Comparison of a radioimmunoprecipitation assay to immunoblotting and ELISA for detection of antibody to African swine fever virus

A radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) has been developed for detection of antibody to African swine fever virus (ASFV) and compared with the immunoblot assay with regard to sensitivity and specificity. Two hundred seven field sera, obtained from pigs in Spain from different geographic areas between 1975 and 1986, that were positive by ASFV enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were also analysed by immunoblot assay and RIPA. By serum dilution experiments, the RIPA appeared at least as sensitive as the ELISA and immunoblotting tests, although ELISA and RIPA detected antibodies to ASFV earlier in natural infection than did the immunoblot assay, as disclosed by animal inoculation studies. The most antigenic ASFV-induced proteins in natural infection detected by RIPA were the viral proteins p243, p172, p73, p25.5, p15, and p12 and the infection proteins p30 and p23.5. In the immunoblot assay, the proteins that were most reactive with the same sera were the viral protein p25.5 and the infection proteins p30, p25, and p21.5. Only 1 serum, from an animal infected with ASFV, was negative by immunoblot assay but showed a positive result by RIPA. A modification of conventional RIPA was performed using a dot transference of immunoprecipitated proteins to a nitrocellulose filter. This modification simplified the conventional RIPA procedures by eliminating the electrophoresis of immunoprecipitated proteins without affecting sensitivity and specificity. The ease of use, specificity, and the sensitivity comparable to that of the immunoblot assay make the RIPA a useful confirmatory assay for sera that yield conflicting results in other ASFV antibody assays.     

Antibodies to bovine serum albumin in swine sera: implications for false-positive reactions in the serodiagnosis of African swine fever

Antibodies to bovine serum albumin were detected in swine sera by use of an immunoblotting technique. Such sera had false-positive reactions, as determined by results of African swine fever virus serodiagnostic techniques when bovine serum albumin was a contaminant in the soluble cytoplasmic antigen obtained from infected cells cultured in the presence of bovine serum. The soluble cytoplasmic antigen obtained from cell cultures infected with African swine fever virus in the presence of porcine serum did not react with the false-positive sera and, therefore, was used for African swine fever virus serodiagnostic methods, with 0% false-positive results.     

A sensitive dot immunobinding assay for serodiagnosis of African swine fever virus with application in field conditions.

The present work describes a simple dot immunobinding assay (DIA) for African swine fever virus (ASFV) antibody detection that can be used under field conditions. The assay uses nitrocellulose strips dotted with a cytoplasmic soluble antigen (CS-P) of ASFV. The nitrocellulose strips are adhered to a plastic handle. The test serum samples react with the CS-P, and antibodies are detected using a protein A-peroxidase conjugate. Both incubations are carried out at 20 C. The efficacy of the DIA as a screening test for ASFV was compared to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and an immunoblotting (IB) test using 343 sera collected from natural African swine fever epizootics and from inapparent ASFV carriers. The DIA had comparable sensitivity to both reference techniques, and all samples positive in the ELISA and IB test were also positive in the DIA. False-positive reactions were not detected when whole blood or poorly preserved serum samples were tested by DIA. Some poorly preserved sera that were positive initially by the ELISA were no longer ELISA positive in a later run, although they were positive in IB and DIA. These positive DIA and IB test results could be caused by the differences in antibody epitope binding.     

非洲猪瘟病毒p62蛋白单克隆抗体的制备及初步应用

为制备非洲猪瘟病毒（ASFV）p62蛋白的特异性单克隆抗体,并初步应用于感染组织样品中ASFV抗原的免疫组化（IHC）检测,本研究以杆状病毒表达的非洲猪瘟病毒重组p62蛋白免疫BALB/c小鼠,取其脾细胞与骨髓瘤细胞进行融合获得杂交瘤细胞。结果显示：基于纯化的p62蛋白建立的间接ELISA方法对杂交瘤细胞进行筛选和亚克隆,获得了18株可稳定分泌抗非洲猪瘟病毒p62蛋白单克隆抗体的杂交瘤细胞株。经IFA检测,制备的单克隆抗体均与非洲猪瘟病毒反应,且不与猪瘟病毒、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒、猪伪狂犬病病毒、猪圆环病毒2型等猪源常见病毒反应,特异性良好。抗体识别蛋白的鉴定结果显示,3株MAbs识别p35蛋白,15株MAbs识别p15蛋白。14株MAbs重链亚类为IgG1型,4株MAbs重链亚类为IgG2a,轻链均为κ链。利用18株MAbs对ASFV感染猪的肺、扁桃体、淋巴结等组织进行IHC检测,结果显示5株MAbs均能够与感染ASFV的组织发生特异性的免疫反应。本研究获得的非洲猪瘟病毒p62蛋白单克隆抗体可为非洲猪瘟病毒免疫学检测方法的建立及p62蛋白的结构功能等基础研究提供重要的生物材料。     

