灵长类动物感染犬瘟热

通过介绍犬瘟热流行病学特点,结合犬瘟热病毒在灵长类动物的感染情况,对犬瘟热的危害及公共卫生意义进行了分析。指出犬瘟热病毒存在大范围流行风险从而对进出口猴场形成新的威胁,并根据工作实际提出了疫病疫情预防控制和检验检疫监督管理的着重点。     

Experimental Myocarditis Induced in Mice by Infection with Influenza A2 Virus

A mouse model was established for the study of acute myocarditis that occurs during influenza infection. Challenge with more than 10 LD₅₀ of mouse-adapted influenza A₂ virus (H₂N₂) induced myocarditis macroscopically discernible as white, irregularly shaped lesions which were shown by histological examination to consist of necrotic myofibers surrounded by infiltrating mononuclear inflammatory cells. After challenge with 10 LD₅₀ of the virus, macroscopic myocarditis was found to advance in a progressive manner up to the 7th day, while the virus titer in the heart reached its peak on the 2nd day and began to decrease on the 5th day of infection. However, development of myocarditis was significantly suppressed in mice which were irradiated with 400 R of X-rays before infection. In addition, myocarditis did not develop in congenitally athymic nude mice. These data indicate that myocarditis was not brought about by viral action directly, but that it was mediated by some function of the host against viral in-vasion, which was abolished by X-irradiation. The data also suggest that T cells played a key role in the development of myocarditis.     

犬瘟热病毒细胞膜受体的鉴定

犬瘟热病毒（ＣＤＶ）敏感细胞Ｖｅｒｏ用ＳＤＳ或ＲＩＰＡ溶解缓冲液溶解,利用病毒铺覆蛋白印迹技术（ＶＯＰＢＡ）鉴定犬瘟热病毒疫苗株（ＣＤＶ－ｏｎｄｅｓｔｅｐｏｏｒｔ）的细胞受体。结果发现,在Ｖｅｒｏ细胞上有两组ＣＤＶ结合蛋白质,即高分子量组蛋白质（１２７ｋＤ、１２０ｋＤ、１１０ｋＤ）与低分子量组蛋白质（２７ｋＤ和３０ｋＤ）。这些ＣＤＶ结合蛋白组分的性质及在ＣＤＶ致病中的作用有等进一步研究。     

犬瘟热病毒RT-LAMP检测方法的建立和初步应用

目的利用环介导等温扩增（LAMP）技术建立一种检测犬瘟热病毒感染的新方法。方法根据GenBank中NP基因序列,设计4条LAMP特异性引物,对反应条件、特异性、可视化效果和应用效果进行研究。结果在60℃等温的条件下、1 h内可完成RT-LAMP扩增过程;特异性和可视效果良好;对63份临床标本进行检测,阳性检出率为71.4%（45/63）,检出率高于RT-PCR的63.5%（40/63）。结论建立的RT-LAMP检测方法,显示了较高的特异性和敏感性,而且兼具高效、快捷、可视化的优势,为临床检测犬瘟热病毒感染提供了一种快速简便的新途径。     

Duration of Maternal Antibodies against Canine Distemper Virus and Hendra Virus in Pteropid Bats

