非洲猪瘟病毒D1133L蛋白增加宿主波形蛋白磷酸化而促进病毒在猪巨噬细胞中的复制

非洲猪瘟(African swine fever, ASF)是由非洲猪瘟病毒(African swine fever virus, ASFV)感染引起家猪和野猪的一种高死亡率的传染性疾病。ASFV具有庞大的基因组,其中非结构蛋白pD1133L被预测为其编码的6个解旋酶之一。本实验室应用免疫沉淀-质谱联用(immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry, IP-MASS)技术筛选与pD1133L互作的宿主细胞蛋白,发现细胞波形蛋白(vimentin, VIM)为pD1133L互作的宿主蛋白之一,但尚不清楚宿主蛋白VIM对ASFV复制的影响。【目的】探究ASFV与VIM的相互调控作用,揭示VIM促进ASFV复制的机制。【方法】通过免疫共沉淀(co-immunoprecipitation, Co-IP)试验验证pD1133L与VIM存在互作关系;外源过表达VIM蛋白以及设计并合成VIM的siRNA探究VIM对ASFV复制的影响;利用Western blotting以及荧光定量PCR (quantitative real-time PCR, qPCR)方法检测ASFV对VIM蛋白水平以及转录水平的影响;通过Western blotting、间接免疫荧光试验(immunofluorescence assay, IFA)探究巨噬细胞感染ASFV后VIM磷酸化水平变化以及亚细胞定位变化情况;CCK-8试剂盒检测VIM磷酸化抑制剂KN-93处理的最佳浓度,并利用Western blotting以及IFA检测KN-93对VIM磷酸化、亚细胞定位以及对ASFV复制影响。【结果】VIM过表达促进ASFV复制,敲低VIM的表达则抑制ASFV复制;ASFV感染抑制VIM蛋白水平以及转录水平表达,且呈时间依赖性;ASFV感染后VIM发生磷酸化修饰且发生亚细胞定位改变,从而促进ASFV复制。【结论】证实了ASFV与宿主蛋白VIM之间的相互调控作用;初步确定ASFV感染后VIM受到ASFV pD1133L调控,亚细胞定位发生重排向核周聚集从而促进ASFV复制的机制。     

禽传染性支气管炎病毒Nsp2蛋白与宿主蛋白eIF2α的互作鉴定

Nsp2蛋白是冠状病毒的非结构蛋白,在病毒早期感染中具有重要作用。【目的】为初步筛选可能与禽传染性支气管炎病毒(avian infectious bronchitis virus,IBV) Nsp2蛋白互作的宿主蛋白,鉴定Nsp2蛋白与真核翻译起始因子2α亚基(eIF2α)的相互作用。【方法】以pCAGGs-Flag-Nsp2和pCAGGs-Flag载体转染后的鸡胚肾(CEK)细胞为研究对象,利用免疫共沉淀(Co-IP)和液相色谱-串联质谱(LC⁃MS/MS)技术筛选出可能与IBV Nsp2蛋白发生互作的宿主蛋白eIF2α,通过免疫共沉淀和间接免疫荧光试验进一步验证二者相互作用。【结果】经免疫共沉淀与质谱分析后筛选到97个可能与Nsp2蛋白互作的宿主蛋白,其中宿主抗病毒反应的关键蛋白eIF2α与Nsp2蛋白的相互作用通过免疫共沉淀和间接免疫荧光试验,表明二者存在直接互作关系,并共定位于细胞质中;此外,Nsp2蛋白表达和IBV感染都能显著提高宿主内源性eIF2α的转录水平。【结论】利用免疫共沉淀联合质谱技术筛选到CEK细胞中存在的97种可能与IBV Nsp2互作的候选蛋白,利用免疫共沉淀与间接免疫荧光证明候选蛋白eIF2α与Nsp2蛋白在细胞质中存在直接互作,同时发现Nsp2蛋白过表达和IBV感染会导致CEK细胞内eIF2α的转录水平显著增强。本研究为进一步探索冠状病毒非结构蛋白Nsp2的生物学功能奠定了基础,并提供了IBV入侵宿主时Nsp2蛋白的作用机制研究的新线索。     