Neutralizing antibodies for infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in eggs of steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri)

Neutralizing antibodies specific for infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) were isolated from eggs of spawning Steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri), using sodium sulfate precipitation. The isolated material was used in place of the primary antibody (rabbit anti-IHNV) in a protein immunoblotting assay to detect IHNV proteins specifically. The egg component that bound specifically to IHNV proteins was determined to be trout antibody by using antiserum toward trout immune globulins as the second antibody conjugate in the protein immunoblotting assay. The antibody recovered from eggs neutralized IHNV infectivity in cell culture. An average of 87.5% decrease in infectivity was observed.     

Neutralization of African swine fever virus by sera from African swine fever-resistant pigs

Sera from African swine fever-resistant pigs with infection-inhibitory activity decreased virus replication in infected porcine buffy coat cultures. This same effect was observed even after virus was adsorbed. The infection-inhibition was not reversed by removing the immune serum from the assay cultures. Reduction of African swine fever virus replication by immune sera was demonstrated by fluorescent focus assay on MS cell line cultures. Virus-neutralization tests showed a persistent fraction of non-neutralized virus, which was not demonstrable by infection-inhibition tests. One hypothesis for explaining this difference is proposed.     

非洲猪瘟病毒入胞过程相关蛋白及分子机制的研究进展

非洲猪瘟病毒(ASFV)是非洲猪瘟(ASF)的病原,可引发家猪和野猪急性、传染性出血死亡,目前尚无有效的疫苗和抗病毒药物。ASFV是囊膜病毒,其囊膜蛋白的结构和功能可能是影响病毒入侵和细胞嗜性的重要因素。病毒入胞是病毒感染细胞的第一步,通常是通过细胞表面特定的分子与病毒蛋白相结合吸附于宿主细胞表面,对ASFV入胞过程的病毒蛋白或宿主因子为靶点或可有效抑制ASFV的复制。本文从ASFV入胞过程中起重要作用的囊膜蛋白出发,对ASFV的入胞分子机制进行综述,为ASFV入胞深入研究以及治疗性药物和疫苗的研发提供参考。     

利用酵母双杂交技术筛选和鉴定非洲猪瘟病毒E120R蛋白的互作宿主蛋白

【目的】 探讨非洲猪瘟病毒（African swine fever virus，ASFV）衣壳蛋白E120R在病毒感染中的作用，确定与E120R蛋白互作的宿主蛋白。【方法】 将ASFV分离株CADC_HN09株E120R基因合成并克隆于pGBKT7表达载体，获得pGBKT7-E120R诱饵质粒，同时构建E120R基因截短表达质粒pGBKT7-E120R-1（1－61位氨基酸）和pGBKT7-E120R-2（62－122位氨基酸）。经毒性和自激活性检测后，通过酵母双杂交技术对骨髓巨噬细胞（BMDMs） cDNA均一化酵母文库进行初步筛选，以获得与ASFV E120R蛋白互作的蛋白。通过NCBI数据库进行序列比对并经免疫共沉淀试验验证，确定互作的宿主蛋白。筛选的宿主蛋白经webgenstal在线分析网站初步进行GO功能和KEGG通路富集分析，以确定所筛选的宿主蛋白参与的生物过程与信号通路。【结果】 诱饵质粒pGBKT7-E120R-2无毒性和自激活性，可用于文库筛选。通过酵母双杂交系统从BMDMs cDNA均一化酵母文库中初步筛选到46个阳性克隆并进行回转验证，经NCBI数据库序列比对分析共获得29个宿主蛋白。免疫共沉淀试验结果显示，多聚胞嘧啶结合蛋白2（PCBP2）和干扰素刺激基因15（ISG15）均与E120R蛋白存在互作。GO功能富集分析表明，所筛选的宿主蛋白可参与代谢过程、生物调节、应激反应等生物过程；KEGG通路富集分析表明，这些宿主蛋白可参与抗原呈递、铁死亡和坏死性凋亡等多条信号通路。【结论】 ASFV E120R蛋白可与宿主免疫应答、细胞死亡等信号通路相关的多种宿主蛋白互作，为进一步研究ASFV E120R蛋白在病毒感染过程中的作用提供了重要理论依据。     

Humoral immune response of calves to bluetongue virus infection

Humoral immune responses of 7 calves to bluetongue virus (BTV) infection were evaluated by plaque-reduction assay and immunoblotting. Most readily interpretable results were obtained with the immunoblot assay when colostrum-deprived calves were used, and sera were reacted with proteins in partially purified extracts of BTV. Viremia persisted in calves for 35 to 56 days, and BTV coexisted in blood for several weeks with virus-specific neutralizing antibody. Calves developed antibody to virus protein 2, the major determinant of virus neutralization, at 14 to 28 days after inoculation; this time interval also coincided with the appearance of neutralizing antibody in serum. Virus clearance in BTV-infected calves did not coincide with humoral immune responses to protein 2 or other virion proteins.     

