Spatial hierarchical variances and age covariances for seroprevalence to Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo, BoHV-1 and BVDV for cattle in the State of Paraíba, Brazil

We estimated spatial hierarchal variances and age-group covariances for seroprevalence to Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo (LeptoH), bovine viral-diarrhea virus (BVDV) and bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BoHV-1) among 2343 cattle from 72 properties sampled in the State of Paraíba, Brazil in 2000. From each property, eight animals in each of the four age categories were evaluated. The age categories studied were: pre-weaned (0–6 months), young (7–18 months), replacement (19–30 months) and mature (>30 months). Overall seroprevalence to LeptoH was 16.0% and showed clustering at all levels of the spatial hierarchy and had a high posterior probability of being negatively correlated between replacement and mature groups within herds. Seroprevalence to BoHV-1 was 46.6% and demonstrated very little clustering among levels of the spatial hierarchy and was positively correlated between young and replacement groups within herds. Seroprevalence to BVD was 22.2% and was strongly clustered within herds and was positively correlated between young and replacement age groups within herds.     

Validation of a test for dams carrying foetuses persistently infected with bovine viral-diarrhoea virus based on determination of antibody levels in late pregnancy

Our objective was to estimate, using a generalised linear mixed-model approach, the sensitivity and specificity of an indirect ELISA when used to identify dams pregnant with persistently bovine viral-diarrhoea virus (BVDV)-infected foetuses. Cows that had been tested for antibodies to BVDV with a positive result during their pregnancy and where the offspring had been tested for both antibody and virus were identified by accessing the Swedish BVD database and the official pedigree records. The resulting data set consisted of 2162 cow–calf pairs in 126 herds, of which 281 included virus-positive calves. The sensitivities and specificities at 12 different decision thresholds (corresponding to optical densities (ODs) between 0.5 and 1.6) were estimated using generalised linear mixed models (binomial error, logit link), in which the gold standard (the BVDV status of the calf) was included as a covariate. In each model, the dependent variable was the dichotomous test result at the decision threshold in question. There was a significant positive interaction between the calf’s status and gestational stage in all 12 models — indicating that the sensitivity and specificity at any given decision threshold was improved when the the test was performed later in pregnancy. The test should be applied only when samples have been taken in late gestation — not before the seventh month in pregnancy. If applied during the last months of pregnancy, the point estimate of the sensitivity ranges between 0.94 and 1.0 as the decision threshold is moved from 1.0 and downwards to 0.7. Similarly, the specificity ranges between 0.39 and 0.67 as the decision threshold is moved from 0.8 and upwards to 1.1.     

牛病毒性腹泻病毒E2基因在毕赤酵母GS115中的表达与鉴定

将牛病毒性腹泻病毒(BVDV)河北分离株HB-bd毒株E2基因去除跨膜区获得sE2基因,将sE2基因克隆入巴斯德毕赤酵母(P.Pastoris)分泌型表达载体pPIC9K中,筛选培养后提取阳性重组质粒,经酶切和PCR鉴定,命名为pPIC9K-sE2.重组质粒pPIC9K-sE2经Sal Ⅰ酶切线性化,电穿孔导入P.Pastoris GS115基因进行整合,使外源基因sE2稳定地整合到P.Pastoris染色体中,G418筛选得到阳性高拷贝转化子GS115-pPIC9K-sE2.经甲醇诱导表达后,sE2融合蛋白获得了表达,表达产物经SDS-PAGE、Western-blot和Dot-ELISA分析,确定其表达的sE2融合蛋白相对分子质量大小为37 000,且具有天然蛋白的抗原特异性.免疫原性研究证明P.Pastoris表达的sE2蛋白能刺激动物产生特异抗体.     

