动物腺病毒用作基因治疗载体的研究进展

动物腺病毒具有与人腺病毒类似的基因组结构,近年来,通过缺失部分病毒基因并建立相应的互补细胞系,已构建成功大,绵羊及牛腺病毒栽体,这些新型动物腺病毒载体即可将外源基因转移到人体细胞内表达,本身又不能在其中复制繁殖,具有较高的安全性,人体内地们的免疫应答,因此可望替代人腺痍和为基因治疗及基因免疫的载体。     

CELO病毒载体在人类和动物疾病控制上的应用

CELO病毒的DNA长43．8kb,具有末端倒转重复序列(ITR),基因结构与人腺病毒的比较,无可识别的E1、E3和E4区,但存在可替代的新读码框。2个fiber基因是病毒毒力基因,表达2个不同的蛋白,在病毒复制扩散中起作用,缺失fiberl导致柯萨奇病毒和腺病毒受体(CAR)的特异性转导作用消失,使CELO病毒只能感染禽类细胞,不能感染哺乳类动物细胞。在基因组的某些区段可以删除并插入外源基因不影响病毒复制。CELO病毒及其载体可在廉价的鸡胚中得到大量复制。CELO病毒的这些特性为其发展成新型基因工程载体提供了条件。插入表达外源基因制备疫苗成为可能,新型的无病毒基因的载体也可以应用ITR及一些调控元件、包装信号共同构建形成。CELO病毒与人腺病毒属于同一属,CELO病毒作为基因工程载体有同样的特性,并且具有种属特异性和安全性,在动物基因工程疫苗的研制方面有特殊而广阔的研究和应用前景。     

Ad5F35重组腺病毒载体研究进展

在分子生物学领域,腺病毒载体是将外源基因导入动物细胞内经常使用的载体之一。由于其靶细胞种类多,转导效率高,对增殖期及静止期细胞均有很高的转导效率,不整合到宿主基因组中,不会引起插入突变,理化性质较稳定,易于分离纯化,可容纳较大的目的基因片段等优势,因而被广泛用于基因治疗、体外基因转染及基因疫苗制备等实验及临床研究中,其中Ad5F35型腺病毒载体为近年来研究热点之一,此文就其研究进展作一综述。1腺病毒的结构和特点腺病毒为无包膜的DNA病毒,直径为60~80nm,基因组DNA呈双螺旋线形,长约36kb,在基因组两端各有一个100~150bp的…     

一种辅助病毒依赖型腺病毒载体的构建及其在小鼠体内的应用

腺病毒载体具有在离体细胞和动物体内高效转移和表达外源基因的优点,但由于第一代腺病毒载体能在靶细胞内表达病毒结构蛋白,并诱导机体的细胞和体液免疫反应,影响了目的基因在体内的稳定表达。为了克服这一缺点,构建了一种辅助病毒依赖型腺病毒载体ＨＡｄＩ－ｈＦＶＩＩ。该载体去除了病毒基因组的ｌ３、Ｌ１、Ｌ２、ＶＡＩ－ＶＡＩ、ｐＴＰ等基因序列。在第一代重组病毒ＡｄＩ－ｈＦＶＩＩ辅助下,能在２９３细胞包装和扩增。经氯化铯梯度超速离心后,能与辅助病毒有效分离。小鼠体内研究表明,该载体能在体内高效转移和表达ｈＦＶＩＩ基因。与笫一代腺病毒载体比较,外源基因表达稳定性明显提高,提示该载体在体内具有较低的免疫原性。     

一种辅助病毒依赖型腺病毒载体的构建及其在小鼠体内 …

腺病毒载体具有在离体细胞和动物体内高效转移和表达外源基因的优点,但由于第一代腺病毒载体能在靶细胞内表达病毒结构蛋白,并诱导机体的细胞和体液免疫反应,影响了大体内的稳定表达。为了克服这一缺点,构建了一种辅助病毒依赖型腺病毒载体ＨＡｄＩ－ｈＦＶＩＩＩ。该载体去除了病毒基因组的ｌ３、Ｌ１、Ｌ２、ＶＡＩＶＡＩＩ、ｐＴＰ等基因序列。在第一代重组病毒ＡｄＩ－ｈＦＶＩＩＩ辅助下,能在２９３细胞包装和扩增。经氯化     

