番木瓜环斑病毒检测技术的研究

本研究在37℃条件下,以硝酸纤维素滤膜(NCM)为载体:3％酪蛋白为封闭剂、辣根过氧化物酶标记的A蛋白为酶标结合物(SPA-HRP)和以稀释100倍兔抗PRV-Ys的IgG为其工作浓度,成功地建立了检测PRV的间接Dot-ELISA。其检测灵敏度达到了较满意的ng水平。同时,本研究以PRV-Ys株系RNA作模板、oligo(dT)~(12-18)作引物、pUC19作cDNA克隆载体和以E.coli JM107作受体,采用缺口翻译(Nick Translation)方法成功地制备了pYs6 cDNA分子探针(插入片段约300bp)。其检测PRV-RNA的灵敏度达到了较理想的pg水平。     

Further Studies on a Tomato Black Ring Virus Isolate from Artichoke

An isolate of tomato black ring virus from artichoke (TBRV-A) was compared biologically, physico-chemically and serologically with three strains of the virus, i.e. TBRV-potato bouquet (TBRV-BU), TBRV-beet ringspot (TBRV-W), and TBRV-celery yellow vein (TBRV-Ce). Cytopathic effects of TBRV-A infection in C. quinoa and its relationships with two strains of artichoke Italian latent virus (AILV-S and AILV-G) were also investigated. Physical properties in vitro, sedimentation coefficients and molecular weight of protein subunits and nucleic acid species of TBRV-A were very similar to those known for TBRV. In serological tests, TBRV-A appeared more closely related to TBRV-W (SDI = 1) than to TBRV-Ce and TBRV-BU (SDI = 2–3). Finally, TBRV-A was very, distantly related to AILV-S and AILV-G (SDI = 11–12).     

Serological Strains of Tobacco Ringspot Virus Transmitted by Xiphinema americanum

Five serological strains of tobacco ringspot virus isolated from naturally infected tobacco in North Carolina, and a strain isolated from watermelon in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas were transmitted from cucumber to cucumber by mass-screened and handpicked Xiphinerna americanum from North Carolina. The Eucharis mottle strain from Peru was not transmitted, indicating that a specific strain-vector relationship may exist between the geographically isolated strains from North and South America.     

番木瓜环斑病毒弱株系保护作用的研究

本文报道了在番木瓜环斑病毒（ＰＲＶ）弱株系保护作用中,保护接种与攻击接种的深度,以及攻击接种的部位等因素对ＨＡ５－１弱株系保护作用效果的影响结果。通过分析弱株系和强株系在保护接种后攻毒的植株体内的病毒浓度,表明ＨＡ５－１弱株系对Ｓｍ株系的保护作用的崩溃是由于强株系在植株顶端叶片听病毒浓度越来越高所致。本文还就ＰＲＶ弱株系在田间的应用技术作了一些讨论。     

Ingestion,Retention, and Transmission of two Strains of Raspberry Ring-spot Virus by Longidorus macrosoma

The transmission of two strains of raspberry ringspot virus (RRV) by small numbers of nematodes was compared. A strain of RRV from Scotland (RRV-S), originally found in the field associated with Longidorus elongatus, was transmitted frequently by L. elongatus but only once by L. macrosoma. A strain from England (RRV-E) associated with L. macrosoma in the field was transmitted infrequently by each species of nematode. The reasons why L. macrosoma infected only a small proportion of bait plants with virus were investigated, and it was found that most of the nematodes tested had fed on the source plants and many had ingested virus. Most nematodes exposed to RRV-E or RRV-S had fed on the roots of the bait plants and, when thin sections were examined by electron microscope, had retained particles (thought to be those of the virus) in the region of the anterior odontostyle, Thus, most nematodes seem to have had ample opportunity to transmit virus, and the low frequency of transmission may have been due to a failure of the virus particles to be released from the site of retention or to a lack of infectivity of the virus when L. macrosoma was the vector and Petunia hybrida was the host.     

侵染番茄的黄瓜花叶病毒（CMV）株系特性的比较研究

从山东省主要番茄种植区病毒样本中分离到111个黄瓜花叶病毒(CMV)分离物,根据病毒的寄主范围和症状,初步鉴定为三个株系:番茄蕨叶株系(CMV-ToF)、番茄花叶株系(CMV-ToM)和番茄轻花叶株系(CMV-ToL)。三株系除在生物学特性存在明显差异外,其病毒粒体形态大小,电泳迁移率,病毒外壳蛋白亚基分子量、核酸组分以及病毒粒体血清学特性亦存在差别。     

Reassortment between Two Serologically Unrelated Bluetongue Virus Strains Is Flexible and Can Involve any Genome Segment

