CN114409802B - Avian influenza virus trimer subunit vaccine and application thereof - Google Patents

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CN114409802B CN202111650664.9A CN202111650664A CN114409802B CN 114409802 B CN114409802 B CN 114409802B CN 202111650664 A CN202111650664 A CN 202111650664A CN 114409802 B CN114409802 B CN 114409802B
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Abstract

The invention discloses subunit avian influenza virus vaccine based on trimerized HA. According to the invention, insect cells are used for expressing in vitro the fusion trimer proteins H7N9HA 1C-trimer and H5N1 HA1C-trimer of influenza virus H1N1 HA protein trimer forming region LAH at N end, H7N9HA1 or H5N1 HA1 protein at C end, and compared with respective HA1 monomeric proteins, the trimer proteins have better immune effects, and can enable mice to generate specific antibodies aiming at influenza virus HA1 with higher titer. The trimeric form HA1 overcomes the defect of insufficient immunogenicity of an HA1 monomer, and improves the level of a specific antibody which is generated by mice and aims at influenza virus HA 1; this design can be used to increase the immunogenicity of influenza HA1, making it a more effective vaccine.

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Avian influenza virus trimer subunit vaccine and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of medicines, and relates to an avian influenza virus trimer subunit vaccine and application thereof.
Background
Influenza virus (influenza virus), abbreviated influenza virus. Is a representative species of Orthomyxoviridae (Orthomyxoviridae), including human influenza virus and animal influenza virus, and human influenza virus is classified into three types of a (a), B (B) and C (C), and is causative agent of influenza.
Influenza virus is a negative strand RNA virus comprising eight RNA fragments (PB 2, PB1, PB1-F2, PA-X, HA, NA, NP, M1, M2, NS1 and NS 2) encoding at least 12 proteins. Two of the proteins, hemagglutinin (HA) and Neuraminidase (NA), are cell surface glycoproteins that enable viruses to enter (through receptor binding and membrane fusion) and escape, respectively, host cells; because HA and NA are easily mutated during transmission, resulting in altered immunogenicity, influenza viruses can be further classified into different subtypes, such as H1N1, H5N1, H3N2, etc., based on HA and NA antigenicity differences.
HA is the major surface antigen of viral particles and is also the major target of virus neutralizing antibodies (Abs), and HA is a homotrimer synthesized as a single polypeptide chain (HAO) that is subsequently cleaved by host cell proteases to reach a fusion-competent state. Thus, the mature HA trimer consists of HA1 and HA2 subunits, which remain crosslinked after cleavage by one disulfide bond. HA trimers can be divided into two structural and functional domains, the head and stem, including the receptor binding site and fusion mechanism, respectively. The HA1 subunit forms part of the globular head at the distal end of the membrane and the stem region at the proximal end of the membrane. The HA2 subunit represents the major component of the stem region. The head of HA mediates receptor binding, while the HA2 subunit represents the stem region as the major part of mediating membrane fusion. The neutralizing antibody response is directed primarily against the immunodominant domain of HA. However, due to the high genetic plasticity of the head region epitopes, the antibody response is strain specific, lacking extensive cross-reactivity with different HA subtypes. In contrast, the sequence and structure of the HA stem is more conserved among the different influenza subtypes, and antibodies that broadly neutralize this domain are considered as potential approaches against various influenza strains. Although the HA amino acid sequences of different subtypes are different, the amino acid number and the spatial structure of HA1 are very conserved, and the comparison of the HA of different subtypes through structural biological analysis shows that the spatial structure is basically consistent.
One of the most conserved HA stem regions is the 55 amino acid long d-helix (LAH). Studies have shown that LAH expressed in vitro is capable of spontaneously assembling into soluble trimeric protein complexes, which are also closely linked to the formation of natural trimers of HA at the viral surface. By utilizing the characteristics, LAH and important virus antigen proteins can be fused to form trimeric soluble proteins depending on LAH, so that the immunogenicity of the antigen is improved.