Old World frugivorous bats have been identified as natural hosts for emerging zoonotic viruses of significant public health concern, including henipaviruses (Nipah and Hendra virus), Ebola virus, and Marburg virus. Epidemiological studies of these viruses in bats often utilize serology to describe viral dynamics, with particular attention paid to juveniles, whose birth increases the overall susceptibility of the population to a viral outbreak once maternal immunity wanes. However, little is understood about bat immunology, including the duration of maternal antibodies in neonates. Understanding duration of maternally derived immunity is critical for characterizing viral dynamics in bat populations, which may help assess the risk of spillover to humans. We conducted two separate studies of pregnant Pteropus bat species and their offspring to measure the half-life and duration of antibodies to 1) canine distemper virus antigen in vaccinated captive Pteropus hypomelanus; and 2) Hendra virus in wild-caught, naturally infected Pteropus alecto. Both of these pteropid bat species are known reservoirs for henipaviruses. We found that in both species, antibodies were transferred from dam to pup. In P. hypomelanus pups, titers against CDV waned over a mean period of 228.6 days (95% CI: 185.4–271.8) and had a mean terminal phase half-life of 96.0 days (CI 95%: 30.7–299.7). In P. alecto pups, antibodies waned over 255.13 days (95% CI: 221.0–289.3) and had a mean terminal phase half-life of 52.24 days (CI 95%: 33.76–80.83). Each species showed a duration of transferred maternal immunity of between 7.5 and 8.5 months, which was longer than has been previously estimated. These data will allow for more accurate interpretation of age-related Henipavirus serological data collected from wild pteropid bats.     

Canine Distemper Virus Envelope Protein Interactions Modulated by Hydrophobic Residues in the Fusion Protein Globular Head

Membrane fusion for morbillivirus cell entry relies on critical interactions between the viral fusion (F) and attachment (H) envelope glycoproteins. Through extensive mutagenesis of an F cavity recently proposed to contribute to F''s interaction with the H protein, we identified two neighboring hydrophobic residues responsible for severe F-to-H binding and fusion-triggering deficiencies when they were mutated in combination. Since both residues reside on one side of the F cavity, the data suggest that H binds the F globular head domain sideways.     

肥胖可能与病毒感染有关

随着生活水平的提高,肥胖已呈现为全球性问题.当今已将肥胖与艾滋病、癌症并称为21世纪威胁人类健康的三大疾病.而其中肥胖症则是人类健康的最大威胁.当前人们普遍认为肥胖是由于遗传、过食、运动不足、代谢异常、内分泌异常、脑疾患等因素引起.但是这些均不能完满地解释肥胖的成因.为此,美国科学家Dhurandhar等提出了一种新的解释.他们认为,肥胖可能与病毒感染有关[1].并已研究发现了第1株可引起动物肥胖的人腺病毒血清36型(adenouirus Ad-36),这是迄今所发现的第1株与肥胖有关的人腺病毒[2].证据表明,该病毒感染在动物肥胖发病中起着重要作用[2~5].是否能导致人类肥胖尚不得而知.但是,有关肥胖的病毒发现使肥胖成因的研究有了新的思考,为人类进一步了解肥胖问题的根源,以及肥胖的防治开辟了新的领域,展现出新的希望.至于病毒导致动物肥胖的具体机理以及人类肥胖是否与病毒感染有关至今尚不明确,有待深入研究.     

Infection of Haematopoietic Stem Cells In Mice With Friend Virus Induced Erythroleukaemia

Abstract. Animals infected with conventional anaemia (FVA) or polycythemia-inducing (FVP) strains of the Friend virus develop lethal erythroleukaemia. A variant strain, RFV, induces an initially identical disease except that it spontaneously regresses in 50% of infected mice. to determine whether pluripotent stem cells as measured by spleen colony forming units (CFU-s) in leukaemic mice are productively infected with virus and whether their infection influences the outcome of the disease, we tested CFU-s from leukaemic mice for susceptibility to cytotoxicity by monospecific antiviral gp70 antiserum. Spleen CFU-s from progressively leukaemic (FVP, FVA and RFV) mice were productively infected with virus. CFU-s in RFV progressors became infected by 40 days post-virus inoculation. FVA and FVP progressors became infected between 15 and 21 days post virus. Infection of CFU-s was accompanied by an increase in the proportion of replicating (S phase) CFU-s in these populations. Spleen CFU-s from fully regressed RFV regressor mice were uninfected and remained so throughout the course of their disease. Bone marrow CFU-s in both regressors and progressors remained uninfected and were not induced to increased cell cycling.     

