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High accumulation in tobacco seeds of hemagglutinin antigen from avian (H5N1) influenza

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Tobacco seeds can be used as a cost effective system for production of recombinant vaccines. Avian influenza is an important respiratory pathogen that causes a high degree of mortality and becomes a serious threat for the poultry industry. A safe vaccine against avian flu produced at low cost could help to prevent future outbreaks. We have genetically engineered tobacco plants to express extracellular domain of hemagglutinin protein from H5N1 avian influenza virus as an inexpensive alternative for production purposes. Two regulatory sequences of seed storage protein genes from Phaseolus vulgaris L. were used to direct the expression, yielding 3.0 mg of the viral antigen per g of seeds. The production and stability of seed-produced recombinant HA protein was characterized by different molecular techniques. The aqueous extract of tobacco seed proteins was used for subcutaneous immunization of chickens, which developed antibodies that inhibited the agglutination of erythrocytes after the second application of the antigen. The feasibility of using tobacco seeds as a vaccine carrier is discussed.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the Department of Plant Systems Biology of Ghent University Belgium for supplying the signals for expression in seeds. In addition, we would like to extend our appreciation to the staff of the National Centre for Animal and Plant Health (CENSA), Cuba for their help with immunization of chickens.

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  1. Yanaysi Ceballo, Kenia Tiel and Alina López have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba

    Yanaysi Ceballo, Kenia Tiel, Alina López, Marlene Pérez, Osmany Ramos, Yamilka Rosabal & Abel Hernández

  2. Department of Carbohydrate Chemistry, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Havana, Cuba

    Gleysin Cabrera

  3. Animal Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Havana, Cuba

    Carlos Montero

  4. London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, ON, Canada

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  5. Department Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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  6. Department Plant Systems Biologie, VIB, Ghent, Belgium

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Ceballo, Y., Tiel, K., López, A. et al. High accumulation in tobacco seeds of hemagglutinin antigen from avian (H5N1) influenza. Transgenic Res 26, 775–789 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-017-0047-9

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