HCMV感染动物生殖细胞的实验研究

目的 探讨HCMV感染是否引起大鼠和家兔的睾丸、卵巢组织的损伤。方法 将人巨细胞病毒AD169毒株经静脉接种50只大鼠和30只新西兰兔,30d后以原位杂交和免疫组化方法检验病毒感染动物组织的证据,以组织病理学方法检查动物睾丸、卵巢组织的病理变化。结果 接种病毒之动物睾丸、卵巢组织内可查到病毒抗原或基因,睾丸组织多见生精细胞变性、坏死,精细胞减少甚至消失。结论 HCMV感染可以导致动物睾丸组织生精细胞损伤和生精功能下降。     

利用接种人体组织的SCID小鼠研究疱疹病毒的发病机理

人细胞巨化病毒(HCMV)和带状疱疹病毒(VZV)属于疱疹病毒家族。对于有免疫力的宿主,HCMV很少引起疾病症状,但对于有免疫损害和成长中的胎儿,HCMV是引起感染性疾病和死亡的主要病因。VZV感染可引起水痘和带状疱疹。由于这些种属特异性疱疹病毒不能感染其他动物,没有动物模型可用于发病机理的研究。移植了人免疫组织的严重联合免疫缺陷小鼠(SCID-hu)为这项研究提供了一个有价值的模型。我们用HCMV或VZV感染SCID-hu以调查在人胎儿胸腺/肝脏组织的发病机理。HCMV临床分离株能在SCID-hu小鼠的移植组织中复制达到较高的滴度。然而…     

MCMV感染同种异型皮肤移植小鼠结肠炎模型的建立

利用小鼠巨细胞病毒(Murine cytomegalovirus,MCMV)感染同种异型皮肤移植小鼠,建立MCMV感染结肠炎症模型,从而为研究人类肠道疾病提供可靠的动物模型。采用鼻腔接种的方式感染同种异型皮肤移植的小鼠。①供体:C57BL/6雌鼠,18只;受体:BALB/c雌鼠,72只,鼠龄4～6周,体重14～20g/只;将C57BL/6小鼠的背部皮肤移植到BALB/c小鼠背部的移植床上,术后给BALB/c小鼠腹腔注射环孢素连续2周(12mg/kg.d)。②将移植后小鼠随机分组,每组24只,按接种病毒接种剂量分为104PFU组和105PFU组,同时设立阴性对照组,即鼻腔接种细胞悬液(1×106/mL)。每日观察动物排便情况及体重等总体情况变化;分别于病毒接种后第5、9、14和第21d取得小鼠结肠组织,通过组织病理学检测、原位杂交g、B RT-PCR、pp65免疫组化以及透射电镜的方法,观察检测小鼠结肠组织中MCMV与其组织病理变化之间的关联性。结果:在105PFU组中,小鼠出现厌食、嗜睡、活动能力明显下降,且发现该组小鼠的体重下降。在本研究中我们检验感染后第14d小鼠的结肠组织,发现感染组小鼠的近端结肠组织中粘膜层均变薄,同时其结构也被破坏;感染组小鼠的远端结肠组织中均出现淋巴样滤泡和粘膜层结构异常,其中105PFU组小鼠的结肠粘膜层的破坏得更严重;pp65免疫组化检验结果为MCMV蛋白阳性;原位杂交结果显示结肠组织中MCMV IE1基因阳性,MCMV gB基因RT PCR检测结果为阳性;透射电镜观察可见疱疹样病毒颗粒。而阴性对照组上述检测指标均为阴性。结果表明,在同种异型皮肤移植后小鼠鼻腔接种MC-MV,小鼠结肠发生了类似于人类结肠炎的病理变化。该结肠炎动物模型的建立将为进一步研究HCMV感染结肠的发病机理以及药物干预建立一个极为重要的平台。     

人巨细胞病毒pp150抗原区的原核表达及初步应用

人巨细胞病毒(human cytomegalovirus,HCMV)感染人体可引起广泛的临床症状,尤其是孕妇和免疫缺陷病人感染HCMV可产生严重的危害[1].传统的减毒活疫苗使用后可能会造成宿主机会性感染或导致肿瘤,因而限制了它的应用.与亚单位疫苗相比,DNA疫苗具有易于构建和制备、稳定性高等特点.多种HCMV病毒蛋白可刺激机体产生相应的抗体,但应选用免疫原性强、特异性好的蛋白抗原基因制备HCMVDNA疫苗.国内外的研究证实[2-5],HCMV的pp150蛋白具有较强的免疫原性.我们用RT-PCR方法扩增了pp150 420～752氨基酸之间多肽片段的编码基因,克隆至原核表达载体,构建了表达pp150抗原决定簇区的工程菌.     

