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Reduced Virus Load in Lungs of Pigs Challenged with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus after Vaccination with Virus Replicon Particles Encoding Conserved PRRSV Cytotoxic T-Cell Epitopes

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VACCINES
卷 9, 期 3, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9030208

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porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV); virus replicon particles (VRP); classical swine fever virus (CSFV); viral vector; vaccine; polyepitope antigen; cytotoxic T cells; cell-mediated immunity

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  1. Danish Council for Strategic Research

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This study introduced virus replicon particles (VRPs) based on classical swine fever virus genome to express conserved PRRSV-2 cytotoxic T-cell epitopes. The pigs vaccinated with VRPs showed significantly lower virus load in the lung and higher interferon-gamma secreting cells after challenge compared to the control group. These results suggest a potential for developing effective PRRSV vaccines with a shapeable cell-mediated immune response.
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes severe respiratory distress and reproductive failure in swine. Modified live virus (MLV) vaccines provide the highest degree of protection and are most often the preferred choice. While somewhat protective, the use of MLVs is accompanied by multiple safety issues, why safer alternatives are urgently needed. Here, we describe the generation of virus replicon particles (VRPs) based on a classical swine fever virus genome incapable of producing infectious progeny and designed to express conserved PRRSV-2 cytotoxic T-cell epitopes. Eighteen pigs matched with the epitopes by their swine leucocyte antigen-profiles were vaccinated (N = 11, test group) or sham-vaccinated (N = 7, control group) with the VRPs and subsequently challenged with PRRSV-2. The responses to vaccination and challenge were monitored using serological, immunological, and virological analyses. Challenge virus load in serum did not differ significantly between the groups, whereas the virus load in the caudal part of the lung was significantly lower in the test group compared to the control group. The number of peptide-induced interferon-gamma secreting cells after challenge was higher and more frequent in the test group than in the control group. Together, our results provide indications of a shapeable PRRSV-specific cell-mediated immune response that may inspire future development of effective PRRSV vaccines.

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