Immune responses and protective efficacy of a recombinant swinepox virus co-expressing HA1 genes of H3N2 and H1N1 swine influenza virus in mice and pigs

The recombinant swine poxvirus rSPV/H3-2A-H1 co-expressing HA1 genes of H3N2 and H1N1 subtype SIV has been constructed and identified. Inoculations of rSPV/H3-2A-H1 yielded ELISA and neutralization antibodies against SIV H1N1 and H3N2, and elicited potent H1N1 and H3N2 SIV-specific INF-γ response from T-lymphocytes in mice and pigs in this study. Complete protection against SIV H1N1 or H3N2 challenge in pigs was observed.     

Prime-boost immunization with HA/C3d DNA followed by a recombinant pseudorabies virus boost enhanced protective immunity against H3N2 swine influenza virus in mice

DNA and recombinant virus vaccines against swine influenza virus (SIV) have been pursued with promising results, but induce poor immunogenicity. This study evaluated the effects of a vaccine regimen in mice including priming with three DNA vaccines expressing soluble HA (sHA), complete HA (tmHA), or sHA fused with three copies murine C3d (sHA-mC3d3) and boosting with recombinant pseudorabies virus expressing HA (rPRV-HA). Immune responses were monitored by ELISA, HI assays, and virus neutralization. Protective efficacy was evaluated by virus isolation from lungs, distribution in tissues, and pathology following challenge with H3N2 SIV. Priming with sHA-mC3d3 and boosting with rPRV-HA induced higher levels of HA-specific antibodies and yielded the most effective protection. This finding implied that priming with a DNA vaccine expressing C3d fused with antigen and boosting with a recombinant vector vaccine is an effective way to induce protective humoral immunity and prevent some infectious diseases.     

Experimental infection with H1N1 European swine influenza virus protects pigs from an infection with the 2009 pandemic H1N1 human influenza virus

The recent pandemic caused by human influenza virus A(H1N1) 2009 contains ancestral gene segments from North American and Eurasian swine lineages as well as from avian and human influenza lineages. The emergence of this A(H1N1) 2009 poses a potential global threat for human health and the fact that it can infect other species, like pigs, favours a possible encounter with other influenza viruses circulating in swine herds. In Europe, H1N1, H1N2 and H3N2 subtypes of swine influenza virus currently have a high prevalence in commercial farms. To better assess the risk posed by the A(H1N1) 2009 in the actual situation of swine farms, we sought to analyze whether a previous infection with a circulating European avian-like swine A/Swine/Spain/53207/2004 (H1N1) influenza virus (hereafter referred to as SwH1N1) generated or not cross-protective immunity against a subsequent infection with the new human pandemic A/Catalonia/63/2009 (H1N1) influenza virus (hereafter referred to as pH1N1) 21 days apart. Pigs infected only with pH1N1 had mild to moderate pathological findings, consisting on broncho-interstitial pneumonia. However, pigs inoculated with SwH1N1 virus and subsequently infected with pH1N1 had very mild lung lesions, apparently attributed to the remaining lesions caused by SwH1N1 infection. These later pigs also exhibited boosted levels of specific antibodies. Finally, animals firstly infected with SwH1N1 virus and latter infected with pH1N1 exhibited undetectable viral RNA load in nasal swabs and lungs after challenge with pH1N1, indicating a cross-protective effect between both strains.     

