置换HN基因对新城疫病毒LaSota株致病力的影响

[目的]新城疫病毒的血凝素.神经氨酸酶(HN)和融合蛋白(F)在病毒装配、出芽、释放及侵入宿主细胞的过程中发挥关键作用,但HN对病毒致病力的影响程度尚不完全清楚.[方法]为探讨这一问题,本研究以中等毒力毒株Mukteswar的HN基因替换我国广泛应用的LaSota疫苗株HN基因,通过反向遗传操作技术拯救出嵌合病毒(rL-MuHN).[结果]rL-MuHN红细胞吸附能力较亲本株rLaSota无显著升高,具有相似的细胞融合活性;嵌合病毒ICPI由rLaSota株的0.36降为0,MDT≥90,IVPI=0与rLaSota株相同,保持典型低致病力缓发型特点不变.进一步以Mukteswar株F基因替换rL-MuHN的F基因,拯救出F和HN双基因替换嵌合病毒rL-MuFHN,尽管该病毒的细胞融合能力显著提高,但其MDT、ICPI和IVPI分别为98 h,0.59和0,显示F和HN双基因替换仍未能使嵌合新城疫病毒rL-MuFHN的致病力达到中等毒力毒株Mukteswar(MDT、ICPI及IVPI分别为46 h、1.32和0.64)的水平.[结论]试验结果表明,F及HN囊膜蛋白基因之外的病毒基因组骨架背景对病毒的致病性同样具有重要的决定性意义,不同HN蛋白对嵌合病毒的致病能力的影响不同,与供体毒株毒力无关;以流行野毒株HN替代rLaSota疫苗株构建抗原针对性更强的弱毒疫苗株存在技术可行性.     

新城疫病毒ZJ1株F蛋白裂解位点突变对其融合活性的影响

新城疫病毒ZJ1毒株是近年来在我国水禽中流行并能引起水禽严重发病和死亡的强毒株,其F蛋白裂解位点有多个碱性氨基酸分布。将该毒株F蛋白裂解位点的112、115和117位碱性氨基酸突变成弱毒株特征的非碱性氨基酸,构建了重组表达质粒pCI-FT。分别将突变前后的F蛋白与该毒株的HN蛋白在COS-1细胞共表达,表明突变前后的F蛋白均有融合活性;分别将突变前后的F蛋白与该毒株的HN蛋白在CEF细胞共表达,表明突变后F蛋白被裂解的活性大大降低。以上研究为下一步在全长cDNA克隆水平上对F蛋白裂解位点氨基酸序列进行相应突变,研究毒力相关因素以及构建毒力致弱疫苗株等奠定基础。     

新城疫病毒ZJ1株F蛋白裂解位点突变对其融合活性的影响*

新城疫病毒ZJ1毒株是近年来在我国水禽中流行并能引起水禽严重发病和死亡的强毒株,其F蛋白裂解位点有多个碱性氨基酸分布。将该毒株F蛋白裂解位点的112、115和117位碱性氨基酸突变成弱毒株特征的非碱性氨基酸,构建了重组表达质粒pCI-FT。分别将突变前后的F蛋白与该毒株的HN蛋白在COS-1细胞共表达,表明突变前后的F蛋白均有融合活性;分别将突变前后的F蛋白与该毒株的HN蛋白在CEF细胞共表达,表明突变后F蛋白被裂解的活性大大降低。以上研究为下一步在全长cDNA克隆水平上对F蛋白裂解位点氨基酸序列进行相应     

一株基因Ⅱ型新城疫强毒株的分子特性

从患病肉鸡群分离到一株新城疫病毒(NewcastleDiseasevirus,NDV)SQZ04。经蚀斑纯化后接种40日龄SPF鸡可诱发典型病变。经蚀斑纯化前和后的MDT为50·5h和51·2h,ICPI为2·0和1·92,IVPI为2·8和2·68,表明属强毒株。但F基因分型表明SQZ04属基因Ⅱ型,而且其与已知基因Ⅱ型的疫苗株LaSota、B1和Texas48的同源性分别为99·3%、98·7%和96·9%,显著高于与基因Ⅶ或Ⅸ型强毒株的同源性88·3%~88·6%或91·3%~92·1%。这是国内第一株属于基因Ⅱ型的NDV强毒株。SQZ04F多肽氨基酸裂解位点的序列为111GGRQGRL117,与弱毒株序列完全相同,这也是国内外首次报道具有这一氨基酸序列的强毒野毒株。然而,SQZ04株与其他已知强毒株的HN氨基酸同源性高达95·3%~97·3%,显著高于与弱毒株LaSota等的同源性87·8%~89·5%。     