非结构蛋白在非洲猪瘟病毒感染中作用

非洲猪瘟(African swine fever,ASF)是由非洲猪瘟病毒(African swine fever virus,ASFV)感染引起的一种急性、出血性猪传染病,给疫情发生国家(地区)的养猪业造成重大经济损失.ASFV为双股DNA病毒,基因组含有150～167个开放阅读框(ORFs),可编码150～200种蛋白质,其中非结构蛋白有100余种.ASFV编码的酶、转录因子、调节宿主细胞功能蛋白和病毒免疫逃逸相关蛋白等作为重要的非结构蛋白,在病毒核苷酸代谢、DNA复制、修复、转录、蛋白修饰以及病毒与宿主细胞相互作用等过程中发挥重要作用,但仍有许多非结构蛋白的功能尚不明晰.因此,本文综述了 ASFV非结构蛋白在病毒感染中的作用,以期为ASFV非结构蛋白的进一步研究提供参考.     

猪流行性腹泻病毒非结构蛋白nsp9互作宿主蛋白对病毒复制的影响

猪流行性腹泻病毒(porcineepidemicdiarrheavirus,PEDV)导致仔猪和育肥猪发生急性肠道传染病，是危害养猪业最重要的病原体之一。目前发现PEDV能够编码至少16个非结构蛋白，其中nsp9能够结合至单链RNA中，但是其功能机制还不清楚。本研究通过免疫沉淀联合蛋白质谱分析，筛选出潜在的与PEDV nsp9宿主互作蛋白。通过进一步免疫共沉淀(co-immunoprecipitation, Co-IP)和激光共聚焦技术确认了nsp9与热休克蛋白HSPA8、Toll相互作用蛋白Tollip、热休克蛋白HSPA9、线粒体外膜蛋白TOMM70互作。其中，过表达HSPA8使nsp9的表达量先上调而后下调，并促进PEDV的增殖；过表达Tollip使nsp9的表达量显著上调，并抑制PEDV的增殖；过表达TOMM70使nsp9的表达量显著下调，但对PEDV的增殖无明显影响；过表达HSPA9对nsp9的表达以及PEDV的增殖均无明显影响。该研究为探索nsp9互作蛋白在PEDV感染过程中的功能提供了重要信息。     

非洲猪瘟病毒拮抗宿主cGAS-STING信号通路的研究进展

非洲猪瘟病毒（African swine fever virus,ASFV）拥有多种逃逸宿主免疫应答的策略,造成病毒难以被宿主清除。cGAS-STING信号通路介导的天然免疫在抗ASFV感染中发挥了重要作用,然而病毒编码的多个蛋白靶向该通路中的不同分子以拮抗宿主的I型干扰素应答。利用基因编辑技术敲除这些病毒基因后,ASFV对宿主的致病性降低,成为基因缺失疫苗的研制潜在靶点。本文对目前已知参与调控宿主cGAS-STING信号通路的病毒蛋白进行总结,旨在阐明这些蛋白免疫逃逸cGAS-STING信号通路的分子机制,加深对ASFV免疫逃逸策略的理解,以期为ASFV致病机制研究与疫苗创制提供参考。     

