XJ-160病毒为辛德毕斯病毒新亚型

ＸＪ－１６０病毒是我国首次分离的辛德毕斯病毒,在对其全基因组核苷酸序列测定的基础上,对病毒基因组序列、病毒同源性和病毒系统进化等进行了较为详细的分析,结果表明：ＸＪ－１６０病毒具有典型的甲病毒属德毕斯病毒的序列特征。该病毒ｎｓｐ３蛋白基因中１１处制失及两处插入（４５１７￣５４８５）,涉及９０年核苷酸。核苷酸序列的系统进化分析表明,ＸＪ－１６０病毒属于辛德毕斯病毒欧洲／非洲亚组。病毒全基因组核苷酸序     

一株保存的波瓦生病毒全基因组序列测定及分析

目的：对保存的WJBC株波瓦生病毒进行全基因组序列测定和分析,阐明其与已报道毒株之间的关系。方法：将波瓦生病毒基因组编码区分11段进行RT－PCR扩增,扩增产物直接进行测序,非编码区采用RACE法进行扩增,扩增产物纯化并连接pGEM－Teasy载体后转化大肠杆菌DH5ct感受态细胞,挑取阳性克隆鉴定后进行测序,用DNAstar软件将测序结果拼接得到全基因组序列。下载波瓦生病毒全基因组核苷酸序列,利用MEGA5．0软件构建系统进化发生树。结果与结论：WJBC株波瓦生病毒全基因组共11839nt,编码3415个氨基酸残基,病毒基因组5’端和3’端分别有111、483nt的非编码区;进化树结果显示,WJBC株波瓦生病毒与LB株波瓦生病毒的亲缘性最高,可能为同一病毒株．．     

柯萨奇病毒A组16型中国分离株(Cox.A16 SHZH00-1)全基因组序列测定及分析

对分离自2000年中国深圳地区手足口病患儿粪便标本的柯萨奇病毒A组16型(Coxsackievirus A16,Cox．A16)病毒SHZH00—1株进行全基因组序列测定及分析后发现,Cox．A16SHZH00—1的基因组(未包括多聚腺苷酸尾)长度为7410bp,其中5’端非编码区(5’UTR)长为745bp,病毒基因组编码区全长6582个核苷酸,编码一个含2193个氨基酸残基的多聚蛋白,3’端非编码区长为83bp。Cox．A16SHZH00—1基因组的结构与Cox．A16亚洲地方株Tainan-5079-98(AFl77911)十分相近,整个基因组的核苷酸同源性为97．5％,氨基酸同源性为98．8％;而与Cox．A16国际标准株G10(U05876)差别较大,两者核苷酸同源性仅为79．1％,氨基酸同源性为94．5％。Cox．A16SHZH00—1与两株肠道病毒71型SHZH03(AY465356)和BrCr(U22521)比较,核苷酸同源性均不超过80％。     

一种中国发生的真菌传小麦花叶病毒RNA－13＇末端核苷酸序列分析

以采自河南的真菌传小麦花叶病毒（ＦＷＭＶ－Ｃ）为材料,抽提病毒ＲＮＡ,合成互补ＤＮＡ（ｃＤＮＡ）。对杂交筛选所得ｃＤＮＡ克隆进行亚克隆及序列分析,结果表明,亚克隆ｐＧＳＩ含有一个长度为８９１个核苷酸的不完整开放阅读框架（ＯＲＦ）和长度为２５８个核苷酸的３＇末端非编码区（ＮＴＲ）,并带有Ｐｏｌｙ（Ａ）尾序。此段序列与大麦黄花叶病毒（ＢａＹＭＶ）及法国报道的一种小麦梭条花叶病毒（ＷＳＳＭＶ－Ｆ）的ＲＮＡ－１３＇末端分别具有６７．６％和６９．９％的同源性。由所测序列编码区（１－８９１ｎｔ）可推导产生２９６个氢基酸,并与ＷＳＳＭＶ－Ｆ及ＢａＹＭＶ外壳蛋白氨基酸序列分别具有７５．９％和７１％的同源性。此结果表明,ＦＷＭＶ－Ｃ为另外一种不同于ＷＳＳＭＶ－Ｆ的大麦黄花叶病毒组（Ｂａｙｍｏｖｉｒｕｓ）病毒,所测基因组片段应为ＲＮＡ－１３＇末端序列,其中可能包括了病毒全长外壳蛋白编码区域。     

