Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11029040 | Virus Research | 2018 | 33 Pages |
Abstract
Newly emerging tembusu virus (TMUV) is a severe threat to poultry industry and causes huge economic losses. Humoral and cell-mediated immunity are both play vital roles in TMUV infection. Up to now, there has been no report on identification of T cell epitopes of the TMUV. In this work, we identified T cell epitopes within TMUV envelope (E) protein using synthesized peptides predicted in silico. A total of ten peptides could stimulate TMUV-specific T cells in murine ELISPOT and duck lymphocyte proliferation assay. Subsequently, DNA vaccine containing these T cell epitopes was constructed (pVAX-T) and the expression of multiepitope protein was confirmed by transfection of BHK-21 cells in vitro. Ducks were administrated intramusclarly to evaluated the immunologic effect of pVAX-T. In ducks immunized with pVAX-T, antibody against TMUV was undetectable, but the expression level of cytokines (IL-2, IL-6, IFN-γ) was upregulated both in peripheral blood lymphocytes and spleen. Furthermore, TMUV challenge revealed that cell-mediated immune response sitmulated by pVAX-T contributed to protection against TMUV infection. The identification of these T cell epitopes will contribute to designing epitope vaccine for preventing infection of TMUV and possibly provide the basis for further studies on cell-mediate immune response activated by TMUV.
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Authors
Dongmin Zhao, Kaikai Han, Lijiao Zhang, Huili Wang, Yujie Tian, Xinmei Huang, Qingtao Liu, Jing Yang, Yuzhuo Liu, Yin Li,