Complete Genome Analysis of Three Live Attenuated Rinderpest Virus Vaccine Strains Derived through Serial Passages in Different Culture Systems

The genomes of three South Korean Rinderpest virus vaccine strains (L72, LA77, and LA96) were analyzed in order to investigate their genetic variability. These three vaccine strains were all derived from the same virus strain origin (Fusan) through repeated passages in different culture systems. The full genome length of the three strains was 15,882 nucleotides, and the sequence similarity between the three South Korean RPV strains at the nucleotide level was 98.1 to 98.9%. The genetic distance between Nakamura III, L72, LA77, LA96, and LATC06 and the Kabete strain was greater than that between the Fusan and Kabete strains for the P, V, and C genes. The difference in pathogenicity among these strains might be due to the V gene, which has a positive (>1) selection ratio based on the analysis of synonymous (dS) and nonsynonymous (dN) substitution rates (dN/dS ratio [ω]).     

Nucleotide sequence of the 30K protein cistron of cowpea strain of tobacco mosaic virus

The nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNA copies of cowpea strain of tobacco mosaic virus RNA including the 30K protein cistron was determined. The 30K protein cistron was located at residue 676-1,527 from the 3' end of the genomic RNA. The 30K protein was composed of 282 amino acid residues and was basic, similar to the 30K protein of common strain OM. However, homology of the amino acid sequences between the two strains was only 27%.     

猪流行性腹泻病毒CH/JL毒株S基因的克隆、序列分析及线性抗原表位区的鉴定

以猪流行性腹泻病毒CH/JL毒株的RNA为模板,通过RT-PCR扩增获得的3个相互重叠的cDNA克隆覆盖了S基因,序列比对结果表明:PEDV CH/JL株S基因与CV777、Brl/87、JS、KPEDV和Chinju99毒株S基因核苷酸序列的同源性分别为96.97%、96.87%、96.41%、94.02%和93.93%,氨基酸序列的同源性分别为96.17%、95.88%、96.10%、92.36%和92.05%;分子进化树分析结果显示,PEDV CH/JL株S基因与JS毒株S基因亲缘关系最近,处于同一群。利用DNAstar Protean程序预测了PEDV CH/JL株S蛋白一个抗原表位区(83~276aa),将其克隆到原核表达载体pGEX-6p-1后转化E.coliBL21(DE3)感受态细胞,在终浓度1.0mmol/L的IPTG诱导下获得了表达,Western blot结果显示,预测的抗原表位区GST融合蛋白能与猪流行性腹泻病毒多克隆抗血清反应,提示该抗原表位区含有线性抗原表位。     

The Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Odontoglossum Ringspot Virus (Cy-1 Strain) Genomic RNA

The complete nucleotide sequence of the genomic RNA of odontoglossum ringspot virus Cy-1 strain (ORSV Cy-1) was determined using cloned cDNA. This sequence is 6611 nucleotides long containing four open reading frames, which correspond to 126 K, 183 K, 31 K, and 18 K proteins. Its genomic organization is similar to other tobamoviruses, TMV-V(vulgare), TMV-L (tomato strain), tobacco mild green mosaic virus (TMGMV) and cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV). The 5′ non-coding regions of ORSV Cy-1 is 62 nucleotides. The ORFs encoded a 126 K polypeptide and a 183 K read-through product in which helicase-sequence and polymerase-sequence motifs are found. The ORFs encoding the 126 K and 183 K proteins have 61% and 63% identities with those of TMV-V. The third ORF encoded a 31 K protein homologous to TMV cell-to-cell movement protein. It has 63% identities with that of TMV-V. The fourth ORF encoded an 18 K coat protein. The 5′ non-coding region, which extends from base 1 to 62 has 2 G residues and a ribosome binding site (AUU). The 3′ non-coding region, 414 nucleotides in length, is entirely different from that of other tobamoviruses.     

