Comparative proteome analysis of tracheal tissues in response to infectious bronchitis coronavirus,Newcastle disease virus,and avian influenza virus H9 subtype virus infection

Infectious bronchitis coronavirus (IBV), Newcastle disease virus (NDV), and avian influenza virus (AIV) H9 subtype are major pathogens of chickens causing serious respiratory tract disease and heavy economic losses. To better understand the replication features of these viruses in their target organs and molecular pathogenesis of these different viruses, comparative proteomic analysis was performed to investigate the proteome changes of primary target organ during IBV, NDV, and AIV H9 infections, using 2D‐DIGE followed MALDI‐TOF/TOF‐MS. In total, 44, 39, 41, 48, and 38 proteins were identified in the tracheal tissues of the chickens inoculated with IBV (ck/CH/LDL/97I, H120), NDV (La Sota), and AIV H9, and between ck/CH/LDL/97I and H120, respectively. Bioinformatics analysis showed that IBV, NDV, and AIV H9 induced similar core host responses involved in biosynthetic, catabolic, metabolic, signal transduction, transport, cytoskeleton organization, macromolecular complex assembly, cell death, response to stress, and immune system process. Comparative analysis of host response induced by different viruses indicated differences in protein expression changes induced by IBV, NDV, and AIV H9 may be responsible for the specific pathogenesis of these different viruses. Our result reveals specific host response to IBV, NDV, and AIVH9 infections and provides insights into the distinct pathogenic mechanisms of these avian respiratory viruses.     

Synthesis and evaluation of diterpenic Mannich bases as antiviral agents against influenza A and SARS-CoV-2

A chemical library was constructed based on the resin acids (abietic, dehydroabietic, and 12-formylabietic) and its diene adducts (maleopimaric and quinopimaric acid derivatives). The one-pot three-component CuCl-catalyzed aminomethylation of the abietane diterpenoid propargyl derivatives was carried out by formaldehyde and secondary amines (diethylamine, pyrrolidine, morpholine, and homopiperazine). All compounds were tested for cytotoxicity and antiviral activity against influenza virus A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (H1N1) in MDCK cells and SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus in BHK-21-hACE2 cells. Among 21 tested compounds, six derivatives demonstrated a selectivity index (SI) higher than 10, and their IC₅₀ values ranged from 0.19 to 5.0 μM. Moreover, two derivatives exhibited potent anti-SARS-CoV-2 infection activity. The antiviral activity and toxicity strongly depended on the nature of the diterpene core and heterocyclic substituent. Compounds 12 and 21 bearing pyrrolidine moieties demonstrated the highest virus-inhibiting activity with SIs of 128.6 and 146.8, respectively, and appeared to be most effective when added at the time points 0–10 and 1–10 h of the viral life cycle. Molecular docking and dynamics modeling were adopted to investigate the binding mode of compound 12 into the binding pocket of influenza A virus M2 protein. Compound 9 with a pyrrolidine group at C20 of 17-formylabietic acid was a promising anti-SARS-CoV-2 agent with an EC₅₀ of 10.97 µM and a good SI value > 18.2. Collectively, our data suggested the potency of diterpenic Mannich bases as effective anti-influenza and anti-COVID-19 compounds.     

