浙江省麻疹病毒分离株的基因特性与免疫原性研究

为了研究浙江省1999～2003年麻疹病毒分离株的抗原性变化以及基因特性,阐明其基因特性与麻疹流行的关系,以及抗原性变化对疫苗免疫效果的影响.我们从麻疹患者含漱液中分离麻疹病毒株,制备大鼠免疫血清,与疫苗株沪191和Edmonston株等进行交叉中和试验,测定各毒株之间抗原比;并采集儿童麻疹疫苗免疫前后血清,分别测定其对不同毒株的中和抗体滴度;采用RT-PCR法扩增麻疹毒株血凝素蛋白(H)及核蛋白(N)基因,进行核苷酸序列测定.结果浙江99-1和浙江02-2株与沪191株之间的抗原比分别为3.0和7.3;儿童免疫后血清对浙江02-2株的麻疹中和抗体平均几何滴度(GMT)为15.03,明显低于沪191疫苗株(GMT为68.12);浙江省1999～2003年麻疹分离株之间,H基因氨基酸同源性为99.8%,N基因氨基酸同源性为98.5%～100.0%;与沪191疫苗株的H基因和N基因相比较,分离株与其在氨基酸水平上同源性分别为95.5%～95.7%和95.9%～96.3%.从基因进化树显示,1999～2003年浙江省分离到的麻疹毒株属于H1基因型,但与疫苗株沪191在抗原性和基因特性上已存在明显的差异.     

浙江省麻疹病毒的基因特征分析

目的分析浙江省流行的麻疹病毒(MV)的基因特征,为更好地防控麻疹提供科学参考。方法从GenBank检索并下载浙江省所有麻疹病毒株、中国麻疹疫苗株和WHO推荐参考株的血凝素蛋白(H)和核蛋白(N)的基因组序列,利用MEGA 6.0软件进行比对分析,构建种系进化树,确定浙江省麻疹病毒流行的基因型别,并进行同源性和基因变异分析。结果浙江省麻疹病毒以H1基因型为主(27株),其他基因型为辅(2株B3型)。H1a亚型(21/27)占绝对优势,其次为H1b亚型(6/27)。浙江省所有毒株间H蛋白的氨基酸同源性为96.9%~100.0%,与疫苗株Shanghai-191和Changchun-47的同源性均为95.0%~96.0%。浙江省所有毒株间N蛋白羧基末端的氨基酸同源性为82.7%~100.0%,与疫苗株Shanghai-191的同源性为85.8%~89.5%,与疫苗株Changchun-47的同源性为87.3%~91.0%。结论麻疹病毒H1基因型为浙江省麻疹流行的优势株,与现行参考疫苗株(A基因型)差异较大,因此针对麻疹病毒H1基因型疫苗的研制是今后浙江省麻疹病毒防控的关键。     

中国6省2005年麻疹病毒分离株分子特征分析

研究2005年我国6省麻疹暴发、流行的野毒株基因型特征和分子流行病学,为进一步的麻疹防治策略提供科学依据.用RT-PCR方法,从2005年6省分离的48株麻疹病毒株中扩增出核蛋白（nucleoprotein, N）基因C末端676个核苷酸片段.再对扩增产物进行核苷酸序列测定和分析,并以C末端456个核苷酸片段构建基因亲缘性关系树,进行核苷酸、氨基酸同源性分析.6省分离的48株麻疹病毒均为H1基因型,其中两株为H1b亚型, 其余为H1a亚型.48株野毒株的核苷酸同源性为95.1%～100%（核苷酸差异为0～22bp）,氨基酸同源性为92.7%～100%;与我国疫苗株S191的核苷酸同源性为88.7%～92.5%,氨基酸同源性为88.0%～91.2%.其中Shaanxi05-1和Yunnan05-1,Anhui05-2和Ningxia05-9的N末端456个核苷酸的同源性为100%;Hebei05-19、Anhui00-2和Liaoning02-2,Hebei05-1和Chongqing04-3的核苷酸的同源性为100%.引起2005年我国6省麻疹暴发流行的野毒株为H1基因型,并以H1a为绝对优势亚型.各省之间存在相同毒株引起的传播链,不同年份之间存在相同麻疹野毒株的持续循环传播.同时提示,有必要进一步研究由核苷酸变异引起的氨基酸变异及中和抗原位点等生物学性状的改变,可能影响麻疹病毒的毒力和传播力.     