Nucleotide sequence analysis of cDNA encoding the coat protein of cucumber mosaic virus: genome organization and molecular features of the protein

The cDNA sequence coding for the coat protein of cucumber mosaic virus (Japanese Y strain) was cloned, and its nucleotide sequence was determined. The sequence contains an open reading frame that encodes the coat protein composed of 218 amino acids. The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the coat protein of this strain were compared with those of the Q strain; the homologies of the sequences were 78% and 81%, respectively. Further study of the sequences gave an insight into the genome organization and the molecular features of the coat protein. The coding region can be divided into three characteristic regions. The N-terminal region has conserved features in the positively charged structure, the hydropathy pattern and the predicted secondary structure, although the amino acid sequence is varied mainly due to frameshift mutations. It is noteworthy that the positions of arginine residues in this region are highly conserved. Both the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the central region are well conserved. The amino acid sequence of the C-terminal region is not conserved, because of frameshift mutations, however, the total number of amino acids is conserved. The nucleotide sequence of the 3'-noncoding region is divergent, but it could form a tRNA-like structure similar to those reported for other viruses. Detailed investigation suggests that the Y and Q strains are evolutionarily distant.     

新城疫病毒融合蛋白基因部分序列分析

Ｆ蛋白是ＮＤＶ中具有抗原性的两种表面糖蛋白之一,通过ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ,克隆了速发现ＮＤＶ中国株Ｆ４８Ｅ８的Ｆ基因,比较分析Ｆ４８Ｅ８,ＡＵＳ和ＩＴＡ等速发型株系Ｆ基因的Ｎ端结构,氨基酸同源性分别达９５％和９３．６％,变化主要集中于信号肽区,成熟蛋白质的同源性极高。该基因的克隆为研制ＮＤＶ的基因工程疫苗打下基础。     

辽宁省2008～2011年流行性腮腺炎野病毒SH蛋白基因特征分析

本研究用Vero/Slam细胞从辽宁省2008～2011年流行性腮腺炎暴发和散发患者的临床标本中分离到13株流行性腮腺炎野病毒(Mumps virus,MuV),应用逆转录-聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)针对MuV分离株的SH基因的316个核苷酸片段进行扩增,并对该产物进行序列测定。将这13株MuV与从GenBank下载的世界卫生组织(WHO)MuV基因型参考株一起进行分子流行病学研究。结果提示:除2011-015株外,辽宁省2008～2011年12株MuV分离株均属于F基因型,核苷酸和氨基酸同源性为94.9%～100%和83.3%～100%。与F基因型参考株序列相比,核苷酸和氨基酸同源性分别为92.4%～97.2%和96.5%～84.2%。表明2008～2011年辽宁省流行的F基因型MuV发生较大的型内变异。另外还发现F基因型MuV在SH基因上存在着特异性突变(CNt65,CNt105,G Nt137,C Nt192,C Nt239,GNT262),而其它基因型MuV在这些位点上均未发生改变。F基因型MuV在SH基因编码的氨基酸保守位点也发生变化。如:第2位上由S→P,第6位上由P→L,第23位上由T→N,第48位上由L→P/R。与基因分型有关的氨基酸三联体,2008-01-007毒株也发生了改变,由IML变为TMP。2011-015株病毒与F基因型参考株平均核苷酸和氨基酸同源性分别为87.5%和79.8%,与G型参考株平均核苷酸和氨基酸同源性分别为96.8%和97.4%,属于G基因型。该基因型为中国内地首次发现。     

Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of the 30K and the coat protein cistron of TMV (tomato strain) genome.

The cDNA copies of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)-tomato strain (L) genome were cloned by the method of Okayama and Berg (Mol. Cell. Biol. 2, 161-170. (1982)) and the sequence of 1,614 nucleotides at the 3' end was determined. The sequence encompasses the 30K and the coat protein cistron which are located in residues 685-1, 479 and 203-682 from the 3' end of the genome respectively. The close relationship between the tomato and the common strain was shown on the level of the nucleotide sequence. Highly homologous regions are found in the 3' non-coding region, the assembly origin and the 5' flanking region of the 30K protein cistron. The comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence between the tomato and the common strain shows that the 30K protein is composed of the conserved N-terminal four-fifth and the highly divergent region near the C-terminus.     

Cloning and Characterization of the Genomic RNA Sequence of the Mumps Virus Strain Associated with a High Incidence of Aseptic Meningitis

cDNA clones of the mumps virus wild-type strain, associated with a high incidence of aseptic meningitis (ODATE-1 strain), were isolated and analyzed from genomic nucleotide position 22 to 8520 containing the NP, P, M., F, SH and HN protein coding region. The ODATE-1 strain exhibited a RFLP profile identical to that of the Urabe vaccine strain in spite of the fact that the virus was isolated from non-vaccinated cases. However, a comparison of nucleotide and amino acid sequences among the ODATE-1 strain, Urabe strain and Miyahara strain revealed that the ODATE-1 strain was not related to the Urabe strain.     

