Various strategies based on modified live or inactivated vaccines have been used to control Aujeszky’s disease. Although a modified live vaccine is known to successfully minimize both the clinical symptoms and viral shedding during the acute phase of PrV infection (13), these strategies still have some disadvantages including the risk of reversion to virulence (13–15) and interference with efficient antigen presentation (15). In contrast, inactivated PrV vaccine is harmless Decitabine cell line but insufficient to induce effective protection against PrV infection. Therefore, the need to

develop a safe vaccine that can induce complete protection against PrV infection remains. We previously demonstrated that attenuated aspartate β-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (Asd)-negative Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium devoid of antibiotic resistance gene is an effective delivery system for the mass administration of cytokines without the need for antibiotic selection (16–18). Furthermore, the oral administration of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium expressing cytokines such as chicken IFN-α and IL-18 ameliorated the clinical signs caused by respiratory infection with avian influenza virus (19,20). However, the modulatory effect of the oral co-administration of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium expressing swIFN-α and swIL-18 on the immune responses induced by parenteral administration with inactivated AZD6244 vaccine

was not addressed. Here, we investigated the modulatory effect of the combined administration of swIL-18 and swIFN-α on vaccination with inactivated PrV vaccine using

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium as delivery system. Ultimately, we demonstrate the benefit of the combined administration of swIL-18 and swIFN-α using attenuated S. enterica serovar Typhimurium to provide effective immune responses against the inactivated PrV vaccine. Seronegative crossbreed F1 (Large white-Landrace × Duroc) piglets (3–4 weeks old) were obtained from a local breeding farm and housed in stainless steel cages (2–3 piglets/cage). Piglets were reared with formulated commercial feed and water STK38 provided ad libitum throughout the experimental period. All experimental and animal management procedures were undertaken in accordance with the requirements of the Animal Care and Ethics Committees of Chonbuk National University. The animal facility of the Chonbuk National University is fully accredited by the National Association of Laboratory Animal Care. The wild-type PrV YS strain and thymidine kinase-deleted PrV were generously supplied by the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service in the Republic of Korea. The viruses were propagated in the porcine kidney cell line, PK-15, using Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (DMEM) supplemented with 2.5% fetal bovine serum (FBS), penicillin (100 U/mL) and streptomycin (100 U/mL).