Cloning and Prokaryotic Expression of VP1 Gene of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) Type O

According to the complete genome of foot-and-mouth disease virus(FMDV)type O,a pair of special primers was designed to amplify VP1 gene.The VP1 gene was amplified by RT-PCR and subsequently inserted into the expression vector pGEX-6p-1 and induced by IPTG.Then SDS-PAGE showed the expressed protein was 51 kD in molecular weight.Then the product was purified by GSTrap FF columns.The product was detected through Western-blot that showed the protein has antigenicity.It provided fundamental data and materials for further investigation on diagnosis method of FMDV.

Spatial Trend of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) Serotypes in Cattle and Buffaloes, Pakistan

The present study describes the frequency of Foot and Mouth Disease （FMD） virus serotypes （O, A and Asia-l） in major regions （all provinces） of Pakistan using Indirect Sandwich ELISA. Also, spatial distribution of various FMD serotypes and their comparison is discussed. A total of 590 samples （Epithelial tissue） have been analyzed during a period of five years （2005-2009）. Out of 590 samples, 180 were found positive, giving an overall confirmation of FMDV about 33.2 %. Of the prevalent serotypes, FMDV ＇O＇ serotype caused most outbreaks （20.7 %）, followed by serotype A （6.6 %） and serotype Asia-1 （4.6 %） while there was no positive case of type ＇C＇. The study clearly showed that the disease was more frequent in the agro-climatic zones than in hilly areas. Based on the data of 590 samples （〉50 outbreaks）, the overall prevalence of FMDV in cattle and buffaloes in Pakistan was 33.2 %, while in cattle alone, it was 37.1%, higher than in buffalo （28.7 %）. There were eight cases of mixed serotypes infection, indicating the presence of endemic state of disease. Another significant feature was the change over time. In phase-I （2005-2007）, there was an overall prevalence of 29.4 %, while the occurrence of the serotype O, A and Asia-1 was 20.4 %, 2.9 % and 4.7 %, respectively. During phase-II （2008-2009）, the overall prevalence was 59.21%, while those of serotype O, A and Asia-1 were 22.4 %, 31.6 % and 4.0 %, respectively. This clearly indicated a shift from serotype O to A, which may help to explain the occurrence of more severe outbreaks, despite vaccination.

Development of a Synthetic Peptide ELISA Assay for the Detection of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Nonstructural Protein Antibodies

In order to develop an ELISA assay with synthetic peptides for the detection of antibody to the nonstructural proteins of foot-and-mouth disease virus, specific peptides were synthesized by a solid-phase method according to FMDV NSPs B-cell epitopes, and were conjugated to carrier protein BSA. An ELISA system was developed to detect FMDV NSPs antibody with the conjugated proteins as the coating antigen. The optimal coating concentration of the antigen was determined as 2.5 μg mL-1. The comparative study of this assay with UBI NSP ELISA kit and national commercial 3ABC ELISA kit in the detection of 199 serum samples showed that they were very coincident, and the identity rates were 96.48 and 97.48%, respectively. The development of ELISA using the synthetic peptides as coating antigen is specific, reproducible, stable, and easy, and can be used to differentiate FMDV infected pigs from immunized pigs.

Effect of amino acid mutation at position 127 in 3A of a rabbitattenuated foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype Asia1 on viral replication and infection

An amino acid mutation(R127→I) in the 3A non-structural protein of an FMDV serotype Asia1 rabbit-attenuated ZB strain was previously found after attenuation of the virus. To explore the effects of this mutation on viral replication and infection, the amino acid residue isoleucine(I) was changed to arginine(R) in the infectious cDNA clone of the rabbit-attenuated ZB strain by sitedirected mutagenesis, and the R127-mutated virus was rescued. BHK monolayer cells and suckling mice were inoculated with the R127-mutated virus to test its growth property and pathogenicity, respectively. The effects of the R127 mutation on viral replication and virulence were analyzed. The data showed that there was a slight difference in plaque morphology between the R127-mutated and wild-type viruses. The growth rate of the mutated virus was lower in BHK-21 cells and its virulence in suckling mice was also attenuated. This study indicates that the R127 mutation in 3A may play an important role in FMDV replication in vitro and in pathogenicity in suckling mice.

