用人胚肺二倍体细胞(2BS和SL7)分离甲型肝炎病毒

用我国建株的两株人胚肺二倍体细胞(2BS和SL7),以35℃为培养温度,直接从急性期甲型肝炎(简称甲肝)患者粪便中分离到4株病毒。该病毒在细胞培养上符合甲肝病毒的增殖特性,经免疫荧光阻断、免疫电镜及中和试验等特异性鉴定,证实为甲肝病毒。原始分离时的比较研究还显示,2BS株人二倍体细胞支持甲肝病毒增殖的能力似较SL7细胞佳。该4株病毒现已在2BS细胞稳定传代,感染滴度较高,被用于减毒活疫苗的育种研究。     

北京株水痘疫苗生产工艺的建立

目的:建立北京株水痘疫苗生产工艺,采用此生产工艺生产水痘减毒活疫苗。方法:采用细胞工厂培养2BS细胞,感染北京株水痘-带状疱疹病毒工作种子批,同时感染Oka株水痘-带状疱疹病毒工作种子批作对照,经洗涤、离心、收获、原液合并、冻干制备水痘减毒活疫苗,并进行各项检定。结果:对照两种不同毒株生产的水痘减毒活疫苗无明显差异,且各项检测指标均符合要求。结论:根据结果显示,可使用此毒株生产工艺大规模生产北京株水痘疫苗,与Oka株生产水痘疫苗无差异。如果用此毒株生产水痘疫苗供应市场,将会打破Oka株水痘疫苗国内市场的垄断。     

冻干水痘减毒活疫苗转瓶生产工艺的建立

应用旋转培养的方法,建立冻干水痘减毒活疫苗的生产工艺。选择长成致密单层的2BS细胞,接种带状疱疹病毒Oka株,待细胞病变达75％以上时,收获病毒液,经超声破碎、离心、澄清,冻干后,按常规检定,疫苗各项检定符合《WHO水痘活疫苗规程》及《冻干水痘减毒活疫苗制造及检定试行规程》要求。与克氏瓶相比,应用旋转培养,不但提高了疫苗单产,降低了牛血清蛋白残留量,而且疫苗质量也保持稳定。     

新甲_1型流行性感冒病毒的蚀斑

1977年5月,我国出现了新甲_1型流行性感冒(简称流感)病毒。我们共选用了9株新甲_1型流感病毒及5株减毒活疫苗毒种在鸡胚肌皮、鸡胚肾混合细胞单层进行蚀斑试验,结果如下。     

水痘疫苗原液生产工艺改进

目的: 对现有水痘减毒活疫苗原液生产工艺进行改进,提高水痘疫苗原液产量及疫苗质量。方法: 2BS细胞传代至方瓶37代细胞,感染Oka株水痘-带状疱疹病毒工作种子批,35℃培养24h换病毒培养液(II)继续置35℃培养24h,取出使用Earle’s液洗涤方瓶细胞表面,当细胞病变达70%以上时,按120-360ml/瓶进行收获,置-65℃以下保存。经检定合格后进行合并、冻干制备水痘减毒活疫苗。结果: 使用此方法进行生产的水痘疫苗比较原工艺生产的水痘疫苗原液收获量大幅提升,并且疫苗的牛血清残留量与抗生素残留量则大幅下降,且各项检定指标全部合格。结论: 使用此方法生产水痘疫苗产量及质量比较原工艺有大幅度提升。     

流感减毒活疫苗效力试验检测新方法的建立

目的建立基于NP蛋白检测的流感减毒活疫苗病毒滴度检测方法,并进行初步应用。方法对病毒接种方式、流感病毒感染MDCK细胞培养时间、一抗和酶标二抗的稀释度、封闭液等ELISA反应条件进行筛选优化。采用建立的方法检测3批流感减毒活疫苗原液和1批疫苗成品,并与鸡胚培养法检测结果进行比较。结果选择直接接种法作为接种方式,病毒感染细胞后培养48 h进行NP蛋白表达的检测; ELISA检测条件一抗稀释度为1∶4 000,酶标二抗稀释度为1∶4 000,2%牛血清白蛋白封闭2 h,检测结果 P/N值最大。用建立的方法检测流感减毒活疫苗原液及疫苗成品效力,与鸡胚培养法检测结果差异无统计学意义(P0.05),具有较好的一致性。结论建立了基于NP蛋白检测的流感减毒活疫苗效力试验方法,可用于生产过程中流感减毒活疫苗原液和成品的检定。     

