大肠杆菌VT2噬菌体的分离与溶源转染

本试验利用指示菌MC1061,经双层琼脂法纯化和PCR扩增vt2基因,分别从大肠杆菌O157菌株、牛粪、鸡粪和污水中分离获得5株含vt2基因的噬菌体.这些噬菌斑透明,直径为0.5-2 mm,对指示菌的感染效价均在109PFU/mL以上,抵抗氯仿和56℃C30min的作用.将噬菌体分离株SHφW1感染MC1061后,经PCR鉴定获得一株溶源菌株(MC1061/SHφW1).溶源株的LB培养滤液对Vero细胞产生了显著的病变效应,而MC1061在同等条件下培养的滤液无细胞病变,表明VT2噬菌体通过溶源将vt2毒力基因水平转移,证实了VT2噬菌体的转染与细菌毒力相关.     

大肠杆菌O157:H7中编码vt2基因的噬菌体的分离与鉴定

根据GenBank中VT1、VT2毒素的基因序列设计合成2对引物,以大肠杆菌O157H7菌株DNA为模板,扩增vt1、vt2.诱导只扩增出vt2的菌株释放噬菌体,利用多种指示菌经双层琼脂平板法来分离纯化VT2噬菌体,观察噬菌斑的特征,提纯病毒粒子进行电镜观察,并对噬菌体中vt2基因检测、克隆和序列分析.结果显示VT2噬菌体感染MC1061在双层琼脂平板上形成的噬菌斑小而混浊,多呈磨玻璃样;而首次感染大肠杆菌CC118(λpir),此后用MC1061分离的噬菌体,再以MC1061为指示菌,在双层琼脂平板上形成小而清晰透明的噬菌斑.电镜下噬菌体头部呈六边形外廓,尾部细长无尾鞘结构.以噬菌体DNA为模板进行PCR扩增,检测到vt2特异性DNA带,克隆的vt2基因序列与GenBank中编码VT2毒素的核苷酸序列(X07865,NC_002655,BA000007,AF291819)的同源性分别达到99%,确定编码VT2毒素的基因位于噬菌体上,并获得VT2噬菌体()HY.     

大肠杆菌O157：H7中编码vt2基因的噬菌体的分离与鉴定

根据GenBank中VT1、VT2毒素的基因序列设计合成2对引物,以大肠杆菌O157:H7菌株DNA为模板,扩 增vt1、vt2。诱导只扩增出vt2的菌株释放噬菌体,利用多种指示菌经双层琼脂平板法来分离纯化VT2噬菌体,观 察噬菌斑的特征,提纯病毒粒子进行电镜观察,并对噬菌体中vt2基因检测、克隆和序列分析。结果显示VT2噬菌 体感染MC1061在双层琼脂平板上形成的噬菌斑小而混浊,多呈磨玻璃样;而首次感染大肠杆菌CC118(λpir),此 后用MC1061分离的噬菌体,再以MC1061为指示菌,在双层琼脂平板上形成小而清晰透明的噬菌斑。电镜下噬 菌体头部呈六边形外廓,尾部细长无尾鞘结构。以噬菌体DNA为模板进行PCR扩增,检测到vt2特异性DNA 带,克隆的vt2基因序列与GenBank中编码VT2毒素的核苷酸序列(X07865,NC_002655,BA000007,AF291819) 的同源性分别达到99％,确定编码VT2毒素的基因位于噬菌体上,并获得VT2噬菌体(?)HY。     

大肠杆菌0157噬菌体中vt2基因A、B亚单位的克隆与序列分析

根据GenBank中毒素基因vt1、vt2序列设计合成4对引物,以大肠杆菌O157菌株DNA为模板,扩增vt1、vt2,从只含有vt2的菌株中诱导释放噬菌体,以噬菌体DNA为模板进行PCR扩增,获得vt2、vt2-A、vt2-B3条特异性DNA带;将vt2-A、vt2-B扩增产物纯化后,分别插入pMD18-T载体,测序结果与相应序列比较,vt2-A和vt2-B亚单位的基因序列与GenBank中编码VT2毒素的A、B亚单位的核苷酸序列(X07865,NC_002655,：BA000007,AF291819)的同源性分别为98％～99％、96％～100％,确定vt2位于噬菌体,并为进一步研究大肠杆菌O157中VT噬菌体的毒力转导、VT2毒素的表达和应用奠定基础。     

大肠杆菌O157噬菌体中vt2基因A、B亚单位的克隆与序列分析

根据GenBank中毒素基因 vt1、vt2序列设计合成 4 对引物,以大肠杆菌 O157 菌株 DNA为模板,扩增 vt1、vt2,从只含有vt2的菌株中诱导释放噬菌体,以噬菌体DNA为模板进行PCR扩增,获得vt2、vt2 A、vt2 B 3条特异性DNA带;将 vt2 A、vt2 B扩增产物纯化后,分别插入 pMD18 T载体,测序结果与相应序列比较,vt2 A和 vt2 B亚单位的基因序列与 GenBank中编码 VT2 毒素的 A、B亚单位的核苷酸序列(X07865,NC_002655, BA000007,AF291819)的同源性分别为98%~99%、96%~100%,确定 vt2 位于噬菌体,并为进一步研究大肠杆菌 O157 中VT噬菌体的毒力转导、VT2毒素的表达和应用奠定基础。     

