›› 2019, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 56-61.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2019.01.07

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Adjuvant effect of E515-A on porcine epidemic diarrhea virus inactivated vaccine

MA Yongqi, XU Wei, WANG Yuemin, HU Songhua*   

  1. College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
  • Received:2018-07-03 Online:2019-01-25 Published:2019-04-09

Abstract: E515-A was a white oil containing ginseng stem and leaf saponins (GSLS). An oil emulsion vaccine was obtained by mixing E515-A and water phase containing porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) antigen at a low shear force (200 r·min-1). To observe the adjuvant effect of E515-A on inactivated PEDV vaccine, 72 ICR mice were randomly divided into 6 groups and subcutaneously immunized twice at a two-weeks interval with the following solution, respectively: (1) physiological saline solution, (2) PEDV antigen+physiological saline solution, (3) PEDV antigen+GSLS, (4) PEDV antigen+white oil adjuvant, (5) PEDV antigen+E515-A, (6) PEDV antigen+aluminum hydroxide (alum). Serum IFN-γ and NK cytotoxicity were determined 24 h after primary immunization; serum specific IgG, IgG1 and IgG2a and splenic lymphocyte proliferation were analyzed after booster immunization. The results indicated that E515-A significantly enhanced the immune response to PEDV vaccine when compared with aluminum adjuvant. E515-A significantly promoted the killing activity of NK cells in immunized mice, increased the production of IFN-γ, enhanced the splenic lymphocytes proliferation to Concanavalin (Con A) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation, and improved the level of serum IgG and its subclass IgG1 and IgG2a in comparison with the control group. To improve the immunity of pigs, E515-A as an adjuvant deserves further study for its use in swine vaccine.

Key words: E515-A, GSLS, PEDV vaccine, adjuvant

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