Currently, the types of viral vaccines mainly include: inactivated vaccines, nucleic acid vaccines, recombinant protein vaccines, adenovirus vector vaccines, and attenuated vaccines. Inactivated vaccine: inactivated vaccines are a classical technical route, i.e. the virus is cultivated in vitro and then inactivated so that it is not toxic. The inactivated vaccine has the advantages of simple and quick preparation method and higher safety, but the inactivated vaccine has the defects of large inoculation dosage, short immunization period and most feared defects that antibody dependence enhancement effect (ADE) is caused sometimes, so that virus infection is aggravated. Adenovirus vector vaccine: the adenovirus vector vaccine is prepared by taking modified harmless adenovirus as a vector and loading surface important protein genes of the virus, and has the advantages of safety, high efficiency and less induced adverse reaction, and the adenovirus vector vaccine stimulates the human body to generate antibodies; the disadvantage is that the recombinant viral vector vaccine uses adenovirus type 5 as vector, but most people are infected with adenovirus type 5 in the growth process, antibodies capable of neutralizing the adenovirus vector may exist in the body, and the vaccine effect is reduced. Nucleic acid vaccine: the nucleic acid vaccine includes mRNA vaccine and DNA vaccine, and is prepared through injecting the gene encoding surface protein, mRNA or DNA directly into human body, synthesizing surface protein in human body with human body cell, and stimulating human body to produce antibody. The nucleic acid vaccine has the advantages that no protein or virus is needed to be synthesized during development, the process is simple, and the safety is relatively high; the disadvantage is the lack of success. Attenuated vaccine: attenuated influenza virus vaccines approved for marketing are used as vectors, carrying virus surface proteins, and co-stimulating human bodies to produce antibodies against two viruses; since attenuated influenza viruses easily infect the nasal cavity, this vaccine can be vaccinated by just nasal drip. Recombinant protein vaccine: the recombinant subunit vaccine is also called as a genetic engineering recombinant subunit vaccine, which is prepared by a genetic engineering method to produce a large amount of surface proteins which are most likely to be antigens of viruses, injecting the surface proteins into a human body and stimulating the human body to produce antibodies; the recombinant subunit vaccine has the advantages of safety, high efficiency and large-scale production; the successful genetically engineered subunit vaccine was a hepatitis b surface antigen vaccine.
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Aiming at the avian influenza virus, the invention designs an influenza virus subunit vaccine in a trimer form according to the natural trimer structure of the influenza virus HA protein and the advantages of the subunit vaccine; the vaccine is a fusion trimer protein H7N9HA 1C-trimer and H5N1 HAlc-trimer which are used for expressing an influenza virus H1N1 HA2 protein trimer forming region LAH at the N end and H7N9HA1 or H5N1 HA1 protein at the C end in vitro by using insect cells, and compared with respective monomer proteins (H7N 9HA1-monomer and H5N1 HA 1-monomer), the trimer protein HAs better immune effect and can enable mice to generate specific antibodies with higher titer against the influenza virus HA 1. The trimeric form HA1 of the invention overcomes the defect of insufficient immunogenicity of HA1 monomers, and greatly improves the level of specific antibodies of mice against influenza virus HA 1. Therefore, the trimer vaccine of the invention has excellent immunogenicity, and provides a brand new form for the design of influenza virus vaccine.