大肠杆菌O157噬菌体中vt2基因A、B亚单位的克隆与序列分析

根据GenBank中毒素基因vt1、vt2序列设计合成4对引物,以大肠杆菌O157菌株DNA为模板,扩增vt1、vt2,从只含有vt2的菌株中诱导释放噬菌体,以噬菌体DNA为模板进行PCR扩增,获得vt2、vt2-A、vt2-B 3条特异性DNA带;将vt2-A、vt2-B扩增产物纯化后,分别插入pMD18-T载体,测序结果与相应序列比较,vt2-A和vt2-B亚单位的基因序列与GenBank中编码VT2毒素的A、B亚单位的核苷酸序列(X07865,NC_002655,BA000007,AF291819)的同源性分别为98%～99%、96%～100%,确定vt2位于噬菌体,并为进一步研究大肠杆菌O157中VT噬菌体的毒力转导、VT2毒素的表达和应用奠定基础.     

卡那霉素链霉菌噬菌体sKJl——温和性噬菌体

从土壤中分离出一株卡那霉素链霉菌噬菌体SKJl,该噬菌体在卡那霉素链霉菌及林肯链霉菌菌苔上产生混浊的噬菌斑。从噬斑中长出的菌落后代对SKJl噬菌体的感染产生了抗性。单株传代未见自发释放游离噬菌体。紫外线照射亦未发现诱导现象。抗性菌株经10ug／ml丝裂霉素C处理后,其中一株能释放出约5．9×103pfu／ml游离噬菌体颗粒,推测这些抗性菌株可能是溶源性菌株。菌落原位杂交实验证实抗性菌株的DNA与SKJl噬菌体DNA有同源性,说明这些抗性菌株已被SKjL噬菌体溶源化,从而确证SKJl噬菌体为一温和性噬菌体。     

红霉素链霉菌2-62溶源性菌株的确证与特性研究

我们从红霉紊产生菌Streptomyces erythreus的27株系谱菌株中分离到一株带确噬菌体的2—62菌株,并对2—62菌株作了多方面的考察。根据单菌落传代、孢子加热,柠檬酸钠洗涤消除噬菌体后仍继续释放噬菌体;2—62菌株释放的噬菌体经纯化后制备抗血清,用此抗血清处理2—62菌株的斜面孢子,以中和游离的噬菌体,这种孢子在培养过程中仍继续释放噬菌体;2—62菌株对其自身释放的噬菌体具有免疫力等特性,确证2—62菌株为溶源性菌株。用紫外线或丝裂霉素C进行诱导试验,噬菌体释放量增加不多。将2—62菌株释放的温和性噬菌体感染P32一102敏感菌,得到的溶源化菌林亦释放噬菌体,并且溶源化菌林的性状保持稳定。     

卡那霉素链霉菌噬菌体SKJ1—温和性噬菌体

从土壤中分离出一株卡那霉素链霉菌噬菌体ＳＫＪ１,该噬菌体在卡那霉素链霉菌及林肯链霉菌菌苔上产生混浊的噬菌斑。从噬斑中长出的菌落后代对ＳＫＪ１噬菌体的感染产生了抗性。单株传代未风自发释放游离噬菌体。紫外线照射亦未发现诱导现象。抗性菌株经１０μｇ／ｍｌ丝裂霉素Ｃ处理后,其中一株能释放出约５．９×１０＾３ｐｆｕ／ｍｌ游离噬菌体颗粒,推测这些抗性菌株可能是溶源性菌株。菌落原位杂交实验证实抗性菌株的ＤＮＡ与     

大肠杆菌VT噬菌体受体(vpr)基因突变株的鉴定

近年来大肠杆菌O157引起的人和动物的发病率呈上升趋势^[1-3],O157的强致病性与很多因子有关,如：粘附因子、肠溶血素(Enterohaemolysin,Ehx)、Vero毒素(Vero toxin,VTs)等。VT可致人和动物的腹泻、出血性肠炎、溶血性尿毒综合证、血栓、血球减少性紫癜等疾病^[4],是O157主要的致病因子。大量的研究表明VT是由λ家族具有vT基因的噬菌体(vT—phage)编码的^[5],且在噬菌体感染宿主菌的裂解状态时由晚期调节基因调控毒素的产生。可见大肠杆菌O157所产的vT与vT噬菌体的感染有关。大肠杆菌表面是否存在噬菌体的受体为众多科学工作者所关注,1999年Saunders等在大肠杆菌染色体中克隆出一段与VT2噬菌体敏感性有关的基因^[6],将其定名为vpr(verotoxin phage receptor)。为了进一步确定vpr基因的功能,本试验利用同源重组的方法,将已经构建的含vpr基因片段的重组自杀性质粒pYYvpr,转化到含全长vpr基因的大肠杆菌MC1061,经PCR和southern blot鉴定,获得一株染色体同源基因突变株,并对其进行生物学特性研究,初步证实该基因与噬菌体的裂解性感染有关。     

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.