Evaluation of optimal culture conditions for recombinant ghost bacteria vaccine production with the antigen of Streptococcus iniae GAPDH

J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2009 Sep;19(9):982-6. doi: 10.4014/jmb.0901.007.

Abstract

For the production of ghost bacteria vaccine to prevent the streptococcal disease in aquaculture fish species, a double cassettes vector was constructed and cloned in Escherichia coli DH5alpha. Ghost bacteria vaccine production from Escherichia coli DH5alpha/pHCE-InaN-GAPDH-Ghost 37 SDM (SIG) was maximized at a glucose concentration of 1 g/l, agitation of 300 rpm, and aeration of 1 vvm. The maximal efficiency of ghost bacteria formation was obtained at the mid-exponential phase (OD600=2.0) with the concentration of 0.77 g/l for SIG. The molecular mass of GAPDH was detected at 67 kDa with the insoluble fraction, by SDS-PAGE and Western blot. The protective efficacy of ghost bacteria vaccine was evaluated by challenge test using olive flounder. The cumulative mortalities of the positive control, formalin-killed cell (FKC) vaccine, and SIG vaccine immunized groups were 91% , 74% , and 57% , respectively. These results suggest that SIG vaccine showed efficacy as a vaccine and had a higher potential to induce protective antibodies than did FKC vaccine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Bacterial / genetics
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Bacterial Vaccines / genetics*
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Fish Diseases / immunology
  • Fish Diseases / microbiology*
  • Fishes
  • Streptococcal Infections / immunology
  • Streptococcal Infections / veterinary*
  • Streptococcus / immunology*

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Vaccines