Specifically, the present invention provides the following embodiments:
1. an influenza virus antigen, wherein:
(1) The influenza virus antigen sequentially comprises the following components from the 5 'end to the 3' end:
influenza A/California/07/2009H1N1 HA protein trimer forming region LAH K403-N474, having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, a step of;
and an influenza virus H7N9HA1 region, said influenza virus H7N9HA1 region having an amino acid sequence homology of greater than 90%, e.g., greater than 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 100% with the a/Shanghai/2/2013H7N 9HA1 region D18-S340, and a site of difference at the loop region of the influenza virus H7N9HA1 region, said influenza virus H7N9HA1 region being, for example, selected from the group consisting of:
A/Shanghai/2/2013H7N 9HA1 region D18-S340, the amino acid sequence of which is SEQ ID NO:2,
or A/Anhui/1/2013H 7N9HA1 region D18-S340, the amino acid sequence of which is SEQ ID NO:3,
or A/Guangdong/17SF 003/2016H 7N9HA1 region D18-S340, the amino acid sequence of which is SEQ ID NO:4,
or A/hong_Kong/125/2017H 7N9HA1 region D18-S340, the amino acid sequence of which is SEQ ID NO:5, a step of; or (b)
(2) The influenza virus antigen sequentially comprises the following components from the 5 'end to the 3' end:
influenza A/California/07/2009H1N1 HA protein trimer forming region LAH K403-N474, having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1,
and an influenza virus H5N1 HA1 region, said influenza virus H5N1 HA1 region having an amino acid sequence homology of greater than 90%, e.g., greater than 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 100% with the a/Indonesia/5/2005H5N1 HA1 region D18-E341, and a site of difference at the loop region of the influenza virus H5N1 HA1 region, said influenza virus H5N1 HA1 region for example selected from the group consisting of:
A/Indonesia/5/2005H5N1 HA1 region D18-E341 with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:6,
or A/Hong Kong/156/97H 5N 1H 1 region D18-E341, the amino acid sequence of which is SEQ ID NO:7, preparing a base material;
preferably, wherein the influenza virus antigen is a trimeric protein.
2. The influenza virus antigen of item 1, further comprising a secretion signal peptide at the 5 'end (e.g., influenza A/California/07/2009H1N1 HA protein signal peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, GP67 signal peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:9, or other influenza H7N9HA1 or influenza H5N1 HA1 signal peptide) and a purification TAG (e.g., a 6 XHis TAG) and a stop codon (e.g., TAA, TAG, or TGA) at the 3' end.
3. The influenza virus antigen of claim 1 or 2, comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in (1) or (2):
(1) As set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10. SEQ ID NO: 11. SEQ ID NO: 12. SEQ ID NO: 13. SEQ ID NO:14 or SEQ ID NO:15, and an influenza virus antigen;
(2) The polypeptide derived from (1) or an analogue thereof in which the amino acid sequence in (1) is substituted, deleted or added with one or more amino acids without changing the antigenicity of (1), and is capable of forming a trimer itself.
4. An isolated polynucleotide encoding the influenza virus antigen of any one of claims 1-3, preferably the isolated polynucleotide comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 19. SEQ ID NO: 20. SEQ ID NO: 21. SEQ ID NO: 22. SEQ ID NO:23 or SEQ ID NO:24, and a sequence shown in seq id no.
5. A recombinant vector or expression cassette comprising the isolated polynucleotide of item 4.
6. A transgenic cell line or recombinant bacterium comprising the recombinant vector or expression cassette of claim 5.
7. The transgenic cell line of claim 6, which is derived from an insect cell, such as insect cell Sf9 or Hi5.
8. Use of an influenza virus antigen according to any one of claims 1-3 for the preparation of an anti-influenza virus medicament, such as a vaccine.
9. The use of claim 8, wherein the influenza virus antigen is combined with an adjuvant.
10. A kit comprising the influenza virus antigen of any one of items 1-3, the isolated polynucleotide of item 4, or the recombinant vector or expression cassette of item 5, the transgenic cell line or recombinant bacterium of item 6.
In the influenza virus trimer vaccine design of the present invention, it is particularly important to design the A/California/07/2009H1N1 HA protein trimer forming region LAH at the 5' end or 3' end of the above influenza virus HA1 region, because the inventors were unable to express the complete intended protein when trying to design it at the 5' end.