Establishment of a Duplex TaqMan Real-time PCR Method for Detection of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Types 1 and 2

【Objective】 This study was aimed to establish a duplex TaqMan Real-time PCR method for rapid detection of Bovine viral diarrhea virus types 1(BVDV1) and 2(BVDV2).【Method】 Specific primers were designed based on the 5'-non-coding region of 95 strains of BVDV1 and BVDV2 in GenBank.The positive plasmids containing the target fragments of BVDV1 and BVDV2 were constructed.The reaction conditions were optimized, the standard curve was constructed, the specificity, sensitivity and reproducibility of the duplex TaqMan Real-time PCR method were tested, and the established duplex TaqMan Real-time PCR assay was used to detect the clinical samples collected from Jilin province.【Result】 The results showed that the optimal annealing temperature of the duplex TaqMan Real-time PCR was 57.0 ℃, the optimum primer concentration was 0.5 μmol/L, and the optimum probe concentration was 0.3 μmol/L.The standard curves of BVDV1 and BVDV2 were Y=-3.54X+37.36 (R²=0.990) and Y=-3.18X+35.95 (R²=0.997), respectively.There was no specific amplification of Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus (IBRV), Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) and Bovine parainfluenza virus type 3 (BPIV3), with intra- and inter-batch CV less than 3%, and the lower limit of detection was 10 copies/μL.The results of clinical samples showed that the overall positive rate was 23.1% (36/156), of which 17.9% (28/156) were positive for BVDV1 and 5.1% (8/156) were positive for BVDV2.【Conclusion】 In this study, a duplex TaqMan Real-time PCR method was established, which could identify BVDV types 1 and 2 simultaneously, quickly and accurately, and provided technical support for the prevention, control and purification of BVDV.     

胎牛血清中牛病毒性腹泻病毒2型毒株分离及脱脂奶粉中抗体的检测

本研究旨在对进口胎牛血清中的牛病毒性腹泻病毒（BVDV）进行分离及鉴定。利用BVDV抗原和抗体检测试剂盒检测,提取胎牛血清中的病毒RNA,用5'-UTR巢式PCR进行扩增,PCR扩增产物连接pMD19-T进行测序分析。胎牛血清样品接种MDBK细胞,进行细胞传代培养,通过细胞分离培养、直接免疫荧光抗体检测对实验室进口胎牛血清样品进行病毒分离及鉴定,应用DNAStar对BVDV 5'-UTR、N^pro与GenBank中公布的瘟病毒参考株进行多序列比对,采用Mega 6.0进行遗传进化分析。同时通过包被脱脂奶粉进行间接ELISA检测其中的BVDV抗体。结果显示,胎牛血清中BVDV抗原和抗体均为阳性,并且从胎牛血清中成功分离到一株新的牛源BVDV,命名为BVDV-GC株,该病毒株在MDBK细胞上进行增殖培养时未能引起细胞病变;5'-UTR与N^pro PCR扩增为阳性,扩增产物大小均与预期相符;直接免疫荧光检测荧光信号为阳性;病毒滴度为10^-3.6TCID₅₀/0.1 mL;遗传进化分析表明,该分离株与USMARC-60779（BVDV-2）株有较近的亲缘关系,同属于BVDV-2型毒株;通过包被脱脂奶粉和商品化的ELISA试剂盒进行检测,结果表明脱脂奶粉中存在BVDV抗体。本研究从进口胎牛血清中分离出1株BVDV-2型非致细胞病变病毒,从脱脂奶粉中检测到BVDV抗体,表明进口胎牛血清和脱脂奶粉中都存在BVDV抗原和抗体污染,本研究为后续试验分析提供参考。     

基于RNA-Seq技术分析非致病细胞病变BVDV感染牛单核细胞对NF-κB信号通路的影响

非致细胞病变(NCP)牛病毒性腹泻病毒(BVDV)可引起持续的潜伏感染和免疫抑制,但是具体的感染机制尚不清楚。采用RNA测序(RNA-seq)技术,以NCP BVDV感染牛单核细胞2h和24h的细胞为样本分别提取总RNA,并采用HiSeqTM2500高通量测序技术进行转录组测序,对获得的有效序列进行功能注释及相关生物信息学分析。结果显示,在感染2h后,筛选出差异表达基因9959个,其中4968基因表达上调;在感染24h后,筛选出差异表达基因7977个,其中4184的基因表达上调;进一步分析NF-κB信号通路的变化,结果显示,在感染后2h,与免疫反应或抗病毒活性相关的基因表达显著增加,到感染24h表达水平显著下降。变化显著的基因均与炎症、免疫、自噬和凋亡密切相关。研究建立的牛外周血单核细胞感染BVDV后差异表达基因数据库,丰富了BVDV与宿主之间的相互关系,为BVDV持续感染机制的研究奠定基础。     