Interferon status and white blood cells during infection with African swine fever virus in vivo

African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the causative agent of African swine fever that is the significant disease of domestic pigs, with high rates of mortality. ASFV is double-stranded DNA virus whose genes encode some proteins that are implicated in the suppression of host immune response. In this study, we have modeled in vivo infection of ASFV for determination of interferon (IFN) status in infected pigs. We measured the level of IFN-α, -β and -γ by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and showed that the level of IFN-α sharply decreased during infection. Unlike IFN-α, the level of IFN-β and -γ increased from the 2nd and 4th days post-infection, respectively. Also, we analyzed the population dynamics of peripheral white blood cells of infected pigs due to their important role in host immune system. We showed that the atypical lymphocytes appeared after short time of infection and this result is in accordance with our previous study done in vitro. At the last day of infection about 50% of the total white blood cells were destroyed, and the remaining cells were represented mainly by small-sized lymphocytes, reactive lymphocytes and lymphoblasts.     

Inhibition of African swine fever infection in the presence of immune sera in vivo and in vitro

In assay cultures, sera from African swine fever convalescent pigs inhibited infection by homologous African swine fever virus. The infection-inhibition capacity did not correspond with the virus-neutralizing capacity. The serum did not prevent infection by heterologous virulent viruses. Sera from pigs challenge inoculated with the homologous virulent virus and later with a heterologous virulent virus inhibited the infection by different heterologous virulent viruses. These sera did not interfere with the infection by pseudorabies virus. The specificity of the reaction indicated that the infection inhibition was caused by antibody.     

非洲猪瘟病毒p54蛋白单克隆抗体的制备及阻断ELISA方法的建立

旨在建立检测非洲猪瘟病毒(ASFV)血清抗体的阻断ELISA方法.采用原核表达的ASFVp54蛋白作为包被抗原,并制备了针对p54蛋白的单克隆抗体,采用方阵滴定法确定了阻断ELISA方法的最佳反应条件,并对建立的方法进行了敏感性、特异性、重复性和符合性评价.结果显示,抗原最佳包被浓度为2.0 μg·mL-1,抗原包被温...     

非洲猪瘟病毒环介导恒温扩增快速检测技术的建立及应用

本研究基于非洲猪瘟病毒（African swine fever virus, ASFV）vp72基因设计引物,建立了能够快速检测非洲猪瘟病毒的环介导恒温扩增技术（loop-mediated isothermal amplification, LAMP）。将LAMP与OIE参考的PCR检测方法进行比较,并且应用LAMP对非洲猪瘟参考实验室提供的非洲猪瘟病毒17个毒株的基因组以及国内收集的50份猪的基因组、30份蜱的基因组进行检测。结果显示,本研究设计的引物具有良好的特异性和敏感性,所建立的LAMP能够成功扩增非洲猪瘟病毒17个毒株的基因组,而野外收集的猪和蜱的基因组检测均为阴性。因此,本研究所建立的方法能够用于非洲猪瘟的快速诊断以及防控。     

Immunologic comparison of the proteins of pseudorabies (Aujeszky's disease) virus and bovine herpesvirus-1

The immunologic relationship between bovine herpesvirus-1 and pseudorabies virus was examined by 80% serum cross-neutralization test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, and Western immunoblotting procedures. Immunogenic cross reactivity between the 2 viruses was observed with both the serum-neutralization test and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. A probing of viral Western immunoblots with rabbit hyperimmune antiserum showed that there were a number of viral-specific cross-reactive proteins between bovine herpesvirus-1 and pseudorabies virus.     

Analysis of T lymphocyte subsets proliferating in response to infective and UV-inactivated African swine fever viruses.

The proliferative response to infective and UV-inactivated African swine fever virus was analyzed in cells from pigs surviving an experimental infection with attenuated virus. All the pigs showed strong dose-dependent proliferative responses to both infective and UV-inactivated virus. This response was also observed when nitrocellulose-bound solubilized virus proteins were used in the assay. Heterologous isolates also induced proliferation, however it was significantly lower than that induced by the isolate used to infect the animals. The response to infective virus was blocked equally by anti-CD4 and anti-CD8 monoclonal antibodies (mAb); the response to UV-inactivated virus was almost abolished by anti-CD4 and 60% inhibited by anti-CD8 mAb. FACS analysis of 28-day T cell lines derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells demonstrated the progressive increase of the CD8+ subset when the cells were stimulated with infective virus, whereas the stimulation with UV-inactivated virus induced the increase of both CD4+ and CD8+ subsets. In this case, the sum of CD4+ and CD8+ percentages was higher than the total percentage of T cells, suggesting the presence of cells positive for both CD4+ and CD8+.     