Naturally occurring human parainfluenza type 3 viruses exhibit divergence in amino acid sequence of their fusion protein neutralization epitopes and cleavage sites.

Many human parainfluenza type 3 virus (PIV3) strains isolated from children with respiratory illness are resistant to neutralization by monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) which recognize epitopes in antigenic site A or B of the fusion (F) protein of the prototype 1957 PIV3 strain. The F protein genes of seven PIV3 clinical isolates were sequenced to determine whether their neutralization-resistant phenotypes were associated with specific differences in amino acids which are recognized by neutralizing MAbs. Several clinical strains which were resistant to neutralization by site A or B MAbs had amino acid differences at residues 398 or 73, respectively. These specific changes undoubtedly account for the neutralization-resistant phenotype of these isolates, since identical substitutions at residues 398 or 73 in MAb-selected escape mutants confer resistance to neutralization by site A or B MAbs. The existence of identical changes in naturally occurring and MAb-selected neutralization-resistant PIV3 strains raises the possibility that antigenically different strains may arise by immune selection during replication in partially immune children. Three of the seven clinical strains examined had differences in their F protein cleavage site sequence. Whereas the prototype PIV3 strain has the cleavage site sequence Arg-Thr-Lys-Arg, one clinical isolate had the sequence Arg-Thr-Arg-Arg and two isolates had the sequence Arg-Thr-Glu-Arg. The different cleavage site sequences of these viruses did not affect their level of replication in either continuous simian or bovine kidney cell monolayers (in the presence or absence of exogenous trypsin or plasmin) or in the upper or lower respiratory tract of rhesus monkeys. We conclude that two nonconsecutive basic residues within the F protein cleavage site are sufficient for efficient replication of human PIV3 in primates.     

FMDV OH99株基因组全序列的测定及其基因特征研究

采用RT-PCR方法对FMDV OH99株基因组全序列进行了分子克隆与测序。结果表明OH99株基因组全基因组序列长8040nt,其中5’NCR长1026nt,前导蛋白(L)编码区长603nt。该毒株结构蛋白与非结构蛋白编码区的核苷酸序列为6318nt,3’NCR长93nt,其后是poly(A)尾巴,测序结果表明该结构至少含有56个A。应用分子生物学软件,将OH99株与其它参考毒株进行了序列比较,并对其基因特征、推导的氨基酸序列进行了研究分析。结果显示,在分类地位上OH99株归属于O型FMDV,与OTY TW／97具有较高的同源性,而与其他参考毒株的差异性比较大,而且在基因组功能未知区域和3A编码区域具有两处明显的基因片段缺失现象,其中3A编码区缺失30nt,与OTY TW/97株相同,但功能未知区域的缺失状况与OTY TW／97稍有差异。根据VP1基因序列,对OH99株与参考毒株进行了系统发生树分析,分析结果表明OH99株与0TY TW／97株在同一基因型内,其遗传关系最近,而与其毒株遗传关系较远。     

Low titers of measles antibody in mothers whose infants suffered from measles before eligible age for measles vaccination

Background

Mink enteritis virus (MEV) causes a highly contagious viral disease of mink with a worldwide distribution. MEV has a linear, single-stranded, negative-sense DNA with a genome length of approximately 5,000 bp. The VP2 protein is the major structural protein of the parvovirus encoded by the vp2 gene. VP2 is highly antigenic and plays important roles in determining viral host ranges and tissue tropisms. This study describes the bionomics and vp2 gene analysis of a mutated strain, MEV-DL, which was isolated recently in China and outlines its homologous relationships with other selected strains registered in Genbank.

Results

The MEV-DL strain can infect F81 cells with cytopathic effects. Pig erythrocytes were agglutinated by the MEV-DL strain. The generation of MEV-DL in F81 cells could infect mink within three months and cause a disease that was similar to that caused by wild-type MEV. A comparative analysis of the vp2 gene nucleotide (nt) sequence of MEV-DL showed that this was more than 99% homologous with other mink enteritis parvoviruses in Genbank. However, the nucleotide residues at positions 1,065 and 1,238 in the MEV-DL strain of the vp2 gene differed from those of all the other MEV strains described previously. It is noteworthy that the mutation at the nucleotide residues position 1,238 led to Asp/Gly replacement. This may lead to structural changes. A phylogenetic tree and sequence distance table were obtained, which showed that the MEV-DL and ZYL-1 strains had the closest inheritance distance.