福建省2012-2020年麻疹野毒株分子流行病学分析

为了解2012-2020年福建省麻疹野毒株病毒核蛋白N基因及H基因的变化,探讨其流行规律,本研究收集2012年-2020年福建省各地市级麻疹风疹网络实验室检测麻疹病毒核酸阳性的麻疹疑似病例咽拭子标本开展病毒分离,应用RT-PCR方法扩增MV的N基因羧基末端450个核苷酸片段并进行序列测定,通过与WHO推荐24个麻疹病毒基因型参考株、中国S(Shanghai,上海)191疫苗株、H1a中国代表株（China93-2）进行对比分析,从2012-2020年共收到1217例麻疹核酸检测阳性的疑似麻疹病例的病原学标本中,共分离出83株麻疹病毒野毒株,其中76株为H1a亚型,5株B3基因型,2株D8基因型。H1a亚型可分为2个独立谱系Lineage1～2,MV H1a基因型毒株间核苷酸及氨基酸同源性为99.82%～99.98%和99.91%～100%。2018年及2019年福建省首次分离到B3基因型麻疹病毒及D8基因型麻疹病毒为输入性基因型,B3基因型毒株高度同源,D8基因型毒株同源性100%。H1a基因型为福建省本土野毒株优势基因亚型,不同地区不同年代存在同一野毒株持续循环,同一地区同一年份也具...     

引起免疫失败的IBV分离株的生物学特性及结构基因分析

本研究应用鸡胚尿囊腔接种的方法,从广西患传染性支气管炎的免疫失败的病鸡中分离到一株传染性支气管炎病毒(IBV)(命名GX-YES),通过间接血凝试验、动物回归试验和气管环交叉中和试验对该毒株进行鉴定和主要生物学特性的研究,同时利用RT-PCR技术扩增克隆该病毒的SI基因和N基因并测定其核苷酸序列.结果表明:该病毒株有间接血凝性;致病性较强;血清型不同于常用疫苗株H120、Ma5、4/91.同源性分析表明,SI基因核苷酸和氨基酸序列与参考株的同源性分别为63.5%～81.2%和50.7%～78.8%;N基因核苷酸和氨基酸序列与参考株的同源性分别为85.7%～87.2%和89.5%～91.7%;SI基因和N基因系统进化分析表明分离株与其它参考毒株的亲缘关系较远.SI基因和N基因分型与血清学试验结果相吻合.本研究结果提示了广西分离株GX-YL5可能是一个新的变异株,这可能是目前免疫失败的重要因素,同时也为研制适合本地使用的IBV疫苗提供了科学依据和物质基础.     

2002～2004年浙江省无菌性脑膜炎暴发疫情的病原学研究

2002～2004年浙江省发生了无菌性脑膜炎暴发疫情,为了及时查明病因,分析病原的分子特征并进行病原溯源,我们采集患者脑脊液和粪便样本271份,用RD和Hep-2细胞同时分离病毒,对分离株VP1和VP4/VP2基因测序,进行同源性与进化分析。结果从271份样本中分离到埃柯病毒30型(E30)78株;对31株分离株VP1区核苷酸(nt)序列测定,其长度均为876nt,推导编码292个氨基酸(aa)。浙江E30株与原型株Bastianni在VP1区的nt和aa同源性分别为84.7%～86.3%和92.1%～94.2%;浙江E30株之间nt和aa的同源性分别为87.1%～99.4%和96.2%～100%。在VP1基因进化树上浙江E30株分别位于G和H基因亚型分支上,与浙江E30G亚型株亲缘关系最近的国内外毒株分别为2003年江苏、山东株和1999年乌克兰株;与浙江E30H亚型株亲缘关系最近的毒株为2008年韩国株。VP4/VP2区同源性与进化分析结果与VP1相似。结果表明2002～2004年浙江省无菌性脑膜炎暴发疫情由E30G和H二类不同基因亚型流行株引起;H基因亚型株推测为新的E30变异株,首先分离于2002年浙江省。     

