PMID- 38005998 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231127 IS - 2076-393X (Print) IS - 2076-393X (Electronic) IS - 2076-393X (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 11 DP - 2023 Oct 31 TI - Development of Polycistronic Baculovirus Surface Display Vectors to Simultaneously Express Viral Proteins of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome and Analysis of Their Immunogenicity in Swine. LID - 10.3390/vaccines11111666 [doi] LID - 1666 AB - To simultaneously express and improve expression levels of multiple viral proteins of a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), polycistronic baculovirus surface display vectors were constructed and characterized. We engineered polycistronic baculovirus surface display vectors, namely, pBacDual Display EGFP(BacDD)-2GP2-2GP4 and pBacDD-4GP5N34A/N51A (mtGP5), which simultaneously express and display the ectodomain of His-tagged GP2-gp64TM-CTD, His-tagged GP4-gp64TM-CTD, and His-tagged mtGP5-gp64TM-CTD fusion proteins of PRRSV on cell membrane of Sf-9 cells. Specific pathogen-free (SPF) pigs were administered intramuscularly in 2 doses at 21 and 35 days of age with genetic recombinant baculoviruses-infected cells. Our results revealed a high level of ELISA-specific antibodies, neutralizing antibodies, IL-4, and IFN-gamma in SPF pigs immunized with the developed PRRSV subunit vaccine. To further assess the co-expression efficiency of different gene combinations, pBacDD-GP2-GP3-2GP4 and pBacDD-2mtGP5-2M constructs were designed for the co-expression of the ectodomain of His-tagged GP2-gp64TM-CTD, His-tagged GP3-gp64TM-CTD, and His-tagged GP4-gp64TM-CTD proteins as well as the ectodomain of His-tagged mtGP5-gp64TM-CTD and His-tagged M-gp64TM-CTD fusion proteins of PRRSV. To develop an ELISA assay for detecting antibodies against PRRSV proteins, the sequences encoding the ectodomain of the GP2, GP3, GP4, mtGP5, and M of PRRSV were amplified and subcloned into the pET32a vector and expressed in E. coli. In this work, the optimum conditions for expressing PRRSV proteins were evaluated, and the results suggested that 4 x 10(5) of Sf-9 cells supplemented with 7% fetal bovine serum and infected with the recombinant baculoviruses at an MOI of 20 for three days showed a higher expression levels of the protein. Taken together, the polycistronic baculovirus surface display system is a useful tool to increase expression levels of viral proteins and to simultaneously express multiple viral proteins of PRRSV for the preparation of subunit vaccines. FAU - Hsu, Chao-Yu AU - Hsu CY AD - Department of Medical Research, Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung 435, Taiwan. AD - Ph.D. Program in Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. FAU - Jang, Yun AU - Jang Y AD - Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. FAU - Huang, Wei-Ru AU - Huang WR AD - Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. AD - The iEGG and Animal Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. FAU - Wang, Chi-Young AU - Wang CY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5407-3414 AD - Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. FAU - Wen, Hsiao-Wei AU - Wen HW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3427-1768 AD - Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. FAU - Tsai, Pei-Chien AU - Tsai PC AD - Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. FAU - Yang, Cheng-Yao AU - Yang CY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8694-9561 AD - Graduate Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. FAU - Munir, Muhammad AU - Munir M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4038-0370 AD - Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, UK. FAU - Liu, Hung-Jen AU - Liu HJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1460-1494 AD - Ph.D. Program in Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. AD - Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. AD - The iEGG and Animal Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. AD - Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. AD - Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. LA - eng GR - 109-2313-B-005-006-MY3& 112-2313-B-005-050-MY3/Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan/ GR - 112S0023A/The Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231031 PL - Switzerland TA - Vaccines (Basel) JT - Vaccines JID - 101629355 PMC - PMC10674950 OTO - NOTNLM OT - IFN-gamma OT - IL-4 OT - baculovirus surface display vectors OT - neutralizing antibody OT - porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus COIS- We declare that we have no competing interests. EDAT- 2023/11/25 12:46 MHDA- 2023/11/25 12:47 PMCR- 2023/10/31 CRDT- 2023/11/25 01:31 PHST- 2023/10/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/10/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/10/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/11/25 12:47 [medline] PHST- 2023/11/25 12:46 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/11/25 01:31 [entrez] PHST- 2023/10/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - vaccines11111666 [pii] AID - vaccines-11-01666 [pii] AID - 10.3390/vaccines11111666 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Oct 31;11(11):1666. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11111666.