非洲猪瘟病毒编码蛋白功能研究进展

非洲猪瘟(African swine fever,ASF)是非洲猪瘟病毒(African swine fever virus,ASFV)感染家猪或野猪引起的一种急性、出血性、高度接触性传染病,其特征是病程短、高热和出血性病变,急性感染死亡率高达100%,严重威胁全球养猪业但目前尚未开发出有效的疫苗和治疗方法。ASFV是非洲猪瘟病毒科非洲猪瘟病毒属的唯一成员,为大型双链DNA病毒,主要在巨噬细胞胞质中复制,其基因组约170?193 kb,含有150?167个开放阅读框,编码150?200种蛋白质。目前已知功能的病毒编码蛋白约有50个,大部分为病毒的结构蛋白,仍有一半以上的ASFV编码蛋白功能尚不清楚。除结构蛋白以外,病毒含有完整的酶和与病毒转录有关的因子,编码调节宿主细胞功能及与病毒免疫逃逸相关的蛋白等。本文综述了ASFV的结构蛋白、非结构蛋白以及参与免疫逃逸等相关蛋白功能的研究进展,以期为ASFV病毒蛋白研究及疫苗研发提供相关借鉴。     

杆状病毒凋亡抑制基因IAP1促进家蚕CyclinB的核内积累

[目的]家蚕核型多角体病毒(Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus,BmNPV)是生产上危害最严重的病原之一。BmNPV感染BmN-SWU1细胞将细胞周期阻滞于G2/M期。CyclinB是调控细胞周期G2期向M期转换的重要细胞周期蛋白。因此,研究BmNPV感染后CyclinB变化对解析病毒调控细胞周期的机制具有重要意义,同时探究这个过程中与CyclinB互作的病毒蛋白,可为构建家蚕转基因品系提供分子靶标。[方法]qRT-PCR检测BmNPV感染后BmCyclinB的表达变化;免疫荧光观察病毒感染前后BmCyclinB的定位变化,通过细胞质细胞核蛋白分离实验验证。免疫共沉淀钓取与BmCyclinB互作的病毒蛋白。BmNPV感染期间敲除BmNPV IAP1观察BmCyclinB的入核比例。[结果]BmNPV感染后BmCyclinB转录水平下调。BmNPV感染前BmCyclinB主要定位于细胞质,而感染后主要定位于细胞核。BmNPV感染BmN-SWU1细胞后促进BmCyclinB在核内积累。共钓取了7个与BmCyclinB互作的病毒蛋白,免疫共沉淀和细胞共定位证明BmNPV IAP1与BmCyclinB之间存在相互作用。敲除BmNPV IAP1后BmCyclinB进入细胞核的数量显著减少。[结论]BmNPV IAP1可通过与BmCyclinB互作,促进BmCyclinB在核内积累。     

马铃薯Y病毒P3N-PIPO酵母双杂交诱饵载体的构建及鉴定

P3N-PIPO是马铃薯Y病毒属(Potyvirus)病毒基因组中近年来新鉴定的编码蛋白。为研究P3N-PIPO在病毒与宿主互作过程中的功能,本研究以马铃薯Y病毒(potato virus Y,PVY)和马铃薯作为研究系统,用融合PCR技术扩增得到PVY编码蛋白P3N-PIPO的DNA序列,用于构建酵母双杂交诱饵质粒。为钓取马铃薯组织细胞内不同位置的互作蛋白,本研究构建了p BT3-N-P3N-PIPO、p BT3-C-P3N-PIPO、p BT3-STE-P3N-PIPO、p BT3-SUC-P3N-PIPO和p DHB1-P3N-PIPO 5个诱饵质粒,并进行自激活或毒性检测,最终获得p BT3-STE-P3N-PIPO、p BT3-SUC-P3N-PIPO和p DHB1-P3N-PIPO 3个可用于筛选马铃薯c DNA文库的诱饵质粒。     

