蜀柏毒蛾核型多角体病毒的分离鉴定

本文报道了新分离的一株核型多角体病毒:蜀柏毒蛾核型多角体病毒(Paroceneria orient Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus)。其多角体为四边形、五边形、大小在1.06—2.42μm。病毒粒子杆状,大小为385×55nm。室内感染蜀柏毒蛾幼虫其死亡率达9S％具较强的毒力。     

荧光增白剂UBL对蜀柏毒蛾核型多角体病毒增效作用研究

用1%UBL荧光增效剂作为蜀柏毒蛾核型多角体病毒的增效剂,对蜀柏毒蛾2龄幼虫进行室内毒力测定,结果表明1%UBL对Parocneria orienta NPV有较强的增效作用。     

棉铃虫核型多角体病毒几丁质酶基因及杆状病毒 几丁质酶基因的分子进化

用PCR方法扩增了棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera单粒包埋型核型多角体病毒（HaSNPV）几丁质酶基因,测定了基因编码区的核苷酸全序列。基因编码区全长1.713 bp,可编码570个氨基酸残基组成的多肽,预计分子量为63.6 kD。将所推导的HaSNPV几丁质酶氨基酸序列与其它已知杆状病毒几丁质酶氨基酸序列进行联配比较,结果表明HaSNPV 与谷实夜蛾H.zea单粒包埋型核型多角体病毒（HzSNPV）的氨基酸序列非常相似,同源性高达90.7%,与苜蓿丫纹夜蛾Autographa californica多粒包埋型核型多角体病毒（AcMNPV）、家蚕Bombyx mori核型多角体病毒（BmNPV）、美国白蛾Hyphantria cunea核型多角体病毒（HcNPV）、舞毒蛾Lymantria dispar多粒包埋型核型多角体病毒（LdMNPV）、黄杉毒蛾Orgyia pseudotsugata多粒包埋型核型多角体病毒（OpMNPV）和云杉卷叶蛾Choristoneura fumiferana核型多角体病毒（CfMNPV）氨基酸序列同源性分别为64.4%、64.9%、64.2%、62.9%、66.2%和61.5%。根据氨基酸序列用PC＼GENE程序绘制已知杆状病毒几丁质酶的分子系统树,并与杆状病毒中最为保守的多角体蛋白基因系统树作了比较,结果表明几丁质酶基因和多角体蛋白基因的进化速率是不尽相同的。     

灰茶尺蛾核型多角体病毒某些生化特性的研究

灰茶尺蛾核型多角体病毒某些生化特性的研究李彦章,石正丽,陈棣华（中国科学院武汉病毒研究所,武汉４３００７１）关键词灰茶尺蛾,核型多角体病毒,结构多肽,限制性内切酶图谱灰茶尺蛾核型多角体病毒（Ｅｃｔｒｏｐｉｓｇｒｉｓｅｓｃｅｎｓｎｕｃｌｅａｒｐｏｌｙｈ...     

杆状病毒部分功能基因的研究进展

杆状病毒以核型多角体病毒NPV的研究最为深入,到目前已有三种NPV的基因组全部测序：苜蓿银纹夜蛾核型多角体病毒（AcMNPV）［1］、黄杉古毒蛾核型多角体病毒（OpMNPV）［2］、家蚕核型多角体病毒（BmNPV）（GenBank accession no.L33180）。 　　杆状病毒基因组除编码病毒复制必需的基因及结构基因外,还编码一些有利于病毒充分增殖但对病毒复制并非一定必需的基因,这些基因在病毒的增殖过程中执行特定的功能,这类功能基因体现了杆状病毒的复制策略、病毒与细胞的相互作用关系,与杆状病毒宿主特异性的决定有关。本文综述了杆状病毒部分功能基因的研究进展。     

蜀柏毒蛾核型多角体病毒基因文库的构建及几丁质酶基因的定位

蜀柏毒蛾(Parocneria orienta Chao)是柏木、桧柏、干头柏等柏科树种的重要食叶害虫[1],到目前为止仅存在于我国.蜀柏毒蛾核型多角体病毒(Parocneria orienta nuclear polyhedrovirus,PaorNPV)[2]于1991年被分离,该病毒对蜀柏毒蛾幼虫具有较强毒力,已作为一种新型的生物农药初步应用于柏木林区害虫的防治上[3].对这种病毒已进行了一些研究,包括生物活性测定,形态结构,理化特性,限制性内切酶分析[4,5].为了进一步研究其分子生物学特性,开发我国这种特有的病毒资源,我们构建了部分PaorNPV基因组DNA片段的基因文库,同时以中国棉铃虫单粒包埋核型多角体病毒(HearSNPV)几丁质酶基因作探针,对PaorNPV几丁质酶基因进行了定位,结果报道如下.     

木毒蛾复合病毒制剂研究

通过木毒蛾质型多角体病毒、核型多角体病毒和颗粒体病毒,对木毒蛾幼虫的复合感染试验,以及三种病毒最佳配比的筛选试验,发现木毒蛾质型多角体病毒、核多角体病毒和颗粒体病毒,按6：3：1混合后防治木毒蛾效果最佳。同时通过添加适量936乳油和人工大田繁殖木毒蛾病毒,较好地解决了病毒制剂的室温保存问题和毒源生产问题。复合病毒制剂的林间大面积防治试验结果表明,该制剂防治效果好,配制容易,成本低廉,不污染环境,是一种优良的生物制剂。     

棉铃虫核型多角体病毒mRNA的快速制备与体外翻译

棉铃虫核型多角体病毒ｍＲＮＡ的快速制备与体外翻译吴金炉,刘润忠,张友清（中国科学院武汉病毒研究所,武汉４３００７１）关键词棉铃虫核型多角体病毒,ｍＲＮＡ,快速制备,体外翻译,ＥＬＩＳＡ在昆虫杆状病毒ｍＲＮＡ的结构与功能研究方面,主要是以ＡｃＮＰＶ为研...     

一株斜纹夜蛾核型多角体病毒毒力及基因组酶切的研究

一株斜纹夜蛾核型多角体病毒毒力及基因组酶切的研究王晓容,刘明富,刘润忠,兰萍章,张友清（中国科学院武汉病毒研究所,武汉４３００７１）关键词斜纹夜蛾,核多角体病毒,毒力测定,限制酶分析斜纹夜蛾（Ｓｐｏｄｏｐｌｅｒａｌｉｔｕｒａ）是重要的农业害虫之一。关...     

舞毒蛾核型多角体病毒亚致死剂量对舞毒蛾幼虫的影响

用舞毒蛾核型多角体病毒亚致死剂量1.3X10⁴-1.3X10⁶多角体/毫升对舞毒蛾(Lymantri dispar)五龄雌雄幼虫分别进行感染后发现,除获得死亡率的不同外,存活个体化蛹数及雌雄比例亦发生变化。雌雄比例倾向于雄性。电镜照片显示在雌性幼虫中被侵染的组织包括脂肪、气管基底膜、腹神经节、胸腺、卵巢及大脑,而胸腺、卵巢和大脑被核型多角体病毒感染的报道很少。使用免疫金颗粒标记技术测得细胞核中的舞毒蛾核型多角体病毒与其抗体间具有强烈的亲和性。     

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.