Molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of the outer membrane protein P2 gene of Haemophilus parasuis |
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| Authors: | Li Peng Bai Juan Li Jun-xing Zhang Guo-long Song Yan-hua Li Yu-feng Wang Xian-wei Jiang Ping |
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| Institution: | Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases Diagnostic and Immunology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China. |
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| Abstract: | Haemophilus parasuis is the etiological agent of Glässer’s disease characterized by fibrinous polyserositis, polyarthritis, and meningitis in young pigs. But it is difficult to develop universal serological diagnostic tools and effective vaccines against this disease because of the serovar diversity of the isolates. In this study, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-polymerase chain reaction, were performed to investigate the gene profile of 1 1 1 isolates of H. parasuis from China. And a specific common gene of H. parasuis was cloned and identified as the outer-membrane protein (OMP) P2 gene. Sequencing results of OMP P2 genes of 22 isolates showed that they had high homology and could be divided into 2 genetic types. Moreover, the OMP P2 protein was expressed in Escherichia coli expressing system. And the purified recombinant protein provided partial protection against H. parasuis infection in mice. It suggested the OMP P2 was an immunogenic protein and had great potential to serve as a vaccine and diagnostic antigen. |
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