SV40病毒的培养、增殖及鉴定

目的：建立SV40病毒在Vero细胞上培养的方法,观察其生长过程,获得SV40病毒,并建立相应的SV40病毒检测方法,为SV40灭活疫苗的制备奠定良好的基础。方法：在Vero细胞上培养和增殖SV40-776株病毒。收获病毒后,应用PCR、免疫荧光以及克隆特异性片段进行测序比较来鉴定SV40病毒。结果：SV40在Vero细胞中增殖很快,并且使细胞出现明显的病变。小规模分离到了SV40病毒颗粒,获得了病毒DNA。不同的鉴定方法均显示出良好的特异性。结论：探讨了SV40病毒病变的基本过程,建立了病毒的培养、增殖和鉴定的方法。     

AcMNPV突变株的蛋白表达时相研究

将苜蓿银纹夜蛾多核衣壳核型多角体病毒(Autograph Californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus,AcMNPV)的野生型株HR3和温度敏感突变株ts317、ts538、ts8感染草地贪夜蛾(Spodoptera frugiperda)Sf21细胞,并在允许温度(25℃)或非允许温度(33℃)下培养,分别采用过氧化物酶标记的抗P47蛋白、抗P143蛋白、抗多体蛋白和抗病毒结构蛋白的单克隆抗体检测病毒增殖过程各蛋白出现的时间.结果表明1) P47蛋白是一种晚期(12hpi)表达蛋白,各突变株在允许温度(25℃)能够表达,但在非允许温度(33℃)不能表达.2)P143蛋白是一种早期(8hpi)表达蛋白,在允许温度和非允许温度时都能表达,ts8的表达量较少.3)在非允许温度条件下,蛋白质的合成速度高于允许温度.4)野生型和突变株ts317的病毒结构蛋白(P80、GP64、VP39、P24和PTP)在允许温度增殖下都能检测到,ts538和ts8表达量相对少些.5)除了GP64和P24外,ts538和ts8感染的细胞在非允许温度下不能表达病毒的结构蛋白.6)野生型毒株HR3在允许温度和非允许温度下的蛋白表达无明显差异.     

AcMNPV突变株的蛋白表达时相研究

将苜蓿银纹夜蛾多核衣壳核型多角体病毒（Autograph Clifornica nuclear polyhedrosis nvius,AcMNPV)的野生型株HR3和温度敏感突变株ts317,ts538,ts8感染草地贪夜蛾（Spodoptera frugiperda)Sf21细胞,并在允许温度（25℃）或非允许温度（33℃）下培养,分别采用过氧化物酶标记的抗P47蛋白,抗P143蛋白,抗多体蛋白和抗病毒结构蛋白的单克隆抗体检测病毒增殖过程各蛋白出现的时间。结果表明：1）P47蛋白是一种晚期（12hpi)表达蛋白,各突变株在允许温度（25℃）能够表达,但在非允许温度（33℃）不能表达。2）P143蛋白是一种早期（8hpi)表达蛋白,在允许温度和非允许温度时都能表达,ts8的表达量较少。3）在非允放温度条件下,蛋白质的合成速度高于允许温度。4）野生才突变株ts317的病毒结构蛋白（P80,GP64,VP39,P24和PTP)允许温度增殖下都能检测到,ts538和ts8表达量相对少些。5）除了GP64和除P24外,ts583和ts8感染的细胞非允许温度下不能表达病毒的结构蛋白。6）野生型毒株HR3在允许温度和允许温度下的蛋白表达无明显差异。     

