Our School

Home>Research>

Research News

Research News

Rice-produced classical swine fever virus glycoprotein E2 with herringbone-dimer design to enhance immune responses

/ 2023-08-18
Author:Qianru Xu, Fanshu Ma, Daichang Yang, Qingmei Li, Liming Yan, Jiquan Ou, Longxian Zhang, Yunchao Liu, Quan Zhan, Rui Li, Qiang Wei, Hui Hu, Yanan Wang, Xueyang Li, Shenli Zhang, Jifei Yang, Shujun Chai, Yongkun Du, Li Wang, Erqin Zhang, Gaiping Zhang
 
Paper journal:Plant Biotechnology Journal

 

Pestiviruses, including classical swine fever virus, remain a concern for global animal health and are responsible for major economic losses of livestock worldwide. Despite high levels of vaccination, currently available commercial vaccines are limited by safety concerns, moderate efficacy, and required high doses. The development of new vaccines is therefore essential. Vaccine efforts should focus on optimizing antigen presentation to enhance immune responses. Here, we describe a simple herringbone-dimer strategy for efficient vaccine design, using the classical swine fever virus E2 expressed in a rice endosperm as an example. The expression of rE2 protein was identified, with the rE2 antigen accumulating to 480?mg/kg. Immunological assays in mice, rabbits, and pigs showed high antigenicity of rE2. Two immunizations with 284?ng of the rE2 vaccine or one shot with 5.12?μg provided effective protection in pigs without interference from pre-existing antibodies. Crystal structure and small-angle X-ray scattering results confirmed the stable herringbone dimeric conformation, which had two fully exposed duplex receptor binding domains. Our results demonstrated that rice endosperm is a promising platform for precise vaccine design, and this strategy can be universally applied to other Flaviviridae virus vaccines.

仙桃市| 博湖县| 玉田县| 寿阳县| 平定县| 中宁县| 南岸区| 龙州县| 驻马店市| 临高县| 南丰县| 峨眉山市| 桐梓县| 海阳市| 云南省| 太和县| 东源县| 津南区| 晋江市| 荣昌县| 灵台县| 车险| 克东县| 涡阳县| 凤台县| 浦北县| 女性| 宁晋县| 湛江市| 礼泉县| 彝良县| 海丰县| 天台县| 巴东县| 崇州市| 彰化市| 广饶县| 长治市| 新蔡县| 山东| 黄山市|