2019新型冠状病毒及其诊疗与防控:回顾与展望

2019新型冠状病毒的暴发持续至今,导致了世界各地数以百万计的感染个例,更夺去了数十万人的生命。世界卫生组织在2020年2月将此病毒引起的疾病定名为2019冠状病毒病(Coronavirus disease 2019,COVID-19),而国际病毒分类委员会也将此病毒命名为SARS-Co V-2。COVID-19的典型临床症状类似感冒,少数病人可发展为重症甚至死亡。21世纪以来,人类冠状病毒有3次大暴发,分别是2003年暴发的严重急性呼吸综合征(SARS)、2012年暴发的中东呼吸综合征(MERS)和本次的新型肺炎。自2003年以来,对SARS和MERS冠状病毒的研究从未间断,对其自然起源、致病机理、药物筛选及疫苗研发等已取得一定进展。鉴于SARS-Co V-2和SARS-Co V的基因组序列高度相似,以往对SARS-Co V的研究对深入探讨SARS-Co V-2生物学特性、诊断、治疗和防控有很强的借鉴性。文中通过回顾过往的研究进展,对比SARS-Co V和SARS-Co V-2的生物学特性,分析当前亟需的防控和诊疗措施,探讨疫苗研发所面对的一些难题,并展望疫情发展趋势及对本领域研究与开发的主要挑战,冀为我国和全世界有效控制COVID-19疫情提供参考。     

Functional interrogation of a SARS-CoV-2 host protein interactome identifies unique and shared coronavirus host factors

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Genetic Screens Identify Host Factors for SARS-CoV-2 and Common Cold Coronaviruses

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可调控表达甲型流感病毒M2蛋白的哺乳动物细胞系的建立与鉴定

甲型流感病毒M2蛋白是一种具有离子通道功能的跨膜蛋白,其氨基酸序列非常保守,可用于流感通用疫苗的研究。为了构建可调控的稳定表达甲型流感病毒M2蛋白的哺乳动物细胞系,首先应用PCR方法从含有流感病毒PR8株第七节段全长基因的质粒中扩增得到M2基因。将该片段亚克隆到真核表达载体pcDNA5/FRT/TO上,用BamHⅠ和NotⅠ双酶切鉴定正确后将重组质粒与表达Flp重组酶的pOG44质粒共转染Flp-In T-REx-293细胞,使目的基因整合到宿主细胞染色体。筛选具有Hygromycin B抗性的细胞株。在该细胞的培养基中加入四环素以诱导目的基因表达,48 h后通过间接免疫荧光方法检测到M2蛋白的表达。共得到16株高表达M2蛋白的重组细胞株,这些细胞株在传10代后仍能稳定表达目的蛋白。未加四环素诱导的细胞没有检测到M2蛋白,说明四环素调控系统严格控制着目的基因的表达。今后,该细胞系可用于流感病毒M2蛋白的功能研究、流感候选疫苗的免疫学评价以及流感病毒减毒活疫苗的研制。     

Infection and Rapid Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Ferrets

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神经氨酸酶、碱性聚合酶2及非结构蛋白1影响A型流感病毒致病力的分子机制研究进展

随着研究的不断深入,血凝素(HA)之外的其他蛋白在影响A型流感病毒的致病力甚至宿主特异性方面的重要作用逐渐受到关注。本文对神经氨酸酶(NA)、碱性聚合酶2(PB2)及非结构蛋白1(NS1)的相关进展作了综述,以期进一步阐明流感病毒的致病分子基础,并藉此探讨可能的宿主范围限定因素。     

虎血清H5 亚型流感病毒抗体调查

为查明我国圈养虎群中H5 亚型流感病毒的流行情况,应用血凝抑制(HI)方法检测了1998 ～ 2009 年间采集于哈尔滨、宜昌、桂林、唐山、上海和郑州等地的309 份虎血清样品的H5 亚型流感病毒抗体效价。结果发现1998 年4 月至2002 年4 月采集的20 份血清样品全部为H5 亚型流感病毒HI 抗体阴性。在2002 年7 月至2003
年6 月采样于上海、唐山、哈尔滨的34 只虎中,有31 只曾出现过高热、抽搐和肺炎症状,其中24 只虎的血清样品H5 亚型流感病毒HI 抗体呈阳性(抗体效价1∶ 10 ～ 1∶ 320),2 只无临床症状虎也为抗体阳性。对2004 年随机采集自哈尔滨的220 份血清样品调查发现抗体阳性率可达25.9% ,其中28 只有临床高热与肺炎病史的虎中有14 只抗体呈阳性(抗体效价1∶ 10 ～1∶ 80),其余无病史的192 只虎中有43 只抗体阳性。2009 年8 月采集的35 份血清中仅有3 份H5 阳性,抗体阳性率下降为8.6% 。上述结果表明H5 亚型流感病毒能够感染虎并对圈养虎的健康构成威胁,而且其公共卫生意义更值得关注。     