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Fig. 1: WB identification of H7N9 HAlc-trimer, H7N9HA 1-monomer;
fig. 2: H7N9HA1 c-oligomer molecular sieve chromatography and SDS-PAGE identification;
fig. 3: H7N9HA1-monomer molecular sieve chromatography and SDS-PAGE identification;
fig. 4: analytical ultracentrifugation determination of H7N9HA1 c-oligomer;
fig. 5: determination of mouse serum antibody titer after H7N9HA 1c-trimer, H7N9HA1-monomer immunization;
fig. 6: homology comparison of different H7N9HA1 sequences;
fig. 7: homology comparison of different H5N1 HA1 sequences;
fig. 8: WB identification of H5N1 HA1c-trimer, H5N1 HA 1-monomer;
fig. 9: H5N1 HA1 c-oligomer molecular sieve chromatography and SDS-PAGE identification;
fig. 10: H5N1 HA1-monomer molecular sieve chromatography and SDS-PAGE identification;
fig. 11: analytical ultracentrifugation determination of H5N1 HA1 c-trimer;
fig. 12: determination of mouse serum antibody titer after H5N1 HA1c-trimer and H5N1 HA1-monomer immunization;
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The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent.
Example 1: construction of H7N9HA 1c-trimer and H7N9HA1-monomer protein recombinant expression plasmid
The following two HA1 recombinant expression fragments were designed:
h7n9ha1 c-oligomer: 5'-SP+LAH+HA1 +6XHis+ stop codon-3';
h7n9ha 1-monomer:5'-SP+HA1 +6XHis+ termination codon-3'.
Wherein the method comprises the steps of
SP is GP67 signal peptide, and the amino acid sequence is SEQ ID NO:14;
LAH is influenza virus a/California/07/2009h1N1 HA protein trimer forming region LAH (K403-N474) having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, a step of;
HA1 is influenza A/Shanghai/2/2013H7N 9HA1 domain D18-S340, and its amino acid sequence is SEQ ID NO:2.
based on the preference of insect cell codons, H7N9HA1 c-primer optimized encoding nucleic acid sequences with SP and 6 XHis fragments removed were obtained as SEQ ID NO:19, and then ligating the full-length sequence to a pFastBacl (Gibco) vector through two restriction sites of EcoRI and XhoI to form an H7N9HA1 recombinant expression plasmid.
Example 2: H7N9HA 1c-trimer, H7N9HA1-monomer protein test expression and identification
DH10Bac competent cells (purchased from Invitrogen) were transformed with the recombinant plasmid obtained in example 1, cultured overnight at 37℃and positive clones were identified by blue-white screening and PCR. Recombinant baculovirus DNA (Bacmid) was extracted and the correct recombinants were identified by sequencing. Insect cells Sf9 (Invitrogen) were transfected with Bacmid, and culture supernatants were harvested 3 days after transfection to give the 1 st generation recombinant baculovirus. And (5) continuously expanding the virus for 2 generations to obtain the 3 rd generation baculovirus. Viruses were collected and Western Blot (WB) detection was performed using HRP-labeled Anti-His antibody (MBL).
After WB detection, it was determined whether H7N9HA1 c-mer and H7N9HA 1-mer could be expressed normally (FIG. 1), and the H7N9HA1 c-mer construction was selected as the preferred scheme, and the H7N9HA 1-mer was used as the control construction to continue the subsequent experiments.
Example 3: H7N9HA 1c-trimer, H7N9HA1-monomer protein expression, purification and characterization
After the fourth generation amplification was performed using the 3 rd generation baculovirus obtained in example 2, a virus titer was measured. Based on the titration results, either Sf9 or insect cell line Hi5 (Invitrogen) was selected for expression by appropriate viral MOI infection, and after 48 hours the cell supernatants were collected by centrifugation.