Comparison of transient and stable expression of foot-and-mouth disease virus capsid proteins in mammalian cells

Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious disease that produces severe economic losses in the livestock industry. This disease is being controlled by the use of an inactivated vaccine. However, the use of recombinant empty capsids as a subunit vaccine has been reported to be a promising candidate because it avoids the use of virus in the vaccine production. A plasmid containing the capsid precursor P12A and protease 3C sequences of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) was constructed and used to compare transient and stable expression in mammalian cells. When BHK-21 cells were transfected with the recombinant vector, protease 3C cleaved the capsid precursor P12A into the structural proteins VP0, VP1 and VP3. A sucrose gradient demonstrated that the structural proteins assembled into different subviral particles. Attempts to generate a stable cell line only allowed isolating low-level-expressing clones, probably due to the effect of protease 3C on the cells. Moreover, the recombinant protein yield achieved in transient expression assays was much higher than the one achieved in stable expression assays. Results indicate that mammalian cells are a good strategy to produce recombinant FMDV subviral particles. However, the alternative approach of transient gene expression in scalable systems should be used instead of the standard method that involves the generation of a stable cell line.

Establishment of Indirect ELISA Diagnosis Technique based on the VP1 Protein of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Serotype A

The VP1 protein of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A was prokaryotically expressed and purified to replace the traditional virus antigen for estab- lishing a fast, safe, effective indirect ELISA method, so as to detecting antibody of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A. Western-Blot test showed that the VP1 recombinant protein could be used as detective antigen as it can be specifically recognized by bovine positive serum of FMDV serotype A. By employing matrix titra- tion method, the optimal parameters were obtained as follows： 1 mg/L VP1 protein as coating antigen, Vserum：Vblocking solution = 1：50 dilution for serum and Vsecondary enzyme-linked antibedies：Vblocking solution ---1：2 000 for enzyme combined antibodies. The results showod that the sensitivity and specificity of this method were 94.32% and 99.09% respectively, the coefficients of variations in intra-assay and inter-assay reproducibility tests was lower than 8%. Compared with liquid phase blocking ELISA kits, the agreement of 201 serum samples reached 92.54%. The VP1-ELISA method established here is specific, sensitive, stable and simple, which can be used to monitor the antibody level of FMD serotype A.

The Complete Genomic Sequence of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Isolated from the Swine

The complete genomic sequence of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) Chinese strain OH/CHA/99 was determined. The 8040 nt sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence werecompared with FMDV sequences published. The results showed that OH/CHA/99 shared highersequence homology with OTYTW/97, indicating their close genetic relationship. However,the strain had lower sequence identity with O1/Kaufbeuren/66 strain. Besides, largedeletions in 3A coding region were observed in OH/CHA/99. It was shown that the poly (A)tail of OH/CHA/99 had 56 As at least.

Comparison of Three ELISA Kits for the Differentiation of Foot-and-mouth Disease Virus-infected from Vaccinated Animals

研究被执行验证工具包为 FMDV 的区别在中国开发了的 3 FMDV 3ABC-I-ELISA 感染并且种牛痘的动物。从天真、种牛痘的牛以及从被感染了的牛的 sera 的集合被商业诊断工具包对 FMDV 的 nonstructural 蛋白质(NSP ) 为抗体测试， Ceditest 吗？FMDV-NS (Ceditest？工具包) ， UBI？FMDV NONSTRUCTURAL 蛋白质 ELISA 方向插入(UBI？工具包) 并且一个 FMDV 3ABC-I-ELISA 工具包在 Lanzhou 发展了兽医研究院。三个工具包的测试参数(敏感和特性) 被决定，并且从 FMD 3ABC-I-ELISA 工具包获得的结果与从二个外国工具包获得了那相比。结果显示巧合在 FMDV 3ABC-I-ELISA 和 Ceditest 之间评价吗？工具包 98.05% 是，并且在 FMDV 3ABC-I-ELISA 和 UBI 之间的巧合率？工具包是 94.4% ；两 Ceditest 的敏感？并且 FMDV 3ABC-I-ELISA 工具包是 100% 。然而， UBI 的敏感？工具包仅仅是 81.8% 。与从天真或种牛痘的非感染的动物的 sera，所有测试的特性超过了 90% 。关键词 Foot-and-mouth 疾病病毒(FMDV )- 非结构的蛋白质 3ABC - ELISA CLC 数字 S852.65 基础项目：国家鈥 ? 73 鈥 ? 研究工程(G199901190， 2005CB23201 ) ；国际原子能机构(国际原子能机构)(10697/R2 )

