Protective Efficacy of an Orf Virus-Vector Encoding the Hemagglutinin and the Nucleoprotein of Influenza A Virus in Swine

Swine influenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease of pigs caused by influenza A viruses (IAV-S). IAV-S causes significant economic losses to the swine industry and poses challenges to public health given its zoonotic potential. Thus effective IAV-S vaccines are needed and highly desirable a...

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Autores principales: Lok R. Joshi, David Knudsen, Pablo Piñeyro, Santosh Dhakal, Gourapura J. Renukaradhya, Diego G. Diel
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c3fc71d4de8548f4aa7f221115f5763b2021-11-05T12:27:43ZProtective Efficacy of an Orf Virus-Vector Encoding the Hemagglutinin and the Nucleoprotein of Influenza A Virus in Swine1664-322410.3389/fimmu.2021.747574https://doaj.org/article/c3fc71d4de8548f4aa7f221115f5763b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.747574/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-3224Swine influenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease of pigs caused by influenza A viruses (IAV-S). IAV-S causes significant economic losses to the swine industry and poses challenges to public health given its zoonotic potential. Thus effective IAV-S vaccines are needed and highly desirable and would benefit both animal and human health. Here, we developed two recombinant orf viruses, expressing the hemagglutinin (HA) gene (OV-HA) or the HA and the nucleoprotein (NP) genes of IAV-S (OV-HA-NP). The immunogenicity and protective efficacy of these two recombinant viruses were evaluated in pigs. Both OV-HA and OV-HA-NP recombinants elicited robust virus neutralizing antibody response in pigs, with higher levels of neutralizing antibodies (NA) being detected in OV-HA-NP-immunized animals pre-challenge infection. Although both recombinant viruses elicited IAV-S-specific T-cell responses, the frequency of IAV-S-specific proliferating CD8+ T cells upon re-stimulation was higher in OV-HA-NP-immunized animals than in the OV-HA group. Importantly, IgG1/IgG2 isotype ELISAs revealed that immunization with OV-HA induced Th2-biased immune responses, whereas immunization with OV-HA-NP virus resulted in a Th1-biased immune response. While pigs immunized with either OV-HA or OV-HA-NP were protected when compared to non-immunized controls, immunization with OV-HA-NP resulted in incremental protection against challenge infection as evidenced by a reduced secondary antibody response (NA and HI antibodies) following IAV-S challenge and reduced virus shedding in nasal secretions (lower viral RNA loads and frequency of animals shedding viral RNA and infectious virus), when compared to animals in the OV-HA group. Interestingly, broader cross neutralization activity was also observed in serum of OV-HA-NP-immunized animals against a panel of contemporary IAV-S isolates representing the major genetic clades circulating in swine. This study demonstrates the potential of ORFV-based vector for control of swine influenza virus in swine.Lok R. JoshiLok R. JoshiDavid KnudsenPablo PiñeyroSantosh DhakalGourapura J. RenukaradhyaDiego G. DielDiego G. DielFrontiers Media S.A.articleorf virusswine influenza virusvectored-vaccineneutralizing antibodiescell-mediated immunityImmunologic diseases. AllergyRC581-607ENFrontiers in Immunology, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic orf virus
swine influenza virus
vectored-vaccine
neutralizing antibodies
cell-mediated immunity
Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
spellingShingle orf virus
swine influenza virus
vectored-vaccine
neutralizing antibodies
cell-mediated immunity
Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Lok R. Joshi
Lok R. Joshi
David Knudsen
Pablo Piñeyro
Santosh Dhakal
Gourapura J. Renukaradhya
Diego G. Diel
Diego G. Diel
Protective Efficacy of an Orf Virus-Vector Encoding the Hemagglutinin and the Nucleoprotein of Influenza A Virus in Swine
description Swine influenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease of pigs caused by influenza A viruses (IAV-S). IAV-S causes significant economic losses to the swine industry and poses challenges to public health given its zoonotic potential. Thus effective IAV-S vaccines are needed and highly desirable and would benefit both animal and human health. Here, we developed two recombinant orf viruses, expressing the hemagglutinin (HA) gene (OV-HA) or the HA and the nucleoprotein (NP) genes of IAV-S (OV-HA-NP). The immunogenicity and protective efficacy of these two recombinant viruses were evaluated in pigs. Both OV-HA and OV-HA-NP recombinants elicited robust virus neutralizing antibody response in pigs, with higher levels of neutralizing antibodies (NA) being detected in OV-HA-NP-immunized animals pre-challenge infection. Although both recombinant viruses elicited IAV-S-specific T-cell responses, the frequency of IAV-S-specific proliferating CD8+ T cells upon re-stimulation was higher in OV-HA-NP-immunized animals than in the OV-HA group. Importantly, IgG1/IgG2 isotype ELISAs revealed that immunization with OV-HA induced Th2-biased immune responses, whereas immunization with OV-HA-NP virus resulted in a Th1-biased immune response. While pigs immunized with either OV-HA or OV-HA-NP were protected when compared to non-immunized controls, immunization with OV-HA-NP resulted in incremental protection against challenge infection as evidenced by a reduced secondary antibody response (NA and HI antibodies) following IAV-S challenge and reduced virus shedding in nasal secretions (lower viral RNA loads and frequency of animals shedding viral RNA and infectious virus), when compared to animals in the OV-HA group. Interestingly, broader cross neutralization activity was also observed in serum of OV-HA-NP-immunized animals against a panel of contemporary IAV-S isolates representing the major genetic clades circulating in swine. This study demonstrates the potential of ORFV-based vector for control of swine influenza virus in swine.
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author Lok R. Joshi
Lok R. Joshi
David Knudsen
Pablo Piñeyro
Santosh Dhakal
Gourapura J. Renukaradhya
Diego G. Diel
Diego G. Diel
author_facet Lok R. Joshi
Lok R. Joshi
David Knudsen
Pablo Piñeyro
Santosh Dhakal
Gourapura J. Renukaradhya
Diego G. Diel
Diego G. Diel
author_sort Lok R. Joshi
title Protective Efficacy of an Orf Virus-Vector Encoding the Hemagglutinin and the Nucleoprotein of Influenza A Virus in Swine
title_short Protective Efficacy of an Orf Virus-Vector Encoding the Hemagglutinin and the Nucleoprotein of Influenza A Virus in Swine
title_full Protective Efficacy of an Orf Virus-Vector Encoding the Hemagglutinin and the Nucleoprotein of Influenza A Virus in Swine
title_fullStr Protective Efficacy of an Orf Virus-Vector Encoding the Hemagglutinin and the Nucleoprotein of Influenza A Virus in Swine
title_full_unstemmed Protective Efficacy of an Orf Virus-Vector Encoding the Hemagglutinin and the Nucleoprotein of Influenza A Virus in Swine
title_sort protective efficacy of an orf virus-vector encoding the hemagglutinin and the nucleoprotein of influenza a virus in swine
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
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