The collected supernatant was centrifuged at 5000rpm for 30 minutes, filtered through a 0.22 μm filter, bound to a HisTrap excel column (5mL,GE Healthcare), and the nonspecifically bound protein was eluted with 20mM Tris, 150mM NaCl, pH8.0, 20mM imidazole, and the target protein was eluted with 20mM Tris, 150mM NaCl, pH8.0, 100mM imidazole. The protein of interest was collected and concentrated and then subjected to molecular sieve chromatography Superdex 200 Increate10/300 GL or Superdex 200 Hiload 16/60 (GE Healthcare). The peak of the order was determined by SDS-PAGE (reducing), and the results are shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3. Purified H7N9HA 1c-trimer and H7N9HA1-monomer antigen were obtained. As a result of the ultracentrifugation, as shown in FIG. 4, the molecular weight of H7N9HA1 c-mer was 140kDa, which was consistent with the theoretical molecular weight of trimer (the molecular weight of H7N9HA1 protein monomer was 42kDa, the trimer tag was 9kDa, and the theoretical molecular weight of the whole trimer was about 153 kDa), and it was determined as a trimer.
Example 4: mouse immunity experiment
The H7N9HA1-monomer and H7N9HA1 c-monomer antigens obtained in example 3 were diluted in physiological saline and subjected to group emulsification with an equal volume of adjuvant according to the method of Table 1 below, and then, 6-week-old Balb/c mice (Vetolihua) were subjected to group immunization. Immunization strategy was by intramuscular injection of the thigh, with each mouse being vaccinated 1 time on day 0, with an inoculation volume of 100 μl each. Mice were bled tail on day 14. The serum of the mice was separated out after standing for a period of time, and the serum was obtained by centrifugation at 3000rpm for 10 minutes, and after the serum was inactivated at 56℃for 30 minutes, it was used for ELISA binding detection.
Table 1: animal immune grouping situation
Example 5: serum ELISA detection experiment after mouse immunization
The mouse serum prepared in example 4 above was subjected to ELISA to determine the HA 1-specific antibody level. 200ng of the purified H7N9HA1-monomer protein obtained in example 3 was added to each well of ELISA plate, and each well was then coated with ELISA coating solution (50 mM Na 2 CO 3 、NaHCO 3 Buffer, pH 9.6) coating overnight at 4 ℃; after the coating solution was removed, 150. Mu.L of 5% nonfat dry milk was added to each well and the mixture was blocked at room temperature for 1 hour. After blocking, ELISA plates were washed 2 times with PBS containing 0.05% Tween 20, and each well was incubated with serum after immunization with antigen or 100. Mu.L of serum after immunization with PBS at room temperature for 1 hour; after discarding the supernatant, the ELISA plate was washed 5 times with PBS containing 0.05% Tween 20; 100 μl of horseradish peroxidase-labeled goat anti-mouse IgG antibody (secondary antibody, purchased from Zhonghua gold bridge) was added to each well at a ratio of 1:3000, and incubated at room temperature for 1 hour; after discarding the secondary antibody, the ELISA plate was washed 5 times with PBS containing 0.05% Tween 20, 50. Mu.L of ELISA color development solution was added to each well for 15 minutes, and 50. Mu.L of 2M H was added to each well 2 SO 4 Terminating the reaction, and reading OD by using an ELISA reader 450 A numerical value; the antibody Titer (Titer) was calculated by taking 1g of the lowest dilution factor higher than the negative control value x 2.1 times of the negative control value of the serum-free group to obtain the serum antibody Titer of each group. The results showed that the antibody titer (4.289) binding to the H7N9HA1 antigen was significantly higher in the serum of H7N9HA 1c-trimer immunized mice than in the H7N9HA1-monomer (3.988) and PBS control (1.000) (FIG. 5), indicating better immunogenicity of the trimeric form of HA 1.
