PMID- 25801418 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160414 LR - 20181113 IS - 1559-0305 (Electronic) IS - 1073-6085 (Linking) VI - 57 IP - 8 DP - 2015 Aug TI - The Cholera Toxin B Subunit (CTB) Fused to the Porcine Arterivirus Matrix M and GP5 Envelope Proteins Fails to Enhance the GP5-Specific Antibody Response in Pigs Immunized with Adenovectors. PG - 701-8 LID - 10.1007/s12033-015-9861-6 [doi] AB - The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is an arterivirus of the Arteriviridae family. As the current commercial vaccines are incompletely protective effective against PRRSV infection, we developed a vaccine strategy using replicating but non-disseminating adenovectors (rAdVs) expressing the PRRSV M matrix protein in fusion with the neutralizing major epitope-carrying GP5 envelope protein (Roques et al. in Vet Res 44:17, 2013). Although production of GP5-specific antibodies (Abs) was observed, no PRRSV-specific neutralizing Abs (NAbs) were induced in pigs given the rAdVs expressing M-GP5 or M-GP5m (GP5m being a mutant form of GP5). Nevertheless, partial protection was observed in the M-GP5m-rAdV-inoculated pigs experimentally infected with PRRSV. Here, we determined the impact of the cholera toxin B subunit (CTB, known for its adjuvant effect) in fusion with the C-terminus of M-GP5m on the Ab response to PRRSV. Three-week-old pigs were immunized twice both intramuscularly and intranasally at 3-week intervals with rAdV-expressing the green fluorescent protein (rAdV-GFP), rAdV-M-GP5m, or rAdV-M-GP5m-CTB. Pigs immunized with rAdV-M-GP5m showed a high level of serum GP5-specific Abs (as determined by an indirect ELISA). In contrast, CTB in fusion with M-GP5m had an unexpected severe negative impact on GP5-specific Ab production. PRRSV-specific NAbs could not be detected in any pigs of all groups. FAU - Roques, Elodie AU - Roques E AD - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Succursale Centre-Ville, P.O. Box 8888, Montreal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada. FAU - Lessard, Martin AU - Lessard M FAU - Archambault, Denis AU - Archambault D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Switzerland TA - Mol Biotechnol JT - Molecular biotechnology JID - 9423533 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) RN - 0 (Viral Envelope Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Matrix Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Vaccines) RN - 9012-63-9 (Cholera Toxin) SB - IM MH - *Adenoviridae MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Viral/*immunology MH - Arterivirus/genetics/*immunology MH - Cholera Toxin/genetics/*immunology MH - Immunization MH - Swine MH - Viral Envelope Proteins/genetics/*immunology MH - Viral Matrix Proteins/genetics/*immunology MH - Viral Vaccines/genetics/*immunology EDAT- 2015/03/25 06:00 MHDA- 2016/04/15 06:00 CRDT- 2015/03/25 06:00 PHST- 2015/03/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/03/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/04/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s12033-015-9861-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Biotechnol. 2015 Aug;57(8):701-8. doi: 10.1007/s12033-015-9861-6.