China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (8): 3171-3179.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2022.08.033

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Expression and Purification of Porcine IFN-δ5 and Its Effect Analysis Against PEDV Infection

SONG Shiying1,2, GUO Weilu2, XIA Xuefeng2, ZHANG Xue2, BI Zhenwei2, ZHANG Xuehan2, FAN Baochao2, DONG Hailong1, LI Bin2   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi 860000, China;
    2. Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
  • Received:2022-02-07 Online:2022-08-05 Published:2022-07-21

Abstract: 【Objective】 The purpose of this study was to establish a method for expression and purification of large amount of porcine interferon-δ5 (pIFN-δ5),and analyze the effect of pIFN-δ5 against Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) infection.【Method】 According to the sequence of pIFN-δ5 in GenBank(accession No.:NM_001164854.1),primers were designed and PCR amplification was carried out with cDNA obtained from porcine liver tissue as a template.The target gene was ligated into the linearized pET-32a(+) vector digested with EcoRⅤ and Hind Ⅲ,the recombinant plasmid was transformed into E.coli BL21(DE3) competent cells,the induction expression conditions were optimized,and detected by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting.pIFN-δ5 protein was abundantly expressed,purified using a nickel ion affinity chromatography column,and determined the protein purity.The interferon titer of pIFN-δ5 was detected by cytopathic inhibition method,the cytotoxicity of pIFN-δ5 was detected by CCK8 method,and the ability of against PEDV infection was further determined.【Result】 The recombinant expression plasmid pET-pIFNδ5 was successfully constructed.After exploring the induction conditions,it was found that when the D600 nm value was 0.5 to 0.6,the IPTG concentration was 0.8 mmol/L,and the temperature was 37 ℃,the target protein pIFN-δ5 was mainly expressed in the supernatant of cell lysis.After massive expression and purification,pIFN-δ5 protein with purity of 95% could be obtained.The antiviral activity was determined by the VSV/MDCK titration system,and the specific activity was 5×104 U/mg.CCK8 assays indicated that pIFN-δ5 had less effect on cell activity.Real-time quantitative PCR,Western blotting and indirect immunofluorescence results indicated that pIFN-δ5 exhibited significant resistance to PEDV infection.【Conclusion】 This study established a method for expression and purification of pIFN-δ5,and demonstrated that pIFN-δ5 had good activity against PEDV infection through a series of in vitro antiviral assays,which laid a foundation for the use of pIFN-δ5 as an antiviral agent and its clinical application.

Key words: porcine interferon-δ5(pIFN-δ5); expression; purification; Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV); antiviral activity

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