Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 122-128.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-0714

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Construction and Immunoprotection of sptP Deletion Mutant of Salmonella Pullorum

YIN Jun-lei(), ZHANG Yan-fang, ZOU Fan-yu, PAN Peng-tao(), DUAN Yan-hong, QIU Shu-xing   

  1. School of Life Science and Basic Medicine,Xinxiang University,Xinxiang 453003
  • Received:2020-06-10 Online:2021-02-26 Published:2021-02-26
  • Contact: PAN Peng-tao E-mail:lyin22@163.com;panpengtao126@163.com

Abstract:

It is aimed to evaluate the immunoprotection of sptP deletion mutant of Salmonella Pullorum and develop an attenuated live vaccine candidate for Salmonella Pullorum. A sptP deletion mutant(C79-13ΔsptP)of Salmonella Pullorum was constructed by λ-red recombination technology,and then the biological characteristics and immunoprotection of C79-13ΔsptP were evaluated. Three-day-old chicks were orally immunized with 1.0 × 108 colony forming units(CFU)of C79-13ΔsptP. The body weight and clinical symptoms of the chicks,serum IgG levels and peripheral blood lymphocyte proliferation ability were measured,and the immunoprotection of parent strain C79-13 after challenge was evaluated. The results from PCR and sequencing showed that sptP deletion mutant of Salmonella Pullorum,C79-13ΔsptP,was successfully constructed,the growth and biochemical properties between the sptP deletion mutant and parent C79-13 were consistent;while the virulence of the sptP deletion mutant significantly decreased. The growth performance of the chicken remained the same after immunization,and C79-13ΔsptP induced the chicken to have specific humoral and cellular immune responses. The morbidity and mortality of the immunized chickens after the challenge significantly reduced compared to the control group,indicating that the sptP deletion mutant offered efficient immunoprotection and demonstrated its potential to be developed as a live attenuated vaccine candidate.

Key words: Salmonella Pullorum, sptP gene, immunoprotection, vaccine, chicken