A型流感病毒NS1基因密码子去优化改造引起病毒毒力减弱

根据A型流感病毒密码子使用偏嗜性,选取稀有密码子对A/Puerto Rico/8/34(H1N1)病毒NS1基因内部110个氨基酸区域进行密码子同义突变改造,并全基因合成NS基因,利用反向遗传操作技术拯救出含有密码子去优化NS1基因的重组病毒(deoNS)。体外细胞噬斑形成实验和病毒生长曲线证明该病毒在MDCK细胞内的感染和复制能力比野生型病毒低约1000倍;BALB/c小鼠体内致病力实验证明deoNS病毒不能引起小鼠发病和死亡,该病毒在小鼠肺内的复制滴度比野生型病毒低100～1000倍。本研究探索了通过基因组密码子去优化改造途径降低A型流感病毒毒力的可行性,首次证明流感病毒NS1基因密码子去优化同义突变可以降低病毒毒力,为流感减毒活疫苗的研究提供了新的思路。     

Viruses budding from either the apical or the basolateral plasma membrane domain of MDCK cells have unique phospholipid compositions.

Influenza virus and vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) obtain their lipid envelope by budding through the plasma membrane of infected cells. When monolayers of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, a polarized epithelial cell line, are infected with fowl plague virus (FPV), an avian influenza virus, or with VSV, new FPV buds through the apical plasma membrane whereas VSV progeny is formed by budding through the basolateral plasma membrane. FPV and VSV were isolated from MDCK host cells prelabeled with [32P]orthophosphate and their phospholipid compositions were compared. Infection was carried out at 31 degrees C to delay cytopathic effects of the virus infection, which lead to depolarization of the cell surface. 32P-labeled FPV was isolated from the culture medium, whereas 32P-labeled VSV was released from below the cell monolayer by scraping the cells from the culture dish 8 h after infection. At this time little VSV was found in the culture medium, indicating that the cells were still polarized. The phospholipid composition of the two viruses was distinctly different. FPV was enriched in phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine and VSV in phosphatidylcholine, sphingomyelin, and phosphatidylinositol. When MDCK cells were trypsinized after infection and replated, non-infected control cells attached to reform a confluent monolayer within 4 h, whereas infected cells remained in suspension. FPV and VSV could be isolated from the cells in suspension and under these conditions the phospholipid composition of the two viruses was very similar. We conclude that the two viruses obtain their lipids from the plasma membrane in the same way and that the different phospholipid compositions of the viruses from polarized cells reflect differences in the phospholipid composition of the two plasma membrane domains.     

Characterization of a temperature-sensitive influenza B virus mutant defective in neuraminidase.

ts5, a temperature-sensitive mutant of influenza B virus, belongs to one of seven recombination groups. When the mutant infected MDCK cells at the nonpermissive temperature (37.5 degrees C), infectious virus was produced at very low levels compared with the yield at the permissive temperature (32 degrees C) and hemagglutinating and enzymatic activities were undetectable. However, viral protein synthesis and transport of hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) to the cell surface were not affected. The NA was found as a monomer within cells even at 32 degrees C, in contrast to wild-type virus NA, existing mostly as an oligomer, but the mutant had oligomeric NA, like the wild-type virus. Its enzymatic activity was more thermolabile than that of wild-type virus. Despite the low yield, large aggregates of progeny virus particles were found to accumulate on the cell surface at the nonpermissive temperature, and these aggregates were broken by treatment with bacterial neuraminidase, with the concomitant appearance of hemagglutinating activity, suggesting that NA prevents the aggregation of progeny virus by removal of neuraminic acid from HA and cell receptor, allowing its release from the cells. Further treatment with trypsin resulted in the recovery of infectivity. When bacterial NA was added to the culture early in infection, many hemagglutinable infectious virus was produced. We also suggest that the removal of neuraminic acid from HA by NA is essential for the subsequent cleavage of HA by cellular protease. Nucleotide sequence analysis of RNA segment 6 revealed that ts5 encoded five amino acid changes in the NA molecule but not in NB.     

Delayed appearance of pseudotypes between vesicular stomatitis virus influenza virus during mixed infection of MDCK cells.

