杆状病毒生态学研究进展

杆状病毒是一类寄生于鳞翅目、膜翅目和双翅目昆虫及其它节肢动物的病原体,是具有囊膜的双链环状DNA病毒。目前至少已从600多种昆虫中发现有杆状病毒的感染,其中一部分能够引起宿主种群不同程度的流行病。杆状病毒在分类上独立为杆状病毒科,其典型的结构特征是病毒粒子包埋于蛋     

杆状病毒的分子生物学研究进展

杆状病毒科(Baculoviridae)是昆虫病毒中最大的一科,数百种病毒多为鳞翅目、双翅目及膜翅目昆虫的致病原。这一科病毒共分三个亚组:A亚组,具有巨大包含体的核多角体病毒(Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus,NPV);B亚组,颗粒体病毒(Gtallulin Virus,GV);C亚组,无包含体的独角仙杆状病毒(Oryctes)。昆虫病毒中,杆状病毒是发现最     

杆状病毒与昆虫宿主相互作用的研究进展

杆状病毒与昆虫宿主相互作用是一种基本的分子和生态问题, 不仅在农业上, 而且在真核表达系统、 基因治疗、 蛋白表面展示 系统以及基因工程疫苗等方面都有重要的实际应用。杆状病毒还是一种很有潜力的病毒杀虫剂, 而且对环境来说是安全的。研究这些相互 作用也产生了许多重要和有价值的发现。杆状病毒生命循环中存在两种不同形式的病毒, 即包埋型病毒粒子(occlusion derived virus, ODV) 和出芽型病毒粒子(budded virus, BV)。ODV包裹于多角体中, 主要负责宿主的原发感染; 而BV由感染的宿主细胞释放后引发继发 感染。病毒侵染起始于敏感的昆虫宿主食用了污染包涵体病毒的植物。在宿主中肠的碱性环境中, 多角体溶解释放ODV, ODV与宿主肠道 柱状上皮细胞细胞膜融合, 通过内吞体进入细胞。之后核衣壳从内吞体中逃脱并被转运到细胞核。病毒转录和复制在细胞核进行, 新生 的BV粒子从基底膜出芽引起全身感染。杆状病毒与宿主细胞相互作用包括从病毒结合和进入时的相互作用, 到宿主基因表达调节, 以及 修饰与调节细胞和机体所发生的生理和防御的相互作用的复杂和微妙的机制。本文主要以杆状病毒侵染昆虫宿主的过程为线索, 总结和评 述了杆状病毒与昆虫宿主相互作用方面研究的最新进展, 特别是杆状病毒基因在病毒入侵过程中所起的作用。     

16型人乳头瘤病毒衣壳蛋白在真核细胞中的表达

为了构建HPV16型晚期蛋白重组杆状病毒,并使其在昆虫细胞中获得高效表达.首先构建2株重组杆状病毒转移质粒,分别携带人乳头瘤病毒晚期基因L1及L1和L2,再用线性化的杆状病毒DNA与该重组杆状病毒转移质粒共转染sf9昆虫细胞进行同源重组,获得2株重组杆状病毒.经鉴定该重组病毒中有目的基因存在且可表达所编码的L1或L2晚期蛋白.结果表明HPV16型晚期蛋白在昆虫细胞中获得成功表达,为HPV16型预防性基因工程亚单位疫苗的研制和诊断试剂的研究开发奠定了基础.     

杆状病毒在昆虫中的持续感染

杆状病毒（Baculovirus）是一类特异性感染节肢动物的环状双链DNA病毒,是野外控制害虫种群的重要生物因子,并已被开发为一种生物杀虫剂加以应用。杆状病毒感染昆虫宿主并不一定导致昆虫死亡,其持续感染（persistentinfection）在昆虫种群中普遍存在,且在某些刺激条件下,持续感染可被激活为增殖性感染并引发病毒流行病爆发。因此,杆状病毒持续感染对昆虫种群动力学以及病毒流行病学的研究具有重要意义。     

杆状病毒作为基因治疗载体的研究进展

杆状病毒是昆虫专一性的病原病毒.近来的研究表明杆状病毒能进入哺乳动物细胞, 但病毒自身不能在哺乳动物细胞中复制, 感染也不引起细胞病变.另外,已经证明杆状病毒能在体外或体内高效地转导许多类型哺乳动物细胞,并且能得到固定表达细胞系,显示了杆状病毒作为基因治疗载体有着良好的应用前景.综述了该领域的最新研究进展并探讨了其发展趋势.     

杆状病毒细胞凋亡抑制蛋白

杆状病毒是一类数量庞大且相异的DNA病毒.这些病毒通过许多复杂的机制操纵昆虫细胞,其中之一就是调节宿主细胞的凋亡.杆状病毒凋亡抑制蛋白(inhibitor of apoptosis protein,IAP)在调节宿主细胞凋亡的过程中发挥十分重要的作用,许多杆状病毒基因组中都含有IAP基因.本文介绍了杆状病毒IAP基因的生物学特征及最近发现的几种抗宿主细胞凋亡的作用机制.     

昆虫病毒表达关系的模型建立

昆虫杆状病毒作为生物杀虫剂以及在基因治疗方面的应用有着独特的优越性,而昆虫杆状病毒表达系统(BEVS)也是当今基因工程领域四大表达系统之一,得到广泛的应用.在我们对部分昆虫杆状病毒分子生物学已有较深入认知的情况下,研究其病毒表达系统及生物过程,将有助于我们有效地利用其优越的性能,开拓新的实用价值.类病毒颗粒(Virus...     

无血清培养昆虫细胞(BTI-Tn-5B1-4)的适应过程

昆虫细胞培养是近年来迅速发展起来的动物细胞培养工程中的一个新领域。人们可以利用杆状病毒在昆虫细胞内的感染、复制,来大量生产昆虫病毒作为生物杀虫剂[1]。而昆虫细胞杆状病毒表达载体系统的建立,则可通过昆虫细胞的体外培养大量表达病毒携带的外源基因。实践证明,这…     

昆虫杆状病毒应用于哺乳动物基因治疗的研究进展

杆状病毒是一类宿主特异性的昆虫病毒。昆虫杆状病毒表达系统是一个高效的真核表达系统,被广泛用于在昆虫细胞或昆虫幼虫中生产外源蛋白质。杆状病毒不能感染哺乳动物,却可以进入不同物种和组织来源的多种哺乳动物细胞,并在合适的哺乳动物启动子控制下表达外源基因。杆状病毒在哺乳动物细胞中不能复制,对细胞没有毒性,加上杆状病毒本身具有基因组大、可操作性好等优点,作为哺乳动物基因治疗的载体,将治疗基因传递给哺乳动物细胞已受到了广泛关注。在此就杆状病毒作为基因治疗载体的最新研究进展进行了阐述并探讨其发展趋势。     

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.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.