Enhanced protective efficacy of a dendritic cell-targeting truncated F protein delivery via minicircle DNA vaccine against genotype VII newcastle disease virus in chickens.

Newcastle disease (ND), caused by the Newcastle disease virus (NDV), poses a severe threat to global poultry farming, leading to significant losses annually. The limitations of current ND vaccines in terms of efficacy and duration of protection have encouraged the exploration of novel vaccine designs. This study aimed to adopt a delayed-lysis Salmonella strain χ11218 as vaccine delivery vector.

Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Core Germplasm Construction of Siebold and Zucc. Using Simple Sequence Repeat Markers and Morphological Traits.

This study investigates the taxonomic status, phylogenetic relationships, and genetic diversity of Japanese chestnut ( Siebold & Zucc.) in Liaodong, China, and across East Asia. Additionally, it evaluates core germplasm resources through cluster and population structure analyses using simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker data from 13 , , and 27 , and 142 Japanese chestnut resources.

Improved protection against H9N2 avian influenza virus challenge in chickens by the presence of LTB adjuvant on the 3M2e-NP nanoparticle vaccine delivered by sifA deficient Salmonella.

The H9N2 avian influenza virus is a still a great threat to poultry production and public health due to its variation. The highly conserved extracellular domain, M2 ion channel (M2e), and the nuclear protein (NP) are usually considered to be potential targets for a broad-spectrum influenza vaccine. In this study, we took use of a regulated delayed lysis Salmonella χYL56 lacking the sifA gene as a delivery vector to deliver a lumazine synthase (LS) based nanoparticle vaccine decorating with three copies of M2e (H9N2, H5N1 and H1N1 subtype, 3M2e) and NP protein, without or with LTB adjuvant, yielding S311 and S325, respectively.

strains derived from wild bird provide protection against challenge in locally-sourced broilers.

Introduction: Necrotic enteritis (NE), caused by , has seen a surge in chicken populations recently due to the ban on antibiotic growth promoters in feed.

Methods: In this research, screening and identification of probiotics with strong antagonistic ability against from 34 wild bird fecal isolates, followed by analysis of probiotic characteristics and carbon source metabolic activity. Strains exhibiting favorable antagonistic activity against were subsequently employed in vivo study to evaluate their protective efficacy against challenge in locally-sourced broilers.

Delivery of dendritic cells targeting 3M2e-HA2 nanoparticles with a CpG adjuvant via lysosomal escape of Salmonella enhances protection against H9N2 avian influenza virus.

Avian influenza virus (AIV) subtype H9N2 still poses a great threat to the poultry farming industry and public health worldwide, and the development of a new influenza vaccine that is safe and conservative and able to address influenza virus mutations is highly promising for application. HA2, the neck of the HA protein, and M2e, the extracellular N-terminal structural domain of the M2 protein, are conserved and effective protective antigens. In this study, the HA2 sequences were fused with three M2e copies (H9N2, H1N1 and H5N1) to the norovirus VP1 protein via the SpyTag-SpyCatcher platform to form self-assembled nanoparticles and display antigenic proteins on its surface, yielding pYL262.

Transcriptome analysis reveals regulatory mechanism of postharvest softening in kiwiberry.

Background: Kiwiberry is an emerging edible fruit with market potential owing to its advantages of small size, thin and hairless skin, and sweet taste. However, kiwiberry is highly susceptible to softening after harvest, which poses a challenge for storage and transport. To reveal the underlying cause of kiwiberry softening, it is essential to investigate the characteristics of postharvest fruit and the molecular mechanisms that affect changes in fruit firmness.

Improved cellular immune response induced by intranasal boost immunization with chitosan coated DNA vaccine against H9N2 influenza virus challenge.

The H9N2 avian influenza virus (AIV) is spreading worldwide. Presence of H9N2 virus tends to increase the chances of infection with other pathogens which can lead to more serious economic losses. In a previous study, a regulated delayed lysis Salmonella vector was used to deliver a DNA vaccine named pYL233 encoding M1 protein, mosaic HA protein and chicken GM-CSF adjuvant.