Review of Air Dispersion Modelling Approaches to Assess the Risk of Wind-Borne Spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus

Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is one of the most economically serious veterinary pathogens due to its negative effects on livestock and its highly infectious nature via a variety of transmission paths through oral and inhalation routes. Measures to enhance outbreak management can be designed according to analytical results predicted by mathematical models for wind-borne dispersion, an important path of virus transmission. Accurate atmospheric dispersion models are useful tools for properly determining risk management plans, while inaccurate models may conversely lead to accidental loss in two possible ways. Overly strict measures, e.g., slaughter for too wide an area, can cause severe economic difficulties, including irreversible loss of business operations for a number of farms. On the contrary, inestimable loss potentially caused by lax controls is a persistent threat. In this paper, available modelling procedures for forecasting the spread of FMDV, which have been used since the 1970s, each having its advantages and limitations, are reviewed for the purpose of ensuring suitable application in various conditions of any future emergency cases.

Selection of Highly Susceptible Cell Lines to Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Infection

Different non-established cultures were examined to find those that showed high sensitivity to Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV). Ovine kidney cultures showed high sensitivity to types A, O and C, and were suitable to detect viral infection in samples of animal, as well as cell culture origin. The level of detection in this system was up to ten times higher than in BHK21 cells, which were commonly used for FMDV isolation and production. Viral production levels in ovine kidney cultures ranged from similar to twice as high as in BHK21. Ovine kidney cultures maintained these characteristics for at least 18 passages, allowing their use as an alternative system for FMDV diagnoses.

Expression,Purification and Activity Detection of Structural Protein VP1 of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype A

The paper was to obtain the VP1 protein of FMDV serotype A with high activity. With recombinant plasmid pMD19A-T-vp1 as the tem- plate, vpl gene fragment amplified by PCR was connected into prokaryotic expression vector pET28a to construct recombinant plasmid pET-A-vpl. The E. coli BL21 （DE3） strain containing recombinant plasmid pET-A-vpl were induced by IPTG. SDS-PAGE showed that VP1 protein was ex- pressed in the form of inclusion body, and its molecular weight was about 29 ku. Based on the optimizing IPTG concentration and expression time, the largest expression of VP1 protein was induced by 0.3 mmol/L IPTG for 6 h at 37 ℃. Western-Blot analysis indicated that the expression of VP1 protein could be specifically recognized by positive serum of FMDV serotype A. ELISA test showed that VP1 inclusion body protein had high activity after purification by washing and renaturation by urea concentration gradient dialysis.

基于双特异纳米抗体FMDV血凝检测方法的建立

本研究利用基因工程方法将抗口蹄疫病毒(FMDV)纳米抗体Nb205和抗鸡醛化红细胞(cRBC)纳米抗体NbRBC48的基因片段连接,构建双特异纳米抗体Nb205-48,其相对分子质量为3.5×10^(4),能同时与FMDV和cRBC反应。利用Nb205-48成功建立了可用于FMDV抗原检测的血凝方法,该方法检测灵敏度为1μg/ml,与其他病毒无交叉反应,且批内和批间重复性好。分别采用血凝法和夹心ELISA方法对3批次FMDV抗原进行了检测,二者检测结果基本吻合。本研究建立了基于双特异纳米抗体Nb205-48的血凝检测方法,该方法具有较好的灵敏度、特异性和重复性,且简便、快捷、成本低,其检测结果与传统的FMDV定量检测方法的检测结果相关性好,为检测口蹄疫疫苗生产过程中FMDV抗原的含量提供了新方法。