牛病毒性腹泻病毒E0蛋白的原核表达及多克隆抗体制备

【目的】应用大肠杆菌表达系统表达牛病毒性腹泻病毒(BVDV) E0蛋白,纯化后免疫小鼠制备E0蛋白多克隆抗体用于BVDV的检测技术研究。【方法】采用PCR扩增BVDV的E0基因,将其连接至pET-28a (+)构建重组表达载体pET28a-E0。将重组质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21感受态细胞,经IPTG诱导、亲和层析纯化后,通过SDS-PAGE和Western blotting鉴定E0蛋白的表达情况。将纯化的E0蛋白免疫小鼠制备BVDV E0多克隆抗体,并通过Western blotting、细胞免疫荧光试验、ELISA等试验检测该多克隆抗体的特异性和效价,以及在BVDV检测中的应用。【结果】成功构建原核表达载体pET28a-E0,表达并纯化E0蛋白,制备的BVDV E0多克隆抗体可特异性识别纯化的E0蛋白及pET28a-E0在BL21中表达的总蛋白。进一步Western blotting、细胞免疫荧光试验、双抗夹心法ELISA证明制备的E0多克隆抗体可用于BVDV的检测。间接ELISA结果表明,E0多克隆抗体效价高于1∶64 000。【结论】制备的BVDV E0多克隆抗体效价高、抗原结合特异性强,为BVDV E0蛋白的生物学功能研究及BVDV的检测提供了材料支持。     

Immunogenicity of recombinant BCGs expressing predicted antigenic epitopes of bovine viral diarrhea virus E2 gene

To develop a vaccine to prevent diseases caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) simultaneously, recombinant Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (rBCG) vaccines expressing different regions of the BVDV E2 gene were constructed. Using DNASTAR 6.0 software, potential antigenic epitopes were predicted, and six regions were chosen to generate recombinant plasmids with the pMV361 vector (pMV361-E2-1, pMV361-E2-2, pMV361-E2-3, pMV361-E2-4, pMV361-E2-5 and pMV361-E2-6, respectively). The recombinant plasmids were transformed into BCG, and protein expression was thermally induced at 45 °C. Mice were immunized with 5 × 10⁶ CFU/200 µL of each rBCG strain. Compared with other groups, BVDV E2 specific antibody titers were higher in mice immunized with rBCG-E2-6. Ratios and numbers of CD4+, CD8+ and IL-12 expressing spleen lymphocytes of the rBCG-E2-6 group also were higher than those of other groups. Thus, the rBCG-E2-6 vaccine showed the highest immunogenicity of all groups based on the humoral and cellular responses to vaccination.     

牛病毒性腹泻病毒CC13B株全基因组序列及分析

从长春地区某牛场发生疑似为牛病毒性腹泻-黏膜病的病牛粪样中分离到1株病毒,经序列测定为牛病毒性腹泻病毒命名为BVDV CC13B株。核苷酸序列的测定结果显示,CC13B毒株的完全基因组序列由12 265个核苷酸组成,其中5′端非编码区包含380个核苷酸,3′端非编码区包含188个核苷酸。病毒基因组含有1个大的读码框架,编码1个由3 898个氨基酸组成的前体多聚蛋白。序列对比结果显示,CC13B毒株的核苷酸和氨基酸序列与国外CP-5A毒株同源性最高,分别为为96.2%和97.3%;而与国内分离株JZ05-1的同源性最低,分别为69.8%和71.0%。系统进化树分析结果表明,CC13B毒株与国内分离的长春184、Xinjiang-3156和H等分离株归类为BVDV基因Ⅰ型的Ib基因亚型。结果表明,长春地区近年发生的牛病毒性腹泻-黏膜病依然主要由BVDV基因Ⅰ型毒株引起。     

牛病毒性腹泻病毒感染对猪瘟免疫的影响

猪瘟病毒（CSFV）与同属的牛病毒性腹泻病病毒（BVDV）同源性较高,抗原性上有交叉。本次调查对368份猪瘟免疫猪血清样本进行BVDV抗原检测,其中7份呈阳性,阳性率1.90%。对7份BVDV阳性血清采用ELISA和IHA两种方法检测猪瘟（CSFV）抗体水平,抗体合格率偏低,两者的结果符合率为71%。研究表明：BVDV在一定程度上干扰了猪瘟疫苗的免疫效果,影响抗体水平。