Detection of antibodies against African swine fever virus using infected monolayers and monoclonal antibodies

Three monoclonal antibodies, specific for porcine IgG, IgM and IgA, were used to develop isotype-specific immunoperoxidase monolayer assays for the detection of antibodies against African swine fever virus. A mixture of anti-IgM and anti-IgG monoclonal antibodies was used in an assay designed for screening sera. This test was compared with a commercially available ELISA by using experimental sera and field sera obtained after an outbreak of African swine fever on two farms in the Netherlands in 1986. Although the ELISA was less sensitive than the immunoperoxidase monolayer assay on sera taken early after infection, the tests were equally useful for screening purposes. The isotype-specific assays gave epizootiological information about the stage of infection on the two farms.     

非洲猪瘟病毒DP96R蛋白的表达与单克隆抗体的制备

为制备非洲猪瘟病毒(ASFV)DP96R蛋白单克隆抗体,根据大肠杆菌密码子优化后的DP96R基因序列设计引物,PCR扩增后连接表达载体pET28a-SUMO构建pET-SUMO-DP96R原核表达质粒,将该质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21细胞,经IPTG诱导,获得可溶性的DP96R蛋白。通过Western blot鉴定该蛋白可与ASFV阳性血清发生特异性反应,表明其具有良好的反应原性。将纯化后的蛋白免疫BALB/c小鼠,共制备了14株针对DP96R蛋白的单克隆抗体。单克隆抗体重链亚类分别为IgG1、IgG2a,轻链亚类均为κ。采用DP96R蛋白为抗原的间接ELISA方法检测抗体的效价均不低于1∶2 560 000, 14株单克隆抗体均能够特异性识别DP96R蛋白。本试验为进一步研究DP96R蛋白生物学功能及ASFV基因缺失疫苗开发提供了重要的生物材料。     

非洲猪瘟病毒实时荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立

根据GenBank公布的非洲猪瘟病毒(ASFV)P72基因序列,设计了一对特异性引物和探针,使用含有选定检测序列的重组质粒标准品绘制标准曲线,建立了非洲猪瘟病毒实时荧光定量PCR检测方法。结果表明:该方法的敏感性可达100个拷贝值,具有良好的敏感性和重复性。     

非洲猪瘟病毒实时荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立及应用

本研究为了建立一套检测非洲猪瘟病毒(African swine fever virus,ASFV)的实时荧光定量PCR检测方法,根据GenBank公布的23株编码ASFV结构蛋白p72的基因序列,设计引物和探针,优化退火温度、Mg^2＋浓度和引物、探针浓度,生成标准曲线,进行重复性、敏感性、特异性试验,并检测样品。结果显示,优化的退火温度为60 ℃,Mg^2＋终浓度为4 mmol/L,引物、探针终浓度分别为0.8、0.3 μmol/L。重复性试验变异系数均小于1.3%,敏感性试验最低能够检测到10拷贝/μL的质粒,以其他5种猪病病毒和ASFV质粒为模板进行特异性试验,只有ASFV质粒出现扩增曲线。结果表明,建立的实时荧光定量PCR方法是快速、灵敏、特异的检测ASFV的方法。     

Differentiation of parapoxviruses by application of orf virus-specific monoclonal antibodies against cell surface proteins.

Monoclonal antibodies were produced against orf virus-specified cell surface proteins in an attempt to develop reagents capable of differentiating between members of the Parapoxviridae. Two immunization protocols were used to induce an anti-orf response in BALB/c mice, one of which resulted in virus replication in the recipient. The monoclonal antibodies produced were tested for crossreactivity with bovine papular stomatitis virus (BPS) and milker's node virus (MNV) by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and immunoblotting. The results indicate that significant antigenic overlap exists between isolates of orf, MNV and BPS, even at the level of specificity provided by monoclonal antibodies. One monoclonal antibody reacted strongly in IFA with orf virus isolates, very weakly with MNV, and not at all with BPS. On immunoblots this same antibody recognized a 40-43 kDa protein in orf virus-infected cells, and also a 45-48 kDa protein in cells infected with MNV or BPS virus. The data suggest that it may be possible to define parapoxvirus strains on the basis of small variations in specific virus-directed cell surface proteins.