用大肠杆菌同源重组获得克隆化重组腺病毒基因组

利用大肠杆菌细胞内质粒间同源重组获得克隆化重组腺病毒基因组 DNA,高效构建携带有外源基因的均一重组腺病毒 .将带有狂犬病毒糖蛋白 (GP)基因和加强型 GFP(enhanced GFP,EGFP)表达盒的重组穿梭质粒 p Ad- Track- CMV/ GP与腺病毒骨架载体质粒 p Ad Easy- 1一起同时电击共转化大肠杆菌 BJ51 83.在 BJ51 83细胞内 ,带有同源序列的重组穿梭质粒与骨架载体可进行同源重组 ,得到以质粒形式存在的克隆化重组腺病毒基因组 p Ad- GP’.以 p Ad- GP’为模板 ,经DNA测序确认 GP基因成功整合入此质粒中的腺病毒基因组 E1区外源基因表达盒中 .线形化的p Ad- GP’转染 2 93细胞后可得到基因组结构均一、在 E1区插入有 GP和 EGFP表达盒的重组腺病毒 ,病毒滴度可达 1× 1 0 8pfu/ ml.电镜下此重组病毒颗粒直径约为 70 nm,略呈球形 ,用荧光显微镜观察感染细胞有很强的 EGFP表达 .实验表明 :利用大肠杆菌同源重组获得克隆化的重组腺病毒基因组 DNA,可高效制备高滴度的均一重组腺病毒     

人类腺病毒分子生物学及用作基因工程载体的特性

首先从分类地位,毒粒结构,基因组结构,基因组转录调节及复制繁殖周期等方面对人类腺发子生物学进展作了概述,然后论述了人类腺病毒用作基因工程载体的特性。人类腺病毒不仅是用作研究真核基因表达调控机制的良好模型,而且是基因工程的重要载体,人类腺病毒载体除具有组建多价重组口服活疫苗的前景外,还可以作为一种表达载体获得高水平的外源蛋白,研究组织行异性表达和建立稳定的细胞系,以及在机体组织中转移表达报告基因以治     

犬2型腺病毒通用载体的构建及鉴定

为了获得能够携带较大外源基因的犬2型腺病毒E3区缺失性载体,以犬2型腺病毒全基因组质粒pPolyⅡ-CAV-2及E3区重组质粒pVAX-E3为基础,缺失1381bp的E3区片段(92.6%的E3区全序列),插入Linker-NF(内含NotⅠ、ClaⅠ、FseⅠ多克隆位点),获得重组载体质粒pPolyⅡ-CAV-2-ΔE3(NF)(31.9kb)。以AscⅠ和PmeⅠ双酶切,游离重组基因组,在脂质体LipofectamineTM2000介导下,转染MDCK细胞系,获得了E3区缺失的重组病毒CAV-2-ΔE3(NF)。通过病毒的形态学观察,血凝性、生长特性、感染性实验证明,该重组病毒与母源病毒没有差异。重组病毒CAV-2-ΔE3(NF)可以作为载体表达外源基因,其外源基因插入片段不小于3.3kb。     

腺病毒4型和7型重组乙肝疫苗在犬体内的免疫效果

<正>近年来,应用感染性哺乳动物病毒载体,特别是腺病毒(Ad)和牛痘病毒,作为有潜能的疫苗,日益受到重视。腺病毒尤其受人青睐,有下列原因: 1.腺病毒感染产生的大量腺病毒蛋白有助于异源基因的高水平表达。 2.切去无意义的E_3区,可供插入大片段的外源基因,以建立有活力的不依赖辅助物的腺病毒载体。     

腺病毒重组疫苗载体构建的研究进展

腺病毒（Ad)基因组E1,E3,以及E4区和右侧端插入性末端重复（IRT）之间的区段,均存在外源基因插入位点,本论述了外源保护性免疫原基因插入Ad基因组上述不同位点构建各类重组疫苗载体的研究进展。     

Comparative analysis of ovine adenovirus 287 and human adenovirus 2 and 5 based on their codon usage

Ovine adenovirus 287 (OAdV287) emerges as one of the most promising gene vectors resulting from its unique biological characteristics. To obtain a more detailed knowledge about the codon usage of OAdV287, a comparative study based on the codon usage of OAdV287 and the prototypes of human adenovirus serotypes 2 and 5 (HAdV2/5) was carried out. Some commonly used indices measuring the codon usage patterns, including effective number of codons, relative synonymous codon usage, and statistical methods, were adopted. Overall, OAdV287 had a more biased and conservative codon usage pattern than that of HAdV2/5. Both mutation pressure and natural selection played important roles in shaping the codon usage patterns of these three adenoviruses. All the preference codons of OAdV287 had A/U ends and were totally different from those of sheep and humans; however, the preference codons of HAdV2/5 mostly had G/C ends and were mostly coincident with those of sheep and humans. The codon usage analysis in this study supplies some clues for further comprehending the unique biological characteristics of OAdV287 as gene vectors.     