In intact Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell monolayers, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) matures only at basolateral membranes beneath tight junctions, whereas influenza virus buds from apical cell surfaces. Early in the growth cycle, the viral glycoproteins are restricted to the membrane domain from which each virus buds. We report here that phenotypic mixing and formation of VSV pseudotypes occurred when influenza virus-infected MDCK cells were superinfected with VSV. Up to 75% of the infectious VSV particles from such experiments were neutralized by antiserum specific for influenza virus, and a smaller proportion (up to 3%) were resistant to neutralization with antiserum specific for VSV. The latter particles, which were neutralized by antiserum to influenza A/WSN virus, are designated as VSV(WSN) pseudotypes. During mixed infections, both wild-type viruses were detected 1 to 2 h before either phenotypically mixed VSV or VSV(WSN) pseudotypes. Coincident with the appearance of cytopathic effects in the monolayer, the yield of pseudotypes rose dramatically. In contrast, in doubly infected BHK-21 cells, which do not show polarity in virus maturation sites and are not connected by tight junctions, VSV(WSN) pseudotypes were detected as soon as VSV titers rose to the minimum levels which allowed detection of pseudotypes, and the proportion observed remained relatively constant at later times. Examination of thin sections of doubly infected MDCK monolayers revealed that polarity in maturation sites was preserved for both viruses until approximately 12 h after inoculation with influenza virus, when disruption of junctional complexes was evident. Even at later periods, the majority of each virus type was associated with its normal membrane domain, suggesting that the sorting mechanisms responsible for directing the glycoproteins of VSV and influenza virus to separate surface domains continue to operate in doubly infected MDCK cells. The time course of VSV(WSN) pseudotype formation and changes in virus maturation sites are compatible with progressive mixing of viral glycoproteins at either intracellular or plasma membranes of doubly infected cells.     

The influence of higher temperature on dengue-2 virus infected C6/36 mosquito cell line

Dengue-2 virus infection of C6/36 cells was studied at 28 and 37 degrees C. In infected cells maintained at 28 degrees C, syncytial development was seen on day 4 postinfection, whereas at 37 degrees C, extensive syncytial development was seen by 32 h. Extracellular virus titre was found to correlate with the cytopathic changes. Nine Dengue-2 virus specified proteins were observed in polyacrylamide analyses of cytoplasmic extracts of C6/36 infected cells. All the proteins were observed, although in varied intensities by 32 h postinoculation at 37 degrees C and only on day 4 postinoculation at 28 degrees C. The GP60 glycoprotein appeared at 32 h postinfection when the cells were maintained at 37 degrees C and became prominent only on day 5 at 28 degrees C. The results revealed that a higher temperature accelerated the onset of cytopathic effects, hastened the development of virus specified proteins, and also enhanced the titre of extracellular infectious virus. The importance of the accumulation of the envelope protein GP60 for the development of CPE was indicated.     

Role of neuraminidase in the morphogenesis of influenza B virus.

When ts7, a temperature-sensitive (ts) mutant of influenza B/Kanagawa/73 virus, infected MDCK cells at the nonpermissive temperature (37.5 degrees C), infectious virus was produced at very low levels compared with the yield at the permissive temperature (32 degrees C) and hemagglutinating activity and enzymatic activity of neuraminidase (NA) were negligible. However, viral protein synthesis and transport of hemadsorption-active hemagglutinin to the cell surface were not affected. When the cell lysate was treated with bacterial NA, hemagglutinating activity was recovered but infectivity was not, even after further treatment with trypsin. It was found that ts7 was defective in transport of NA to the cell surface and formation of virus particles. Analysis of the genomes of non-ts recombinants obtained by crossing ts7 and UV-inactivated B/Lee showed that ts7 had the ts mutation only in RNA segment 6 coding for NA and the glycoprotein NB. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the RNA segment revealed that ts7 had four amino acid changes in the NA molecule but not in NB. We suggest that assembly or budding of influenza B virus requires the presence of NA at the plasma membrane, unlike influenza A virus.     

