The application discloses a construction method of a human adenovirus type 4
protein V knockout
mutant strain and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
biotechnology. The application precisely knocks out a
protein V coding sequence in a human adenovirus type 4 full-
genome infectious clone by means of a Red / ET
homologous recombination system combined with a ccdB reverse screening technology, and obtains a recombination
plasmid pBR322-Ad4-△V-EGFP which is clear in genetic background and highly homozygous in sequence. After the
plasmid is transfected into HEK-293 cells, the human adenovirus type 4
protein V knockout
mutant strain obtained exhibits a typical “replication-deficient”
phenotype: although a particle containing a viral
genome can be packaged, the physical
titer (4.76×10 6 copies / μL) of the particle is about one
order of magnitude lower than that of a
wild type, and the progeny
virus completely loses
secondary infection ability.
Transcriptome analysis reveals that the
deletion mutation can specifically down-regulate a host
proteasome pathway and activate a natural immune response. The
mutant strain is high in safety and strong in
immunogenicity, and can be used as an ideal
attenuated vaccine carrier or a
gene therapy tool.