Cryoelectron microscopy map of Atadenovirus reveals cross-genus structural differences from human adenovirus

A three-dimensional (3D) cryoelectron microscopy reconstruction of the prototype Atadenovirus (OAdV [an ovine adenovirus isolate]) showing information at a 10.6-A resolution (0.5 Fourier shell correlation) was derived by single-particle analysis. This is the first 3D structure solved for any adenovirus that is not a Mastadenovirus, allowing cross-genus comparisons between structures and the assignment of genus-specific capsid proteins. Viable OAdV mutants that lacked the genus-specific LH3 and p32k proteins in purified virions were also generated. Negatively stained 3D reconstructions of these mutants were used to identify the location of protein LH3 and infer that of p32k within the capsid. The key finding was that LH3 is a critical protein that holds the outer capsid of the virus together. In its absence, the outer viral capsid is unstable. LH3 is located in the same position among the hexon subunits as its protein IX equivalent from mastadenoviruses but sits on top of the hexon trimers, forming prominent "knobs" on the virion surface that visually distinguish OAdV from other known AdVs. Electron density was also assigned to hexon and penton subunits and to proteins IIIa and VIII. There was good correspondence between OAdV density and human AdV hexon structures, which also validated the significant differences that were observed between the penton base protein structures.     

Ovine atadenovirus: a review of its biology, biosafety profile and application as a gene delivery vector

The ovine adenovirus isolate OAdV287 is the prototype of the newly recognized genus of atadenoviruses. Although not as well studied as human mastadenoviruses, a substantial amount of work has now been carried out with this virus and an understanding of its interesting and unique properties is beginning to emerge. In this article the biology and biosafety profile of the virus is reviewed. This knowledge underpins the exploitation of the virus as a gene delivery vector. Its potential as a vaccine vector and its application to the treatment of prostate cancer is summarized and discussed.     

Biology of ovine adenovirus infection of nonpermissive cells

Nonhuman adenoviruses, including those of the genus Atadenovirus, have the potential to serve as vectors for vaccine and gene therapy applications in humans, since they are resistant to preexisting immunity induced by human adenoviruses in the majority of the population. In this study, we elucidate the outcome of infection by ovine adenovirus type 7 isolate 287 (OAdV) of several nonovine cell types. We show here that OAdV infects a wide range of nonovine cells but is unable to complete its replication cycle in any of them. In nonovine, nonfibroblast cells, viral replication is blocked at an early stage before the onset of, or early in, DNA replication. Some fibroblasts, on the other hand, allow viral DNA replication but block virus production at a later stage during or after the translation of late viral proteins. Late viral proteins are expressed in cells where viral DNA replication takes place, albeit at a reduced level. Significantly, late proteins are not properly processed, and their cellular distribution differs from that observed in infected ovine cells. Thus, our results clearly show that OAdV infection of all nonovine cells tested is abortive even if significant viral DNA replication occurs. These findings have significant positive implications with respect to the safety of the vector system and its future use in humans.     

Molecular composition of the adenovirus type 2 virion

The representation of the different structural polypeptides within the adenovirus virion has been accurately determined, and the particle molecular weight has been derived. A stoichiometric analysis was performed with [35S]methionine as a radiolabel, and analytical sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to separate the polypeptides. The recently available sequence of the adenovirus type 2 genome was used to determine the number of methionines in each polypeptide. The resulting relative representation was placed on an absolute scale by using the known number of hexon polypeptides per virion. The analysis provides new information on the composition of the vertex region, which has been the subject of some controversy. Penton base was found to be present in 60 copies, distributed as pentamers at each of the 12 vertices. Three fiber monomers were associated with one penton base to form the penton complex. Polypeptide IX was present in 240 copies per virion and 12 copies per group-of-nine hexons, supporting a model proposed earlier for the distribution of this protein. The location of polypeptide IX explains the dissociation of the virus outer capsid into groups-of-nine hexons. The penton base was microheterogeneous, and the relative amounts suggest that the symmetry mismatch, which occurs within the penton complex between base and fiber, is resolved by the synthesis of penton base polypeptides from two closely spaced start codons.     

Structural and functional determinants in adenovirus type 2 penton base recombinant protein.

Discrete domains involved in structural and functional properties of adenovirus type 2 (Ad2) penton base were investigated with site-directed mutagenesis of the recombinant protein expressed in baculovirus-infected cells. Seventeen substitution mutants were generated and phenotyped for various functions in insect and human cells as follows. (i) Pentamerization of the penton base protein was found to be dependent on three amino acid side chains, the indole ring of Trp119, the hydroxylic group of Tyr553, and the basic group of Lys556. (ii) Arg254, Cys432, and Trp439, the stretch of basic residues at positions 547 to 556, and Arg340 of the RGD motif played a critical role in stable fiber-penton base interactions in vivo. (iii) Nuclear localization of penton base in Sf9 cells was negatively affected in mutants W119H or W165H, and, to a lesser extent, by substitutions in the consensus polybasic signal at positions 547 to 549. (iv) Penton base mutants were also assayed for HeLa cell binding, cell detachment, plasmid DNA internalization, and Ad-mediated gene delivery. The results obtained suggested that the previously identified integrin-binding motifs RGD340 and LDV287 were functionally and/or topologically related to other discrete regions which include Trp119, Trp165, Cys246, Cys432, and Trp439, all of which were involved in penton base-cell surface recognition, endocytosis, and postendocytotic steps of the virus life cycle.     

