Production and in vivo testing of a recombinant bovine IL-12 as an adjuvant for Salmonella typhimurium vaccination in calves |
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Authors: | Takehara Kazuaki Kikuma Reiko Ishikawa Satoko Kamikawa Makiyo Nagata Tomoshi Yokomizo Yuichi Nakamura Masayuki |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Poultry Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada, 034-8628, Aomori, Japan. takehara@vmas.kitasato-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | A recombinant bovine interleukin-12 (boIL-12) that contains a histidine hexamer, rboIL-12His, was produced, purified and administered to calves. We first tried the purification of heterodimer IL-12 from a mixture of p40 homodimer, p40 monomer, and p40-p35 heterodimer with a p35 subunit tagged with a histidine hexamar at its C-terminal (p35His). A recombinant baculovirus expressing p35His was generated and used for superinfection with a recombinant baculovirus expressing p40 subunit. The expressed subunits, p40 and p35His, were assembled into a 70kDa heterodimer in insect cells, released into culture medium, and then purified using a nickel chelate column. The purified rboIL-12His was bioactive for induction of IFN-gamma in bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in vitro.The purified rboIL-12His was then administered to calves with inactivated Salmonella Typhimurium (ST). When sera were assayed by ELISA, specific anti-ST IgG1 antibodies were detected in all ST immunized calves, but, specific anti-ST IgG2 antibodies were detected only in calves administered ST along with rboIL-12His, indicating a possible switch to a Th1 response. Administration of commercially available Salmonella vaccine did not elicit IgG2 antibodies in calves. These results suggest that co-administration of IL-12 with inactivated ST cells could induce a Th1-type response in calves. |
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