The V Protein of Canine Distemper Virus Is Required for Virus Replication in Human Epithelial Cells

Canine distemper virus (CDV) becomes able to use human receptors through a single amino acid substitution in the H protein. In addition, CDV strains possessing an intact C protein replicate well in human epithelial H358 cells. The present study showed that CDV strain 007Lm, which was isolated from lymph node tissue of a dog with distemper, failed to replicate in H358 cells, although it possessed an intact C protein. Sequence analyses suggested that a cysteine-to-tyrosine substitution at position 267 of the V protein caused this growth defect. Analyses using H358 cells constitutively expressing the CDV V protein showed that the V protein with a cysteine, but not that with a tyrosine, at this position effectively blocked the interferon-stimulated signal transduction pathway, and supported virus replication of 007Lm in H358 cells. Thus, the V protein as well as the C protein appears to be functional and essential for CDV replication in human epithelial cells.     

犬瘟热病毒（CDV）ELISA检测方法的建立与应用

目的建立犬CDV抗体ELISA检测方法。方法培养vero细胞,接种CDV病毒,制备vero正常抗原和CDV特异抗原,滴定酶结合物和抗原最佳工作浓度,并进行精密性、敏感性、稳定性、特异性实验。结果正常、特异抗原和酶结合物最佳工作浓度分别为1∶32 000、10μg/mL和1∶8 000;正常、特异抗原批内变异系数分别为9.1%和5.8%,批间平均变异系数分别为8.8%和6.6%;检测灵敏度为1∶2 560;与犬细小病毒（CPV）、犬肝炎病毒（ICHV）均无交叉反应。稳定性试验相对偏差小于25%。结论建立的ELISA方法重复性、稳定性好,特异性、敏感性强。可用于犬CDV抗体的检测。     

Characterization of Canine Distemper Viruses Adapted to Neural Cells and Their Neurovirulence in Mice

Interaction of the Onderstepoort strain of canine distemper virus (CDV) with three established human neural cells, i.e. IMR-32 neuroblastoma, 118-MGC glioma and KG-1 oligodendroglioma, was examined, and adaptation of CDV to these cells was also attempted. The unadapted virus was found to grow at relatively low titers in the three neural cells inducing moderate to minimal cytopathic effects (CPE). The virus was successfully grown at high titers in these cells after 8 to 10 passages. Biological characteristics such as growth rate, morphology of CPE and plaque size changed after adaptation. Analysis by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, however, failed to show any difference in the molecular weight of component proteins among the unadapted and three adapted viruses. Inbred DDD strain of mice developed clinical signs after intracerebral inoculation with the unadapted virus but most of them survived with histological lesions of encephalitis. Neuroblastoma-adapted virus induced only transient clinical signs in some animals with mild encephalitic lesions in the gray matter. Increases in neurovirulence were found for viruses adapted to glioma and oligodendroglioma cells. Almost all mice inoculated with these two viruses at 3 weeks of age died within 8 days with histological lesions consisting of hyperemia, edema, severe degeneration of nerve cells and a few giant cells. Demyelinating lesions in the absence of inflammatory changes were observed in the cerebellum, pons and medulla oblongata of animals inoculated with oligodendroglioma-adapted virus.     

Efficacy of Recombinant Canine Distemper Virus Expressing Leishmania Antigen against Leishmania Challenge in Dogs

Canine distemper virus (CDV) vaccination confers long-term protection against CDV reinfection. To investigate the utility of CDV as a polyvalent vaccine vector for Leishmania, we generated recombinant CDVs, based on an avirulent Yanaka strain, that expressed Leishmania antigens: LACK, TSA, or LmSTI1 (rCDV–LACK, rCDV–TSA, and rCDV–LmSTI1, respectively). Dogs immunized with rCDV-LACK were protected against challenge with lethal doses of virulent CDV, in the same way as the parental Yanaka strain. To evaluate the protective effects of the recombinant CDVs against cutaneous leishmaniasis in dogs, dogs were immunized with one recombinant CDV or a cocktail of three recombinant CDVs, before intradermal challenge (in the ears) with infective-stage promastigotes of Leishmania major. Unvaccinated dogs showed increased nodules with ulcer formation after 3 weeks, whereas dogs immunized with rCDV–LACK showed markedly smaller nodules without ulceration. Although the rCDV–TSA- and rCDV–LmSTI1-immunized dogs showed little protection against L. major, the cocktail of three recombinant CDVs more effectively suppressed the progression of nodule formation than immunization with rCDV–LACK alone. These results indicate that recombinant CDV is suitable for use as a polyvalent live attenuated vaccine for protection against both CDV and L. major infections in dogs.     