A novel "prime and pull" strategy mediated by the combination of two dendritic cell-targeting designs induced protective lung tissue-resident memory T cells against H1N1 influenza virus challenge.

Vaccination is still the most promising strategy for combating influenza virus pandemics. However, the highly variable characteristics of influenza virus make it difficult to develop antibody-based universal vaccines, until now. Lung tissue-resident memory T cells (T), which actively survey tissues for signs of infection and react rapidly to eliminate infected cells without the need for a systemic immune reaction, have recently drawn increasing attention towards the development of a universal influenza vaccine.

Chicken dendritic cell-targeting nanobodies mediated improved protective effects against H9N2 influenza virus challenge in a homologous sequential immunization study.

Global poultry production is still severely affected by H9N2 avian influenza virus (AIV), and the development of a novel universal AIV vaccine is still urgently needed. Neuraminidase (NA) has recently been shown to be an efficient conserved protective antigen. In this study, we fused the extracellular region of the NA gene with a ferritin cassette (pYL281), which resulted in self-assembled 24-mer nanoparticles with the NA protein displayed outside the nanoparticles.

Homologous Sequential Immunization Using Salmonella Oral Administration Followed by an Intranasal Boost with Ferritin-Based Nanoparticles Enhanced the Humoral Immune Response against H1N1 Influenza Virus.

The influenza virus continues to pose a great threat to public health due to the frequent variations in RNA viruses. Vaccines targeting conserved epitopes, such as the extracellular domain of the transmembrane protein M2 (M2e), a nucleoprotein, and the stem region of hemagglutinin proteins, have been developed, but more efficient strategies, such as nanoparticle-based vaccines, are still urgently needed. However, the labor-intensive purification of nanoparticles is still necessary, which could hinder the application of nanoparticles in the veterinary field in the future.

Protective effects of E. coli Nissle 1917 on chickens infected with Salmonella pullorum.

The probiotic E. coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) plays an important role in regulating the microbial components of the gut and preventing inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Currently, the long-term use of antibiotics for the treatment of lethal white diarrhea in chicks caused by Salmonella has led to increased morbidity and mutation rates.

Protection against genotype VII Newcastle disease virus challenge by a minicircle DNA vaccine coexpressing F protein and chicken IL-18 adjuvant.

Genotype VII Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is still one of the most important virus threats severely affecting poultry production worldwide. Although inactivated vaccines are commercially available, there is still an urgent need to develop novel vaccine candidates for convenient and affordable vaccine application. Oral immunization using live attenuated bacteria such as Salmonella has recently attracted increasing interest, and in a previous study, we used a regulated delayed lysis Salmonella vector to deliver a DNA vaccine encoding the F protein and chicken IL-18 adjuvant together, named pYL23.

In Vivo Production of HN Protein Increases the Protection Rates of a Minicircle DNA Vaccine against Genotype VII Newcastle Disease Virus.

The Cre-recombinase mediated in vivo minicircle DNA vaccine platform (CRIM) provided a novel option to replace a traditional DNA vaccine. To further improve the immune response of our CRIM vaccine, we designed a dual promoter expression plasmid named pYL87 which could synthesize short HN protein under a prokaryotic in vivo promoter P and full length HN protein of genotype VII Newcastle disease virus (NDV) under the previous eukaryotic CMV promoter at the same time. Making use of the self-lysed strain as a delivery vesicle, chickens immunized with the pYL87 construction showed an increased serum haemagglutination inhibition antibody response, as well as an increased cell proliferation level and cellular IL-4 and IL-18 cytokines, compared with the previous CRIM vector pYL47.

Molecular mechanisms underlying protection against H9N2 influenza virus challenge in mice by recombinant Lactobacillus plantarum with surface displayed HA2-LTB.

It has been considered that the Avian influenza virus (AIV) causes severe threats to poultry industry. In this study, we constructed a series of recombinant Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) with surface displayed hemagglutinin subunit 2 (HA2) alone or together with heat-labile toxin B subunit (LTB) from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.