Influence of bovine respiratory syncytial virus F glycoprotein N-linked glycans on in vitro expression and on antibody responses in BALB/c mice

Vaccine. 2006 Apr 12;24(16):3388-95. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.12.067. Epub 2006 Feb 6.

Abstract

Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) is an etiological component of the bovine respiratory tract disease complex. Infection with BRSV following vaccination, or re-infection following natural infection is common since protection is incomplete. The objectives of this study were to create plasmid DNA constructs encoding single or multiple N-glycosylation-site deletion BRSV fusion (F) proteins, and evaluate their expression in cell culture, and potential to induce anti-BRSV F antibody responses in BALB/c mice. Four plasmid DNAs were constructed, each encoding 1-4 N-glycosylation-site deletions: Gly4, Gly2/4, Gly1/2/4 and Gly1/2/3/4. Each of the N-glycosylation-site deletion BRSV F proteins were expressed in COS-7 cells following transfection with plasmid DNA. Inoculation of BALB/c mice with plasmid DNA, resulted in a significant anti-BRSV F IgG response to the wild-type (WT) F and glycosylation-site deletion protein Gly2/4. Gly2/4 elicited a higher antibody titer than the fully glycosylated WT F protein. Significant neutralizing antibody titers were detected following immunization with the Gly2/4 plasmid DNA. These glycosylation-site deletion BRSV F proteins will be useful to characterize the effects of glycosylation on immunogenicity in the natural host, and may lead to a new approach for the generation of BRSV vaccines.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Cattle
  • Cell Line
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Glycosylation
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Models, Animal
  • Neutralization Tests
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry
  • Polysaccharides / immunology*
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Bovine / immunology*
  • Vaccines, DNA / immunology
  • Viral Fusion Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Viral Fusion Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Fusion Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Fusion Proteins / immunology*
  • Viral Vaccines / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Polysaccharides
  • Vaccines, DNA
  • Viral Fusion Proteins
  • Viral Vaccines