Construction of Plant Expression Vector for Avian Influenza Virus HA Gene and Its Expression in Tobacco

摘要

Avian influenza virus is one of the main pathogens causing avian influenza.In this experiment,the avian influenza hemagglutinin (HA) gene was transferred into tobacco by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated method using kanamycin as a resistance marker to produce HA type edible vaccine designed for avian influenza hemagglutinin protein.The fusion of cholera toxin B subgene (CTB) and avian influenza HA was initiated by CaMV35S promoter,and then transformed into Nicotiana benthamiana to induce callus and adventitious bud differentiation,bud elongation,and growth and root induction.The total genomic DNA of28 transgenic tobacco plants was extracted,and the CTB sequence of the CTB-HA fusion gene was used as a template to design primers for PCR amplification.Eight of them were positive,and four of them were expressed at the RNA level after RNA extraction and RT-PCR amplification.In western blot detection of protein extraction,two strains were shown at the position of the target protein.The results provided material support for the preparation of a transgenic plant oral vaccine against HA infection,and provided a theoretical basis for accelerating the development of a transgenic plant vaccine.

关键词

avian influenza / CTB-HA / tobacco / transgenic plant vaccine