中国6株狂犬病病毒街毒株全基因组测序与分析

实验研究中对分离于中国的6株狂犬病病毒街毒株进行了全基因组测序,对基因组的5个结构基因(N、P、M、G和L)的核苷酸和推断的氨基酸序列以及非编码区序列进行了分析与比较,并与来自GenBank的40株毒株从全基因组水平进行了分子进化分析。所测6株中国狂犬病病毒街毒株的全基因组核苷酸序列长度介于11 907 nt(CQ92)和11 924 nt(SH06和gg4)之间,基因组结构相同,用全基因组和不同的结构基因构建的进化树拓扑结构相似,基因组3′和5′末端高度保守而且末端11个核苷酸互补配对,5个结构基因的保守性依次是NLMGP,核苷酸同源性的最小值依次分别是81.9%、81.7%、80.7%、78.3%和76.7%。     

中国分离巴泰病毒基因组全编码区序列测定和分析

采用RT-PCR和TAIL-PCR方法,首次对我国分离的巴泰病毒(YN92-4株)基因组的全编码区进行序列测定和分析。结果显示,YN92-4株病毒基因组由S、M、L三个片段组成,长度分别为947、4 371、6 860个核苷酸。其中,S片段基因编码由234个氨基酸残基组成的核衣壳蛋白和由102个氨基酸残基组成的非结构蛋白,M片段基因编码由1 435个氨基酸残基组成的前体蛋白,L片段基因编码由2 239个氨基酸残基组成的RNA聚合酶。与国外其它地区的巴泰病毒分离株进行基因组全编码区序列比较后发现,YN92-4株与日本牛血清分离株(ON-7/B/01株)在S、M片段核苷酸(氨基酸)的同源性最高,分别为97.7%(100%)和95.7%(98%);由于本研究首次开展对巴泰病毒L基因片段核苷酸序列的研究,因此国际基因库尚无可参考的序列信息,本研究比较了我国分离的巴泰病毒与同一血清组的代表病毒Bunyamwera病毒L片段的核苷酸和氨基酸序列同源性,分别为73.5%和81.6%。系统进化分析显示,YN92-4株基因组与其它巴泰病毒分离株在各自分支下形成独立分支。本研究提示我国分离的巴泰病毒YN92-4株未发生基因重配(...     

水稻条叶枯病毒基因组组分3的克隆与序列分析

利用ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ技术,合成并扩增了水稻条叶枯病毒（ＲＳｔＶ）中国云南分离 物基因组组分３的全长ｃＤＮＡ。将ＰＣＲ产物克隆在载体ｐＣＲⅡ上,进行全序列测定。将所得核苷酸序列及其所推导的氨基酸序列与日本分离物Ｔ进行同源性比较,结果表明,在核苷酸水平上,两分离物的５’端非编码区序列相同,ｖＯＲＦ、ｖｃＯＲＦ及基因间非编码区序列的同源性分别为９７．６％、９６．８％及８７．６％,而３’端非编码区同源性为９８     

甜菜坏死黄脉病毒内蒙分离物自然缺失突变体缺失区域的定位分析

以甜菜坏死黄脉病毒内蒙分离物（ＢＮＹＶＶ ＮＭ）总ＲＮＡ为模板,经ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ扩增,分别获得ＲＮＡ２、ＲＮＡ３和ＲＮＡ４自然缺失突变体ｃＤＮＡ克隆。序列分析结果表明,ＲＮＡ２自然缺失突变体在７５ｋＤ通读蛋白编码区Ｃ端缺失３４８个核苷酸（缺失位置ｎｔ１４８８￣ｎｔ１８３５）。ＲＮＡ３在其２５ｋＤ蛋白编码区内缺失３６０个核苷酸（缺失位置ｎｔ７２９￣ｎｔ１０８８）。ＲＮＡ４的自然缺失区域位于３１ｋＤ蛋白     

水稻条叶枯病毒(RStV)基因组组分4的克隆与序列分析

利用RTPCR技术合成并扩增了水稻条叶枯病毒(RStV)中国云南分离物基因组组分4的全长cDNA,将PCR产物克隆在载体pCRII上,并进行全序列测定,所得核苷酸序列及推测的氨基酸序列与日本分离物T进行比较。结果表明,在核苷酸水平,两分离物的vORF、vcORF及基因间非编码区序列的同源性分别为94.9%、94.1%、86.1%,5’端非编码区序列相同,而3’非编码区同源性为96.1%,仅有两个核苷酸不同;在氨基酸水平,vORF及vcORF编码蛋白的同源性分别为99.4%和98.3%。可见,编码区的大小及其氨基酸序列和两末端序列都是很保守的。因此,中国云南分离物Y与日本分离物T可能有很近的亲缘关系。     

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.