TY - JOUR
T1 - A DNA vaccine expressing consensus hemagglutinin-esterase fusion protein protected guinea pigs from infection by two lineages of influenza D virus
AU - Wan, Yanmin
AU - Kang, Guobin
AU - Sreenivasan, Chithra
AU - Daharsh, Lance
AU - Zhang, Junfeng
AU - Fan, Wenjin
AU - Wang, Dan
AU - Moriyama, Hideaki
AU - Li, Feng
AU - Li, Qingsheng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Society for Microbiology.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Two lineages of influenza D virus (IDV) have been found to infect cattle and promote bovine respiratory disease complex, one of the most commonly diagnosed causes of morbidity and mortality within the cattle industry. Furthermore, IDV can infect other economically important domestic livestock, including pigs, and has the potential to infect humans, which necessitates the need for an efficacious vaccine. In this study, we designed a DNA vaccine expressing consensus hemagglutinin-esterase fusion (HEF) protein (FluD-Vax) and tested its protective efficacy against two lineages of IDV (D/OK and D/660) in guinea pigs. Animals that received FluD-Vax (n = 12) developed appreciable titers of neutralizing antibodies against IDV lineage representatives, D/OK and D/660. Importantly, vaccinated animals were protected against intranasal challenge with IDV [3 × 105 50% tissue culture infective dose(s) (TCID50)] D/OK (n = 6) or D/600 (n = 6), based on the absence of viral RNA in necropsied tissues (5 and 7 days postchallenge) using quantitative reverse transcription-PCR and in situ hybridization. In contrast, animals that received a sham DNA vaccine (n = 12) had no detectable neutralizing antibodies against IDV, and viral RNA was readily detectable in respiratory tract tissues after intranasal challenge (3 × 105 TCID50) with IDV D/OK (n = 6) or D/660 (n = 6). Using a TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling) assay, we found that IDV D/OK and D/600 infections induced apoptosis in epithelial cells lining alveoli and bronchioles, as well as nonepithelial cells in lung tissues. Our results demonstrate for the first time that the consensus IDV HEF DNA vaccine can elicit complete protection against infection from two lineages of IDV in the guinea pig model.
AB - Two lineages of influenza D virus (IDV) have been found to infect cattle and promote bovine respiratory disease complex, one of the most commonly diagnosed causes of morbidity and mortality within the cattle industry. Furthermore, IDV can infect other economically important domestic livestock, including pigs, and has the potential to infect humans, which necessitates the need for an efficacious vaccine. In this study, we designed a DNA vaccine expressing consensus hemagglutinin-esterase fusion (HEF) protein (FluD-Vax) and tested its protective efficacy against two lineages of IDV (D/OK and D/660) in guinea pigs. Animals that received FluD-Vax (n = 12) developed appreciable titers of neutralizing antibodies against IDV lineage representatives, D/OK and D/660. Importantly, vaccinated animals were protected against intranasal challenge with IDV [3 × 105 50% tissue culture infective dose(s) (TCID50)] D/OK (n = 6) or D/600 (n = 6), based on the absence of viral RNA in necropsied tissues (5 and 7 days postchallenge) using quantitative reverse transcription-PCR and in situ hybridization. In contrast, animals that received a sham DNA vaccine (n = 12) had no detectable neutralizing antibodies against IDV, and viral RNA was readily detectable in respiratory tract tissues after intranasal challenge (3 × 105 TCID50) with IDV D/OK (n = 6) or D/660 (n = 6). Using a TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling) assay, we found that IDV D/OK and D/600 infections induced apoptosis in epithelial cells lining alveoli and bronchioles, as well as nonepithelial cells in lung tissues. Our results demonstrate for the first time that the consensus IDV HEF DNA vaccine can elicit complete protection against infection from two lineages of IDV in the guinea pig model.
KW - Consensus sequence
KW - DNA vaccine
KW - Guinea pigs
KW - Hemagglutinin-esterase-fusion protein
KW - Influenza D virus
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U2 - 10.1128/JVI.00110-18
DO - 10.1128/JVI.00110-18
M3 - Article
C2 - 29514906
AN - SCOPUS:85046898284
SN - 0022-538X
VL - 92
JO - Journal of Virology
JF - Journal of Virology
IS - 11
M1 - e00110-18
ER -