一种非洲猪瘟病毒假病毒细胞感染模型的建立及应用

目前国内外大多数针对非洲猪瘟病毒(African swine fever virus, ASFV)的研究须在生物安全三级实验室(biosafety level 3 laboratories, BSL-3 labs)中进行,因此针对该病毒的感染过程、中和抗体逃逸机制、药物研发等研究受到了一定限制。鉴于此,本研究选择ASFV包膜蛋白中与其进入细胞紧密相关的蛋白p12、CD2v、p30、p54和pE248R,构建表达这5种包膜蛋白的真核表达质粒,利用水疱性口炎病毒(vesicular stomatitis virus, VSV)假病毒包装体系,制备多种ASFV假病毒。以荧光素酶报告基因实验(luciferase assay)检测假病毒感染水平;选择1个包膜蛋白为代表,使用蛋白质印迹法(Western blot,WB)检测其在假病毒中的表达情况;采用芫花素检测其对所建立的ASFV假病毒(p30-pE248R-ASFV-PsV)的抑制活性。结果显示,VSV包装体系以及p30、pE248R包膜蛋白质粒的组合制备方法所包装出的假病毒具有较优的感染活性,适合用于建立细胞感染模型。ASFV的包膜蛋白pE248R被有效整合到VSV-ΔG rLuc颗粒中,并包装出ASFV假病毒。芫花素可浓度依赖性地抑制ASFV假病毒感染Vero细胞,其半数抑制浓度(half maximal inhibitory concentration, IC50)为4.05±0.88 μmol/L。本研究通过建立基于ASFV假病毒的细胞感染模型,筛选获得了1种可感染已报道的一些ASFV敏感细胞的假病毒。该假病毒无复制性,可在生物安全级别较低的实验室中进行操作,并且带有海肾荧光素酶报告基因,有望用于ASFV入侵抑制剂的高通量筛选及中和活性的初步评价,为研发抗ASFV药物提供了一个安全、方便的研究模型。     

狂犬病病毒颗粒的蛋白质组学分析

狂犬病病毒是一种囊膜RNA病毒,主要侵害中枢神经系统,引起人和哺乳动物致命性的脑脊髓炎。现有研究表明囊膜病毒颗粒从感染的细胞中出芽释放时会携带许多可能在病毒的复制过程中发挥重要作用的宿主蛋白。尽管先前已报道某些宿主蛋白可掺入到狂犬病病毒颗粒上,但还没有系统地鉴定狂犬病病毒颗粒上的蛋白质组成。为了理解病毒与宿主间的相互作用的分子机制,本研究在病毒培养和蔗糖密度梯度超离心纯化的基础上,采用蛋白质组学方法分析了纯化的狂犬病病毒颗粒(SRV9弱毒疫苗株)上的蛋白质组成。除了检测到狂犬病病毒编码的五个结构蛋白以外,我们还检测到了50个宿主编码的蛋白。按功能可将其分成十类:胞内转运蛋白(14%),分子伴侣(12%),细胞骨架蛋白(24%),信号转导蛋白(8%),转录调节蛋白(12%),钙离子结合蛋白(6%),酶结合蛋白(6%),代谢作用蛋白(2%),泛素化蛋白(2%),其他功能的蛋白(14%)。利用免疫印迹方法对病毒颗粒上的4个宿主蛋白(肌动蛋白,微管蛋白,微丝结合蛋白和热应激同源蛋白70)进行了验证。本研究首次鉴定了狂犬病病毒颗粒上的宿主蛋白组成,有助于进一步研究该病毒复制与感染机制。     

African swine fever virus protein p30 interaction with heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP-K) during infection

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP-K) was identified as interacting cellular protein with the abundant immediate early protein p30 from African swine fever virus (ASFV) in a macrophage cDNA library screening. The interacting regions of hnRNP-K with p30 were established within residues 35-197, which represent KH1 and KH2 domains responsible for RNA binding. Colocalization of hnRNP-K and p30 was observed mainly in the nucleus, but not in the cytoplasm of infected cells and infection modified hnRNP-K subcellular distribution and decreased the incorporation of 5-fluorouridine into nascent RNA. Since similar effects were observed in cells transiently expressing p30, this interaction provides new insights into p30 function and could represent a possible additional mechanism by which ASFV downregulates host cell mRNA translation.     