犬瘟热病毒南京株H蛋白基因的克隆与表达

根据发表的犬瘟热病毒(CDV)参考株Ondetstepoort的序列设计一对引物,以犬瘟热病毒南京株(CDVNJ-15)感染的Vero细胞总RNA为模板,RT-PCR扩增出1.9kb的全长H蛋白基因,双酶切该全长基因,得到1058bp片段,以正确的阅读框架定向克隆于pET-28b(+)中,然后将重组质粒转化宿主菌RosettaTM,在37℃1.0mmol/LIPTG诱导下获得良好表达.经SDS-PAGE鉴定,表达的融合蛋白质约38kDa,与预期值一致.免疫转印试验显示,该重组蛋白可被CDVOnderstepoort兔抗血清识别,表明该重组蛋白具备部分抗原性.     

犬瘟热病毒南京株H蛋白基因的克隆与表达

根据发表的犬瘟热病毒(CDV)参考株Ondetstepoort的序列设计一对引物,以犬瘟热病毒南京株(CDVNJ．15)感染的Vero细胞总RNA为模板,RT-PCR扩增出1．9kb的全长H蛋白基因,双酶切该全长基因,得到1058bp片段,以正确的阅读框架定向克隆于pET-28b( )中,然后将重组质粒转化宿主菌RosettaTM,在37℃1．0mmol／LIPTG诱导下获得良好表达。经SDS—PAGE鉴定,表达的融合蛋白质约38kDa,与预期值一致。免疫转印试验显示,该重组蛋白可被CDVOnderstepoort兔抗血清识别,表明该重组蛋白具备部分抗原性。     

Protective Role of P2Y2 Receptor against Lung Infection Induced by Pneumonia Virus of Mice

ATP released in the early inflammatory processes acts as a danger signal by binding to purinergic receptors expressed on immune cells. A major contribution of the P2Y₂ receptor of ATP/UTP to dendritic cell function and Th2 lymphocyte recruitment during asthmatic airway inflammation was previously reported. We investigated here the involvement of P2Y₂ receptor in lung inflammation initiated by pneumonia virus of mice infection. We demonstrated that P2Y₂ ^−/− mice display a severe increase in morbidity and mortality rate in response to the virus. Lower survival of P2Y₂ ^−/− mice was not significantly correlated with excessive inflammation despite the higher level of neutrophil recruiters in their bronchoalveolar fluids. Interestingly, we observed reduced ATP level and lower numbers of dendritic cells, CD4⁺ T cells and CD8⁺ T cells in P2Y₂ ^−/− compared to P2Y₂ ^+/+ infected lungs. Lower level of IL-12 and higher level of IL-6 in bronchoalveolar fluid support an inhibition of Th1 response in P2Y₂ ^−/− infected mice. Quantification of DC recruiter expression revealed comparable IP-10 and MIP-3α levels but a reduced BRAK level in P2Y₂ ^−/− compared to P2Y₂ ^+/+ bronchoalveolar fluids. The increased morbidity and mortality of P2Y₂ ^−/− mice could be the consequence of a lower viral clearance leading to a more persistent viral load correlated with the observed higher viral titer. The decreased viral clearance could result from the defective Th1 response to PVM with a lack of DC and T cell infiltration. In conclusion, P2Y₂ receptor, previously described as a target in cystic fibrosis therapy and as a mediator of Th2 response in asthma, may also regulate Th1 response protecting mice against lung viral infection.