A method for inactivated foot-and-mouth disease virus antigen purification and concentration, which relates to the field of biotechnology which includes the following steps of: (1) adding an adaptor protein with an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 into the inactivated foot-and-mouth disease virus antigen, mixing evenly, and incubating; (2) adding a purified carrier, mixing evenly, and incubating the mixture, the purified carrier being a Lactococcus lactis skeleton; and (3) centrifuging and obtaining a precipitate.

The present invention provides a peptide that selectively binds v6 integrin, the peptide having an amino acid sequence comprising the motif X.sub.1B.sub.nRGDLX.sub.2X.sub.3X.sub.4Z.sub.mX.sub.5, wherein X.sub.1 is any D-amino acid, B.sub.n is a sequence of any n amino acids, which may be natural or unnatural, D- or L-, and may be the same or different, wherein n is a number between 1 and 10, X.sub.2 and X.sub.3 are independently selected from any amino acid, X.sub.4 is Leu or Ile, Z.sub.m is a sequence of any m amino acids, which may be natural or unnatural, D- or L-, and may be the same or different, wherein m is a number between 1 and 10, X.sub.5 is any L- or D-amino acid. Also provided are conjugates comprising said peptide, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide or said conjugates, and uses of said peptide, conjugate or composition, for example, in the treatment, imaging and/or diagnosis of an v6-expressing tumour in a mammalian subject.

This application is directed generally to minicircle DNA vectors for the vaccination of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). The transgene expression cassette in the minicircle DNA vector includes: a eukaryotic translation initiation nucleotide sequence, a mutant nucleotide sequence that encodes a foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) capsid polyprotein precursor that contains at least one mutation to eliminate a restriction enzyme recognition site, a nucleotide sequence that encodes a protease that cleaves the MEW capsid polyprotein precursor into plurality of FMDV capsid proteins and a translational regulatory element to regulate the expression of the protease. The minicircle DNA vectors can be transfected directly into the cell of a mammalian host. When transfected into the mammalian host cell, virus-like particles can be produced intrinsically to stimulate the mammalian host's immune system to develop adaptive immunity toward foot-and-mouth disease.

Provided is an antigen fused with a porcine Fc fragment, a vaccine composition having a self-adjuvanting effect by binding an Fc fragment to various antigens, and a method of producing the antigen.

Provided is a recombinant vector including a porcine Fc fragment. By fusing the porcine Fc fragment with various target proteins by using the recombinant vector of the present invention, not only target proteins may be expressed using various hosts including plants, but the productivity and stability of target proteins may also be increased.

Provided herein is a nucleic acid comprising consensus amino acid sequence of foot-and-mouth disease FMDV VP1-4 coat proteins of FMDV subtypes A, Asia 1, C, O, SAT1, SAT2, and SAT3 as well as plasmids and vaccines expressing the sequences. Also provided herein is methods for generating an immune response against one or more FMDV subtypes using the vaccine as described above as well as methods for deciphering between vaccinated mammals with the vaccine and those that are infected with FMDV.

This application is directed generally to minicircle DNA vectors for the vaccination of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). The transgene expression cassette in the minicircle DNA vector includes: a eukaryotic translation initiation nucleotide sequence, a mutant nucleotide sequence that encodes a foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) capsid polyprotein precursor that contains at least one mutation to eliminate a restriction enzyme recognition site, a nucleotide sequence that encodes a protease that cleaves the FMDV capsid polyprotein precursor into a plurality of FMDV capsid proteins and a translational regulatory element to regulate the expression of the protease. The minicircle DNA vectors can be transfected directly into the cell of a mammalian host. When transfected into the mammalian host cell, virus-like particles can be produced intrinsically to stimulate the mammalian host's immune system to develop adaptive immunity toward foot-and-mouth disease.

The present invention provides bi-terminal PEGylated peptide conjugates that target an integrin such as ?.sub.v?.sub.6 integrin. In particular embodiments, the peptide conjugates of the present invention further comprise a biological agent such as an imaging agent or a therapeutic agent, e.g., covalently attached to one of the PEG moieties. The peptide conjugates of the present invention are particularly useful for imaging a tumor, organ, or tissue and for treating integrin-mediated diseases and disorders such as cancer, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, chronic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung emphysema, and chronic wounding skin disease. Compositions and kits containing the peptide conjugates of the present invention find utility in a wide range of applications including, e.g., in vivo imaging and immunotherapy.

Provided is a method to generate a recombinant virus that can stably express target proteins. The recombinant virus of the present invention is useful for producing an immunogenic composition or vaccine.

A method for preparing serotype O foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particles, the method including: construction of small ubiquitin-like modifier fusion expression vector, construction of recombinant expression vectors, construction of recombinant co-expression vector, expression and purification of proteins, and in-vitro assembly of serotype O foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particles. The disclosure also provides a test strip for detecting serotype O foot-and-mouth disease including a bottom board, and a detection layer disposed on the top of the bottom board. A detection line and a control line are disposed on the detection layer. An absorbent layer is disposed at one end of the detection layer close to the control line, and an immuno-gold pad is disposed at the other side of the detection layer close to the detection line. A sample pad is disposed on the top of the immuno-gold pad.