2013～2014年我国输入性B3基因型麻疹病毒的基因特征分析

研究2013~2014年中国大陆分离到的输入性B3基因型麻疹野毒株的N蛋白羧基端核苷酸和氨基酸特征。应用MEGA6.0软件对2013~2014年输入我国的B3基因型麻疹病毒、GenBank下载的WHO参考株、2013~2014年全球流行的B3基因型麻疹病毒代表株和中国疫苗株泸191(S191)构建基于N蛋白COOH端450个核苷酸片段序列的亲缘性关系树、分析其核苷酸和氨基酸差异。13株B3基因型中国分离株间的核苷酸序列和氨基酸序列同源性分别为99.7%~100%和100%;与B3基因型WHO参考株的核苷酸和氨基酸同源性分别为96.6%~96.8%和95.3%~97.3%;与2013~2014年流行的B3基因型的麻疹野病毒代表株的核苷酸和氨基酸同源性分别在90.0%~100%和87.9%~100%;与S191的核苷酸和氨基酸同源性分别为93.3%~93.5%和87.2%。本研究对积累我国麻疹病毒分子流行病学基线数据具有很重要的意义,随着我国进入麻疹消除加速阶段,将会监测到更多的非本土基因型的输入,需要进一步加强病毒学监测,防止输入性麻疹野病毒在我国扩散和传播。     

福建省输入性D8基因型麻疹病毒分子流行病学特征

为分析福建省输入性D8基因型麻疹病毒分子流行病学特征,采集咽拭子标本采用实时荧光定量反转录-聚合酶链反应(Real-time RT-PCR)筛查麻疹病毒核酸.用反转录-聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)扩增麻疹病毒核酸筛查阳性咽拭子及Vero/Slam细胞培养阳性产物,对麻疹病毒核蛋白(Nucleoprotein,N)羧基(COOH)端634个核苷酸(Nucleotides,nt)片段进行测序分析,构建系统进化树.最终分离获得1株麻疹病毒株,26条麻疹病毒N蛋白羧基末端450个nt序列.亲缘性分析发现,所有福建麻疹毒株与WHOD8基因型参考株(MVi/Manchester.GBR/30.94)在亲缘关系树上同属一个大分支,两者核苷酸序列和氨基酸(Amino acid,aa)序列同源性分别为96.4％～99.1％和96.7％～98.0％.其中2014年的福建毒株 MVs/Fujian.CHN/28.14和 MVs/Fujian.CHN/30.14与越南胡志明市2014年分离株MVs/HoChiMinh.VNM/11.14及美国纽约2013年分离株MVs/New.York.USA/19.13的nt同源性为 100％;2019年的毒株MVs/Fujian.CHN/25.19与泰国龙仔厝府2018年分离株MVs/Samut.Sakhon.THA/8.18的nt同源性为100％;而剩余的23个监测毒株则与日本神户2019年分离株MVs/KobeC.JPN/28.19的核苷酸同源性和氨基酸同源性最高,分别为99.6％～100.0％和99.3％～100.0％.在病毒N蛋白羧基端150个氨基酸位点上,福建株与WHO D8参考株存在3～5个氨基酸位点差异.而与现用的疫苗株(Shanghai-191)相比,存在17～19个氨基酸变异位点,其中有14个氨基酸位点为所有福建株共有的变异位点,这些位点的变异总体上未对编码蛋白的氨基酸造成明显改变.结论是福建省成功分离获得1株D8基因型麻疹毒株.D8基因型为福建省发现的输入性麻疹基因型,病毒N蛋白羧基端氨基酸位点上与疫苗株相比均出现了差异位点.     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.