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RUIZ SAENZ, JULIÁN; OSORIO, JORGE E  y  VERA, VÍCTOR J. Development of a Recombinant Poxvirus Expressing Bovine Herpesvirus-1 Glycoprotein D. Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2012, vol.17, n.3, pp.511-524. ISSN 0120-548X.

Bovine Herpesvirus-1 is a DNA virus belonging to the family Herpesviridae, which affects cattle, causing a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and economic losses. The main immunogenic component is its envelope glycoprotein D (gD), which has been characterized and used as immunogen in different expression systems. The aim of this work was to generate a recombinant poxvirus (Raccoonpox [RCN]) expressing a truncated version of BHV-1 gD to be used as a vaccine. To do this, it was amplified the gene for a truncated version of gD which subsequently was cloned in transfer plasmid PTK/IRES/tpa which has homology to sites of poxvirus thymidine kinase, an internal site of ribosome entry (IRES) and a secretory signal (tPA), generating the construct PTK/gD/IRES/tpa. To generate the recombinant RCN, we took BSC-1 cells and we infected with a wild type RCN (CDC/V71-I-85A) at a multiplicity of infection of 0.05, then cells were transfected with the construct PTK/gD/IRES/tpa, generating different viral populations with and without the gene of interest. To select recombinant viruses expressing the gene of interest, we performed a selection of recombinant thymidine kinase negative and positive for gD by three rounds of plaque purification on RAT-2 cells monolayers which are thymidine kinase null and using bromodeoxyuridine. Recombinant viruses were recovered and confirmed by PCR and nucleotide sequencing and so called RCN-gD.

Palabras clave : Cattle; molecular cloning; rhinotracheitis; genetic vectors; vaccines; virus.

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