EXAMPLE 6 sequence homology comparison of different H7N9HA1
To demonstrate the versatility of forming H7N9HA1 trimers using LAH tags of a/California/07/2009H1N1, we obtained different amino acid sequences of H7N9HA1 from the GISAID database, comprising: A/Shanggai/2/2013H 7N9HA1 (EPI 439502), A/Anhui/1/2013H 7N9HA1 (EPI 439507), A/Guangdong/17SF 003/2016H 7N9HA1 (EPI 919607), A/Hong Kong/125/2017H 7N9HA1 (EPI 977395). After aligning the above sequences, we found that the above H7N9HA1 HAs very high sequence similarity with A/Shanghai/2/2013H7N 9HA1, homology is greater than 96% (FIG. 6), and the amino acid sites with differences are located in loop regions that do not affect the spatial structure. Based on the above comparison, we believe that using the constructed form of example 1, the LAH of a/Shanghai/2/2013H7N9 and the different H7N9HA1 antigens described above can both form a H7N9HA1 trimer-like protein prepared in example 3 for enhancing the immunogenicity of the H7N9HA1 antigen to achieve the effect of inducing higher titres of antibodies.
Also, to demonstrate the versatility of forming H5N1 HA1 trimers using LAH tags of a/California/07/2009H1N1, we obtained different amino acid sequences of H5N1 HA1 from the GISAID database, including: A/Indonesia/5/2005H5N1 HA1 (EPI 116487), A/Hong Kong/156/97H 5N1 HA1 (EPI 4186). When the above sequences were aligned, we found that the above A/Hong Kong/156/97H 5N1 HA1 had very high sequence similarity to A/Indonesia/5/2005H5N1, with homology greater than 94% (FIG. 7), and the amino acid sites with differences were located in the loop region that did not affect the spatial structure. Based on the above comparison, we believe that using the constructed form of example 1, the LAH of a/California/07/2009H1N1 and the different H5N1 HA1 antigens described above can both form a H5N1 HA1 trimer-like protein prepared in example 3 for enhancing the immunogenicity of the H5N1 HA1 antigen, achieving the effect of inducing higher titres of antibodies.
Example 7: construction of H5N1 HA1c-trimer and H5N1 HA1-monomer protein recombinant expression plasmid
The following two HA1 recombinant expression fragments were designed:
H5N1HA 1c-trimer:5'-SP+LAH+HA1 +6XHis+ stop codon-3';
H5N1HA 1-Monomer:5'-SP+HA1 +6XHis+ termination codon-3'.
Wherein the method comprises the steps of
SP is GP67 signal peptide, and the amino acid sequence is SEQ ID NO:14;
LAH is influenza virus a/California/07/2009h1N1 HA protein trimer forming region LAH (K403-N474) having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, a step of;
HA1 is influenza A/Indonesia/5/2005H5N1 HA1 domain D18-E341, its amino acid sequence is SEQ ID NO:6.
based on the preference of insect cell codons, H5N1 HA1 c-primer optimized encoding nucleic acid sequences with SP and 6 XHis fragments removed were obtained as SEQ ID NO:23, and ligating the full-length sequence to a pFastBac1 (Gibco) vector via EcoRI and XhoI cleavage sites to form an H5N1 HA1 recombinant expression plasmid.
Example 8: H5N1 HA1c-trimer, H5N1 HA1-monomer protein test expression and identification
DH10Bac competent cells (purchased from Invitrogen) were transformed with the recombinant plasmid obtained in example 7, cultured overnight at 37℃and positive clones were identified by blue-white screening and PCR. Recombinant baculovirus DNA (Bacmid) was extracted and the correct recombinants were identified by sequencing. Insect cells Sf9 (Invitrogen) were transfected with Bacmid, and culture supernatants were harvested 3 days after transfection to give the 1 st generation recombinant baculovirus. And (5) continuously expanding the virus for 2 generations to obtain the 3 rd generation baculovirus. Viruses were collected and Western Blot (WB) detection was performed using HRP-labeled Anti-His antibody (MBL).
After WB detection, it was determined whether H5N1 HA1 c-mer and H5N1 HA 1-mer could be expressed normally (FIG. 8), and the H5N1 HA1 c-mer construction was selected as a preferred scheme, and the H5N1 HA 1-mer was used as a control construction to continue the subsequent experiments.
