Challenges and Perspectives for Swine Viral Vaccines

A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Vaccines".

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Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
Interests: porcine coronaviruses; porcine circoviruses; senecavirus A; emerging viruses
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Dear Colleagues,

Infections of swine viruses are responsible for significant economic losses in the pork industry worldwide. Vaccination is an important strategy to protect swine against virus diseases.  One of the biggest problems in vaccinology is the rapid genetic changes or the evolution of viruses. Human viral vaccine technologies are rapidly developed, as are the delivery systems and new antigenic epitopes. However, the development of swine viral vaccine either in term of technologies or novel antigenic epitopes which are able to broadly prevent viral infection and induce humoral and cellular immune responses is infrequently studied. Therefore, we would like to compile the challenges and perspectives for swine viral vaccines and the development of swine viral vaccine together with their immunogenicity and efficacies in this Special Issue. 

Dr. Saeng-Chuto Kepalee
Dr. Gun Temeeyasen
Dr. Anbu Kumar Karuppannan
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Keywords

  • swine viral vaccines
  • development
  • vaccine technologies
  • prevention

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A Subunit Vaccine Based on the VP2 Protein of Porcine Parvovirus 1 Induces a Strong Protective Effect in Pregnant Gilts
by Zhanye Ling, Huawei Zhang, Yingjin Chen, Leqiang Sun and Junlong Zhao
Vaccines 2023, 11(11), 1692; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11111692 - 5 Nov 2023
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Porcine parvovirus 1 (PPV1) is one of the most prevalent pathogens that can cause reproductive disorder in sows. The VP2 protein of PPV1 is the most important immunogenic protein that induces neutralizing antibodies and protective immunity. Thus, VP2 is considered an ideal target [...] Read more.
Porcine parvovirus 1 (PPV1) is one of the most prevalent pathogens that can cause reproductive disorder in sows. The VP2 protein of PPV1 is the most important immunogenic protein that induces neutralizing antibodies and protective immunity. Thus, VP2 is considered an ideal target antigen for the development of a genetically engineered PPV1 vaccine. In this study, the baculovirus transfer vector carrying the HR5-P10-VP2 expression cassette was successfully constructed with the aim of increasing the expression levels of the VP2 protein. The VP2 protein was confirmed using SDS‒PAGE and Western blot analyses. Electronic microscope analysis showed that the recombinant VP2 proteins were capable of self-assembling into VLPs with a diameter of approximately 25 nm. The immunogenicity of the VP2 subunit vaccine was evaluated in pigs. The results showed that VP2 protein emulsified with ISA 201VG adjuvant induced higher levels of HI antibodies and neutralizing antibodies than VP2 protein emulsified with IMS 1313VG adjuvant. Furthermore, the gilts immunized with the ISA 201VG 20 μg subunit vaccine acquired complete protection against PPV1 HN2019 infection. In contrast, the commercial inactivated vaccine provided incomplete protection in gilts. Therefore, the VP2 subunit vaccine is a promising genetically engineered vaccine for the prevention and control of PPV1. Full article
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