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Construction and Identification of Recombinant Adenovirus Expression Vector Carrying the Fusion Genes ORF2 and T Lymphocyte Epitopes of Porcine Circovirus Type 2

MO Yong-zheng1, LUO Man-lin1, CHEN Rui-ai1,2   

  1. (1.College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China;2.Guangdong Dahuanong Animal Health Products Co., Ltd., Xinxing 527400, China)
  • Received:2013-09-16 Online:2014-03-20 Published:2014-05-15

Abstract: This study was aimed to obtain expression of fusion gene (ORF2-TCE) of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in adenoviral expression system and develop PCV2 subunit vaccine. The target genes ORF2 and T cell epitope (TCE) were obtained by PCR with pMD18-T-ORF2 and pMD18-T-TCE as templates, respectively. The fusion gene ORF2-TCE was successfully obtained by overlap extension PCR method with the ORF2-linker and linker-TCE fragments as templates. The fusion gene was cloned into the transfer vector pShuttle-CMV. The PmeⅠ-linearized plasmid vector pShuttle-CMV-ORF2-TCE was transformed into Escherichia coli bacteria competent cell BJ5183, containing the pAdEasy-1 vector by electroporation. The recombinant plasmid named pAd-ORF2-TCE was obtained and identified by PCR and PacⅠenzyme digestion. To produce the recombinant adenovirus rAd-ORF2-TCE, AD293 cells were transfected with PacⅠ-linearized plasmid pAd-ORF2-TCE. The recombinant virus named rAd-ORF2-TCE were obtained and purified through vital plaque by three times and the viral titer was 1012.3 TCID50/mL. The expression of the fusion protein was verified by Western blotting and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA).

Key words: porcine circovirus type 2; ORF2; T cell epitope; adenoviral expression system