FMDV 3D基因真核表达质粒的构建、表达及对Ⅰ型IFN信号通路的作用

本研究旨在构建口蹄疫病毒(Foot-and-mouth disease virus,FMDV)3D基因真核表达质粒,并探究其对Ⅰ型干扰素(interferon,IFN)信号通路的作用。根据GenBank序列合成3D基因并将其插入真核表达载体pXJ41构建真核表达质粒pXJ41-Myc-3D,经PCR、双酶切及测序鉴定正确后分别转染HEK-293T细胞和PK-15细胞,Western blotting及间接免疫荧光试验(indirect immunofluorescence assay,IFA)检测3D蛋白在细胞内的表达及定位。通过双荧光素酶报告基因(Luciferase)、Real-time PCR、TCID50等试验检测HEK-293T细胞中过表达3D蛋白对水疱性口炎病毒(Versicular stomatitis virus,VSV)诱导的Ⅰ型IFN信号通路的影响。结果显示,真核表达质粒pXJ41-Myc-3D构建成功;3D蛋白在HEK-293T细胞中表达,大小约为55 kDa,主要定位在细胞核中;3D蛋白抑制了VSV诱导的IFN-β启动子活性和IFN-β mRNA水平,促进了VSV的复制。本研究为深入探究3D蛋白抑制Ⅰ型IFN信号通路的作用机制奠定了基础。

The DEAD-Box RNA Helicase DDX1 Interacts with the Viral Protein 3D and Inhibits Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Replication

Foot-and-mouth disease virus(FMDV)can infect domestic and wild cloven-hoofed animals.The non-structural protein 3D plays an important role in FMDV replication and pathogenesis.However,the interaction partners of 3D,and the effects of those interactions on FMDV replication,remain incompletely elucidated.In the present study,using the yeast two-hybrid system,we identified a porcine cell protein,DEAD-box RNA helicase 1(DDX1),which interacted with FMDV 3D.The DDX1-3D interaction was further confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation experiments and an indirect immunofluorescence assay(IFA)in porcine kidney 15(PK-15)cells.DDX1 was reported to either inhibit or facilitate viral replication and regulate host innate immune responses.However,the roles of DDX1 during FMDV infection remain unclear.Our results revealed that DDX1 inhibited FMDV replication in an ATPase/helicase activity-dependent manner.In addition,DDX1 stimulated IFN-p activation in FMDV-infected cells.Together,our results expand the body of knowledge regarding the role of DDX1 in FMDV infection.

Evolution and molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease virus in China

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD),caused by foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV),is considered one of the most important viral diseases of cloven-hoofed animals,causing severe economic losses in affected regions of the world.Three serotypes (A,O,and Asia 1) of FMDV have been identified in China since 1958.In addition,the occurrence of novel subtypes within these serotypes has made the epidemiology of FMDV more complicated over the last few years.In this review,we summarize the history and the current epidemiological situation in China,genetic diversity (e.g.,quasispecies dynamics,antigenic heterogeneity,and functional constraints),intertypic recombination,and the evidence for positive selection of different FMDV serotypes.We also assess these genetic data to understand the origin,evolution,and transmission of FMDV,the findings of which may be useful in developing control measures for future epidemics.

Engineering infectious foot-and-mouth disease virus in vivo from a full-length genomic cDNA clone of the A/AKT/58 strain

