone of corresponding gene size fragment of porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine, wherein 1614bp can be preliminarily determined as positive clone (shown in figure 2); the positive clones were subjected to DNA sequencing to further verify their correctness (see sequence listing).
4 inducing expression. The positive clone is cultured overnight, the positive clone is transferred according to the ratio of 1: 100 in the next morning, after 3 hours of culture, 0.1mM IPTG is added, and the culture is continued for 4 hours to prepare a sample; the expression of the target protein is detected by conventional SDS-PAGE, and a specific band is seen as a correct clone at 65KD (see figure 3); taking correct clone, amplifying and culturing, after SDS-PAGE confirms that the expression is correct, further confirming the expression accuracy by using conventional Western-blot (see figure 4); after the construction and identification procedures, the selected positive clone can be used as engineering bacteria to establish an original seed bank, and the strain is named as pRSETB-PCV (3/2/1)/BL21(DE3, Plys).
EXAMPLE three fermentation, purification and preparation of engineering bacteria
1 fermentation production strain pRSETB-PCV (3/2/1)/BL21(DE3, Plys) was inoculated into 2mL of LB liquid medium (containing 100. mu.g/mL of ampicillin), and cultured at 37 ℃ for 12 hours with shaking at 200 rpm. Inoculating into shake flask at ratio of 1: 100, shaking at 37 deg.C, culturing to OD600 ═ 3, and inoculating into fermenter at ratio of 10%. The fermentation medium is semisynthetic medium, and is prepared from distilled water. Correcting the dissolved oxygen and pH value electrodes, starting the tank body for stirring at the rotation speed of 300rpm, sterilizing the tank body on line, and calibrating the pH and the zero point of dissolved Oxygen (OD) when the temperature of the culture solution in the tank is reduced to 37.0 ℃. The fermentation temperature is 37.0 +/-0.1 ℃, the dissolved oxygen is controlled to be about 40%, the pH is controlled to be 7.0, 500mL of fed-batch materials are fed when the OD600 of the inoculated cultured thalli is 1.0-1.2, IPTG (the final concentration is 0.2mM) is added 1 hour after the fed-batch materials are fed for induction and expression, the fermentation is finished after 5 hours of continuous induction, and samples are taken for SDS-PAGE to identify the expression condition (see figure 5).
2 purification the collected cells were suspended in an inclusion-body wash solution I (1% Triton X-100, 20mM Tris-cl pH8.0), sonicated, and sonicated at 2000W for 1 hour. The inclusion bodies were collected by centrifugation at 12000rpm at 4 ℃ and suspended twice by ultrasonic washing with inclusion body wash solution II (1% DOC, 4M urea, 20mM Tris-cl pH8.0), and collected by centrifugation at a second low temperature. The inclusion body precipitate was mixed with 8M urea, 0.3% β -ME, 20mM Tris-cl (pH 8.00), stirred at room temperature for 4 hours, centrifuged at 8000rpm for 30min, and the precipitate was discarded. The denatured protein was diluted 1: 100, and the renaturation solution was renatured with Tris (pH8.0) buffer by adding 0.3M arginine at 4 ℃ under stirring for 24 hours. The renaturation solution is equilibrated on an affinity chromatography column by using 20mM phosphate buffer solution with the pH value of 8.0, 0.5M sodium chloride and 20mM imidazole, and is eluted by using 20mM phosphate buffer solution with the pH value of 8.0, 0.5M sodium chloride and 0.5M imidazole; thus obtaining the semi-finished product stock solution of the recombined porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine, and taking the semi-finished product stock solution to perform western-blot identification (see figure 6).
3 preparation the purified semi-finished product was diluted to 300. mu.g/mL with sterile PBS, and sterilized for 15 minutes in 206 oil adjuvant at 121 ℃. The adjuvant and the vaccine are prepared according to the proportion of 1: 1, slowly stirred at the speed of 80-100 r/min, uniformly mixed, sterilized and subpackaged, and then the mixture can be used for immunization.
Example four recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine safety test
1 Material
1.1 vaccine: the recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine is provided by Qingdao Mingqin biological research and development center and has the batch numbers of 201701, 201702 and 201703.
