A seven-gene-deleted African swine fever virus is safe and effective as a live attenuated vaccine in pigs

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African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating infectious disease in swine that is severely threatening the global pig industry. An efficacious vaccine is urgently required. Here, we used the Chinese ASFV HLJ/18 as a backbone and generated a series of gene-deleted viruses. The virulence, immunogenicity, safety, and protective efficacy evaluation in specific-pathogen-free pigs, commercial pigs, and pregnant sows indicated that one virus, namely HLJ/18-7GD, which has seven genes deleted, is fully attenuated in pigs, cannot convert to the virulent strain, and provides complete protection of pigs against lethal ASFV challenge. Our study shows that HLJ/-18-7GD is a safe and effective vaccine against ASFV, and as such is expected to play an important role in controlling the spread of ASFV.

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African swine fever virus (ASFV) encodes multiple copies of MGF360 and MGF530/505 gene families. These genes have been implicated in the modulation of the type I interferon (IFN) response. We investigated the effect of modulating the IFN response on virus attenuation and induction of protective immunity by deleting genes MGF360 (MGF360-10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L) and MGF530/505 (MGF530/505-1R, 2R and 3R) and interrupting genes (MGF360-9L and MGF530/505-4R) in the genome of the virulent ASFV isolate Benin 97/1. Replication of this deletion mutant, BeninΔMGF, in porcine macrophages in vitro was similar to that of the parental virulent virus Benin 97/1 and the natural attenuated isolate OURT88/3, which has a similar deletion of MGF360 and 530/505 genes. Levels of IFN-β mRNA in macrophages infected with virulent Benin 97/1 isolate were barely detectable but high levels were detected in macrophages infected with OURT88/3 and intermediate levels in macrophages infected with BeninΔMGF. The data confirms that these MGF360 and MGF530/505 genes have roles in suppressing induction of type I IFN. Immunisation and boost of pigs with BeninΔMGF showed that the virus was attenuated and all pigs (5/5) were protected against challenge with a lethal dose of virulent Benin 97/1. A short transient fever was observed at day 5 or 6 post-immunisation but no other clinical signs. Following immunisation and boost with the OURT88/3 isolate 3 of 4 pigs were protected against challenge. Differences were observed in the cellular and antibody responses in pigs immunised with BeninΔMGF compared to OURT88/3. Deletion of IFN modulators is a promising route for construction of rationally attenuated ASFV candidate vaccine strains.

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Zhigao Bu: buzhigao@caas.cn

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Sci China Life Sci

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Sci China Life Sci

Title: Science China. Life Sciences

Publisher: Science China Press (Beijing )

ISSN (Print): 1674-7305

ISSN (Electronic): 1869-1889

Publication date (Electronic): 1 March 2020

Publication date (Print): 2020

Volume: 63

Issue: 5

Pages: 623-634

Affiliations

[1 ]GRID grid.410727.7, ISNI 0000 0001 0526 1937, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, ; Harbin, 150001 China

[2 ]National High Containment Laboratory for Animal Diseases Control and Prevention, Harbin, 150069 China

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Publisher ID: 1657

DOI: 10.1007/s11427-020-1657-9

PMC ID: 7223596

PubMed ID: 32124180

SO-VID: 29f107b1-d186-43a8-9e1f-d3ad1a40a449

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