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- Title
Cloning, expression and antiviral activity of mink alpha-interferons.
- Authors
Hai-ling Zhang; Jian-jun Zhao; Xiu-li Chai; Lei Zhang; Xue Bai; Bo Hu; Hao Liu; Dong-liang Zhang; Ming Ye; Wei Wu; Xi-jun Yan
- Abstract
Background: As a key link between innate and adaptive immune responses, the interferon (IFN) system is the first line of defense against viral infection. IFN, and in particular, IFN-α, has been used clinically as an effective therapeutic agent for viral infections. However, different subtypes of IFN-α demonstrate distinct antiviral activity. Therefore, it is important to identify IFN-α subtypes with high antiviral activity for the development of genetically engineered antiviral drugs. Results: In this study, we cloned the genes for 13 IFN-α subtypes from peripheral blood lymphocytes of the mink. The homologies of the 13 mink IFN-α genes were 93.6-99.3% and 88.8-98.4% at the nucleotide and amino acid sequence levels, respectively. In contrast to human and canine IFN-α subtypes, most mink IFN-α subtypes contained two N-glycosylation sites. We expressed and purified 13 mink IFN-α subtypes in Escherichia coli. The cytopathic effect inhibition assay showed that all the 13 recombinant mink IFN-α subtypes inhibited the propagation of vesicular stomatitis virus in WISH cells, with IFN-α2 and IFN-α12 demonstrating the highest activities. Furthermore, recombinant mink IFN-α2 and IFN-α12 significantly suppressed the propagation of canine distemper virus in Vero cells, with IFN-α2 demonstrating the highest activity. Conclusions: We identified the mink IFN-α2 subtype as a promising candidate for the development of effective antiviral drugs.
- Subjects
MOLECULAR cloning; INTERFERONS; IMMUNE response; VIRUS diseases; GENE expression
- Publication
BMC Veterinary Research, 2015, Vol 11, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1746-6148
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12917-015-0359-z