1.2 test animals: 18-22g Balb/C mice were purchased from Beijing Huafukang. Healthy piglets of 20-30 days old (detecting PCV1, PCV2 and PCV3 antibody negatives by an ELISA method, and detecting PCV1, PCV2 and PCV3 antigen negatives by a PCR method) are provided by Guangdong Yongshun medicine.
2 method
2.1 safety of vaccines against white mice
18-22g Balb/C mice are immunized by each batch of vaccine with 5 mice, three batches of vaccine are used for immunizing 15 mice, and the immunization method comprises the following steps: each mouse was injected subcutaneously with 0.5ml, 2 blank controls were set, and the health status of the mice was observed for 10 consecutive days.
2.2 safety of vaccines against piglets
Healthy piglets of 20-30 days old are selected, the porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine is recombined, 5 piglets in each batch are selected, three piglets in all are selected, and 15 piglets are immunized. The immunization method comprises the following steps: 2ml of injection is injected into the retroauricular muscle of each pig, 5 blank controls are set at the same time, and the clinical observation lasts for 14 days.
3 results
3.1 safety testing of vaccines against white mice
The results are shown in table 1, after immunization, all mice had no abnormal appetite, mental status and health status, consistent with the blank control group, no death occurred, and it was found that the recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine was safe for white mice, as shown in table 1.
Table 1 safety test results of vaccines against mice
Group of
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Number of animals
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Body temperature
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Appetite stimulation
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Spirit of the invention
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Health condition
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Number of deaths
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201701
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5 are
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Good health condition
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0
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201702
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5 are
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Good health condition
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0
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201703
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5 are
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Good health condition
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0
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Control
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2 are
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Good health condition
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0 |
3.2 safety testing of vaccines on piglets
The results are shown in table 2, all immunized piglets are normal in body temperature, spirit and appetite within 14 days of the whole test observation period, no clinical abnormal phenomenon occurs, and 15 piglets are healthy and alive after the test is finished. The 5 piglets in the blank control group also have no adverse reaction. This indicates that the recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine is safe for piglets.
TABLE 2 safety test results of vaccines on piglets
Group of
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Number of animals
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Body temperature
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Appetite stimulation
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Spirit of the invention
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Abnormal situation
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Number of deaths
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201701
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5 heads
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is free of
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0
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201702
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5 heads
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is free of
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0
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201703
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5 heads
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is free of
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0
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Control
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5 heads
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is normal
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Is free of
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0 |
Example five recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine efficacy test animal grouping, immunization and evaluation method
1 test animal
Healthy piglets of 20-30 days old (antibody negative of PCV1, PCV2 and PCV3 detected by an ELISA method and antigen negative of PCV1, PCV2 and PCV3 detected by a PCR method) are subjected to environmental adaptation for one week before the test is started.
2 vaccine
The recombinant porcine circovirus trivalent subunit vaccine is provided by Qingdao Mingqin biological research and development center and has the batch numbers of 201701, 201702 and 201703.
3 test design and method
3.1, dividing the 20-30-day-old healthy piglets into 3 groups by using 45 heads (detecting the negative of PCV1, PCV2 and PCV3 antibodies by an ELISA method and detecting the negative of PCV1, PCV2 and PCV3 antigens by a PCR method), wherein the first group is an immune challenge group with 30 heads, each batch of vaccine is used for immunizing 10 pigs, the second group is a non-immune challenge group with 10 heads, and the third group is a blank control group (non-immune and non-challenge) with 5 heads. Blood is collected from the test animals for standby use 0 day, 7 days, 14 days, 21 days and 28 days after immunization. Randomly selecting 5 pigs for each immunization group 28 days after immunization, and inoculating 2ml of porcine circovirus type 2 GD-SG-09 strain (the virus content is 1.0 × 10) to each pig by nasal drip and intramuscular injection7.0TCID50Perml), inoculating porcine circovirus type 3 to the remaining 5 pigs in each batch, and injecting the porcine circovirus type 3 SD-HZ-17 strain (the virus content is 1.0 multiplied by 10) into each pig through nasal drip and muscle injection5.0TCID50In ml). After attacking, the piglets in the test are observed for ingestion, drinking, spirits, excrement and death, and the anal temperature is detected and recorded. And performing a caesarean examination on dead piglets. And (4) killing all piglets 28 days after the toxin is attacked, taking inguinal lymph nodes and mesenteric lymph nodes, and carrying out pathological section detection.
