Vaccine candidates based on MVA viral vectors expressing VP2 or VP7 confer full protection against Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus in IFNAR(-/-) mice

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD), caused by Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV), is an emerging and severe livestock disease. Recent incursion and distribution of EHDV in Europe have outlined the need for vaccine research against this viral disease. In this work, we report modified vaccini...

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Autores: Jiménez-Cabello, L., Utrilla-Trigo, S., Rodríguez-Sabando, Karen, Carra-Valenzuela, Alejandro, Illescas-Amo, Miguel, Calvo-Pinilla, Eva, Ortego, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/392273
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/392273
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85212619966
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Palabra clave:DIVA
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus
IFNAR(-/-) mouse
MVA
VP2
VP7
Multiserotype
Vaccine
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Sumario:Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD), caused by Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV), is an emerging and severe livestock disease. Recent incursion and distribution of EHDV in Europe have outlined the need for vaccine research against this viral disease. In this work, we report modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA)-vectored vaccines designed to express protein VP2 of EHDV-8 or protein VP7 of EHDV-2. Prime boost immunization of adult IFNAR(−/−) mice with the MVA-VP2 vaccine candidate induced high titers of EHDV-8-specific neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) and conferred full protection against homologous lethal challenge with EHDV-8. However, no heterologous protection was observed after lethal challenge with EHDV-6. In contrast, the MVA-VP7 vaccine candidate elicited strong cytotoxic CD8+ T-cell responses against VP7 and conferred complete protection against lethal challenge with either EHDV-8 or EHDV-6 in IFNAR(−/−) mice in the absence of NAbs, being the first multiserotype vaccine candidate against EHDV. Moreover, we expressed recombinant proteins VP2 and VP7 of EHDV in the baculovirus expression system, which were used to analyze the potential DIVA (differentiating infected from vaccinated animals) character of these vaccine candidates.