PMID- 23201089 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130703 LR - 20130125 IS - 1879-0984 (Electronic) IS - 0166-0934 (Linking) VI - 187 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Feb TI - Enhanced immunogenicity induced by an alphavirus replicon-based pseudotyped baculovirus vaccine against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. PG - 251-8 LID - S0166-0934(12)00398-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jviromet.2012.11.018 [doi] AB - Pseudotyped baculovirus has emerged as a promising vector for vaccine development and gene therapy. Alphaviruses, such as Semliki Forest virus (SFV), have also received considerable attention for use as expression vectors because of their self-replicating properties. In this study, pseudotyped baculovirus containing the hybrid cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter/SFV replicon was used as a vector to co-express the GP5 and M proteins of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). The immunogenicity of the resulting recombinant baculovirus (BV-SFV-5m6) was compared with the pseudotyped baculovirus vaccine (BV-CMV-5m6), in which the expression of GP5 and M were driven by the CMV promoter only. In vitro, BV-SFV-5m6 exhibited enhanced expression of foreign proteins and also caused apoptosis in transduced cells. After immunization in BALB/c mice, BV-SFV-5m6 induced strong GP5-specific ELISA antibodies and neutralizing antibodies against homologous and heterologous viruses, along with dose sparing. Further analysis of the cell-mediated immune response showed that BV-SFV-5m6 elicited a Th1-dominant immune response that was greater than that elicited by BV-CMV-5m6. Taken together, the results of this study indicate that a baculovirus containing the hybrid CMV promoter/alphavirus replicon can be utilized as an alternative strategy to develop an efficacious vaccine against PRRSV infection. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Wu, Qunfeng AU - Wu Q AD - Division of Animal Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. FAU - Xu, Fengqin AU - Xu F FAU - Fang, Liurong AU - Fang L FAU - Xu, Jinfang AU - Xu J FAU - Li, Bin AU - Li B FAU - Jiang, Yunbo AU - Jiang Y FAU - Chen, Huanchun AU - Chen H FAU - Xiao, Shaobo AU - Xiao S LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121128 PL - Netherlands TA - J Virol Methods JT - Journal of virological methods JID - 8005839 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Neutralizing) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (M protein, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus) RN - 0 (Vaccines, Synthetic) RN - 0 (Viral Envelope Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Matrix Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Vaccines) RN - 0 (glycoprotein 5, PRRSV) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Neutralizing/blood MH - Antibodies, Viral/blood MH - Baculoviridae/genetics MH - Drug Carriers/*administration & dosage MH - Female MH - Genetic Vectors MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/genetics/*immunology MH - Semliki forest virus/genetics MH - Th1 Cells/immunology MH - Vaccines, Synthetic/administration & dosage/genetics/immunology MH - Viral Envelope Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics/immunology MH - Viral Matrix Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics/immunology MH - Viral Vaccines/administration & dosage/genetics/*immunology EDAT- 2012/12/04 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/05 06:00 CRDT- 2012/12/04 06:00 PHST- 2011/11/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/10/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/11/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/12/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/12/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/05 06:00 [medline] AID - S0166-0934(12)00398-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jviromet.2012.11.018 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol Methods. 2013 Feb;187(2):251-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2012.11.018. Epub 2012 Nov 28.