辽宁省H1N1亚型猪流感病毒的分离鉴定与遗传演化分析

本研究2012年底从辽宁省某屠宰场猪鼻咽拭子样品中分离到1株流感病毒,经HA—HI试验和RT—PCR鉴定为H1N1亚型猪流感病毒株,命名为A／swine/Liaoning／01／2012（H1N1）,通过对病毒的8个基因片段克隆并测序,并利用分子生物学软件进行遗传演化分析。结果表明,分离株HA基因裂解位点附近的氨基酸序列为IPSIQSRjG,符合低致病力流感病毒的分子特征。全基因组进化树结果表明,分离株的8个基因片段与A／swine／Jiangsu／40／2011（H1N1）株核苷酸同源性最高,分离株处在类禽型H1N1亚型遗传进化分支上;由于类禽型H1N1猪流感病毒具有潜在感染人的潜力,在国外和国内均有感染人的报道,因此,辽宁省首次分离到该型猪流感病毒对全省养猪业和公共卫生安全具有重要意义,值得深入研究。     

欧亚类禽H1N1与古典H1N1亚型猪流感病毒NA基因遗传进化分析

本研究对2011年分离自吉林省猪群的3株流感病毒进行了遗传进化分析。结果表明欧亚类禽H1N1猪流感病毒和古典H1N1猪流感病毒在吉林省猪群中共同流行,因此加强猪流感流行病学调查具有重要意义。     

Comparative analysis of receptor-binding specificity and pathogenicity in natural reassortant and non-reassortant H3N2 swine influenza virus

Genetic reassortment between human and avian influenza viruses can create pandemic viruses. Influenza surveillance of pigs in Jilin Province, in China during 2007–2008 revealed that there were two distinguishable genotypes: a human-like H3N2 genotype and a double-reassortant genotype derived from the human H3N2 and avian H5 viruses. In this study, viral infection potential, replication kinetics, and pathogenicity were compared. The solid-phase binding assay demonstrated that both viruses prominently maintained a preference for the human-type receptor and the reassortant A/swine/Jilin/37/2008 (Sw/JL/37/08) showed relatively higher binding affinities than the non-reassortant A/swine/Jilin/19/2007 (Sw/JL/19/07). Replication kinetics showed that Sw/JL/37/08 had higher replicability in MDCK cells than Sw/JL/19/07. The mouse experiments clearly revealed that Sw/JL/37/08 had higher virulence than Sw/JL/19/07 as measured by more significant body weight loss, higher viral lung load, delayed viral clearance from lungs, and more severe pulmonary lesions. Sequence analysis indicated that the absence of glycosylation sites at residue 126 of HA and 93 of NA, as well as the characteristic NS1 C-terminal PL residues of ESEV may account for the increased replication and pathogenicity of Sw/JL/37/08. These results may imply that human may have infection risk by the reassortant swine influenza virus and emphasize the necessity for enhanced viral surveillance strategies, which monitor reassortment events in nature to reduce the public health threat posed by influenza viruses with the potential for human-to-human transmission currently circulating in pig populations.     

H3N2亚型猪流感病毒HA基因序列测定及抗原性分析

采用RT-PCR技术对4株H3N2亚型猪流感病毒的HA基因进行了扩增,将获得的PCR产物分别与pMD18-T克隆载体连接,进行序列测定。测序结果显示,4个毒株均含有完整的开放阅读框,并且均未发现核苷酸插入或缺失现象;分离毒株间核苷酸同源性为99.4%~99.7%,氨基酸同源性为98.2%~99.3%。同源性分析表明,4个毒株与2003年的猪流感病毒广东分离株有很高同源性(均在99%以上),说明近段时间我国H3N2亚型的猪流感病毒变异不大,重组的频率不是很高,同时又与人流感病毒香港分离株有较高的同源性(均为99.4%)。交叉血凝抑制试验显示,S3株与其他3毒株抗原性差异明显。鉴于猪在流感病毒传播与复制间的特殊地位,应密切监测猪流感。     

Serologic surveillance of swine H1 and H3 and avian H5 and H9 influenza A virus infections in swine population in Korea

