Polypeptide composition of flacherie viruses of the silkworm

The purified flacherie viruses of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, (FVS I, FVS II, FVS III, and FVS IV) were iodinated by using chloramine-T. The iodinated FVSes were purified by sucrose density gradient centrifugation or 2.4% polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. FVS IV was found in the sedimentation analysis of FVS I, FVS II, and FVS IV. Electrophoretic patterns of FVS IV showed that it was a mixture of components having identical mobilities with FVS I, EVS IIa, and FVS IIb. FVS IV was a decomposed particle of FVS I, FVS II, and/or FVS III. All of these particles contained three polypeptides with molecular weights of about 51,000, 31,000, and 12,000 daltons. FVS I composed of six polypeptides with molecular weights of 67,000, 51,000, 39,000, 31,000, 14,000, and 12,000 daltons. The maturation process of FVS I was discussed and was suggested as the following process, FVS IIb→FVS IIa→FVS I. It is not clear whether FVS III is an intermediate for FVS IIa to convert into FVS I, or FVS III is a decomposed particle of FVS I.     

Determination of the absolute hand of the helix in the nucleocapsid of haemagglutinating virus (Japan)

The basic hand of the helix of the nucleocapsid of haemagglutinating virus (Japan) was determined to be left-handed from observation of serrated-smooth asymmetry in tilted specimens examined in the electron microscope according to Finch's (1972) technique. Absolute determination of the helical hand was made by comparison with a tilted model of the virus nucleocapsid and by comparing this with the helical sense of the tobacco mosaic virus particle determined by the same method.The left-handed sense of the helix in the nucleocapsid was recognized by examination of cases showing opened-out turns of the helices. Under these conditions the far side of the particle was found to be contrasted predominantly. These conditions are discussed.     

马铃薯卷叶病毒的提纯

本文提出了一个应用液氮冷冻,一步提取,蔗糖垫层差速离心,Sephadex G-200柱层析以及蔗糖密度梯度离心法纯化马铃薯卷叶病毒的程序,改进后的马铃薯卷叶病毒提纯方法,使病毒产量达到1.18mg/kg酸浆组织,病毒提取物纯度比差速离心者更高,20％蔗糖垫层差速离心能够更加有效地去除宿主细胞成份,纯化病毒的OD260/280,260/240比值分别达到1.77和1.43。     

登革2型PrM基因的重组病毒对不同型别登革病毒复制的阻断作用

观察登革 2型PrM基因的pSFV重组甲病毒抗该型病毒的作用 ,进一步探讨登革 2型PrM基因的这种重组病毒对其它 3个血清型登革病毒复制的阻断作用 .采用体外转录和电穿孔 ,分别将构建的含正、反义PrM基因的重组质粒DNA和辅助载体DNA转录成RNA ,然后将这两种RNA共转染BHK细胞 ,进而包装成重组病毒颗粒 .再将激活的重组病毒感染细胞 ,分别用不同型病毒进行攻击 .然后通过免疫荧光法 ,观察对登革病毒复制的阻断作用 .结果表明 ,含登革 2型PrM基因的重组病毒不仅可阻断登革 2型病毒的复制 ,同样具有抑制其他 3个型病毒复制的能力 ,且抗登革 1、4型病毒的复制作用强于抗登革 3型病毒的作用 .用 10 3 TCID50 剂量的登革病毒攻击 ,含反义PrM基因的重组病毒可完全阻断登革 1、3、4型病毒的复制 .但含正义PrM基因的重组病毒对登革 3型病毒的复制不能完全阻断 .为探讨登革病毒防治新途径奠定了基础     

Target Cells of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Directed to the Individual Structural Proteins of Rabies Virus

Target cells of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) directed to the individual structural proteins (except for the large polymerase (L) protein) of rabies virus were established by expressing only the respective protein in murine neuroblastoma (NA) and murine macrophage (J774-1) cell lines. Mice infected with the ERA strain of rabies virus developed CTL responses to all of these rabies virus proteins. The cytotoxic activity was abrogated by pretreatment of the effector cells with anti-CD8 monoclonal antibody (MAb) and complement but not with anti-CD4 MAb. Cell lysis by CTL was blocked in the presence of anti-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class 1 antibodies in J774-1 cell lines. Rabies virus-infected cells express these proteins at the surface, which can be recognized and lysed by the respective CTL. Mice immunized with β-propiolactone-inactivated virus induced a CTL response against glycoprotein but not against internal viral components. This assay system might be useful for further analysis of the possible contribution of these proteins in the cell-mediated immune protection against rabies.     

