China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2020, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (4): 1163-1171.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2020.04.022

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Prokaryotic Expression of EP153R Protein of African Swine Fever Virus and Preparation of Its Polyclonal Antibodies

WANG Zhaoyang, LIN Weidong, LIU Xueting, JIANG Yajun, XIN Ting, HOU Shaohua, GUO Xiaoyu, ZHU Hongfei, JIA Hong   

  1. Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2019-09-29 Online:2020-04-20 Published:2020-04-17

Abstract: The aim of this study was to construct the prokaryotic expression system of EP153R gene of African swine fever virus (ASFV),express the recombinant protein EP153R (rEP153R),and prepare the polyclonal antibody against rEP153R.EP153R gene sequence was synthesized according to EP153R gene sequence of ASFV Georgia 2007/1 (GenBank accession No.:FR682468.1),and inserted into pET-28a vector to construct pET-28a-EP153R recombinant plasmid.After identification by double enzyme digestion and sequencing,the recombinant plasmid was transformed into E.coli BL21(DE3) competent cells,which were induced by IPTG at 16 and 37 ℃ for 12 h respectively.The recombinant protein was expressed at the optimum temperature and identified by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting.The 25 ku bands of SDS-PAGE protein gel were cut,and the expression of recombinant protein was identified by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry LC-MS.The polyclonal antibody against rEP153R was prepared by immunizing mice with purified rEP153R.The antibody titer was detected by indirect ELISA,and the specificity was identified by Western blotting.The results showed that the expression level of the recombinant bacteria was high at 16 ℃,and it was expressed in the form of inclusion body,and the product appeared obvious bands at 25 ku,which was consistent with the expected protein size,indicating that rEP153R was successfully expressed.The results of LC-MS showed that the specific peptides of YIGLINK、NESVLLR and KYIGLINK were matched,and the protein was confirmed to be rEP153R.The titer of polyclonal antibody was 1∶128 000 by indirect ELISA.Western blotting results showed that the antibody had good specificity.The above results showed that rEP153R was successfully expressed and its specific antibody was prepared,which provided technical support and material for further study of biological function of the protein and identification of live carrier vaccine of African swine fever.

Key words: African swine fever virus (ASFV); EP153R gene; liquid chromatography; prokaryotic expression; polyclonal antibody

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