Influenza A is a respiratory disease common in the swine industry. Three subtypes, H1N1, H1N2 and H3N2 influenza A viruses, are currently co-circulating in swine populations in Korea. An outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus occurred in domestic bird farms in Korea during the winter season of 2003. Pigs can serve as hosts for avian influenza viruses, enabling passage of the virus to other mammals and recombination of mammalian and avian influenza viruses, which are more readily transmissible to humans. This study reports the current seroprevalence of swine H1 and H3 influenza in swine populations in Korea by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay. We also investigated whether avian H5 and H9 influenza transmission occurred in pigs from Korea using both the HI and neutralization (NT) tests. 51.2% (380/742) of serum samples tested were positive against the swine H1 virus and 43.7% (324/742) were positive against the swine H3 virus by HI assay. The incidence of seropositivity against both the swine H1 virus and the swine H3 virus was 25.3% (188/742). On the other hand, none of the samples tested showed seropositivity against either the avian H5 virus or the avian H9 virus by the HI and NT tests. Therefore, we report the high current seroprevalence and co-infectivity of swine H1 and H3 influenza viruses in swine populations and the lack of seroepidemiological evidence of avian H5 and H9 influenza transmission to Korean pigs.     

Reassortant H1N1 influenza virus vaccines protect pigs against pandemic H1N1 influenza virus and H1N2 swine influenza virus challenge

Influenza A (H1N1) virus has caused human influenza outbreaks in a worldwide pandemic since April 2009. Pigs have been found to be susceptible to this influenza virus under experimental and natural conditions, raising concern about their potential role in the pandemic spread of the virus. In this study, we generated a high-growth reassortant virus (SC/PR8) that contains the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes from a novel H1N1 isolate, A/Sichuan/1/2009 (SC/09), and six internal genes from A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (PR8) virus, by genetic reassortment. The immunogenicity and protective efficacy of this reassortant virus were evaluated at different doses in a challenge model using a homologous SC/09 or heterologous A/Swine/Guangdong/1/06(H1N2) virus (GD/06). Two doses of SC/PR8 virus vaccine elicited high-titer serum hemagglutination inhibiting (HI) antibodies specific for the 2009 H1N1 virus and conferred complete protection against challenge with either SC/09 or GD/06 virus, with reduced lung lesions and viral shedding in vaccine-inoculated animals compared with non-vaccinated control animals. These results indicated for the first time that a high-growth SC/PR8 reassortant H1N1 virus exhibits properties that are desirable to be a promising vaccine candidate for use in swine in the event of a pandemic H1N1 influenza.     

免疫鸡群中分离的H9N2亚型禽流感病毒的分子特征研究

为研究浙江省禽流感病毒(AIV)的流行病学情况,本实验应用鸡胚传代方法从AIV疫苗免疫鸡群中表现典型呼吸症状的产蛋鸡体内分离1株H9N2亚型AIV A/Chicken/Jiande/01/2009(H9N2)。氨基酸序列分析显示,HA受体结合位点出现了人流感病毒结合位点226L,M基因出现S31N的突变。遗传进化分析显示,A/Chicken/Jiande/01/2009的M基因和PB2基因属于G1-Like谱系,HA基因、NA基因和NS基因属于Ck/BJ/1/94-Like分支,而NP基因、PA基因和PB1基因属于Ck/SH/F/98-Like谱系。这些资料表明,A/Chicken/Jiande/01/2009(H9N2)为一株重排病毒。     

猪流感(H_1N_1H_3N_2亚型)二价灭活疫苗试制报告

猪流行性感冒(swine influenza,SI)是由猪流行性感冒病毒(SIV)引起的猪的一种急性、热性和高度接触性的呼吸道传染病,其临床上以突发高热、咳嗽、呼吸困难、衰竭和死亡为特征[1].     

