Development and evaluation of the effectiveness of a multivalent DNA vaccine against brucellosis

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Vaccination against brucellosis is currently carried out using attenuated strains of live brucellae, which causes serious side effects in animals and is of little use for human vaccination. In order to develop a safer vaccine against brucellosis, we created plasmid DNA capable of expressing six brucellae proteins in mammalian cells. Linear polyethyleneimine was used to increase the efficiency of DNA delivery to cells. Data on optimization of the conditions for the formation of DNA-polyethyleneimine complexes are presented. It is shown that a single intramuscular or subcutaneous injection of plasmid DNA complexes with polyethyleneimine at a low dose (20 μg/mouse) has a reliable protective effect against subsequent infection of mice with a test strain of brucellae.

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Y. M. Khodarovich

Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: khodarovich@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

M. A. Elshazly

Central Laboratory for Evaluation of Veterinary Biologics (CLEVB)-Agriculture Research Center (ARC)

Email: khodarovich@mail.ru
Egypt, Cairo

S. N. Marzanova

Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after K.I. Skryabin

Email: khodarovich@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

S. Magomedova

Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after K.I. Skryabin

Email: khodarovich@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

W. S. Shell

Central Laboratory for Evaluation of Veterinary Biologics (CLEVB)-Agriculture Research Center (ARC)

Email: khodarovich@mail.ru
Egypt, Cairo

S. A. Nassif

Central Laboratory for Evaluation of Veterinary Biologics (CLEVB)-Agriculture Research Center (ARC)

Email: khodarovich@mail.ru
Egypt, Cairo

D. A. Devrishov

Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after K.I. Skryabin

Email: khodarovich@mail.ru

Corresponding Member of the RAS

Russian Federation, Moscow

S. M. Deyev

Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: khodarovich@mail.ru

Academician of the RAS

Russian Federation, Moscow

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2. Fig. 1. Schematic map of the plasmid for expression of Brucella proteins. Legend: Omp31, Omp16, p22.9, L7/L12, p39, sp41 are sequences encoding the corresponding Brucella proteins; CMV promoter is the early promoter of human cytomegalovirus; P2A and T2A are sequences encoding self-cleaving peptides; IRES is the internal ribosome entry site from poliovirus; sig peptide are sequences encoding the signal peptide of human immunoglobulin Igκ; WPRE is the post-translational element of woodchuck hepatitis virus; SV40 poly is the polyadenylation signal of SV40 virus.

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3. Fig. 2. Transfection efficiency of HEK293 cells with the reporter plasmid pCDH-EF1a-eFFluc-eGFP at different DNA:polyethyleneimine ratios. The vertical axis shows the luminescence intensity of cell lysates obtained 24 hours after transfection.

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