3.2 detecting the antibody titer and IFN gamma, collecting the serum of the immune group and the control group at 0 day, 7 days, 14 days, 21 days and 28 days after the immunity, and detecting the immune antibody IgG and the IFN gamma concentration by an ELISA method;
3.3 recording the anal temperature every day from two days before the anal temperature counteraction to 14 days after the anal temperature counteraction;
3.5 protective rate of counteracting toxic substances
3.5.1 clinical observation result of disease onset standard is abnormal and continuously exceeds three days, or the anus temperature is continuously exceeded 40 ℃ for three days, the disease is judged to be the onset of disease, death is judged to be the onset of disease, and obvious pathological changes can be seen through the autopsy and judged to be the onset of disease.
3.5.2 judging that the standard experimental pig challenge protection index is less than 80% and is unprotected, and the standard experimental pig challenge protection index is greater than or equal to 80% and is protected, and then calculating the experimental pig challenge protection rate according to the following formula: the protection rate of the experimental pig against the toxic materials is the number of the experimental pigs with the protection/the total number of the experimental pigs.
Example six serum evaluations: IgG antibody titer detection
Serum antibody IgG is detected by ELISA method at 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days after the vaccine of the experimental animal is immunized. The PCV1, PCV2 and PCV3 IgG change rules are shown in the figures 7, 8 and 9. Three batches of vaccines were free of antibody detection at 0 and 7 days post immunization. Low levels of antibody were detected 14 days after immunization. At 28 days after immunization, higher titers of PCV1, PCV2 and PCV3 antibody titers in peripheral blood can be detected, and compared with a non-immune non-attack control group, the differences are all significant (p < 0.05).
Example seven immune animal IFN gamma concentration detection
The serum of the experimental animals is collected by the conventional method at 0 day, 7 days, 14 days, 21 days and 28 days after immunization, and the IFN gamma concentration of the collected serum is detected according to the specification of the goat anti-pig IFN gamma ELISA detection kit. The result shows that after the vaccine is immunized, the IFN gamma concentration continuously rises along with the increase of the immunization time, and the concentration is higher 28 days after the immunization; the IFN γ concentration in the test pigs was consistently low in the control group that was not immune to non-challenge (see FIG. 10).
Example eight post-challenge clinical observations and anal temperature measurements
The anal temperature change was measured from two days before challenge to 14 days after challenge. The body temperature of all immune animals in the group of the porcine circovirus type 2 GD-SG-09 strain immunization challenge is not increased. The non-attack control group has 2 subjects with normal temperature continuously for three days, 4 test animals with temperature over 40 ℃ and 3 subjects with continuous three days over 40 ℃ in the non-attack control group.
All experimental animals of the vaccine immunization group do not have obvious clinical symptoms in the whole challenge period, and the non-immune challenge group gradually shows clinical apparent symptoms such as anorexia, listlessness, poor activity and the like from 3 days after challenge.
Example nine lymph node pathological section
The slicing results show that: no obvious lymph node pathological lesion is found in all immune animals of the porcine circovirus type 2 GD-SG-09 strain immune challenge group; in the non-immune control group, 4 experimental animals showed obvious pathological changes of lymph nodes. 1 immune animal of the porcine circovirus type 3 SD-HZ-17 immune challenge group has obvious pathological changes of lymph nodes; in the non-immune control group, 5 experimental animals showed obvious pathological changes of lymph nodes.
EXAMPLE twelve vaccine protection Rate determinations
The results of animal challenge tests are summarized in table 3, and no piglet death occurs in the whole experimental process. According to the disease incidence and judgment standards, the protection rates of the experimental animals of the vaccine immunization groups of the three batches are 5/5 for the porcine circovirus type 2 GD-SG-09 strain, the protection rates of the experimental animals for the porcine circovirus type 3 SD-HZ-17 strain are 5/5, 4/5 and 5/5 respectively, and the disease incidence of the two non-immune control groups is 4/5 and 5/5 respectively.
TABLE 3 test results and decisions on counteracting and attacking