麻疹病毒融合蛋白(F)和血凝素(HA)在痘苗病毒中的表达

将麻疹病毒F和HA基因插入到痘苗病毒中,分别处于痘苗启动子P7.5与P11控制下,获得重组病毒vLmF和vCmH。用抗F多肽抗体和HA单抗进行ELISA检测,结果表明,两株重组病毒均能表达相应的麻疹蛋白。蛋白印迹显示重组病毒表达产物在分子大小,蛋白切割和糖化方面与麻疹病毒糖蛋白一致。两株重组病毒分别免疫家兔都能产生较高滴度的麻疹抗体,这些抗体具有中和作用和血溶抑制作用。此外,vCmH产生的抗体还具有血凝抑制作用。     

Particle-based analysis elucidates the real retention capacities of virus filters and enables optimal virus clearance study design with evaluation systems of diverse virological characteristics

In virus clearance study (VCS) design, the amount of virus loaded onto the virus filters (VF) must be carefully controlled. A large amount of virus is required to demonstrate sufficient virus removal capability; however, too high a viral load causes virus breakthrough and reduces log reduction values. We have seen marked variation in the virus removal performance for VFs even with identical VCS design. Understanding how identical virus infectivity, materials and operating conditions can yield such different results is key to optimizing VCS design. The present study developed a particle number-based method for VCS and investigated the effects on VF performance of discrepancies between apparent virus amount and total particle number of minute virus of mice. Co-spiking of empty and genome-containing particles resulted in a decrease in the virus removal performance proportional to the co-spike ratio. This suggests that empty particles are captured in the same way as genome-containing particles, competing for retention capacity. In addition, between virus titration methods with about 2.0 Log₁₀ difference in particle-to-infectivity ratios, there was a 20-fold decrease in virus retention capacity limiting the throughput that maintains the required LRV (e.g., 4.0), calculated using infectivity titers. These findings suggest that ignoring virus particle number in VCS design can cause virus overloading and accelerate filter breakthrough. This article asserts the importance of focusing on virus particle number and discusses optimization of VCS design that is unaffected by virological characteristics of evaluation systems and adequately reflect the VF retention capacity.     

高效价甘薯羽状斑驳病毒抗血清的制备

用嫁接方法将甘薯羽状斑驳病毒（ＳＰＦＭＶ）接种到Ｉ．ｓｅｔｏｓａ上扩繁,以０．２ｍｏｌ／ＬｐＨ７．２ＰＢＫ缓冲液、垫层差速离心、蔗糖密度梯度离心提取纯化ＳＰＦＭＶ。纯化的ＳＰＦＭＶＯＤ２６０／２８０的比值为１．２５。将纯化的ＳＰＦＭＶ免疫家兔制备抗血清,在环状沉淀和微量沉淀试验中,用提纯病毒测定抗血清的效价均为１：４０９６;以ＳＰＦＭＶ－ＩｇＧ为第一抗体,应用Ｄｏｔ－ＥＬＩＳＡ对甘薯和Ｉ．ｓｅｌｏｓａ叶片中的ＳＰＦＭＶ分别作了测定。     

植物源病毒抑制剂的研究进展

天然植物提取的活性物质对植物病毒有明显的抑制作用,已经成为当今植物病毒防治的重点。对植物源病毒抑制的活性物质及作用机理的研究现状进行了综述,并将外来入侵生物用以提取病毒抑制剂的相关生物技术提出了展望。     

Activation of latent virus infections in larvae of Adoxophyes orana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Barathra brassicae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by foreign polyhedra

The number of larvae containing polyhedra increased when larvae of Adoxophyes orana and Barathra brassicae were fed on polyhedra of nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) of the reciprocal species. Comparison of restriction endonuclease EcoRI cleavage patterns of DNA isolated from polyhedra used as inocula and from polyhedra obtained after cross-inoculation showed that cross infection did not occur. The observations indicate that latent viruses were activated in both insects. Activation of the A. orana latent NPV with polyhedra of a cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (CPV) of B. brassicae, and cross-inoculation with an extract prepared from healthy larvae indicated that an activating agent does not have to be a component of nuclear polyhedra.     

