期刊
VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
卷 185, 期 -, 页码 38-47出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2017.01.008
关键词
Outer membrane protein; Edwardsiella tarda; Vaccine; Flounder; Immune response
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31302216, 31472295]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2012CB114406]
- Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province
- Scientific and Technological Innovation Project - Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology [2015ASKJ01]
To obtain effective vaccine candidates for Edwardsiella tarda, six outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of E. tarda were selected and recombinantly expressed. Western blotting analysis showed that flounder anti-E. tarda serum could recognize rOmpV, rOmpK, rOmpX and rOmpl, but not rOmpH and rOmpR. Immunization of flounder with different rOMPs resulted in high levels of protection following the E. tarda challenge with relative percent survivals (RPS) of 92.1% (rOmpl), 84.2% (rOmpX), 68.4% (rOmpK), 60.5% (rOmpV), 57.9% (rOmpH) and 39.5% (rOmpR). Meanwhile, the immune response of flounder induced by rOMPs was investigated, and the results showed that: (1) The levels of specific antibodies against E. tarda induced by rOmpl and rOmpX were significantly higher at weeks 3 and 4 post-vaccination than those of the other rOMPs; (2) all six rOMPs could induce the proliferation of slg+ lymphocytes, and the peaks of slg+ lymphocytes in the blood and spleen of rOmpl-, rOmpX-and rOmpH-vaccinated fish were significantly higher than those of other rOMPs; (3) all six rOMPs could induce up-regulation of the MHC II e, CD4-1, CD4-2, CD8 alpha, CD8 beta, IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha. and IFN-gamma genes. Among them, the mRNA levels of the CD4-1 and CD4-2 genes induced by rOmpl and rOmpX were generally higher than those induced by the other rOMPs, while there was no significant difference in the expression of TLR2, TLR5M and MHC I between the rOMPs-vaccinated group and control group. These results demonstrate that rOmpI and rOmpX could produce a RPS of over 80% against the challenge of E. tarda and induce stronger immune responses in flounder, which indicates that OmpI and OmpX are promising vaccine candidates against E. tarda infection. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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