云南森林脑炎病毒的动物敏感性研究

本文对分离自云南的森林脑炎病毒进行了动物敏感性研究,实验证明云南森林脑炎病毒对小白鼠有较强的致病性,三日龄乳鼠无论经脑内、腹腔、皮下接种均能致病、死亡,但毒力较国内森林脑炎病毒标准株低;三周龄小白鼠经鼻腔接种亦能发病致死。对乳大白鼠、幼年豚鼠和金黄色地鼠能引起发病或死亡,病毒抗原定位主要在脑组织。病理检查表明感染的各种动物脑组织均有明显病变。此外,对鸡胚敏感,能引起BHK_(21)、Vero、Vero-E_6等传代细胞及人胚肾、乳猪肾原代细胞的CPE_0结果表明了云南森林脑炎病毒对细胞、动物的致病性与国内森林脑炎病毒标准株相似,仅毒力稍低。     

鼠痘病毒的分离鉴定及感染性研究

分别从自然感染死亡的小鼠不同病理组织内分离到一种大小为250～300nm×160～190nm 的卵圆型病毒粒子.以腹腔注射的方式将纯化的病毒粒子回复接种到小鼠体内,能引起小鼠死亡,从不同的病理组织内分离到与接种病毒粒子相同的病毒粒子.病理组织的超薄切片电镜观察结果表明在肝、肺、脾、肠等组织的细胞质内均能观察到病毒粒子的存在,表明病毒的复制和装配是在细胞质内完成的,该病毒应归类于痘病毒科.     

轮状病毒致BALB/c小鼠肠道外感染后淋巴细胞亚群变化的研究

目的建立小鼠肠道外感染轮状病毒(Rotavirus,RV)动物模型,观察该模型动物发病时的细胞免疫功能状态。方法通过腹腔注射RV,建立小鼠肠道外感染RV的模型。分别在病毒接种后第3天及第7天通过摘除眼球取血,流式细胞仪检测T细胞亚群。同时处死动物,无菌取出肺脏、肝脏和脾脏进行组织病理学检查。设立正常对照组。结果小鼠肠道外感染RV成功(可见到肺脏、肝脏和脾脏非特异性病毒感染性炎性病变)。淋巴细胞亚群测定:实验组CD3、CD4及CD4/CD8比值均较对照组明显降低(P0.01)。结论RV引起小鼠肠道外脏器肺脏、肝脏和脾脏组织病变的同时,机体免疫功能亦明显降低。     

新型H7N9病毒在同居小鼠中的传播途径

目的进一步了解新型H7N9流感病毒的致病性、传播能力以及通过何种途径进行传播。方法 H7N9病毒感染小鼠后与同居小鼠合笼,研究同居小鼠的临床变化指征、病毒复制情况、病毒在组织中的分布以及病理变化。以同居小鼠分泌物接种其他小鼠,观察同居小鼠通过何种途径传播病毒。结果 H7N9病毒可以在肺组织、肠组织和脑组织中复制,并可以在同居小鼠中传播。H7N9病毒感染小鼠其咽、眼分泌物以及粪便均具有感染性,其中尤以咽拭子的传播风险最高。结论 H7N9病毒可以不通过适应就感染小鼠,并引起小鼠间传播。被感染小鼠分泌物具有感染性。     

鼠痘病毒的分离鉴定及感染性研究

分别从自然感染死亡的小鼠不同病理组织内分离到一种大小为250～300nm×160～190nm的卵圆型病毒粒子。以腹腔注射的方式将纯化的病毒粒子回复接种到小鼠体内,能引起小鼠死亡,从不同的病理组织内分离到与接种病毒粒子相同的病毒粒子。病理组织的超薄切片电镜观察结果表明在肝、肺、脾、肠等组织的细胞质内均能观察到病毒粒子的存在,表明病毒的复制和装配是在细胞质内完成的,该病毒应归类于痘病毒科。     

引导RNaseP对HCMVUL54mRNA片段体外切割的EGS构建

HCMV是一种广泛存在的疱疹病毒,在免疫抑制和免疫功能低下人群中,HCMV感染可引起严重疾病。RNaseP是细胞内催化tRNA5’末端成熟的酶,当EGSs与靶mRNA互补结合并形成类似tNRA的复合物时,大肠杆菌RNaseP催化亚基M1RNA可具备对靶mRNA特异的催化切割活性。为研究抗病毒制剂,针对HCMVDNA多聚酶UL54mRNA设计并构建特异性的EGS—C6,通过对觇舅基因亚克隆片段转录产物体外切割研究,证实该EGS具备引导M1RNA对UL54mRNA特异切割的能力,可发展成一种新型抗病毒制剂。     

Monocyte-derived inhibitor of interleukin 1 induced by human cytomegalovirus.