Properties of influenza C virus grown in cell culture.

Influenza C virus was propagated successfully in primary chicken embryo lung (CEL) and fibroblast cells and in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. In other cell lines, either no virus or only noninfectious hemagglutinin (HA) was produced. In productively infected cells (CEL), HA and infectious virus appeared by 24 h and reached a maximum by 36 to 48 h, cell-associated virus remaining at a constant low level. Infected Vero cells produced noninfective HA by 24 h which also remained predominantly cell associated until 60 to 72 h, when the cells disintegrated. Viral antigen was demonstrable on membranes of both CEL- and Vero-infected cells at 24 h; Vero cells yielded membrane vesicles containing HA, but none of the spherical or filamentous viral particles synthesized in CEL cells. Influenza C virus produced in cell culture or in eggs differed in several important respects from A and B viruses and from Newcastle diseases virus. All influenza C preparations, regardless of infectivity or source, lacked detectable neuraminidase activity, yet retained the ability specifically to inactivate receptors only for influenza C. Influenza C HA was not inhibited by soluble glycoproteins highly active against HA of A virus. A rat serum glycoprotein uniquely inhibited influenza C by binding to the surface components of virious.     

Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoproteins: Isolation of Mutants Resistant to Immune Cytolysis

Immune cytolysis mediated by antibody and complement is directed against components of the major herpes simplex virus (HSV) glycoprotein complex (molecular weight, 115,000 to 130,000), comprised of gA, gB, and gC, and against glycoprotein gD-all present on the surfaces of infected cells. Tests with a temperature-sensitive (ts) mutant of HSV-1 (tsA1) defective in glycoprotein synthesis at the nonpermissive temperature (39 degrees C) demonstrated that over 90% of mutant-infected cells maintained at 39 degrees C and treated with antibody and complement were not lysed, presumably due to the absence of viral glycoproteins on the surface of infected cells at this temperature. Furthermore, a small number of tsA1-infected cells could be detected among a large excess of wild-type virus-infected cells by virtue of their failure to be lysed at 39 degrees C by antibody and complement. Making use of the involvement of viral glycoproteins in immune cytolysis and the ability of cells infected with glycoprotein-defective mutants to escape cytolysis, we sought mutants defective in the expression of individual viral glycoproteins. For this purpose, antisera directed against the VP123 complex and against the gC and combined gA and gB glycoprotein subcomponents of this complex were first tested for their ability to lyse wild-type virus-infected cells in the presence of complement. Wild-type virus-infected cells were lysed after treatment with each of the three antisera, demonstrating that the gC glycoprotein and the combined gA and gB glycoproteins can act as targets in the immune cytolysis reaction. Next, these antisera were used to select for mutants which were resistant to immune cytolysis. Cells infected with wild-type virus which had been mutagenized with 2-aminopurine and incubated at 39 degrees C were treated with one of the three types of antisera (anti-VP123 complex, anti-gC, or anti-gAgB) and lysed by the addition of complement. Cells which survived immune cytolysis were plated, and virus in the resulting plaques was isolated. Plaque isolates were tested for temperature sensitivity of growth and altered cytopathic effects in cell culture at 34 degrees C (the permissive temperature) and 39 degrees C. A total of 73 mutants was isolated in this manner. Selection with glycoprotein-specific antisera resulted in a 2- to 16-fold enrichment for mutants compared with "mock" -selected mutants using normal rabbit serum. Phenotypically, 24 mutants were temperature sensitive for growth, 27 were partially temperature sensitive, and 22 were not temperature sensitive but exhibited markedly altered cytopathic effects at both permissive and nonpermissive temperatures. Nine mutants of each phenotype (temperature sensitive, partially temperature sensitive, and non-temperature sensitive) were selected at random for confirmatory immune cytolysis tests with the antisera used in their selection. Cells infected with eight of the nine mutants were shown to be significantly more resistant to immune cytolysis at the nonpermissive temperature than were the mock-selected mutants or the wild-type virus from which they were derived.     