Example 9: H5N1 HA1c-trimer, H5N1 HA1-monomer protein expression, purification and characterization
After the fourth generation amplification was performed using the 3 rd generation baculovirus obtained in example 8, a virus titer was measured. Based on the titration results, either Sf9 or insect cell line Hi5 (Invitrogen) was selected for expression by appropriate viral MOI infection, and after 48 hours the cell supernatants were collected by centrifugation.
The collected supernatant was centrifuged at 5000rpm for 30 minutes, filtered through a 0.22 μm filter, bound to a HisTrap excel column (5mL,GE Healthcare), and the nonspecifically bound protein was eluted with 20mM Tris, 150mM NaCl, pH8.0, 20mM imidazole, and the target protein was eluted with 20mM Tris, 150mM NaCl, pH8.0, 100mM imidazole. The protein of interest was collected and concentrated and then subjected to molecular sieve chromatography Superdex 200 Increate 10/300GL or Superdex 200 Hiload 16/60 (GE Healthcare). The peak of the order was determined by SDS-PAGE (reducing), and the results are shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10. Purified H5N1 HA1c-trimer and H5N1 HA1-monomer antigen were obtained. As a result of the ultracentrifugation, as shown in FIG. 11, the molecular weight of H5N1 HAlc-oligomer was 148kDa, which was consistent with the theoretical molecular weight of trimer (the molecular weight of H5N1 HA1 protein monomer was 45kDa, the trimer tag was 9kDa, and the theoretical molecular weight of the whole trimer was about 162 kDa), and it was determined as trimer.
Example 10: mouse immunity experiment
The H5N1 HA1-monomer and H5N1 HA1 c-monomer antigens obtained in example 9 were diluted in physiological saline and subjected to group emulsification with an equal volume of adjuvant according to the method of Table 2 below, and then, 6-week-old Balb/c mice (Vetolihua) were subjected to group immunization. Immunization strategy was by intramuscular injection of the thigh, with each mouse being vaccinated 1 time on day 0, with an inoculation volume of 100 μl each. Mice were bled tail on day 14. The serum of the mice was separated out after standing for a period of time, and the serum was obtained by centrifugation at 3000rpm for 10 minutes, and after the serum was inactivated at 56℃for 30 minutes, it was used for ELISA binding detection.
Table 2: animal immune grouping situation
Example 11: serum ELISA detection experiment after mouse immunization
The mouse serum prepared in example 10 above was subjected to ELISA to determine the HA 1-specific antibody level. 200ng of the purified H5N1 HA1-monomer protein obtained in example 9 was added to each well of ELISA plate, and each well was then coated with ELISA coating solution (50 mM Na 2 CO 3 、NaHCO 3 Buffer, pH 9.6) coating overnight at 4 ℃; after the coating solution was removed, 150. Mu.L of 5% nonfat dry milk was added to each well and the mixture was blocked at room temperature for 1 hour. After blocking, ELISA plates were washed 2 times with PBS containing 0.05% Tween 20, and each well was incubated with serum after immunization with antigen or 100. Mu.L of serum after immunization with PBS at room temperature for 1 hour; after discarding the supernatant, the ELISA plate was washed 5 times with PBS containing 0.05% Tween 20; 100 μl of horseradish peroxidase-labeled goat anti-mouse IgG antibody (secondary antibody, purchased from Zhonghua gold bridge) was added to each well at a ratio of 1:3000, and incubated at room temperature for 1 hour; after discarding the secondary antibody, the ELISA plate was washed 5 times with PBS containing 0.05% Tween 20, 50. Mu.L of ELISA color development solution was added to each well for 15 minutes, and 50. Mu.L of 2M H was added to each well 2 SO 4 Terminating the reaction, and reading OD by using an ELISA reader 450 A numerical value; the antibody Titer (Titer) was calculated by taking the lg value of the lowest dilution factor higher than the negative control value x 2.1 times of the non-added serogroup, i.e., calculating the serum antibody Titer of each group. The results showed that the antibody titer (5.358) binding to the H5N1 HA1 antigen was significantly higher in the serum of H5N1 HA1c-trimer immunized mice than in the H5N1 HA1-monomer (4.731) and PBS control (1.000) (FIG. 12), indicating that the trimeric form of HA1 was more immunogenic.
