RRC ID 74152
著者 Masuda A, Man Lee J, Miyata T, Sato S, Masuda A, Taniguchi M, Fujita R, Ushijima H, Morimoto K, Ebihara T, Hino M, Kakino K, Mon H, Kusakabe T.
タイトル High yield production of norovirus GII.4 virus-like particles using silkworm pupae and evaluation of their protective immunogenicity.
ジャーナル Vaccine
Abstract Noroviruses (NoVs) are one of the major causes of acute viral gastroenteritis in humans. Virus-like particles (VLPs) without genomes that mimic the capsid structure of viruses are promising vaccine candidates for the prevention of NoVs infection. To produce large amounts of recombinant protein, including VLPs, the silkworm-expression vector system (silkworm-BEVS) is an efficient and powerful tool. In this study, we constructed a recombinant baculovirus that expresses VP1 protein, the major structural protein of NoV GII.4. Expression analysis showed that the baculovirus-infected silkworm pupae expressed NoV VP1 protein more efficiently than silkworm larval fat bodies. We obtained about 4.9 mg of purified NoV VP1 protein from only five silkworm pupae. The purified VP1 protein was confirmed by dynamic light scattering and electron microscopy to form VLPs of approximately 40 nm in diameter. Antisera from mice immunized with the antigen blocked NoV VLPs binding to histo-blood group antigens of pig gastric mucin and also blocked NoV infection in intestinal epithelial cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. Our findings demonstrated that NoV VLP eliciting protective antibodies could be obtained in milligram quantities from a few silkworm pupae using the silkworm-BEVS.
巻・号 41(3)
ページ 766-777
公開日 2023-1-16
DOI 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.12.015
PII S0264-410X(22)01529-8
PMID 36528444
MeSH Animals Antibodies Antibodies, Viral Artificial Virus-Like Particles* / immunology Bombyx* / chemistry Bombyx* / metabolism Caliciviridae Infections* / prevention & control Capsid Proteins / genetics Gastroenteritis* Humans Mice Norovirus* / genetics Norovirus* / immunology Pupa Swine
IF 3.143
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カイコ d17