PMID- 26076449 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160304 LR - 20181202 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 6 DP - 2015 TI - Recombinant Encephalomyocarditis Viruses Elicit Neutralizing Antibodies against PRRSV and CSFV in Mice. PG - e0129729 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0129729 [doi] LID - e0129729 AB - Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) is capable of infecting a wide range of species and the infection can cause myocarditis and reproductive failure in pigs as well as febrile illness in human beings. In this study, we introduced the entire ORF5 of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) or the neutralization epitope regions in the E2 gene of the classical swine fever virus (CSFV), into the genome of a stably attenuated EMCV strain, T1100I. The resultant viable recombinant viruses, CvBJC3m/I-DeltaGP5 and CvBJC3m/I-E2, respectively expressed partial PRRSV envelope protein GP5 or CSFV neutralization epitope A1A2 along with EMCV proteins. These heterologous proteins fused to the N-terminal of the nonstructural leader protein could be recognized by anti-GP5 or anti-E2 antibody. We also tested the immunogenicity of these fusion proteins by immunizing BALB/c mice with the recombinant viruses. The immunized animals elicited neutralizing antibodies against PRRSV and CSFV. Our results suggest that EMCV can be engineered as an expression vector and serve as a tool in the development of novel live vaccines in various animal species. FAU - Zhu, Shu AU - Zhu S AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Guo, Xin AU - Guo X AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Keyes, Lisa R AU - Keyes LR AD - Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. FAU - Yang, Hanchun AU - Yang H AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Ge, Xinna AU - Ge X AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150615 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Neutralizing) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) RN - 0 (Viral Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Neutralizing/*immunology MH - Antibodies, Viral/*immunology MH - Cell Line MH - Classical Swine Fever Virus/*immunology MH - Cross Reactions/*immunology MH - Encephalomyocarditis virus/genetics/*immunology MH - Gene Expression MH - Humans MH - Immunization MH - Mice MH - Mutation MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*immunology MH - Recombination, Genetic MH - Viral Proteins/genetics/immunology MH - Virus Replication PMC - PMC4468123 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2015/06/16 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/05 06:00 PMCR- 2015/06/15 CRDT- 2015/06/16 06:00 PHST- 2015/01/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/05/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/06/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/06/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-15-02525 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0129729 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2015 Jun 15;10(6):e0129729. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129729. eCollection 2015.