Evaluation of Recombinant Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT2 Vaccine Strain in Terms of Antigen Productivity, Virus Inactivation Kinetics, and Immunogenicity in Pigs for Domestic Antigen Bank

Background: Since the massive outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in South Korea in 2010–2011, cloven-hoofed livestock have been immunized with serotype O and A vaccines across the country. Other serotypes of FMD vaccines were stockpiled in overseas FMD vaccine factories as antigen banks. Once...

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Main Authors: Jae Young Kim, Sun Young Park, Gyeongmin Lee, Mijung Kwon, Jong Sook Jin, Jong-Hyeon Park, Young-Joon Ko
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Sun Young Park
Gyeongmin Lee
Mijung Kwon
Jong Sook Jin
Jong-Hyeon Park
Young-Joon Ko
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Sun Young Park
Gyeongmin Lee
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Jong Sook Jin
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description Background: Since the massive outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in South Korea in 2010–2011, cloven-hoofed livestock have been immunized with serotype O and A vaccines across the country. Other serotypes of FMD vaccines were stockpiled in overseas FMD vaccine factories as antigen banks. Once a manufacturing facility has been established in South Korea, the overseas antigen banks will be replaced by domestic one. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the commercial potential of the previously developed SAT2 vaccine candidate (SAT2 ZIM-R). Methods: The optimal condition was determined at various virus concentrations, infection times, and pH levels, resulting in 0.01 MOI for SAT2 ZIM-R for 24 h infection at a pH of 7.5. Results: When the SAT2 ZIM-R virus was produced in flasks from 40 to 1000 mL in fivefold increments, all scales of production yielded > 7.0 µg/mL of antigens. Using a bioreactor, 5.6 µg/mL of antigens was recovered from a 1 L viral culture. The optimal conditions of viral inactivation kinetics were determined to be 1 mM of binary ethyleneimine (BEI) treatment at 26 °C for 24 h, with approximately 91% of the antigen being retained after virus inactivation. When the SAT2 ZIM-R experimental vaccine was administered twice to pigs, the neutralizing antibody titer increased approximately 500-fold after booster immunization. Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate the antigen productivity, viral inactivation kinetics, and immunogenicity of the SAT vaccine strain in pigs. In the future, the SAT2 ZIM-R vaccine may be a useful candidate vaccine for a domestic antigen bank.
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spelling doaj-art-c24a0b55a3a34b0382e9114d07d69d812025-07-25T13:38:19ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2025-06-0113770410.3390/vaccines13070704Evaluation of Recombinant Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT2 Vaccine Strain in Terms of Antigen Productivity, Virus Inactivation Kinetics, and Immunogenicity in Pigs for Domestic Antigen BankJae Young Kim0Sun Young Park1Gyeongmin Lee2Mijung Kwon3Jong Sook Jin4Jong-Hyeon Park5Young-Joon Ko6Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Research, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 177 Hyeoksin 8-ro, Gimcheon-si 39660, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of KoreaCenter for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Research, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 177 Hyeoksin 8-ro, Gimcheon-si 39660, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of KoreaCenter for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Research, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 177 Hyeoksin 8-ro, Gimcheon-si 39660, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of KoreaCenter for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Research, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 177 Hyeoksin 8-ro, Gimcheon-si 39660, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of KoreaCenter for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Research, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 177 Hyeoksin 8-ro, Gimcheon-si 39660, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of KoreaCenter for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Research, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 177 Hyeoksin 8-ro, Gimcheon-si 39660, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of KoreaCenter for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Research, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 177 Hyeoksin 8-ro, Gimcheon-si 39660, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of KoreaBackground: Since the massive outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in South Korea in 2010–2011, cloven-hoofed livestock have been immunized with serotype O and A vaccines across the country. Other serotypes of FMD vaccines were stockpiled in overseas FMD vaccine factories as antigen banks. Once a manufacturing facility has been established in South Korea, the overseas antigen banks will be replaced by domestic one. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the commercial potential of the previously developed SAT2 vaccine candidate (SAT2 ZIM-R). Methods: The optimal condition was determined at various virus concentrations, infection times, and pH levels, resulting in 0.01 MOI for SAT2 ZIM-R for 24 h infection at a pH of 7.5. Results: When the SAT2 ZIM-R virus was produced in flasks from 40 to 1000 mL in fivefold increments, all scales of production yielded > 7.0 µg/mL of antigens. Using a bioreactor, 5.6 µg/mL of antigens was recovered from a 1 L viral culture. The optimal conditions of viral inactivation kinetics were determined to be 1 mM of binary ethyleneimine (BEI) treatment at 26 °C for 24 h, with approximately 91% of the antigen being retained after virus inactivation. When the SAT2 ZIM-R experimental vaccine was administered twice to pigs, the neutralizing antibody titer increased approximately 500-fold after booster immunization. Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate the antigen productivity, viral inactivation kinetics, and immunogenicity of the SAT vaccine strain in pigs. In the future, the SAT2 ZIM-R vaccine may be a useful candidate vaccine for a domestic antigen bank.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13/7/704foot-and-mouth diseaseSAT 2antigen productivityinactivation kineticsantigen bank
spellingShingle Jae Young Kim
Sun Young Park
Gyeongmin Lee
Mijung Kwon
Jong Sook Jin
Jong-Hyeon Park
Young-Joon Ko
Evaluation of Recombinant Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT2 Vaccine Strain in Terms of Antigen Productivity, Virus Inactivation Kinetics, and Immunogenicity in Pigs for Domestic Antigen Bank
Vaccines
foot-and-mouth disease
SAT 2
antigen productivity
inactivation kinetics
antigen bank
title Evaluation of Recombinant Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT2 Vaccine Strain in Terms of Antigen Productivity, Virus Inactivation Kinetics, and Immunogenicity in Pigs for Domestic Antigen Bank
title_full Evaluation of Recombinant Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT2 Vaccine Strain in Terms of Antigen Productivity, Virus Inactivation Kinetics, and Immunogenicity in Pigs for Domestic Antigen Bank
title_fullStr Evaluation of Recombinant Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT2 Vaccine Strain in Terms of Antigen Productivity, Virus Inactivation Kinetics, and Immunogenicity in Pigs for Domestic Antigen Bank
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Recombinant Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT2 Vaccine Strain in Terms of Antigen Productivity, Virus Inactivation Kinetics, and Immunogenicity in Pigs for Domestic Antigen Bank
title_short Evaluation of Recombinant Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT2 Vaccine Strain in Terms of Antigen Productivity, Virus Inactivation Kinetics, and Immunogenicity in Pigs for Domestic Antigen Bank
title_sort evaluation of recombinant foot and mouth disease sat2 vaccine strain in terms of antigen productivity virus inactivation kinetics and immunogenicity in pigs for domestic antigen bank
topic foot-and-mouth disease
SAT 2
antigen productivity
inactivation kinetics
antigen bank
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13/7/704
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