›› 2018, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (10): 2823-2830.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2018.10.019

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Prokaryotic Expression of African Swine Fever Virus p54-1 and Preparation and Characterization of Its Polyclonal Antibody

WANG Caixia, FENG Chunyan, DU Fangyuan, LIU Dandan, ZHANG Yongning, LIN Xiangmei, WU Shaoqiang   

  1. Institute of Animal Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100176, China
  • Received:2018-02-08 Online:2018-10-20 Published:2018-10-20

Abstract:

In order to further study the major epitopes and antigen properties of African swine fever virus (ASFV) p54-1 protein,specific primers were designed according to p54 gene sequence retrieved from GenBank (accession No.:NC_001659.2),the target sequence of encoding p54-1 protein was amplified by PCR.Then it was ligated into pGEX6p-1 vector and constructed prokaryotic expression plasmid (pGEX6p-1-p54-1).The plasmid was transfected into E.coli BL21,and the expression of recombinant protein was induced by IPTG from which the fusion protein was identified by SDS-PAGE.The fusion protein cleaved the GST-tag using thrombin,and then purified by anion exchange column.The protein was identified by ELISA and emulsify with adjuvant,the prepared immunogen was inoculated into mouse to prepare of p54-1 protein specific polyclonal antibody.The immune-activity and titers of the prepared polyclonal antibody were determined by ELISA and Western blotting.The results showed that the expressed recombinant protein p54-1 existed in a soluble form.The p54-1 protein cleaved GST-tag could react with the positive serum of ASFV,but no with negative serum,PRRSV and PCV3.The prepared polyclonal antibody titer was 1:128 000.Western blotting result demonstrated that the prepared polyclonal antibody could recognize the p54 protein.In conclusion,the high purified expressed protein of ASFV p54-1 had been successfully prepared and p54-1 specific polyclonal antibody showed wonderful immunocompetence and specificity,providing foundation for the development of sandwich ELISA detection method of ASF.

Key words: African swine fever virus (ASFV); p54 protein; prokaryotic expression; polyclonal antibody

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