Coinfection of a cell by two different strains of a segmented virus can give rise to a “reassortant” with phenotypic characteristics that might differ from those of the parental strains. Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) segmented virus and the cause of bluetongue, a major infectious disease of livestock. BTV exists as at least 26 different serotypes (BTV-1 to BTV-26). Prompted by the isolation of a field reassortant between BTV-1 and BTV-8, we systematically characterized the process of BTV reassortment. Using a reverse genetics approach, our study clearly indicates that any BTV-1 or BTV-8 genome segment can be rescued in the heterologous “backbone.” To assess phenotypic variation as a result of reassortment, we examined viral growth kinetics and plaque sizes in in vitro experiments and virulence in an experimental mouse model of bluetongue disease. The monoreassortants generated had phenotypes that were very similar to those of the parental wild-type strains both in vitro and in vivo. Using a forward genetics approach in cells coinfected with BTV-1 and BTV-8, we have shown that reassortants between BTV-1 and BTV-8 are generated very readily. After only four passages in cell culture, we could not detect wild-type BTV-1 or BTV-8 in any of 140 isolated viral plaques. In addition, most of the isolated reassortants contained heterologous VP2 and VP5 structural proteins, while only 17% had homologous VP2 and VP5 proteins. Our study has shown that reassortment in BTV is very flexible, and there is no fundamental barrier to the reassortment of any genome segment. Given the propensity of BTV to reassort, it is increasingly important to have an alternative classification system for orbiviruses.     

Effects of Artichoke Latent Virus Infection on the Production of Artichoke Heads

Virus-free and artichoke latent virus (ALV) infected plants of ‘Brindisino’ artichoke obtained by in vitro propagation, were studied over a period of three years to evaluate the effect of ALV infection on artichoke field performance and to determine the infection rate of healthy plants. ALV infection caused qualitative and quantitative changes ‘Brindisino’ artichoke such as leaf and bract discoloration, opening of head apex, delay of first harvest, shortening of head stalk, reduction of head width and a dramatic decrease of yield. Due to the high infection rate of healthy plants during the trial period, the differences in the production of heads between the two groups of plants decreased in the last year of experiment.     

互补DNA杂交分析和血清学方法对香石竹环斑病毒分离物的研究

在联帮德国奥卡河中分离到一种病毒分离物(W),通过鉴别寄主反应的测定,病毒粒子的电子显微镜观察,cDNA斑点杂交和血清学的研究,鉴定出这一病毒分离物为香石竹环斑病毒。其外壳蛋白亚基的分子量为3.8×10~4。cDNA吸印转移杂交分析表明,香石竹环斑病毒的两个RNA组份(RNA~1、RNA_2)之间没有核苷酸序列同源性。RNA_1和RNA_2分别由3.7和1.5仟碱基组成。     

植物组织粗汁液中的番木瓜环斑病毒的ELISA检测技术

本研究建立和改进了检测番木瓜和西葫芦组织粗汁液里的番木瓜环斑病毒（ＰＲＶ）的ＤＡＣ－ＥＬＩＳＡ法和Ｄｏｔ－ＥＬＩＳＡ法。用不同的ＥＬＩＳＡ方法来检测不同寄主植物粗汁液里的ＰＲＶ,其所用的合适的制备粗汁液的缓冲液是不同的。用ＤＡＣ－ＥＬＩＳＡ法检测西葫芦粗汁液时,以０．５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ磷酸盐缓冲液（ｐＨ７．５,内含０．１ｍｏｌ／Ｌ乙二胺四乙酸二钠）为宜;而检测番木瓜粗汁液时,则还要加入０．２５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ脲。用Ｄｏｔ－ＥＬＩＳＡ法检测时,在上述磷酸盐缓冲液中加入２％聚乙烯吡咯烷铜能提高对西葫芦粗汁液的检测效果。应用合适的制备粗汁液的缓冲液,ＤＡＣ－ＥＬＩＳＡ法和Ｄｏｔ－ＥＬＩＳＡ法的灵敏度分别提高到１／４０９６和１／１０２４（稀释度）。本研究还表明,影响ＤＡＣ－ＥＬＩＳＡ法的定过测定的主要因素是粗汁液的稀释度和包被液（０．０５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ碳酸盐缓冲液,ｐＨ９．６）的用过。在较高粗汁液稀释度和包被液的用量相同时,粗汁液里的病毒含量与ＤＡＣ－ＥＬＩＳＡ法的ＯＤ４９２ｎｍ值呈真实的线性关系。     

宁夏甜菜的烟草环斑病毒的鉴定

从宁夏患丛根病甜菜的病根中分离到一种球状病毒粒子,直径约为２８ｎｍ。提纯病毒的紫外扫描呈典型的核蛋白曲线,最大吸收为２６０ｎｍ,最小吸收为２４０ｎｍ,Ａ＿（２６０）／Ａ＿（２８０）＝１．３０。寄主范围广,能侵染茄科、豆科、藜科、葫芦科、番杏科等１７种植物。病毒的ＴＤＰ为６５℃,ＤＥＰ为１０￣（－３）,体外存活期６－７天。有较强的免疫原性。病毒的抗血清与烟草环斑病毒（ＴＲＳＶ）之间产生明显的沉淀线。经初步鉴定认为该分离物是烟草环斑病毒。     