African swine fever virus causes microtubule-dependent dispersal of the trans-golgi network and slows delivery of membrane protein to the plasma membrane

Viral interference with secretory cargo is a common mechanism for pathogen immune evasion. Selective down regulation of critical immune system molecules such as major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins enables pathogens to mask themselves from their host. African swine fever virus (ASFV) disrupts the trans-Golgi network (TGN) by altering the localization of TGN46, an organelle marker for the distal secretory pathway. Reorganization of membrane transport components may provide a mechanism whereby ASFV can disrupt the correct secretion and/or cell surface expression of host proteins. In the study reported here, we used the tsO45 temperature-sensitive mutant of the G protein of vesicular stomatitis virus to show that ASFV significantly reduces the rate at which the protein is delivered to the plasma membrane. This is linked to a general reorganization of the secretory pathway during infection and a specific, microtubule-dependent disruption of structural components of the TGN. Golgin p230 and TGN46 are separated into distinct vesicles, whereupon TGN46 is depleted. These data suggest that disruption of the TGN by ASFV can slow membrane traffic during viral infection. This may be functionally important because infection of macrophages with virulent isolates of ASFV increased the expression of MHC class I genes, but there was no parallel increase in MHC class I molecule delivery to the plasma membrane.     

The African swine fever virus dynein-binding protein p54 induces infected cell apoptosis

A specific interaction of ASFV p54 protein with 8 kDa light chain cytoplasmic dynein (DLC8) has been previously characterized and this interaction is critical during virus internalization and transport to factory sites. During early phases of infection, the virus induces the initiation of apoptosis triggering activation of caspase-9 and -3. To analyze the role of the structural protein p54 in apoptosis, transient expression experiments of p54 in Vero cells were carried out which resulted in effector caspase-3 activation and apoptosis. Interestingly, p54 mutants, lacking the 13 aa dynein-binding motif lose caspase activation ability and pro-death function of p54. This is the first reported ASFV protein which induces apoptosis.     

African swine fever virus protein p54 interacts with the microtubular motor complex through direct binding to light-chain dynein

Dynein is a minus-end-directed microtubule-associated motor protein involved in cargo transport in the cytoplasm. African swine fever virus (ASFV), a large DNA virus, hijacks the microtubule motor complex cellular transport machinery during virus infection of the cell through direct binding of virus protein p54 to the light chain of cytoplasmic dynein (LC8). Interaction of p54 and LC8 occurs both in vitro and in cells, and the two proteins colocalize at the microtubular organizing center during viral infection. p50/dynamitin, a dominant-negative inhibitor of dynein-dynactin function, impeded ASFV infection, suggesting an essential role for dynein during virus infection. A 13-amino-acid domain of p54 was sufficient for binding to LC8, an SQT motif within this domain being critical for this binding. Direct binding of a viral structural protein to LC8, a small molecule of the dynein motor complex, could constitute a molecular mechanism for microtubule-mediated virus transport.     

A Virally Encoded Chaperone Specialized for Folding of the Major Capsid Protein of African Swine Fever Virus

It is generally believed that cellular chaperones facilitate the folding of virus capsid proteins, or that capsid proteins fold spontaneously. Here we show that p73, the major capsid protein of African swine fever virus (ASFV) failed to fold and aggregated when expressed alone in cells. This demonstrated that cellular chaperones were unable to aid the folding of p73 and suggested that ASFV may encode a chaperone. An 80-kDa protein encoded by ASFV, termed the capsid-associated protein (CAP) 80, bound to the newly synthesized capsid protein in infected cells. The 80-kDa protein was released following conformational maturation of p73 and dissociated before capsid assembly. Coexpression of the 80-kDa protein with p73 prevented aggregation and allowed the capsid protein to fold with kinetics identical to those seen in infected cells. CAP80 is, therefore, a virally encoded chaperone that facilitates capsid protein folding by masking domains exposed by the newly synthesized capsid protein, which are susceptible to aggregation, but cannot be accommodated by host chaperones. It is likely that these domains are ultimately buried when newly synthesized capsid proteins are added to the growing capsid shell.