SDS-acrylamide gel electrophoresis and its application to the proteins of poliovirus- and adenovirus-infected human cells

Sensitive techniques for acrylamide gel electrophoretic analysis have been applied to animal virus systems and have proven generally useful. Estimates of the number of kinds, molecular weights and number of molecules of proteins in almost any biological sample have been made with ease. As applied to the poliovirus-HeLa cell system they reveal four major proteins in the virion and at least ten additional proteins in the infected cell. Some of the intracellular and particulate proteins undergo cleavage reactions following a unique translation in which the genome is apparently translated in toto as one large polypeptide of molecular weight greater than 200,000 daltons. The splits occur at three levels: (a) during synthesis; (b) at intermediate stages; and (c) co-incident with maturation. In vitro studies on protein synthesis, RNA synthesis and virus assembly have substantiated and extended the in vivo observations. The structure of the adenovirion has been established in detail. Hexon, penton base, fiber and core polypeptides and certain relevant subviral structures have been identified. Nearly all of the proteins synthesized in the infected cells after 20 hours are viral. The major structural antigens (hexon and penton) predominate and are made in 10 to 50 fold excess but the internal core polypeptides are not produced in great excess. Studies on the synthesis of polypeptides and their assembly into morphological subunits and virions show that hexon and penton polypeptides are made in about four and two minutes respectively on cytoplasmic polyribosomes, that morphological subunits are formed within five minutes of synthesis of protein, and that there is a delay of greater than one half hour for entry of hexons into virions.     

Three-dimensional structures of the A, B, and C capsids of rhesus monkey rhadinovirus: insights into gammaherpesvirus capsid assembly, maturation, and DNA packaging

Rhesus monkey rhadinovirus (RRV) exhibits high levels of sequence homology to human gammaherpesviruses, such as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, and grows to high titers in cell cultures, making it a good model system for studying gammaherpesvirus capsid structure and assembly. We have purified RRV A, B, and C capsids, thus for the first time allowing direct structure comparisons by electron cryomicroscopy and three-dimensional reconstruction. The results show that the shells of these capsids are identical and are each composed of 12 pentons, 150 hexons, and 320 triplexes. Structural differences were apparent inside the shells and through the penton channels. The A capsid is empty, and its penton channels are open. The B capsid contains a scaffolding core, and its penton channels are closed. The C capsid contains a DNA genome, which is closely packaged into regularly spaced density shells (25 A apart), and its penton channels are open. The different statuses of the penton channels suggest a functional role of the channels during capsid maturation, and the overall structural similarities of RRV capsids to alphaherpesvirus capsids suggest a common assembly and maturation pathway. The RRV A capsid reconstruction at a 15-A resolution, the best achieved for gammaherpesvirus particles, reveals overall structural similarities to alpha- and betaherpesvirus capsids. However, the outer regions of the capsid, including densities attributed to the Ta triplex and the small capsomer-interacting protein (SCIP or ORF65), exhibit prominent differences from their structural counterparts in alphaherpesviruses. This structural disparity suggests that SCIP and the triplex, together with tegument and envelope proteins, confer structural and potentially functional specificities to alpha-, beta-, and gammaherpesviruses.     

Model of the trimeric fiber and its interactions with the pentameric penton base of human adenovirus by cryo-electron microscopy

Adenovirus invades host cells by first binding to host receptors through a trimeric fiber, which contains three domains: a receptor-binding knob domain, a long flexible shaft domain, and a penton base-attachment tail domain. Although the structure of the knob domain associated with a portion of the shaft has been solved by X-ray crystallography, the in situ structure of the fiber in the virion is not known; thus, it remains a mystery how the trimeric fiber attaches to its underlying pentameric penton base. By high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy, we have determined the structure of the human adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) to 3.6-Å resolution and have reported the full atomic models for its capsid proteins, but not for the fiber whose density cannot be directly interpreted due to symmetry mismatch with the penton base. Here, we report the determination of the Ad5 fiber structure and its mode of attachment to the pentameric penton base by using an integrative approach of multi-resolution filtering, homology modeling, computational simulation of mismatched symmetries, and fitting of atomic models into cryo-electron microscopy density maps. Our structure reveals that the interactions between the trimeric fiber and the pentameric penton base are mediated by a hydrophobic ring on the top surface of the penton base and three flexible tails inserted into three of the five available grooves formed by neighboring subunits of penton base. These interaction sites provide the molecular basis for the symmetry mismatch and can be targeted for optimizing adenovirus for gene therapy applications.