Conclusions

A new variation of the vp2 gene exists in the MEV-DL strain, which may lead to structural changes of the VP2 protein. Phylogenetic analysis showed that MEV-DL may originate from the ZYL-1 strain in DaLian.     

Vesicular stomatitis virus NS proteins: structural similarity without extensive sequence homology.

The complete nucleotide sequence of the NS mRNA of vesicular stomatitis virus (New Jersey serotype) was established from two cDNA clones spanning the entire coding region of the mRNA. The gene is 856 nucleotides long and can code for a polypeptide of 274 amino acids. Comparison with the nucleotide sequence of the NS gene of the Indiana serotype revealed only 41% sequence homology. The deduced amino acid sequences of the NS proteins were only 32% homologous, with no identical stretches of more than five amino acids. However, at the C-terminal domain there was a conserved region of 21 amino acids with greater than 90% homology. Surprisingly, relative hydropathicity plots also demonstrated the presence of a large number of hydrophilic amino acids sequestered similarly over the N-terminal half of the protein. In addition, the total number of serine and threonine residues, presumptive phosphorylation sites, was similar and included seven serine and three threonine residues located at identical positions. It appears that during divergent evolution of these two vesicular stomatitis virus serotypes from a common ancestor, considerable mutation occurred in the main body of the gene but the overall structure of the protein was retained. The function of the NS protein in relation to the evolution of the two viruses is discussed.     

Cloning, sequence analysis and expression of the F1F0-ATPase beta-subunit from wine lactic acid bacteria

The nucleotide sequences of the genes encoding the F1F0-ATPase beta-subunit from Oenococcus oeni, Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides, Pediococcus damnosus, Pediococcus parvulus, Lactobacillus brevis and Lactobacillus hilgardii were determined. Their deduced amino acid sequences showed homology values of 79-98%. Data from the alignment and ATPase tree indicated that O. oeni and L. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides formed a group well-separated from P. damnosus and P. parvulus and from the group comprises L. brevis and L. hilgardii. The N-terminus of the F1F0-ATPase beta-subunit of O. oeni contains a stretch of additional 38 amino acid residues. The catalytic site of the ATPase beta-subunit of the investigated strains is characterized by the two conserved motifs GGAGVGKT and GERTRE. The amplified atpD coding sequences were inserted into the pCRT7/CT-TOPO vector using TA-cloning strategy and transformed in Escherichia coli. SDS-PAGE and Western blot analyses confirmed that O. oeni has an ATPase beta-subunit protein which is larger in size than the corresponding molecules from the investigated strains.     

Full-length sequence analysis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) virus, a mutant of measles virus, isolated from brain tissues of a patient shortly after onset of SSPE

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) virus, a measles virus (MeV) mutant, was isolated from brain tissues of a patient shortly after the clinical onset, and the entire viral genome was sequenced. The virus, named SSPE-Kobe-1, formed syncytia on B95a and Vero/SLAM cells without producing cell-free infectious virus particles, which is characteristic of SSPE virus. Phylogenetic analysis classified SSPE-Kobe-1 into genotype D3. When compared with an MeV field isolate of the same genotype (Ich-B strain), SSPE-Kobe-1 exhibited mutation rates of 0.8-1.6% at the nucleotide level in each of the proteincoding regions of the viral genome. It is noteworthy that the mutation rate of the M gene (1.2%) of SSPE-Kobe-1 was considerably lower than for other SSPE virus strains reported so far, but that the majority of the mutations (75%) were the uridine-to-cytidine biased hypermutation characteristic of the SSPE virus M gene. At the amino acid level, the viral proteins, such as N, P, C, V, M, F, H and L proteins, had point-mutations on 3, 7, 1, 4, 3, 9, 8 and 14 residues, respectively, compared with the Ich-B strain. In addition, the F and H proteins had mutated C-termini due to single-point mutations near or at the stop codons. Two of the three mutations in the M protein were Leu-to-Pro mutations, which are likely to affect the conformation and, therefore, the function of the protein. Because of the relatively small number of mutations, SSPE-Kobe-1 would be a useful tool to study genetic evolution of SSPE virus.     

