Expression of antigenic determinants of the haemagglutinin large subunit of novel influenza virus in insect cells.

A. Yousefi 1 F. Fotouhi 2, * S. Hosseinzadeh 1 M. T. Kheiri 1 B. Farahmand 2 S. Montazeri 2 F. Mousavi 2
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1 Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology
2 Influenza Research Laboratory
Abstract : The global outbreak of novel A/H1N1 spread in human population worldwide has revealed an emergency need for producing a vaccine against this virus. Current influenza vaccines encounter problems with safety issues and weak response in high-risk population. It has been established that haemagglutinin is the most important viral antigen to which antibody responses are directed, and recombinant subunit vaccines, haemagglutinin of influenza A and B viruses, have been considered in order to facilitate vaccine production. In the present study, we have focused on construction of a recombinant baculovirus encoding the large subunit of novel influenza virus A/H1N1 haemagglutinin. The full genome of haemagglutinin was cloned into pGEM-TEasy vector and sequenced. The large subunit of the haemagglutinin gene was amplified by PCR using specific primers and cloned into pFast- BacHTc donor plasmid, which was then confirmed by restriction enzyme analysis and sequencing and transformed into E. coli DH10Bac competent cells. The bacmid DNA was transfected into insect cells to produce recombinant baculovirus. Expression of recombinant haemagglutinin in insect cells was determined by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting. It has been shown that the recombinant haemagglutinin (rHA) obtained from the baculovirus insect cell expression system has suitable immunogenicity in human and can be considered as a candidate flu vac- cine. Here we produced large amounts of the HA1 protein of novel influenza A/H1N1 (Iranian isolate) in insect cells. The immunogenicity and efficacy of the recombinant HA1 will be evaluated as a vaccine candidate and compared to the recombinant HA1 produced in a prokaryotic system.
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A. Yousefi, F. Fotouhi, S. Hosseinzadeh, M. T. Kheiri, B. Farahmand, et al.. Expression of antigenic determinants of the haemagglutinin large subunit of novel influenza virus in insect cells.. Folia Biologica (Praha), Charles University, 2012, 58 (4), pp.151-156. ⟨pasteur-00747018⟩

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