Two full-length genomic cDNA clones, pTA/FMDV and pCA/FMDV, were constructed that contained three point-mutants [A174G and A308G (not present in pTA/FMDV); T1029G] in the genome compared with the wild type A/AKT/58 strain of foot-and-mouth disease virus. These two viruses were rescued by co-transfection of pCA/FMDV with pCT7RNAP, which can express T7 RNA polymerase in BHK-21 cell-lines, or by transfection of the in vitro transcribed RNA. Their biological properties were analyzed for their antigenicity, virulence in suckling-mice (LD50) and growth kinetics in BHK-21 cells. The in vivo rescued viruses showed high pathogenicity for 3-day-old unweaned mice (LD50=10?7.5). However, the in vitro transcribed RNA derived from pTA/FMDV had lower pathogenicity for suckling-mice (LD50=10?6), and the in vivo transcribed RNA recovered from pCA/FMDV co-transfected with pCT7RNAP showed no significant differences from the wild type virus. These data showed that recovery of the infectious foot-and-mouth disease virus directly from the use of in vivo techniques was better than from in vitro methods. Furthermore, the reverse genetic procedure technique was simplified to a faster one-step procedure based on co-transfection with pCT7RNAP. These results suggest that in vivo RNA tran- scripts may be more valuable for engineering recombinant foot-and-mouth disease virus than in vitro RNA transcripts, and may contribute to further understanding of the biological properties, such as replication, maturation and quasispecies, of the foot-and-mouth disease virus.

CpG DNA enhances the im-mune responses elicited by the DNA vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease virus in guinea pigs

CpG DNA is DNA sequence that has immune stimulatory effects. Several lines of investigation over the past few years indicate that CpG DNA plays an important role in the induction of immune responses to DNA vaccines. In this study, CpG DNA-containing synthetic oligodeoxynucleotide (CpG-ODN) was cloned into the eukaryotic expression plasmid encoding a fusion protein containing b- galactosidase from E. coli and immunogenic epitopes of foot- and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) type O, and the immune responses induced by the plasmid were assayed. The results showed that guinea pigs immunized with the recombinant plasmid containing CpG-ODN generated a higher level of FMDV-neutralizing antibody and a stronger T cell proliferative response and protection against viral challenge than those receiving the plasmid containing no CpG-ODN. Our study demonstrated that it is an effective route to enhance the efficacy of DNA vaccines by inserting exogenous CpG DNA into the plasmids, and the DNA vaccine developed here is a promising candidate to prevent FMDV infection.

Immune response in cattle inoculated with the recombinant complete polyprotein of foot-and-mouth disease virus from Bombyx mori larvae

The intact open reading frame (ORF) of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) Asia I/XJ strain was am- plified by RT-PCR and inserted into the transfer vector pVL1393 to generate plasmid pVL-ORF. Bm-N cells were transfected with pVL-ORF and linearized Bm-BacPAK6 DNA, and the recombinant silkworm baculovirus Bm-ORF containing the full ORF of FMDV was obtained. The results of indirect im- munofluorescence assay (IFA) showed that Bm-ORF could be expressed efficiently in Bm-N cell. After inoculating the early 5th instar larvae of silkworm, the polyprotein of FMDV could be detected by sandwich ELISA and empty capsid-like particles could be observed under the electron microscope. Expression products from silkworm were used as the antigen to immunize the cattle. The specific an- tibody was induced in all vaccinated animals. The immunized cattle were challenged with the virulent FMDV Asia I/XJ strain, two of the four cattle were completely protected and clinical symptoms were alleviated and delayed in the others. The results suggest that this strategy might be used to develop the new subunit FMDV vaccine.

口蹄疫病毒感染后猪PD-1及其配体转录水平变化和免疫抑制机制分析

研究猪感染口蹄疫病毒(Foot-and-mouth disease virus,FMDV)后程序性死亡受体-1(Programmed death-1,PD-1)及其配体(PD-L1、PD-L2),细胞因子[IL-2(Interleukin-2)、IL-10(Interleukin-10)、IFN-γ(Interferon-γ)]mRNA转录水平和外周血单个核细胞(Peripheral blood mononuclear cells,PBMCs)增殖能力,探讨PD-1/PD-Ls通路在FMDV引起免疫抑制过程中的作用机制。结果表明,猪感染FMDV后3、7、14、17 d,PD-1的mRNA转录水平显著或极显著升高,感染后7 d达到峰值,之后逐渐降低;感染FMDV后3 d和7 d,PD-L1的mRNA转录水平极显著升高;感染FMDV后3 d,PD-L2的mRNA转录水平显著升高。感染FMDV后3、7 d,IL-2的mRNA转录水平显著下降;感染FMDV后1、3 d,IFN-γ的mRNA转录水平极显著下降,IL-2和IFN-γ的mRNA转录水平与PD-1及其配体mRNA转录水平变化趋势相反;感染FMDV后3、7、14 d,IL-10的mRNA转录水平显著或极显著升高,与PD-1及其配体mRNA转录水平变化趋势相同。感染FMDV后,全血中FMDV的病毒载量随着感染后时间的推进逐渐升高,感染后7 d达到峰值,与PD-1及其配体mRNA转录水平变化趋势总体上相同。感染后7 d,PBMCs的增殖能力明显降低。综上,FMDV感染猪后,总体上上调了PD-1及其配体的mRNA转录水平,是FMDV感染引起机体免疫抑制的重要致病机制。