Comparison of in vitro and in vivo methods of evaluation of the efficacy of influenza virus hemagglutinin inhibitors

One of the problem in the selection of the most effective antiviral preparations with a broad spectrum of antiviral protective activity, is the "continuity" of assays of different level of complexity so, that the most effective antiviral therapeutic, selected by in vitro assays would be the most effective in vivo. Comparative study of the efficacy of the influenza virus inhibitor in the assays of inhibition of virus binding with fetuin, inhibition of infectious focus forming units in MDCK cells, inhibition of virus yield in infected MDCK cells, and inhibition of influenza virus infectivity in mice infected by viral aerosol are presented. The value of 50% inhibiting concentration IC50 for the pare "influenza virus strain A/NIB/23/89-MA-inhibitor tetra-Aca6-6'SLN" corresponded to 6-10 microM and was invariant for three different tests--in vitro assay of inhibition of virus binding with fetuin, inhibition of yield in infected MDCK cell culture, and inhibition of virus infectivity in mice, but not for the assay of inhibition of infectious focus forming units in cell culture.     

Attachment characteristics of normal human cells and virus-infected cells on microcarriers

The attachment kinetics of normal and virus-infected LuMA cells were studied to improve the production of live attenuated varicella viruses in human embryonic lung (LuMA) cells. Normal LuMA cells and LuMA cells infected by varicella virus at various cytopathic effects (CPE) were grown on microcarriers. Ninety-three percent of suspended LuMA cells attached to the solid surface microcarriers within fifteen minutes and cell viability was greater than 95% when the cell suspension was stirred. Low serum levels did not affect the attachment rate of virus-infected cells in the microcarrier culture system. Kinetic studies showed that varicella infected cells had a lower attachment rate than normal LuMA cells. Virus inoculum (= infected cells) at low CPE showed a relatively better attachment rate on cell-laden microcarriers than virus inoculum at a higher CPE. Maximum titers were obtained at 2 days post-infection. Based on cell densities, the use of viral inoculum showing a 40% CPE led to an approximately 2- and 1.2-fold increase in the cell associated and in cell free viruses, respectively, than a virus inoculum with a CPE of 10%.However, the ratio of cell-free to cell-associated virus in a microcarrier culture was very low, approximately0.04–0.06. These studies demonstrate that the virus inoculum resulting in a high CPE yielded a high production of cell-associated and cell-free virus in microcarrier cultures because of the high cellular affinity of the varicella virus. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Glycosylation does not determine segregation of viral envelope proteins in the plasma membrane of epithelial cells

Enveloped viruses are excellent tools for the study of the biogenesis of epithelial polarity, because they bud asymmetrically from confluent monolayers of epithelial cells and because polarized budding is preceded by the accumulation of envelope proteins exclusively in the plasma membrane regions from which the viruses bud. In this work, three different experimental approaches showed that the carbohydrate moieties do not determine the final surface localization of either influenza (WSN strain) or vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) envelope proteins in infected Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cells, as determined by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy, using ferritin as a marker. Infected concanavalin A- and ricin 1-resistant mutants of MDCK cells, with alterations in glycosylation, exhibited surface distributions of viral glycoproteins identical to those of the parental cell line, i.e., influenza envelope proteins were exclusively found in the apical surface, whereas VSV G protein was localized only in the basolateral region. MDCK cells treated with tunicamycin, which abolishes the glycosylation of viral glycoproteins, exhibited the same distribution of envelope proteins as control cells, after infection with VSF or influenza. A temperature-sensitive mutant of influenza WSN, ts3, which, when grown at the nonpermissive temperature of 39.5 degrees C, retains the sialic acid residues in the envelope glycoproteins, showed, at both 32 degrees C (permissive temperature) and 39.5 degrees C, budding polarity and viral glycoprotein distribution identical to those of the parental WSN strain, when grown in MDCK cells. These results demonstrate that carbohydrate moieties are not components of the addressing signals that determine the polarized distribution of viral envelope proteins, and possibly of the intrinsic cellular plasma membrane proteins, in the surface of epithelial cells.