马铃薯Y病毒pipo基因的分子变异及结构特征分析

为揭示马铃薯Y病毒(Potato virus Y, PVY) pipo基因的分子变异和结构特征, 文章根据文献报道的马铃薯Y病毒属(Potyvirus) pipo 基因保守区序列设计一对简并引物, 从感染PVY的马铃薯病叶中克隆获得pipo基因的cDNA全长序列, 分析其核苷酸序列和氨基酸序列的特征, 并基于氨基酸序列使用贝叶斯法重建了Potyvirus的系统发育树。结果显示：20个PVY分离物成功扩增出预期大小(约235 bp)的特异性片段, 其核苷酸序列与已报道的其它PVY 株系的pipo基因核苷酸序列一致性均在92%以上; 5′端均含有典型的G1-2A6-7 基序(motif), 无碱基插入/缺失, 所有的核苷酸变异都是碱基置换, 共发现13个多态性位点, 其中4个简约信息位点, 9个单一变异位点, 表明该基因高度保守, 但不同分离物也存在一定的分子变异; PIPO蛋白理论等电点11.26~11.62, 无信号肽和跨膜区, 是可溶的亲水性蛋白; 整个蛋白含有3个保守区, 其中位于10~59aa的基序最为保守。该蛋白主要定位于线粒体中, 可能是线粒体导肽。系统发育分析结果显示, 源于PVY不同株系优先相聚成簇, 而向日葵褪绿斑驳病毒(Sunflower chlorotic mottle virus, SuCMoV)与辣椒重花叶病毒(Pepper severe mosaic virus, PepSMV)的亲缘关系较PVY相比更近, 与前人的结果相一致, 表明PIPO蛋白可以作为研究Potyvirus系统发育关系的新的分子标记。     

我国分离的XJ-90260病毒鉴定为西方马脑炎病毒

XJ－90260病毒是从新疆乌苏县境内采集的赫坎按蚊中分离到的一株病毒,病毒的鉴定结果显示：XJ－90260病毒可引起BHK－21细胞病变,表现为圆缩,脱落;可引起Vero细胞病变,表现为圆缩,破碎,脱落;可以在C6／36细胞中增殖,但不引起细胞病变。对3日龄小白鼠2－3天致死,对3周龄小白鼠3－4天致死。该病毒株对酸、乙醚敏感,抵抗5－氟脱氧尿苷。病毒与甲病毒组特异性免疫腹水起反应,与乙型脑炎病毒及布尼亚病毒组特异性免疫腹水不反应。进一步的分子生物学鉴定表明,该毒株基因组3′非编码区（ntranslated region,UTR）核苷酸序列具有典型的西方马脑炎病毒特征,与标准西方马脑炎病毒的首次报导,有重要的流行病学意义。我国9省区,886份血清的流行病学调查显示,该病毒抗体阳性血清24份,阳性率为2.71%。其中新疆（8／157）,河南（6／76）、甘肃（5／94）三省区抗体阳性数较多,占总阳性数的79.2%(19/24)。     

A dynamic model for induced reactivation of latent virus

We develop a deterministic mathematical model to describe reactivation of latent virus by chemical inducers. This model is applied to the reactivation of latent KSHV in BCBL-1 cell cultures with butyrate as the inducing agent. Parameters for the model are first estimated from known properties of the exponentially growing, uninduced cell cultures. Additional parameters that are necessary to describe induction are determined from fits to experimental data from the literature. Our initial model provides good agreement with two independent sets of experimental data, but also points to the need for a new class of experiments which are required for further understanding of the underlying mechanisms.     