It has previously been shown that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can exert immunosuppressive effects, and it has been suggested that these may be mediated by monocytes, although the mechanism is unclear. We showed that infection of human monocytes with the AD169 strain of HCMV abrogates their production of interleukin 1 (IL-1) activity. This was associated with the release from infected monocytes of an inhibitor of IL-1 activity which was also released after HCMV infection of the U937 macrophage-like cell line. The inhibitor of IL-1 activity is a protein with an apparent molecular weight of ca. 95,000. This action of HCMV strain AD169 was virus specific and required infectious virus but occurred without virus replication or detectable expression of viral proteins. This effect may account, at least in part, for the previously observed immunosuppressive properties of HCMV.     

Human cytomegalovirus genes in the 15-kilobase region are required for viral replication in implanted human tissues in SCID mice

Since animal models for studying human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) replication in vivo and pathogenesis are not available, severe combined immunodeficiency mice into which human tissues were implanted (SCID-hu mice) provide an alternative and valuable model for such studies. The HCMV clinical isolates, including those of the Toledo strain, replicate to high titers in human tissue implanted into SCID mice; however, the attenuated AD169 strain has completely lost this ability. The major difference between Toledo and AD169 is a 15-kb segment, encoding 19 open reading frames, which is present in all virulent strains but deleted from attenuated strains. This fact suggests that crucial genes required for HCMV replication in vivo are localized to this region. In this study, the importance of this 15-kb segment for HCMV replication in vivo was determined. First, Toledo(BAC) virus (produced from a Toledo bacterial artificial chromosome) and AD169 virus were tested for growth in SCID-hu mice. Toledo(BAC), like Toledo, grew to high titers in implanted human thymus and liver tissues, while AD169 did not. This outcome showed that the Toledo genome propagated in bacteria (Toledo(BAC)) retained its virulence. The 15-kb segment was then deleted from Toledo(BAC), and the resulting virus, Toledo(Delta15kb), was tested for growth in both human foreskin fibroblast (HFF) cells and SCID-hu mice. Toledo(Delta15kb) had a minor growth defect in HFF but completely failed to replicate in human thymus and liver implants. This failure to grow was rescued when the 15-kb region was inserted back into the Toledo(Delta15kb) genome. These results directly demonstrated that the genes located in the 15-kb segment are crucial for HCMV replication in vivo.     

Human cytomegalovirus binding to fibroblasts is receptor mediated.

The binding of radiolabeled human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strain AD169 to human lymphocytes, lymphoblastoid cell lines, monocytes, and fibroblasts varied over a 20-fold range. Since maximum binding was observed with human foreskin fibroblasts (HFF), interactions of radiolabeled HCMV with this cell type were analyzed quantitatively. Binding of HCMV to HFF at 4 degrees C was specific and saturable; at low viral inputs specific binding averaged 16.4% of input and nonspecific binding was less than 1% of input. Binding curves yielded single-component linear Scatchard plots indicating an average Kd of 1.1 nM and 5,262 available virus-binding sites per cell. A two-component Scatchard curve was obtained at 37 degrees C and reflected viral internalization, since it could be converted to a single-component curve by the use of paraformaldehyde-fixed cells. HCMV strain Towne was found to bind to the receptor used by HCMV strain AD169 with similar affinity. HCMV failed to bind to protease-treated HFF or to HFF grown in the presence of inhibitors of glycosylation. Sialic acid residues, however, were not found to be important in binding. These data indicate that a single type of molecule, likely a glycoprotein, on the surface of HFF serves as a specific receptor for the virus.     

Human cytomegalovirus UL131 open reading frame is required for epithelial cell tropism

Epithelial cells are one of the prominent cell types infected by human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) within its host. However, many cultured epithelial cells, such as ARPE-19 retinal pigmented epithelial cells, are poorly infected by laboratory-adapted strains in cell culture, and little is known about the viral factors that determine HCMV epithelial cell tropism. In this report, we demonstrate that the UL131 open reading frame (ORF), and likely the entire UL131-128 locus, is required for efficient infection of epithelial cells. Repair of the mutated UL131 gene in the AD169 laboratory strain of HCMV restored its ability to infect both epithelial and endothelial cells while compromising its ability to replicate in fibroblasts. ARPE-19 epithelial cells support replication of the repaired AD169 virus as well as clinical isolates of HCMV. Productive infection of cultured epithelial cells, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts with the repaired AD169 virus leads to extensive membrane fusion and syncytium formation, suggesting that the virus may spread through cell-cell fusion.     

The human cytomegalovirus mtrII colinear region in strain Tanaka is transformation defective.