Protective efficacy of a high-growth reassortant swine H3N2 inactivated vaccine constructed by reverse genetic manipulation

Novel reassortant H3N2 swine influenza viruses (SwIV) with the matrix gene from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic virus have been isolated in many countries as well as during outbreaks in multiple states in the United States, indicating that H3N2 SwIV might be a potential threat to public health. Since southern China is the world''s largest producer of pigs, efficient vaccines should be developed to prevent pigs from acquiring H3N2 subtype SwIV infections, and thus limit the possibility of SwIV infection at agricultural fairs. In this study, a high-growth reassortant virus (GD/PR8) was generated by plasmid-based reverse genetics and tested as a candidate inactivated vaccine. The protective efficacy of this vaccine was evaluated in mice by challenging them with another H3N2 SwIV isolate [A/Swine/Heilongjiang/1/05 (H3N2) (HLJ/05)]. Prime and booster inoculation with GD/PR8 vaccine yielded high-titer serum hemagglutination inhibiting antibodies and IgG antibodies. Complete protection of mice against H3N2 SwIV was observed, with significantly reduced lung lesion and viral loads in vaccine-inoculated mice relative to mock-vaccinated controls. These results suggest that the GD/PR8 vaccine may serve as a promising candidate for rapid intervention of H3N2 SwIV outbreaks in China.     

Novel swine influenza virus subtype H3N1 in Italy

To date, three subtypes of swine influenza viruses, H1N1, H1N2, and H3N2 have been isolated in Italy. In 2006, a novel swine influenza virus subtype (H3N1) was isolated from coughing pigs. RT-PCR performed on lung tissues, experimental infection in pigs with the novel isolate, and cloning the virus by plaque assay confirmed this unique H and N combination. The novel isolate was also antigenically and genetically characterized. Genetic and phylogenetic analysis showed that the complete HA gene of the H3N1 strain has the highest nucleotide identity to three Italian H3N2 strains, one isolated in 2001 and two in 2004, whereas the full length NA sequence is closely related to three H1N1 subtype viruses isolated in Italy in 2004. The remaining genes are also closely related to respective genes found in H1N1 and H3N2 SIVs currently circulating in Italy. This suggests that the novel SIV could be a reassortant between the H3N2 and H1N1 SIVs circulating in Italy.     

中国猪源HSN1和H9N2亚型流感病毒的分离鉴定

猪是禽流感病毒"禽-猪-人"传播链中重要的中间宿主,了解猪流感的疫情动态将为动物流感及人流感的疾病预测及防制提供重要依据.1999～2001年间进行的血清学和病毒学监测发现我国猪群存在大范围的H1和H3亚型猪流感感染(李海燕等,2002).2002～2003年,我们进一步对来自全国14个省市的1936份血清进行了H9亚型猪流感的检测,同时在广东、福建等省进行了H5亚型猪流感的检测.2002年辽宁、广东、山东及重庆猪血清中出现H9亚型流感抗体,阳性率分别为7.3%、6.8%、5.1%和1.6%.2003年采集的猪血清H9亚型流感抗体均为阴性,同时发现广东、福建两省2003年出现H5亚型流感阳性猪群,阳性率分别为4.7%和8.2%.从2001～2003年收集和送检的样品中分离鉴定了6株H9N2亚型和2株H5N1亚型猪流感病毒,部分序列分析发现H9和H5亚型猪流感病毒均与我国分离的禽流感病毒高度同源.本研究进一步确证了我国猪群中存在H9N2亚型流感病毒,并且首次发现我国猪群已出现H5N1亚型流感病毒,为人类流感及动物流感的防制敲响了警钟.对这两个亚型流感病毒所具有的公共卫生和兽医公共卫生危害性应予以高度重视.     