Elimination of Apple Mosaic Virus and Raspberry Bushy Dwarf Virus from Infected Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) by Tissue Culture

Experiments with ApMV infected ‘Malling Landmark’ and RBDV infected ‘Schamp;önemannamp;’ and ‘Trentamp;’ plants were carried out to evaluate a) the dependence of virus eradication on explant size and mass propagation. b) the reliability of results of ELISA tests on in vitro plantlets. With ApMV a correlation between virus elimination and explant size was observed, whereas with RBDV even plantlets from the smallest established explants were still infected. With ApMV, in vitro multiplication for three subsequent subcultures did not lead to further virus elimination, with RBDV this was observed in two cases. ELISA test results for both viruses, ApMV and RBDV, were identical when small in vitro plantlets, long-term stored plants, or potted plants from the same origin were tested, indicating that virus tests are possible with very young plant material and can be used to select virus-free plants in vitro. Tissue culture permits long-term storage of plant viruses. It is also suitable tor plant virus propagation and could be a useful aid in plant virus purification. For commercial multiplication only virus-indexed plant material should be used for establishment and further propagation in vitro.     

Preliminary Studies on Black Spot of Globe Artichoke

Studies were conducted to determine the cause of an apparently new disorder of globe artichoke ( Cynara scotymus L.) characterised by a localised black necrosis in the receptacle of the flower buds. The effects of single and mixed infections by artichoke latent potyvirus (ALV) and broad bean wilt virus – French artichoke (BBWV-FA) in buds with necrosis of three globe artichoke cultivars were studied. Virus-free plants developed diseased buds irrespective of whether the plants were 1 or 2 years old, but the presence of ALV and/or BBWV-FA significantly increased black spot occurrence on 2-year-old plants. Virus effects were dependent on cultivar, cv. Capitan being less susceptible to virus infection than cvs Camus de Bretagne and Castel. The head size of the globe artichoke was found to be related to the rate of necrosis, with a higher incidence for terminal buds.
ALV and BBWV-FA did not cause the disorder but favour its development probably by weakening plants through increased leaf transpiration. The results are discussed in relation to a possible physiological disorder exacerbated by the presence of ALV and/or BBWV-FA.     

Cloning and Sequencing of Coat Protein Gene of Papaya Ringspot Virus and Sequence Comparison of Strains of PRV-P and PRV-YS

Papaya rinspot virus (PRV) was isolated and purified from infected papaya (Carica papaya L. )leaves in Hainan Island. The first strand of cDNA was synthesized with Olig(dT)as a primer. The coat protein gene of PRV was obtained by PCR techniques with primers synthesized accoding to the DNA sequence of PRV-P. Full length of cDNA clone encoding coat protein of PRV was sequenced and analysed. The result shows that the strain of PRV we isolated contains 881 nucleotides with 287 amino acids. Sequences among several strains of PRV were compared and it indicates an over 90% homology in DNA sequence of PRV-G the strain we isolated with PRV-P and PRV-YS. Highly convered sequence was located in carboxyl end and interestingly highly variable region was in N-terminal.     

Marburg Virus Evades Interferon Responses by a Mechanism Distinct from Ebola Virus

Previous studies have demonstrated that Marburg viruses (MARV) and Ebola viruses (EBOV) inhibit interferon (IFN)-α/β signaling but utilize different mechanisms. EBOV inhibits IFN signaling via its VP24 protein which blocks the nuclear accumulation of tyrosine phosphorylated STAT1. In contrast, MARV infection inhibits IFNα/β induced tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT1 and STAT2. MARV infection is now demonstrated to inhibit not only IFNα/β but also IFNγ-induced STAT phosphorylation and to inhibit the IFNα/β and IFNγ-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of upstream Janus (Jak) family kinases. Surprisingly, the MARV matrix protein VP40, not the MARV VP24 protein, has been identified to antagonize Jak and STAT tyrosine phosphorylation, to inhibit IFNα/β or IFNγ-induced gene expression and to inhibit the induction of an antiviral state by IFNα/β. Global loss of STAT and Jak tyrosine phosphorylation in response to both IFNα/β and IFNγ is reminiscent of the phenotype seen in Jak1-null cells. Consistent with this model, MARV infection and MARV VP40 expression also inhibit the Jak1-dependent, IL-6-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT1 and STAT3. Finally, expression of MARV VP40 is able to prevent the tyrosine phosphorylation of Jak1, STAT1, STAT2 or STAT3 which occurs following over-expression of the Jak1 kinase. In contrast, MARV VP40 does not detectably inhibit the tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT2 or Tyk2 when Tyk2 is over-expressed. Mutation of the VP40 late domain, essential for efficient VP40 budding, has no detectable impact on inhibition of IFN signaling. This study shows that MARV inhibits IFN signaling by a mechanism different from that employed by the related EBOV. It identifies a novel function for the MARV VP40 protein and suggests that MARV may globally inhibit Jak1-dependent cytokine signaling.