口蹄疫病毒O型东南亚拓扑型抗原变异研究

【目的】O型口蹄疫病毒(foot-and-mouth disease virus,FMDV)不断变异,易导致现用疫苗与流行毒株的抗原匹配性下降引起免疫效果不佳,疫情零星散发。近年来,O型FMDV中SEA(东南亚)拓扑型流行活跃且不断变异,持续对口蹄疫防疫产生压力。系统解析O型FMDV毒株特异性抗原位点以及不同拓扑型毒株的序列差异,明确抗原变异的关键氨基酸,可为FMD抗原分子设计提供依据,为FMD防控提供指导。【方法】利用10株(SEA拓扑型)毒株特异性牛源单克隆中和抗体,对毒株O/GSLX/2010(O/Mya/98谱系)进行抗体压力筛选逃逸突变株,鉴定这10株抗体所识别表位的关键氨基酸。利用牛源多抗血清样本(32份)与逃逸突变毒株进行病毒交叉中和试验,分析SEA拓扑型毒株的免疫优势表位;通过序列比对分析不同拓扑型毒株在该抗原表位上的差异。利用反向遗传技术将差异性抗原表位引入O型FMDV经典疫苗株O/HN/CHA/93(Cathay拓扑型),对拯救的点突变毒株测序分析后进行间接免疫荧光试验鉴定,并通过病毒蚀斑测定与一步生长曲线检测病毒的复制动力学。利用SEA拓扑型毒株特异性单克隆中和抗体,通过中和试验分析拯救突变株的抗原性,确定影响病毒抗原性的关键氨基酸,评估毒株特异性位点氨基酸的改变对抗原谱的影响。【结果】SEA拓扑型特异性抗原表位主要集中于结构蛋白VP1的B-C/C-D环,属于抗原位点3。10株抗体中多数抗体(8/10)识别的抗原表位在VP1上,其中有6株单抗(A19、B55、B74、C5、F53和F166)识别的关键氨基酸位于VP1 B-C环(T43、K45)及C-D环(P58),另外2株单抗(B66和F41)识别的关键氨基酸位于VP1 C末端。病毒交叉中和试验结果表明,VP1上43位和VP3上131位氨基酸的改变显著降低了牛源多抗血清的抗体效价。对O型FMDV不同谱系毒株(26株)序列进行分析,发现三种拓扑型毒株VP1 B-C/C-D环的28、47、56和58位氨基酸不同。利用反向遗传技术成功将毒株特异性抗原表位引入Cathay拓扑型毒株(O/HN/CHA/93),拯救出6株FMDV的点突变株:POZ-GSLX-M58、POZ-GSLX-M56/58、POZ-GSLX-M28/58、POZ-GSLX-M47/58、POZ-GSLX-M28/58/47和POZ-GSLX-M47/56/58。微量中和试验结果表明,VP1上56/58位对毒株抗原性起到关键作用;然而,进一步增加28位和47位突变会降低抗体B83的中和作用,影响毒株自身的抗原性。因此,VP1上56和58位氨基酸的改变可以扩展SEA拓扑型特异性中和mAbs对O/HN/CHA/93毒株的中和效力与广度。【结论】O型FMDV结构蛋白VP1上56和58位氨基酸是引起SEA拓扑型毒株抗原变异的关键位点,引入这些抗原决定簇可以拓展FMDV O/HN/CHA/93的抗原谱。研究为FMD防控及疫苗设计提供参考。