METHOD OF PRODUCING A FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE

• Main Authors: VAN DEN BORN, Erwin, PIETERSZ, Kimberly, JIMENEZ MELSIO, Alexandra, LEIFELD, Carina, SERRANO GARCIA, Amaya, HÖNEMANN, Holger
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 26.06.2024
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention concerns a method of producing a foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) virus-like particle (VLP) in a baculovirus expression system, the method comprising the steps of (i) infecting an insect cell with a baculovirus expression vector, (ii) culturing the insect cell in cell culture medium for 5 days or more post infection and (iii) harvesting the FMDV VLP from the cell culture medium. The invention further relates to a vaccine for use in the protection of a subject against an infection with FMDV, the vaccine being obtainable by the method of the invention.