中国农业科学 ›› 2025, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (16): 3345-3356.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2025.16.016

• 畜牧·兽医 • 上一篇    

非洲猪瘟病毒pD345L蛋白单克隆抗体的制备及其表位鉴定

贺筱萍(), 张元峰, 刘学敏, 黄丽*(), 翁长江   

  1. 中国农业科学院哈尔滨兽医研究所/动物疫病防控全国重点实验室/黑龙江省兽医免疫学重点实验室,哈尔滨 150069
  • 收稿日期:2025-02-23 接受日期:2025-07-10 出版日期:2025-08-11 发布日期:2025-08-11
  • 通信作者:
    黄丽,E-mail:
  • 联系方式: 贺筱萍,E-mail:18753563978@163.com。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(32322081); 国家自然科学基金(32270156); 中国农业科学院科学中心项目(CAAS-CSLPDCP-202401); 中国农业科学院科学中心项目(CAAS-CSLPDCP-2023002)

Preparation of Monoclonal Antibody Against African Swine Fever Virus pD345L Protein and Identification of Its Epitope

HE XiaoPing(), ZHANG YuanFeng, LIU XueMin, HUANG Li*(), WENG ChangJiang   

  1. Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention/Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Veterinary Immunology, Harbin 150069
  • Received:2025-02-23 Accepted:2025-07-10 Published:2025-08-11 Online:2025-08-11

摘要:

【目的】制备非洲猪瘟病毒(African swine fever virus,ASFV)pD345L蛋白(pD345L)的单克隆抗体(monoclonal antibodies, mAbs),并分析其识别的线性B细胞表位,为探究pD345L在ASFV感染与致病中的功能奠定基础。【方法】构建pET-28a-D345L重组原核表达质粒,将其转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)感受态细胞,表达并用亲和层析方法纯化重组的pD345L蛋白(rpD345L)。将纯化的rpD345L与等体积的弗氏完全佐剂乳化后免疫5周龄SPF级BALB/c小鼠,每隔两周免疫一次,共免疫3次。第二次和第三次免疫均用弗氏不完全佐剂乳化。第三次免疫一周后通过小鼠颌下静脉采血,分离血清,利用ELISA方法检测血清抗体效价,选取抗体效价高的小鼠加强免疫。免疫3 d后取小鼠脾细胞与小鼠骨髓瘤细胞(SP2/0)进行融合。将重组GST-pD345L作为包被抗原,利用ELISA方法筛选阳性杂交瘤细胞,经过3次筛选得到能够稳定分泌pD345L mAbs的杂交瘤细胞株,注入小鼠腹腔制备腹水。使用单抗亚类鉴定试剂盒鉴定mAbs的重、轻链类型。利用外源过表达的pD345L和ASFV HLJ/18株感染的猪肺泡巨噬细胞(PAMs)为抗原,用制备的mAbs作为一抗,分别进行Western blot和间接免疫荧光(IFA)鉴定。随后将截短的pD345L与GST融合表达,用筛选的mAbs鉴定抗原表位,分析鉴定的抗原表位在不同ASFV毒株中的保守性。【结果】IPTG诱导后,pD345L以包涵体形式表达,分子量为40.5 kDa。将其免疫BALB/c小鼠后经间接ELISA方法筛选得到2株稳定分泌pD345L mAbs的杂交瘤细胞株,命名为10H3和5G1。亚类鉴定结果显示,2株mAbs重链类型均为IgG1型,轻链类型为κ链,抗体效价为1:1 638 400。Western blot和IFA结果显示,制备的mAbs均能识别天然表达的pD345L。经Western blot确定抗原表位,结果显示10H3和5G1 mAbs的最小线性B细胞表位分别为1METFVRLFKD10321YEKICCSEES330,这两个抗原表位在ASFV不同毒株中具有保守性。【结论】本研究原核表达并纯化了rpD345L,制备了2株pD345L mAbs,并鉴定了其识别的抗原表位,且这2株mAbs均能有效识别ASFV感染过程中表达的pD345L,为进一步研究ASFV pD345L功能奠定基础。

关键词: 非洲猪瘟病毒, pD345L蛋白, 单克隆抗体, 抗原表位

Abstract:

【Objective】The aim of this study was to prepare monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the pD345L protein (pD345L) of African swine fever virus (ASFV), and to analyze the linear B-cell epitopes recognized by these antibodies, so as to lay a foundation for exploring the function of pD345L in the infection and pathogenesis of ASFV. 【Method】The prokaryotic expression plasmid pET-28a-D345L was constructed, transformed into Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) receptor cells, expressed and purified recombinant pD345L protein (rpD345L) by affinity chromatography. The purified recombinant pD345L protein was emulsified with an equal volume of Freund's complete adjuvant and immunized 5-week-old SPF BALB/c mice once every two weeks for a total of 3 times. Both the second and third immunization were emulsified with Freund's incomplete adjuvant. A week after the third immunization, the blood sample was collected through the submaxillary vein of mice, serum was separated, serum antibody titer was detected by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and mice with high antibody titer were selected to enhance immunity. After 3 days of immunization, the mouse spleen cells were fused with mouse myeloma cells (SP2/0). Recombinant GST-pD345L was used as the coated antigen, and positive hybridoma cells were screened by ELISA. After three-time screening, hybridoma cell lines that could secrete pD345L protein mAbs were obtained and injected into the abdominal cavity of mice to prepare ascites. The heavy and light chain types of mAbs were identified using the monoclonal antibody subclass identification kit. The overexpressed pD345L protein and ASFV HLJ/18 infected porcine alveolar macrophages (PAMs) were identified by Western blot and indirect immunofluorescence (IFA), respectively, using the prepared mAbs as the primary antibody. Then the truncated pD345L protein was fused with GST, and the epitopes were identified with screened mAbs, and the conserved types of identified epitopes in different ASFV strains were analyzed. 【Result】After induction by IPTG, pD345L was expressed as an inclusion body with a molecular weight of 40.5 kDa. After immunizing BALB/c mice, two hybridoma cell lines with stable secretion of pD345L mAbs were selected by indirect ELISA method, and named 10H3 and 5G1. The results of subclass identification showed that the heavy chain type of the two strains of mAbs was IgG1 type, the light chain type was κ chain, and the antibody titer was 1:1 638 400. Western blot and IFA results showed that the prepared mAbs could recognize naturally expressed pD345L. The results showed that the minimum linear B-cell epitopes of 10H3 and 5G1 mAbs were 1METFVRLFKD10 and 321YEKICCSEES330, respectively. These two epitopes were conserved in different ASFV strains. 【Conclusion】In this study, the recombinant pD345L protein was expressed and purified in prokaryotes, two strains of pD345L protein mAbs were prepared, and their recognized epitopes were identified. Both strains of mAbs could effectively recognize pD345L protein expressed during ASFV infection, which laid a foundation for further research on the function of ASFV pD345L protein.

Key words: African swine fever virus, pD345L protein, monoclonal antibodies, epitope