China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2021, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (4): 1381-1387.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2021.04.025

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Expression and Immunogenicity of Recombinant Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin Type C

DU Jige, YAO Wensheng, LIU Ying, XUE Qi, LI Qianlin, ZHU Zhen, LI Qihong, YIN Chunsheng, CHEN Xiaoyun, LI Xuni   

  1. China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2020-09-19 Online:2021-04-20 Published:2021-04-16

Abstract: This study was aimed to obtain a recombinant Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin type C,and evaluate its virulence and immunogenicity.The fragment GMBPCHCcomposed of MBP and C-terminal of the Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin type C heavy chain (CHC) was optimized and synthesized.Then,GMBPCHC was cloned into pET28a-(+),and subsequently transformed into E.coli BL21 (DE3) competent cells,followed with induction at 15 and 37 ℃,respectively.The recombinant protein rMBPCHC expressed in a soluble form was then purified by Ni-IDA chromatograph.Then,4 rabbits were immunized with 100 μg of rMBPCHC emulsified with oil adjuvant of ISA 201.According to the method prescribed in Chinese Veterinary Pharmacopoeia (2015),serum samples were collected 21 d after the first immunization and 14 d after last immunization to detect the neutralizing titer against the Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin type C (crude toxin).At the same time,rabbits were challenged with crude toxin 14 days after the second immunization.Results showed that rMBPCHC was expressed predominantly in an insoluble form induced at 37 ℃ and expressed as soluble form with a rate of 50% induced at 15 ℃.The neutralization titer against crude toxin of sera from 4 rabbits immunized with rMBPCHC could both reach 1 (sera could neutralize 1 mice MLD crude toxin per 0.1 mL) after the first immunization.After the second immunization,neutralization titer could reach 4-8.Moreover,rabbits in rMBPCHC immunized group 100%(4/4) rabbits were survived at the dose of 10 rabbit MLD crude toxin challenge,whereas 100%(2/2) rabbits were died in control group.These data suggest that rMBPCHC was a potential vaccine candidate for the subunit vaccine of Clostridium botulinum type C.

Key words: Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin type C; C-terminal; soluble expression; immunogenicity

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