一株H1N1亚型猪流感病毒的分离鉴定及生物学特性分析

为调查南京地区猪流感流行情况,本研究于2011年2月～5月期间从南京某屠宰场采集健康猪的鼻拭子和肺脏组织样品共690份,常规无菌处理后进行RT-PCR检测,将检测为阳性的样品接种9日龄～11日龄SPF鸡胚分离猪流感病毒(STV).对分离株进行血凝试验、EID50测定、HA及NA基因测序分析和感染小鼠及猪体试验.结果有18份样品RT-PCR显示为SIV阳性,但只有一株可在SPF鸡胚中稳定增殖.该病毒分离株具有凝集0.5％鸡红细胞的活性,EID50为10-6.32/0.1 mL,基因测序显示其HA、NA基因片段均与09年H1N1型流感流行株A/California/04/2009 (H1N1)高度同源,将其命名为A/Swine/Nanjing/50/2011 (H1N1).小鼠人工感染试验表明该分离株可引起小鼠死亡(3/10),猪体人工感染实验显示该分离株还能够引发猪体明显的流感症状及肺部病变.该病毒的分离鉴定及HA、NA基因序列分析为进一步调查SIV的流行规律提供了基础数据.     

H9N2亚型猪流感病毒对小鼠的致病性及其分子特性研究

本实验从河北地区疑似流感发病猪体内分离到一株病毒,经鉴定为H9N2亚型猪流感(SIV)病毒.将该分离株经滴鼻、点眼途径感染小鼠,观察临床症状和病理变化,同时对血凝素(HA)、神经氨酸酶(NA)、核蛋白(NP)和基质蛋白基因(M)进行克隆和序列测定,与GenBank中登录的相关序列进行比对并绘制系统发育进化树.致病性结果显示:感染小鼠出现精神不振,体重下降,并引起以弥漫性肺泡损伤为主的临床症状和病理变化.序列分析结果显示:该分离株与禽流感病毒(AW) A/chicken/Hebei/4/2008 (H9N2)(简称CK/HB/4/08)参考株的HA、NA、NP和M基因的核苷酸序列和推导的氨基酸序列的同源性最高.HA蛋白的裂解位点序列为PARSSR↓GLF,属于低致病性流感病毒的裂解位点.HA、NP、NA和M基因的遗传进化分析均显示该分离株与AIV的CK/HB/4/08株位于同一分支,具有较近的亲缘关系;由此推测该分离株可能是由CK/HB/4/08演化而来,并在跨物种传播的过程中发生了部分变异.     

H1N1亚型猪流感病毒的生物学特性测定及其HA基因序列分析

测定了A/Swine/Guangdong/1/01(H1N1)猪流感病毒的部分生物学特性;运用RT-PCR方法扩增其HA基因,并对其进行了克隆和序列分析。结果表明,该株病毒的EID50/0.2 mL及TCID50/0.1 mL分别为10-2.3和10-2.1,小鼠感染试验亦说明该病毒具有致病性。序列分析表明,HA基因全长为1 701 bp,与国内外流行株同源性达90.8%~99.0%。     

重组H5N1亚型禽流感疫苗免疫孔雀后的抗体消长规律及免疫程序的研究

为了探讨孔雀对H5高致病性禽流感灭活疫苗的免疫原性,做好孔雀禽流感的防控,采用哈尔滨兽医研究所研制的重组H5N1亚型高致病性禽流感疫苗,不同剂量免疫孔雀后,跟踪其抗体消长规律。检测结果显示:小孔雀母源抗体能维持约6周;首免0.5 mL/羽颈部皮下注射,有效抗体能维持18周以上;1.0,1.5,2.0 mL/羽3个剂量组肌肉注射进行二免,以1.5 mL/羽组效果最好,有效抗体能维持10个月左右;成年孔雀1.5 mL/羽进行三免,有效抗体能维持1年以上。而且孔雀产生的抗体均一性良好,抗体阳性率均在75%以上。根据抗体消长规律,推荐了孔雀的免疫程序。     

规模化猪场H1亚型猪流感油乳剂灭活疫苗免疫的抗体变化动态

猪流感(Swine influenza,SI)是由正粘病毒科A型流感病毒引起的一种猪的急性、热性、高度接触性呼吸道传染病,临床上以高热、精神沉郁、食欲下降、呼吸困难为特点,可导致猪只生产性能下降,料肉比上升,增重减缓。猪流感常导致猪繁殖与呼吸障碍综合征、传染性胸膜肺炎、猪链球菌等