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Volume 19(4): 237-246, 2015.


Antibody response effect of fusing IgY and C3d gene segments to hemagglutinin9 (H9) gene on influenza DNA vaccines in chickens

 

Ghaemi Bafghi M. (DVM)1, Bassami M.R. (DVM, PhD)2*, Hashemi Tabar Gh.R. (DVM, PhD)3, Saberi M.R. (Pharm. D, PhD)4,

Haghparast A.R. (DVM, PhD)5, Dehghani H. (DVM, PhD)6

 

Division(s) of 1Biotechnology, 2Clinical Sciences 3,5Pathobiology 6Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ferdowsi University, 4School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran,

 

ABSTRACT

 

Bafghi M, Bassami MR, Tabar H, Saberi MR, Haghparast AR, Dehghani H., Antibody response effect of fusing IgY and C3d gene segments to Hemagglutinin9 (H9) gene on influenza DNA vaccines in chickens, Onl J Vet Res., 19(4): 237-246, 2015. Hemagglutinin9 gene (PCAG-sH9) alone, fused to 4 or 8 repeats of 29 amino acids (P29) from C3d coding sequence (PCAG-sH9+4/8P29C3d), fused to Fc part of IgY coding sequence (PCAG-sH9+FcIgY) or fused to 8P29C3d and FcIgY coding sequence (PCAG-sH9+8P29C3d+FcIgY) DNA vaccines were tested in Leghorn chickens. Expression of DNA vaccine constructs were confirmed by culture media and transfected cells with DNA vaccine plasmids by ELISA and immunofluorescence assays. The vaccines were injected intramuscularly to H9 free groups of 9 chickens each at 8 and 11 weeks of age. Anti-H9 antibody was measured by Hemagglutination Inhibition (HI) assay. Results suggested that fusing Fc IgY gene to PCAG-sH9 did not enhance immunogenicity of H9 DNA vaccine. In contrast, when 8P29C3d was fused and PCAG-sH9+8 P29C3d+ Fc IgY DNA vaccine was injected, immunogenicity increased significantly (P <0.0001). This may have been due to a synergistic effect of 8 P29C3d and Fc IgY on PCAG-sH9.

 

Keywords: C3d, DNA vaccine, H9, IgY, Influenza virus


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