China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (1): 318-327.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2022.01.034

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Prokaryotic Expression of LPPA Protein of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri and Establishment of Indirect ELISA Method

CHEN Jing1, WU Yan1, LI Mei1, YUE Jun3, ZHU Erpeng1,2, WEN Ming1,2, ZHANG Shuangxiang3, CHENG Zhentao1,2   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Veterinary Public Health in Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550025, China;
    3. Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center in Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550008, China
  • Revised:2021-05-26 Online:2022-01-05 Published:2021-12-29

Abstract: [Objective] The purpose of this study was to establish an indirect ELISA method based on Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri (Mmc) membrane lipoprotein LPPA. [Method] In this study, the Mmc LPPA gene was amplified and cloned into pCold-Ⅰ vector. The recombinant plasmid pCold-Ⅰ-LPPA was constructed. After sequencing identification, it was transformed into E. coli DH5α competent cells. The recombinant protein of Mmc LPPA was purified after induced expression by IPTG. The expression of the recombinant protein was verified by SDS-PAGE. Its reactivity with Mmc positive serum was analyzed by Western blotting test and traditional classical agar diffusion serological test. Using the recombinant protein as the coating antigen, an indirect ELISA antibody detection method for Mmc recombinant LPPA protein was established. After the reaction conditions were optimized, the specificity and repeatability tests were carried out, and it was preliminarily applied to 184 goat serum samples. [Result] The Mmc LPPA gene was amplified by PCR, and the recombinant plasmid pCold-Ⅰ-LPPA was successfully constructed. After induced expression, the recombinant protein Mmc LPPA was obtained. SDS-PAGE result showed that the recombinant fusion protein of LPPA with the size of about 23 ku was obtained. Agar diffusion and Western blotting showed that the protein had good reactivity. The optimized reaction conditions of ELISA showed that the coating concentration of LPPA antigen protein of 2.0 μg/100 μL, serum dilution of 1:300 and blocking with 3% BSA for 1 h were the optimum reaction conditions, and the critical value was 2.738. Intra assay and inter assay coefficients of variation of the indirect ELISA method established in this test were both less than 10%, which proved that the method had good repeatability. The standard positive sera of Mo, BTV, PPRV, FMDV, Toxoplasma gondii and GPV were negative, indicating that the method had strong specificity. The clinical application results of 184 clinical sera showed that the positive coincidence rate between the method and the positive indirect hemagglutination diagnostic kit was 93.33%, the negative coincidence rate was 75.23%, and the relative coincidence rate was 82.61%. [Conclusion] This study successfully established an indirect ELISA method for the detection of antibodies for Mmc LPPA protein, which laid a foundation for the monitoring of serum antibody level of clinical Mmc and the investigation of serum epidemiology of Mmc.

Key words: Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri (Mmc); LPPA protein; indirect ELISA; prokaryotic expression

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