用反向遗传技术致弱基因VIId型鹅源新城疫病毒ZJI株

将新城疫病毒ZJI株基因组cDNA全长分成7个片段,依次连接并克隆至TVT7R转录载体中,构建了含ZJI株全基因组cDNA的转录载体(pNDV/ZJI),pNDV/ZJI与3个辅助表达质粒pCI-NP、pCI-P和pCI-L共转染BSR-T7/5细胞,成功拯救出了具有感染性的新城疫病毒粒子。设计两对引物,经overlapPCR方法将该毒株F蛋白裂解位点的112、115和117位碱性氨基酸突变成弱毒株特征的非碱性氨基酸后,替换pNDV/ZJI上的对应序列,构建了转录载体pNDV/ZJIFM,将pNDV/ZJIFM与3个辅助表达质粒共转染BSR-T7/5细胞,成功拯救出了致弱的基因VIId型鹅源新城疫病毒NDV/ZJIFM,获救病毒的鸡胚最小致死剂量平均死亡时间(MDT)大于120h,同时该病毒的脑内接种致病指数(ICPI)为0.16,上述结果表明,获救病毒的毒力已被致弱,是一个较为理想的疫苗候选株。     

高抗体水平种鸡NDV的分离鉴定和分子特性

从抗体水平较高、产蛋下降的种鸡群分离到一株新城疫病毒(Newcastle Disease virus,NDV)SGM01,经动物回归可产生NDV典型病变,其MDT、ICPI和IVPI等分别为50．5h、1．76和2．41,表明为强毒。对其F和HN基因进行克隆测序,F基因氨基酸多肽裂解位点的基序为~(111)GRRQKRF~(117),与强毒基序一致。基因分型表明SGMO1属Ⅶ型。氨基酸同源比较显示:SGM01与LaSota、SQZ04等基因Ⅱ型的同源性为:87．7%～88．3%;(?) Taiwan95、Yunnan03等基因Ⅶ型的同源性为:95．7%～98．2%;与F_(48)E_9等基因Ⅸ型的同源率为:90．8%～91．7%。HN基因与F基因不同,具有明显的时空性。SGM01、Taiwan95、SQZ04等新近分离毒氨基酸高度同源,同源性为:95．3%～97．2%,显著高于与LaSota(经典弱毒疫苗株)和F_(48)E_9(经典强毒株)的同源性87．4%～89．0%。     

HA基因322位和329位氨基酸对H5N1亚型禽流感病毒毒力的影响

A/mallard/Huadong/S/2005(S,IVPI=2.65)和A/mallard/Huadong/Y/2003(Y,IVPI=O),是对麻鸭具有不同致病力的病毒.两病毒的HA裂解位点区有2个氨基酸差异,S病毒在HA裂解位点区322是Leu(L322),329位缺失(-329),而Y病毒322位是Gin(Q 322),329位是Lys(K329).根据这两个位点的差异,利用反向遗传系统,以S和Y病毒各自为骨架,拯救HA基因突变病毒,检测获救的突变病毒对麻鸭的毒力.可以得知,以S病毒为骨架,将S病毒HA基因322位Leu替换为Gln和(或)在329位添加Lys,以及用Y病毒的HA(Q322L,K329-)替换S病毒HA,获救的重组病毒对麻鸭亦完全无致病力;但以Y病毒为骨架,将Y病毒HA基因322位Gln替换为Leu和(或)在329位缺失Lys后,Y重组病毒对麻鸭的毒力上升.结果提示,S和Y病毒HA基因裂解位点区322和329氨基酸残基突变或缺失均影响病毒对麻鸭的致病力,且HA基因与其它基因的匹配性显著影响病毒对麻鸭的致病力.     