Role of receptor binding specificity in influenza A virus transmission and pathogenesis

The recent emergence of a novel avian A/H7N9 influenza virus in poultry and humans in China, as well as laboratory studies on adaptation and transmission of avian A/H5N1 influenza viruses, has shed new light on influenza virus adaptation to mammals. One of the biological traits required for animal influenza viruses to cross the species barrier that received considerable attention in animal model studies, in vitro assays, and structural analyses is receptor binding specificity. Sialylated glycans present on the apical surface of host cells can function as receptors for the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) protein. Avian and human influenza viruses typically have a different sialic acid (SA)‐binding preference and only few amino acid changes in the HA protein can cause a switch from avian to human receptor specificity. Recent experiments using glycan arrays, virus histochemistry, animal models, and structural analyses of HA have added a wealth of knowledge on receptor binding specificity. Here, we review recent data on the interaction between influenza virus HA and SA receptors of the host, and the impact on virus host range, pathogenesis, and transmission. Remaining challenges and future research priorities are also discussed.     

基于人ANP32A蛋白的C型流感病毒聚合酶纯化及PB2蛋白单克隆抗体的高效制备

C型流感病毒是感染人的重要呼吸道病原,也可感染猪、狗等动物。聚合酶是C型流感病毒复制的核心,是研究病毒复制机制的重要靶标。然而目前没有商品化针对C型流感病毒聚合酶的单克隆抗体(monoclonal antibody,MAb),一定程度制约了相关研究的开展。为了制备C型流感病毒碱性聚合酶2(polymerase basic protein 2,PB2)的MAb,本研究依据人酸性核磷酸蛋白32A (human acidic nuclear phosphoprotein 32 family member A,huANP32A)与流感病毒RNA依赖性RNA聚合酶(RNA-dependent RNA polymerase,RdRp)相互作用的特性,利用免疫共沉淀技术在真核表达系统中通过融合Flag标签的huANP32A (huANP32A-Flag)纯化并富集C型流感病毒RdRp (PB1、PB2、P3),并以之作为免疫原免疫BALB/c小鼠,利用间接ELISA与Western blotting方法筛选出6株(7B11-5、8A4-5、13D9-6、8D4-1、8D4-3、9F9-4)能稳定分泌识别PB2 MAb的阳性杂交瘤细胞株。经鉴定7B11-5、8A4-5、8D4-1和8D4-3抗体亚型为IgG1型,13D9-6抗体亚型为IgG2a型,9F9-4抗体亚型为IgG3,轻链均为κ链。进一步选取1株效价高的杂交瘤细胞8D4-1来制备腹水,测定收集的小鼠腹水抗体效价为1︰ 64 000。Western blotting结果显示,制备的MAb能够与C型流感病毒PB2发生特异性免疫反应;激光共聚焦试验结果表明,该MAb可准确检测C型流感病毒PB2的亚细胞定位。本研究通过huANP32A蛋白高效富集了C型流感病毒的RdRp,并以该复合物为抗原制备的PB2 MAb具有较好的特异性,为C型流感病毒聚合酶检测、结构分析及机制研究奠定了基础。     

Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of H3N2 human influenza A viruses in Cheongju, South Korea

