A Novel Rabies Vaccine Based on a Recombinant Bovine Herpes Virus Type 1 Expressing Rabies Virus Glycoprotein

Overview

Journal Front Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2022 Jun 27

PMID 35755997

Authors

Caiquan Zhao

Jie Gao

Yongzhi Wang

Lina Ji

Hui Qin

Wei Hu

Yang Yang

Affiliations

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Abstract

Rabies is a highly prevalent zoonotic disease and a public health threat worldwide. Currently licensed rabies vaccines are effective but less is known which would protect cattle. This study describes the construction of a novel recombinant bovine herpes virus type I (BHV-1) expressing rabies virus glycoprotein (RABV G) instead of its gE glycoprotein (gE) by CRISPR-Cas9 and homologous recombination technology (BHV-1-ΔgE-G). Insertion of the RABV G gene is stable after 20 rounds of passaging and the recombinant virus replicates to high titers in MDBK cells. The RABV G expresses in the recombinant virus-infected cells and on the virion surface of BHV-1-ΔgE-G. One single immunization with BHV-1-ΔgE-G-activated dendritic cells (DCs) and B cells furthermore induced a protective immune response in mice against severe lethal challenge infection. A protective level of RABV-specific virus-neutralizing antibody (VNA) was detected in intramuscular immunized mice and cattle without any clinical symptoms. This research demonstrated that the BHV-1 vector-based RABV vaccine is a potential candidate for cattle.

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