猪源新城疫病毒JL01株分离鉴定及F基因遗传进化分析

2000年,在吉林省某猪场发生具有较高发病率和死亡率的急性传染病,发病率达到40%～50%,病死率15%,取其脾、肺、肾等组织进行电镜观察,可见副粘病毒样颗粒,表明其病原可能为某种猪源副粘病毒,命名为JL01株。在对该病毒的的血凝、血凝抑制等生物学特性进行鉴定后,初步确定该种猪副粘病毒为猪源新城疫病毒。病毒回归试验表明,纯化的病毒对猪仍有较强的致死性,并可从死亡猪体内分离到新城疫病毒。该病毒对鸡胚平均致死时间(MDT)、脑内致病指数(ICPI)和半数致死量(EID50)分别为55.2h、1.60和10-7.5/0.1 mL,表明该毒株属于新城疫病毒强毒株。在此基础上,采用RT-PCR方法克隆了猪源新城疫病毒F基因,与其他10株NDV毒株进行序列比较分析,结果表明,JL01株与B1、LaSota、Clone30等经典的新城疫病毒弱毒株同源性较高(91.5%～98.5%),与ZJ1、Mukteswar等强毒株的同源性较低。F基因氨基酸裂解位点的序列为112G-K-Q-G-R-L117,与弱毒株序列完全相同。基因分型结果表明JL01株属于基因Ⅰ型。因此,本研究所分离到感染猪的新城疫病毒属于基因变异的新城疫病毒弱毒株...     

新城疫病毒分离株的生物学特性鉴定及F蛋白基因序列分析

通过部分生物学特性鉴定、RT-PCR及F基因的序列测定与遗传进化分析,对2005~2006年从我国江苏省和广西省部分地区的发病鸡群和鹅群中分离到的20株新城疫病毒(NDV)进行了研究。各分离株经典毒力测定结果显示:MDT在45.3h~58.2h之间,ICPI在1.61~2.00之间,均为新城疫病毒强毒株特征。血凝解脱及血凝素热稳定性试验显示:各分离株的血凝解脱时间短,血凝素热稳定性较差,符合NDV强毒株的特征。F基因的序列测定表明,分离株之间的核苷酸序列具有79.7%~100%的同源性,与疫苗株LaSota的同源性为78.1%~83.4%;与国内标准强毒株F48E8同源性为80.2%~90.1%。推导其氨基酸序列分析表明,各分离株的F蛋白的裂解位点氨基酸组成为112R-R-Q-R/K-R-F117,具有NDV强毒株特征,与毒力测定结果相符。根据序列所绘制系统进化发生树,表明20株NDV分离株中有18株为基因Ⅶd型,2株为基因Ⅲ型。     

新城疫分离毒HN基因的分子特性和片段同源相关性

选取国内1997-2005年分离的新城疫病毒(Newcastle disease virus,NDV)24株,经蚀斑纯化克隆其血凝素-神经氨酸酶(HN)基因,与在GenBank发表的36株国内外不同时期的NDV毒株,进行氨基酸遗传变异分析,并利用SPSS8.0软件对其不同片段的氨基酸进行同源相关比较。结果显示:国内所有NDV分离毒株氨基酸高度同源,同源性为94.4%-99.4%;与LaSota、Clone30疫苗株等的氨基酸同源性为86.9%-89%;与强毒株F48E9的氨基酸同源性为87.9%-89.9%;与国外NDV的氨基酸同源性为87.2%-96.2%。系统发育分析表明:国内NDV分离毒HN遗传距离较近,而与LaSota、Clone30和F48E9遗传距离较远。国内NDV分离毒均缺乏538-540位糖基化位点。不同片段与全长的氨基酸同源性高度相关,且与前80个氨基酸相关最密切。     

Different Regions of the Newcastle Disease Virus Fusion Protein Modulate Pathogenicity

Newcastle disease virus (NDV), also designated as Avian paramyxovirus type 1 (APMV-1), is the causative agent of a notifiable disease of poultry but it exhibits different pathogenicity dependent on the virus strain. The molecular basis for this variability is not fully understood. The efficiency of activation of the fusion protein (F) is determined by presence or absence of a polybasic amino acid sequence at an internal proteolytic cleavage site which is a major determinant of NDV virulence. However, other determinants of pathogenicity must exist since APMV-1 of high (velogenic), intermediate (mesogenic) and low (lentogenic) virulence specify a polybasic F cleavage site. We aimed at elucidation of additional virulence determinants by constructing a recombinant virus that consists of a lentogenic NDV Clone 30 backbone and the F protein gene from a mesogenic pigeon paramyxovirus-1 (PPMV-1) isolate with an intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) of 1.1 specifying the polybasic sequence R-R-K-K-R*F motif at the cleavage site. The resulting virus was characterized by an ICPI of 0.6, indicating a lentogenic pathotype. In contrast, alteration of the cleavage site G-R-Q-G-R*L of the lentogenic Clone 30 to R-R-K-K-R*F resulted in a recombinant virus with an ICPI of 1.36 which was higher than that of parental PPMV-1. Substitution of different regions of the F protein of Clone 30 by those of PPMV-1, while maintaining the polybasic amino acid sequence at the F cleavage site, resulted in recombinant viruses with ICPIs ranging from 0.59 to 1.36 suggesting that virulence is modulated by regions of the F protein other than the polybasic cleavage site.     