To investigate the genetic characteristics of human influenza viruses circulating in Chungbuk province, we tested 510 clinical samples of nasopharyngeal suction from pediatric patients diagnosed with respiratory illness between June 2007 and June 2008. Genetic characterization of the HA genes of H3N2 isolates indicated the relative higher similarity to A/Virginia/04/07 (99.6%) rather than that of A/Wisconsin/67/2005 (98.4%), a Northern Hemisphere 2007∼2008 vaccine strain, based on amino acid sequences. We found several altered amino acids at the H3 HA1 antigenic sites compared with the vaccine strain; K140I at site A, K158R at site B, and K173N (H471) or K173Q, and S262N at site E, but there was no antigenic shift among the H3N2 viruses. Interestingly, A/Cheongju/H383/08 and A/Cheongju/H407/08 isolates had single amino acid substitution at D151G on the catalytic site of the N2 NA while A/Cheongju/H412/08 and A/Cheongju/ H398/07 isolates had one amino acid deletion at residue 146. Furthermore, we found that 25% (3 out of 12 isolates) of the H3N2 subtype viruses had the amino acid substitution at position 31 on the M2 protein (Aspartic acid to Asparagine) and confirmed their drug-resistance by biological assays. Taken together, the results of this study demonstrated continuous evolutions of human H3N2 viruses by antigenic drift and also highlighted the need to closely monitor antigenic drug resistance in influenza A viruses to aid in the early detection of potentially pandemic strains, as well as underscore the need for new therapeutics.     

Synthesis of full length PB1-F2 influenza A virus proteins from 'Spanish flu' and 'bird flu'.

The proapoptotic influenza A virus PB1-F2 protein contributes to viral pathogenicity and is present in most human and avian isolates. Previous synthetic protocols have been improved to provide a synthetic full length H1N1 type PB1-F2 protein that is encoded by the 'Spanish flu' isolate and an equivalent protein from an avian host that is representative of a highly pathogenic H5N1 'bird flu' isolate, termed SF2 and BF2, respectively. Full length SF2, different mutants of BF2 and a number of fragments of these peptides have been synthesized by either the standard solid-phase peptide synthesis method or by native chemical ligation of unprotected N- and C-terminal peptide fragments. For SF2 chemical ligation made use of the histidine and the cysteine residues located in positions 41 and 42 of the native sequence, respectively, to afford a highly efficient synthesis of SF2 compared to the standard SPPS elongation method. By-product formation at the aspartic acid residue in position 23 was prevented by specific modifications of the SPPS protocol. As the native sequence of BF2 does not contain a cysteine residue two different mutants of BF2 (Y42C) and BF2 (S47C) with appropriate cysteine exchanges were produced. In addition to the full length molecules, fragments of the native sequences were synthesized for comparison of their physical characteristics with those from the H1N1 human isolate A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (H1N1). All peptides were analyzed by mass spectrometry, (1)H NMR spectroscopy, and SDS-PAGE. The protocols allow the synthesis of significant amounts of PB1-F2 and its related peptides. Copyright (c) 2008 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A型流感病毒NS1基因密码子去优化改造引起病毒毒力减弱

根据A型流感病毒密码子使用偏嗜性,选取稀有密码子对A/Puerto Rico/8/34(H1N1)病毒NS1基因内部110个氨基酸区域进行密码子同义突变改造,并全基因合成NS基因,利用反向遗传操作技术拯救出含有密码子去优化NS1基因的重组病毒(deoNS)。体外细胞噬斑形成实验和病毒生长曲线证明该病毒在MDCK细胞内的感染和复制能力比野生型病毒低约1000倍;BALB/c小鼠体内致病力实验证明deoNS病毒不能引起小鼠发病和死亡,该病毒在小鼠肺内的复制滴度比野生型病毒低100～1000倍。本研究探索了通过基因组密码子去优化改造途径降低A型流感病毒毒力的可行性,首次证明流感病毒NS1基因密码子去优化同义突变可以降低病毒毒力,为流感减毒活疫苗的研究提供了新的思路。     

Antiviral activity of Basidiomycete mycelia against influenza type A (serotype H1N1) and herpes simplex virus type 2 in cell culture