The foregoing description of the embodiments has been provided for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, and is not meant to limit the invention thereto, but to limit the invention thereto, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and equivalents thereof may be made without departing from the spirit and principles of the invention.

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1. An influenza virus antigen, wherein:
(1) The influenza virus antigen sequentially comprises the following components from the N end to the C end:
influenza A/California/07/2009H1N1 HA protein trimer forming region LAH K403-N474, its amino acid sequence is SEQ ID NO 1;
the influenza virus H7N9HA1 region is A/Shangai/2/2013H 7N9HA1 region D18-S340, and the amino acid sequence of the influenza virus H7N9HA1 region is SEQ ID NO 2; or (b)
(2) The influenza virus antigen sequentially comprises the following components from the N end to the C end:
influenza A/California/07/2009H1N1 HA protein trimer forming region LAH K403-N474, its amino acid sequence is SEQ ID NO 1,
the influenza virus H5N1 HA1 region is A/Indonesia/5/2005H5N1HA1 region D18-E341, and the amino acid sequence of the influenza virus H5N1 HA1 region is SEQ ID NO. 6;
wherein the influenza virus antigen is a trimeric protein.
2. The influenza virus antigen of claim 1, further comprising a secretion signal peptide at the N-terminus and a purification tag and stop codon at the C-terminus.
3. The influenza virus antigen according to claim 2, wherein the secretion signal peptide is the influenza virus A/California/07/2009H1N1 HA protein signal peptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 8, the GP67 signal peptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 9, or the signal peptide of other influenza virus H7N9HA1 or influenza virus H5N1 HA 1.
4. The influenza virus antigen of claim 2, wherein the purification tag is a 6 xhis tag.
5. The influenza virus antigen of claim 2, wherein the stop codon is TAA, TAG or TGA.
6. The influenza virus antigen according to claim 1 or 2 comprising the amino acid sequence as set forth in (1) or (2):
(1) The amino acid sequence of the influenza virus antigen is shown as SEQ ID NO. 10 or SEQ ID NO. 14;
(2) The polypeptide derived from (1) or an analogue thereof in which the amino acid sequence in (1) is substituted, deleted or added with one or more amino acids without changing the antigenicity of (1), and is capable of forming a trimer itself.
7. An isolated polynucleotide encoding the influenza virus antigen of any one of claims 1-6.
8. The isolated polynucleotide of claim 7, wherein the isolated polynucleotide comprises a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID No. 19 or SEQ ID No. 23.
9. A recombinant vector or expression cassette comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim 7 or 8.
10. A transgenic cell line or recombinant bacterium comprising the recombinant vector or expression cassette of claim 9.
11. The transgenic cell line or recombinant bacterium of claim 10, wherein the transgenic cell line is derived from an insect cell.
12. The transgenic cell line or recombinant bacterium of claim 11, wherein the insect cell is insect cell Sf9 or Hi5.
13. Use of an influenza virus antigen according to any one of claims 1-6 for the preparation of an anti-influenza virus medicament.
14. The use of claim 13, wherein the anti-influenza virus medicament is a vaccine.
15. The use of claim 13, wherein the influenza virus antigen is combined with an adjuvant.
16. A kit comprising an influenza virus antigen according to any one of claims 1 to 6, an isolated polynucleotide according to claim 7 or 8, or a recombinant vector or expression cassette according to claim 9, a transgenic cell line or recombinant bacterium according to claim 10.
17. The kit of claim 16, wherein the kit further comprises an adjuvant.
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