RNA metabolism of murine leukemia virus: detection of virus-specific RNA sequences in infected and uninfected cells and identification of virus-specific messenger RNA

Virus-specific RNA sequences were detected in mouse cells infected with murine leukemia virus by hybridization with radioactively labeled DNA complementary to Moloney murine leukemia virus RNA. The DNA was synthesized in vitro using the endogenous virion RNA-dependent DNA polymerase and the DNA product was characterized by size and its ability to protect radioactive viral RNA. Virus-specific RNA sequences were found in two lines of leukemia virus-infected cells (JLS-V11 and SCRF 60A) and also in an uninfected line (JLS-V9). Approximately 0.3% of the cytoplasmic RNA in JLS-VII cells was virus-specific and 0.9% of SCRF 60A cell RNA was virus-specific. JLS-V9 cells contained approximately tenfold less virus-specific RNA than infected JLS-VII cells. Moloney leukemia virus DNA completely annealed to JLS-VII or SCRF 60A RNA but only partial annealing was observed with JLS-V9 RNA. This difference is ascribed to non-homologies between the RNA sequences of Moloney virus and the endogenous virus of JLS-V9 cells.Virus-specific RNA was found to exist in infected cells in three major size classes: 60–70 S RNA, 35 S RNA and 20–30 S RNA. The 60–70 S RNA was apparently primarily at the cell surface, since agents which remove material from the cell surface were effective in removing a majority of the 60–70 S RNA. The 35 S and 20–30 S RNA is relatively unaffected by these procedures. Sub-fractionation of the cytoplasm indicated that approximately 35% of the cytoplasmic virus-specific RNA in infected cells is contained in the membrane-bound material. The membrane-bound virus-specific RNA consists of some residual 60–70 S RNA and 35 S RNA, but very little 20–30 S RNA. Virus-specific messenger RNA was identified in polyribosome gradients of infected cell cytoplasm. Messenger RNA was differentiated from other virus-specific RNAs by the criterion that virus-specific messenger RNA must change in sedimentation rate following polyribosome disaggregation. Two procedures for polyribosome disaggregation were used: treatment with EDTA and in vitro incubation of polyribosomes with puromycin in conditions of high ionic strength. As identified by this criterion, the virus-specific messenger RNA appeared to be mostly 35 S RNA. No function for the 20–30 S was determined.     

The epizootiology of the baculovirus of the coconut palm rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) in Tonga

The incidence and distribution of the baculovirus of the coconut palm rhinoceros beetle was determined in Tongatapu, Tonga, 7 years after being first introduced. Surveys showed the virus to be spread throughout the beetle population, affecting 14.6% of breeding sites and over 84% of all adult beetles taken. Counts of damaged palms and of breeding site occupancy indicated that beetle numbers had remained at low levels. It appears that the virus has the potential for long-term control of beetle populations in these habitats.     

利用反向遗传操作技术产生ZJI株鹅源新城疫病毒

利用反向遗传操作技术,将ZJI株鹅源新城疫病毒全基因组cNDA克隆(NDV3GM122)和含该毒株NP、P及L基因的3个表达载体(pCI-NP、pCI-P与pCI-L)共转染BSR-T7/5细胞;同时,将NDV3GM122与含新城疫病毒La Sota毒株NP、P及L基因的3个表达载体(pCIneoNP、pCIneoP与pCIneoL)进行共转染。通过间接免疫荧光实验(Indiectimmunofluorescence assay,IFA)以及接种鸡胚后进行血凝(Hemagglutinin,HA)与血凝抑制(Hemagglutinininhibition,HI)试验、RT-PCR扩增和电镜观察,结果均证实全基因组cDNA克隆NDV3GM122与La Sota毒株表达载体共转染组产生了有血凝性的鹅源新城疫病毒,而NDV3GM122与ZJI株表达载体共转染组暂未检测到有血凝性的病毒。ZJI株鹅源新城疫病毒的拯救成功为对该病毒进行功能基因组研究和疫苗的研制等后续工作打下了基础。