Phylogenetic relationship of street rabies virus strains and their antigenic reactivity with antibodies induced by vaccine strains. I. Analysis of phylogenetic relationship of street rabies virus strains isolated in Poland

The aims of these studies were: genetic characteristic of street rabies virus strains isolated from different animal species in Poland and determination of phylogenetic relationships to reference laboratory strains of the street rabies viruses belonging to genotype 1 and 5. The variability of rabies isolates and their phylogenetic relationship were studied by comparing the nucleotide sequence of the virus genome fragment. The Polish strains of genotype 1 belong to four phylogenetic groups (NE, CE, NEE, EE) corresponding to four variants: fox-racoon dog (F-RD); European fox 1 (F1); European fox 2 (F2) and European fox 3 (F3). On the Polish territories there are no rabies strains representing the variant dog-wolf and typical for arctic fox variant. The similarity of nucleotide and amino acid sequences of street rabies strains belonging to genotype 1 and laboratory strain CVS is very high. It is about 91% similarity at nucleotide level and 95% at amino acid level. Rabies strain CVS is similar to genotype 5 bat strains (EBL 1) only in about 69% and 74% at nucleotide and amino acid level, respectively. The genetic divergence of rabies strains circulating in Poland raised the need of permanent epidemiological and virological surveillance. The genotype and variant of isolated strains should be determined (using PCR and RLFP methods).     

Studies on the ribosomal RNA operons of Listeria monocytogenes

Mannose-resistant hemagglutinating fimbrial antigen F165 is produced by Escherichia coli strains associated with septicemia in piglets and calves. A fimbrial component with an M(r) of 17,200 as determined by SDS-PAGE was purified to homogeneity from F165-positive E. coli strain 4787 of serogroup O115. This fimbrial component of F165 antigen was named F165(2). Separation procedures included fast protein liquid chromatography with a Superose 12 column followed by ultracentrifugation and 0.15 M ethanolamine buffer (pH 10.5) dissociation. Upon removal of ethanolamine, the fimbrial component reassociated into fimbriae. Amino acid composition analysis indicated that the fimbrial component molecule comprised 158 amino acid residues of which 37.3% were hydrophobic. The amino acid composition and the isoelectric point (9.5) were readily distinguishable from those of F1 fimbriae. The amino acid sequence was determined for approximately 40% of the molecule. For the first 33 residues, the F165(2) sequence was identical to that of F1B fimbriae and very similar to that of F1C. Fimbriae F165(2) could nevertheless be differentiated antigenically from F1C fimbriae as demonstrated by the immunodot technique using cross-absorbed antisera.     

Effect of Cleavage Mutants on Syncytium Formation Directed by the Wild-Type Fusion Protein of Newcastle Disease Virus

The effects of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) fusion (F) glycoprotein cleavage mutants on the cleavage and syncytium-forming activity of the wild-type F protein were examined. F protein cleavage mutants were made by altering amino acids in the furin recognition region (amino acids 112 to 116) in the F protein of a virulent strain of NDV. Four mutants were made: Q114P replaced the glutamine residue with proline; K115G replaced lysine with glycine; double mutant K115G, R113G replaced both a lysine and an arginine with glycine residues; and a triple mutant, R112G, K115G, F117L, replaced three amino acids to mimic the sequence found in avirulent strains of NDV. All mutants except Q114P were cleavage negative and fusion negative. However, addition of exogenous trypsin cleaved all mutant F proteins and activated fusion. As expected for an oligomeric protein, the fusion-negative mutants had a dominant negative phenotype: cotransfection of wild-type and mutant F protein cDNAs resulted in an inhibition of syncytium formation. The presence of the mutant F protein did not inhibit cleavage of the wild-type protein. Furthermore, evidence is presented that suggests that the mutant protein and the wild-type protein formed heterooligomers. By measuring the syncytium-forming activity of the wild-type protein at various ratios of expression of mutant and wild-type protein, results were obtained that are most consistent with the notion that the size of the functionally active NDV F protein in these assays is a single oligomer, likely a trimer. That a larger oligomer, containing a mix of both wild-type and mutant F proteins, has partial activity cannot, however, be ruled out.