The morphological transforming region II (mtrII) of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strain Towne has been localized to a 980-base-pair fragment containing three putative open reading frames (ORFs) of 79, 83, and 34 amino acids (aa). In addition, noncoding DNA sequence elements which have the potential to form stem-loop structures were also observed within mtrII. To determine what elements within HCMV Towne mtrII are important in transformation, colinear regions in other HCMV strains (AD169 and Tanaka) were isolated and a comparison of transforming potential was performed. The results indicated that the 2.2-kilobase colinear region in strain AD169 was transforming, whereas the colinear mtrII region in strain Tanaka showed significantly reduced transforming potential. Analysis of the nucleotide sequence data of these colinear regions revealed the presence of the 79-aa ORF in strains Towne and AD169 and its absence in strain Tanaka. In addition, BglII-digested Towne mtrII, which was cleaved within the 79-aa ORF, was shown to display significantly reduced transforming potential. Since the 83- and 34-aa coding sequences were interrupted in both the transforming AD169 colinear region and the nontransforming Tanaka strains, these ORFs were thought not to be important in transformation. Analysis of the stem-loop structures within each of the mtrII colinear regions did not reveal significant changes among the transforming and nontransforming colinear fragments. Thus, the comparative data indicate an important role for the 79-aa ORF in transformation.     

Construction of a cloned library of the EcoRI fragments from the human cytomegalovirus genome (strain AD169).

The DNA genome of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strain AD169 is 158 x 10(6) Mr. Cleavage of the HCMV DNA with the restriction endonuclease EcoRI yields 35 major fragments ranging in size from 0.54 x 10(6) Mr. We have constructed a cloned library of the EcoRI fragments of this strain of HCMV, using the plasmid pACYC184 and the recipient bacterium Escherichia coli strain HB101 RecA-. The viral origin of the cloned inserts was determined by hybridization to viral DNA. The fragments were characterized further by digestion with other restriction enzymes. Several clones were obtained which contained sequences spanning the junction between the long (L) and short (S) components of the viral DNA sequences. These clones differed in molecular weight by multiples of 0.3 x 10(6) to 0.4 x 10(6) Mr. The variability found in the clones was also reflected in the genome. Each clone containing a junction sequence hybridized to a series of bands on Southern filters of EcoRI-digested HCMV DNA. This "ladder effect" provided evidence for a region of heterogeneity within the L-S junction.     

Human cytomegalovirus infection of the monocyte/macrophage lineage in bone marrow.

Peripheral blood monocytes (PBM) are one site of persistence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in healthy carriers. However, because PBM circulate only briefly before entering the tissues and are difficult to infect with HCMV, it has been suggested that they may acquire HCMV during development in the bone marrow. Consistent with this, we show evidence that bone marrow progenitors from healthy HCMV carriers contain endogenous HCMV DNA as detected by PCR. We also show that bone marrow precursors are readily infected by clinical isolates of HCMV in vitro but that no viral gene expression occurs until these cells become differentiated. In contrast, incubation of these cells at any developmental stage with the laboratory strain AD169 resulted in few cells expressing viral immediate-early genes, and this correlated with a lack of entry of AD169 virus. These observations are consistent with bone marrow progenitors acting as a reservoir for HCMV and transmitting the viral genome to PBM, in the absence of lytic-gene expression, until they leave the circulation and undergo tissue-specific differentiation to macrophages.     

人巨细胞病毒pp150蛋白片段与MDBP蛋白片段的融合表达及初步应用

人巨细胞病毒(HCMV)感染是临床上常见的一种病毒性传播疾病,正常人群常无明显的临床症状,而对器官移植患者、免疫力低下及孕妇等人可产生严重的危害。以HCMVAD169病毒株基因为模板,经PCR扩增了编码pp150蛋白片段的UL32基因和编码MDBP蛋白片段的UL57基因,目的基因转化入pMD18-T克隆载体后再经酶切与表达载体pET-11a连接构建出融合基因表达载体,然后转入大肠杆菌BL21,重组大肠杆菌经诱导表达融合蛋白pp150/MDBP。经SDS-PAGE分析,其相对分子量约为27kD,表达量约占菌体蛋白的17.45%,Westernblot鉴定为阳性,ELISA及蛋白芯片检测表明融合蛋白具有良好的抗原性,经过初步应用表明其对血清IgG及IgM的检出率与全抗原相比一致,具有进一步开发应用的价值。     

Human cytomegalovirus DNA: BamHI, EcoRI and PstI restriction endonuclease cleavage maps

The cloned HindIII fragments of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strain AD169 DNA were mapped with respect to the BamHI, EcoRI and PstI restriction endonuclease cleavage sites. Composite restriction endonuclease cleavage maps for the entire virus genome were constructed using the previously established linkages between the HindIII fragments.