PMID- 23058982 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130812 LR - 20130218 IS - 1532-2661 (Electronic) IS - 0034-5288 (Linking) VI - 94 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Apr TI - Positive inductive effect of IL-18 on virus-specific immune responses induced by PRRSV-GP5 DNA vaccine in swine. PG - 346-53 LID - S0034-5288(12)00261-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.rvsc.2012.09.011 [doi] AB - Two DNA vaccines encoding the envelope protein GP5 of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) alone (pEGFP-GP5) and co-encoding GP5 and swine interleukin-18 (IL-18) proteins (pEGFP-IL18-GP5), were constructed and comparatively evaluated for their abilities to induce humoral and cellular responses in piglets. Experimental results showed that among all vaccinated groups, the live PRRSV vaccine elicited the highest titre of serum neutralizing antibody and the strongest cell-mediated immune responses, which means that the live PRRSV vaccine is still the first option for the vaccination against PRRSV. Moreover, the piglets inoculated with pEGFP-IL18-GP5 developed significantly higher IFN-gamma production response, significantly increased percentages of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-lymphocytes and significantly higher specific T-lymphocyte proliferation response than the pEGFP-GP5 inoculated pigs (P<0.05). These results demonstrated the positive inductive effect of IL-18 on the activation of cellular immune responses in swines. Therefore, in order to develop a new type vaccine for PRRS prevention and control, co-encoding of GP5 and IL-18 proteins may be a good choice. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Xiaodong AU - Zhang X AD - College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China. FAU - Li, Guojiang AU - Li G FAU - Gao, Lei AU - Gao L FAU - Mu, Lianzhi AU - Mu L FAU - Zhang, Lichun AU - Zhang L FAU - Cong, Yanlong AU - Cong Y FAU - Ding, Zhuang AU - Ding Z LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121008 PL - England TA - Res Vet Sci JT - Research in veterinary science JID - 0401300 RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) RN - 0 (Interleukin-18) RN - 0 (Vaccines, DNA) RN - 0 (Viral Envelope Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Vaccines) RN - 0 (glycoprotein 5, PRRSV) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes MH - Cell Proliferation MH - DNA, Viral/immunology MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/veterinary MH - Immunity, Cellular MH - Immunity, Humoral MH - Interleukin-18/*immunology MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/*prevention & control MH - Swine MH - Time Factors MH - Vaccines, DNA/immunology MH - Viral Envelope Proteins/*genetics/immunology MH - Viral Vaccines/*immunology EDAT- 2012/10/13 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/13 06:00 CRDT- 2012/10/13 06:00 PHST- 2012/02/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/07/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/09/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/10/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/13 06:00 [medline] AID - S0034-5288(12)00261-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.rvsc.2012.09.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Res Vet Sci. 2013 Apr;94(2):346-53. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2012.09.011. Epub 2012 Oct 8.