China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2020, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (3): 828-836.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2020.03.022

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Construction of Swinepox Virus TK,ORF121 and ORF143 Genes Deletion Strains and Determination of Their Biological Characteristics

LIU Changjin1, DENG Shunzhou1,2, LUO Feng2, ZHONG Luohua1, WANG Zhe1, GAO Yingxue1, LIU Xiaolan1   

  1. 1. Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China;
    2. Jiangxi Jinyibo Biotechnology Company, Nanchang 330013, China
  • Received:2019-08-30 Online:2020-03-20 Published:2020-03-17

Abstract: In order to screen the replication non-essential region of swinepox virus (SWPV) and determine the biological characteristics of the deletion strains,primers were designed and synthesized for TK(ORF063),ORF121 and ORF143 genes of SWPV according to the principle of homologous recombination,and the overlap extension PCR technology was used to splice the gene fragments containing enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) and homologous recombination of the left and right arms.The spliced fragments were transfected into PK15 cells infected with SWPV,respectively.Fluorescence microscope was used to select single plaque with EGFP as the reporter gene,and the recombinant strains were identified by PCR and Western blotting.The plaque size of PK15 cells and the pathogenicity of pigs were measured.The results showed that the gene fragment successfully integrated into recombinant strain genome.These recombinant strains were named as rSWPV-TK,rSWPV-121 and rSWPV-143,respectively.The results of Western blotting showed that the recombinant strains stably expressed the foreign protein on PK15 cells.The formation of pox spots on PK15 cells was smaller than that of the parent strain,and the difference of the ORF121 gene deletion strain was extremely significant (P<0.01).All the strains could lead to the formation of pox spots on nursery pigs,in which the ORF121 gene deletion strain caused the lesion for a short time,produced less pox spots,and the virulence was lower than that of wild strains.In summary,in this study,two non-essential replication regions ORF121 and ORF143 in the SWPV genome for foreign protein insertion were selected,laying a foundation for the construction of SWPV gene engineering vectors.

Key words: recombinant swinepox virus (rSWPV); splicing by overlap extension PCR; replication non-essential regions; biological characteristics

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