Mutations in the Fusion Protein Cleavage Site of Avian Paramyxovirus Serotype 4 Confer Increased Replication and Syncytium Formation In Vitro but Not Increased Replication and Pathogenicity in Chickens and Ducks

To evaluate the role of the F protein cleavage site in the replication and pathogenicity of avian paramyxoviruses (APMVs), we constructed a reverse genetics system for recovery of infectious recombinant APMV-4 from cloned cDNA. The recovered recombinant APMV-4 resembled the biological virus in growth characteristics in vitro and in pathogenicity in vivo. The F cleavage site sequence of APMV-4 (DIQPR↓F) contains a single basic amino acid, at the -1 position. Six mutant APMV-4 viruses were recovered in which the F protein cleavage site was mutated to contain increased numbers of basic amino acids or to mimic the naturally occurring cleavage sites of several paramyxoviruses, including neurovirulent and avirulent strains of NDV. The presence of a glutamine residue at the -3 position was found to be important for mutant virus recovery. In addition, cleavage sites containing the furin protease motif conferred increased replication and syncytium formation in vitro. However, analysis of viral pathogenicity in 9-day-old embryonated chicken eggs, 1-day-old and 2-week-old chickens, and 3-week-old ducks showed that none the F protein cleavage site mutations altered the replication, tropism, and pathogenicity of APMV-4, and no significant differences were observed among the parental and mutant APMV-4 viruses in vivo. Although parental and mutant viruses replicated somewhat better in ducks than in chickens, they all were highly restricted and avirulent in both species. These results suggested that the cleavage site sequence of the F protein is not a limiting determinant of APMV-4 pathogenicity in chickens and ducks.     

Newcastle Disease Virus Fusion Protein Is the Major Contributor to Protective Immunity of Genotype-Matched Vaccine

Virulent strains of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) can cause devastating disease in chickens worldwide. Although the current vaccines are substantially effective, they do not completely prevent infection, virus shedding and disease. To produce genotype-matched vaccines, a full-genome reverse genetics system has been used to generate a recombinant virus in which the F protein cleavage site has been changed to that of avirulent vaccine virus. In the other strategy, the vaccines have been generated by replacing the F and HN genes of a commercial vaccine strain with those from a genotype-matched virus. However, the protective efficacy of a chimeric virus vaccine has not been directly compared with that of a full-genome virus vaccine developed by reverse genetics. Therefore, in this study, we evaluated the protective efficacy of genotype VII matched chimeric vaccines by generating three recombinant viruses based on avirulent LaSota (genotype II) strain in which the open reading frames (ORFs) encoding the F and HN proteins were replaced, individually or together, with those of the circulating and highly virulent Indonesian NDV strain Ban/010. The cleavage site of the Ban/010 F protein was mutated to the avirulent motif found in strain LaSota. In vitro growth characteristics and a pathogenicity test indicated that all three chimeric viruses retained the highly attenuated phenotype of the parental viruses. Immunization of chickens with chimeric and full-length genome VII vaccines followed by challenge with virulent Ban/010 or Texas GB (genotype II) virus demonstrated protection against clinical disease and death. However, only those chickens immunized with chimeric rLaSota expressing the F or F plus HN proteins of the Indonesian strain were efficiently protected against shedding of Ban/010 virus. Our findings showed that genotype-matched vaccines can provide protection to chickens by efficiently preventing spread of virus, primarily due to the F protein.     

NDV山东分离株的生物学特性及其HN基因的克隆与序列分析

2004年从山东某鸡场发病蛋鸡群中分离到一株新城疫病毒（编号：ShD-2-04）,对其生物学特性进行了研究,并对其HN基因进行了克隆和序列分析。结果表明：该病毒的最小致死量病毒致死鸡胚的平均时间（MDT）为50．4,1日龄SPF鸡脑内接种分离病毒致病指数（ICPI）为1．85,6周龄SPF鸡静脉接种致病指数（IVPI）为2．42,表明该病毒具有新城疫强毒株的一些特征;其HN基因开放性阅读框架（ORF）为1,716bp,编码571个氨基酸;与国外发表的部分新城疫病毒强毒株和弱毒株之间相应序列进行比较,核苷酸序列的同源性在81．6％-87．2％之间,氨基酸同源性在87．6％-90．7％之间。