In this study, we investigated the in vitro antiviral activity of the mycelia of higher mushrooms against influenza virus type A(serotype H1N1) and herpes simplex virus type 2(HSV-2), strain BH. All 10 investigated mushroom species inhibited the reproduction of influenza virus strain A/FM/1/47(H1N1) in MDCK cells reducing the infectious titer by 2.0–6.0 lg ID50. Four species, Pleurotus ostreatus, Fomes fomentarius, Auriporia aurea, and Trametes versicolor, were also determined to be effective against HSV-2 strain BH in RK-13 cells, with similar levels of inhibition as for influenza. For some of the investigated mushroom species—Pleurotus eryngii, Lyophyllum shimeji, and Flammulina velutipes—this is the first report of an anti-influenza effect. This study also reports the first data on the medicinal properties of A. aurea, including anti-influenza and antiherpetic activities. T. versicolor 353 mycelium was found to have a high therapeutic index(324.67), and may be a promising material for the pharmaceutical industry as an anti-influenza and antiherpetic agent with low toxicity. Mycelia with antiviral activity were obtained in our investigation by bioconversion of agricultural wastes(amaranth flour after CO2 extraction), which would reduce the cost of the final product and solve some ecological problems.     

Incidence of amantadine-resistant influenza A viruses in sentinel surveillance sites and nursing homes in Niigata, Japan

We surveyed the incidence of amantadine-resistant influenza A viruses both at sentinel surveillance sites and at nursing homes, and verified their types of change by partial nucleotide sequence analysis of the M2 protein. Fifty-five influenza A viruses from 27 sentinel surveillance sites during six influenza seasons from 1993 to 1999, and 26 influenza A viruses from 5 nursing homes from 1996 to 1999 were examined for susceptibility to the drug by virus titration in the presence or absence of amantadine. While amantadine-resistant viruses were not found in sentinel surveillance sites, a high frequency of resistance (8/26, 30.8%) in nursing homes was observed. Resistant viruses can occur quickly and be transmitted when used in an outbreak situation at nursing homes, where amantadine is used either for neurologic indications or for influenza treatment. Eight resistant viruses had a single amino acid change of the M2 protein at residue 30 or 31. In vitro, all 11 sensitive viruses turned resistant after 3 or 5 passages in the presence of 2 microg/ml amantadine, and they showed an amino acid change at residue 27, 30, or 31. The predominant amino acid substitution in the M2 protein of resistant viruses is Ser-31-Asp (a change at 31, serine to asparagine). The results indicate that a monitoring system for amantadine-resistant influenza viruses should be established without delay in Japan.     

Effect of clinical isolate or cleavage site mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein on protein stability,cleavage, and cell–cell fusion

The trimeric severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein (S) is the sole viral protein responsible for both viral binding to a host cell and the membrane fusion event needed for cell entry. In addition to facilitating fusion needed for viral entry, S can also drive cell–cell fusion, a pathogenic effect observed in the lungs of SARS-CoV-2–infected patients. While several studies have investigated S requirements involved in viral particle entry, examination of S stability and factors involved in S cell–cell fusion remain limited. A furin cleavage site at the border between the S1 and S2 subunits (S1/S2) has been identified, along with putative cathepsin L and transmembrane serine protease 2 cleavage sites within S2. We demonstrate that S must be processed at the S1/S2 border in order to mediate cell–cell fusion and that mutations at potential cleavage sites within the S2 subunit alter S processing at the S1/S2 border, thus preventing cell–cell fusion. We also identify residues within the internal fusion peptide and the cytoplasmic tail that modulate S-mediated cell–cell fusion. In addition, we examined S stability and protein cleavage kinetics in a variety of mammalian cell lines, including a bat cell line related to the likely reservoir species for SARS-CoV-2, and provide evidence that proteolytic processing alters the stability of the S trimer. This work therefore offers insight into S stability, proteolytic processing, and factors that mediate S cell–cell fusion, all of which help give a more comprehensive understanding of this high-profile therapeutic target.