Molecular Comparison of Dengue Type 1 Mochizuki Strain Virus and Other Selected Viruses Concerning Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences of Genomic RNA: A Consideration of Viral Epidemiology and Variation

Dengue-1 (D1) Mochizuki strain was examined for its nucleotide and amino acid sequences of genomic RNA and the data obtained were compared with those of other selected virus strains reported previously. Genomic regions corresponding to C, preM and M proteins were the major subjects of study. Parts of E protein were additionally examined. Among the D1 viruses investigated, the Mochizuki virus which was isolated in 1943 in Japan was shown to be close to Philippine 836-1 strain isolated in 1984 and Nauru Island strain isolated in 1974 at the respective places, in contrast with Thai AHF 82-80 strain isolated in 1980 and Caribbean CV1636/77 strain isolated in 1977. At the same time, a difference was noted between the Mochizuki and Philippine/Nauru strains at the cleavage site of preM/M junction: Mochizuki possessed RRGKR/S sequence whereas the Philippine/Nauru had RRDKR/S. The glycosylation site in preM and hydrophobic regions at the carboxyl termini of M and E were well conserved. Significances of the data are discussed in connection with viral epidemiology and variation.     

我国部分鸡源H9N2亚型流感病毒NS1基因序列分析

对1996年至2001年间自我国部分养鸡场发病鸡或死亡鸡分离鉴定的8株H9N2亚型禽流感病毒的非结构蛋白基因(NS1)进行了扩增和序列测定,并分析和比较了其核苷酸和氨基酸的同源性。结果表明, NS1基因核苷酸和氨基酸同源性分别为96.5%～99.5% 和94.5～98.6%, 说明NS1基因在遗传进化上高度保守,稳定遗传。与中国香港、韩国、巴基斯坦及人源H9N2分离株相比较,发现中国大陆的鸡源H9N2分离株的NS1基因在其羧基端缺少13个氨基酸。系统进化树分析表明,该8株病毒的NS1基因属于相同的进化分支,而且中国的早年分离株A/chicken/Beijing/1/94位于该进化分支的根部,暗示这些分离株的NS1基因是由A/chicken/Beijing/1/94演化而来;尚未发现NS1基因属于A/quail/Hong Kong/G1/97like分支的分离株。同时,系统进化树也说明了我国的H9N2分离株与韩国、巴基斯坦等地的H9N2分离株隶属于不同的进化分支,H9N2亚型禽流感的发生和流行与地域有一定的相关性。     

ITS1 and ITS2 Sequences of Four Possible Donors to Bread Wheat Genome and Their Phylogenetic Relationships

The 1TS1 and ITS2 of rDNA of four diploid species, newly Triticum urartu Thum. (AA), T. monococcum var. boeoticum (Boiss.) MK (AA),Aegilops speltoides Tausch. (BB) and Ae. taus&ii Coss. (DD), the most possible donors of A, B and D genomes to broad wheat ( T. aestivum), were amplified by PCR, cloned and sequenced. Some published sequences were discussed and rectified. The length of ITS1 sequences in four species was 221 to 223 bp, and that of 1TS2 was 216 to 217 bp. In pairwise sequence comparisons among four species, divergence ranged from 0.029 0 to 0.064 0 in ITS1, and from 0.009 3 to 0.058 0 in ITS2. Based on ITS1, ITS2 and 1TS1 + ITS2 data respectively, the same most parsimony tree that is congruent with the phylogenetic relationships was generated which was concordant with their morphological and cytological characteristics. In the trees, T. urartu and T. monococcum var. boeoticum constituted one monophyly, whereas two species of the genus Aegilops, Ac. speltoides and Ac. tauschii, fortmed another mono- phyly but with lower bootstrap value than the first clade. This study suggests that ITS region is a useful molecular marker in the studies on the origin and evolution of Triticum.     

Expression and purification of E2/NS1 protein of hepatitis C virus and detection of anti-E2/NS1 antibodies in chronic liver disease patients

Glycoproteins on the surface of viral particles present the main target of neutralizing antibodies. The structural proteins of most Flaviviruses are known to elicit neutralizing antibodies and, thus, to help in both the natural resolution of the infection and the protection from challenge with homologous hepatitis C virus (HCV). Because such antigens are associated with the viral clearance in both humans and chimpanzees, we aimed to express the E2/NS1 protein of HCV and to study the role of anti-E2/NS1 antibodies in the natural resolution of HCV infection. The prevalence of anti-E2/NS1 antibodies to recombinant E2/NS1 protein was seen by Western blot in chronic liver disease patients (15 chronic hepatitis and 12 cirrhotic patients), who were positive for anti-HCV and negative for HBV infection. The study also included 2 negative controls (positive for HBV infection and negative for anti-HCV antibodies) and 2 healthy controls (negative for both HBV and HCV infection). Anti-E2/NS1 was present in 20% of the chronic hepatitis and 16% of the cirrhosis patients. None of the controls were positive for anti-E2/NS1 antibodies. Serum samples positive for anti-E2/NS1 antibodies were also positive for HCV RNA by RT/PCR. Accordingly, the presence of anti-E2/NS1 may have very little or no role in the natural resolution of HCV infection.     

H9N2亚型禽流感病毒NS1基因的进化分析

利用RT-PCR方法,扩增了1998～2005年间分离的9株H9N2亚型禽流感病毒的NS1基因,对其进行了序列测定和进化分析.序列分析表明,9株AIV NS1基因完整的阅读框均为654bp,编码217个氨基酸,其核苷酸和推导的氨基酸同源性分别为95.4%～99.8%和93.6%～100%;9株病毒的NS1蛋白的C端均有13个氨基酸的缺失;进化分析表明,9株AIV属于A群,且形成一个独立分支,在该分支中,只有Ck/HN/A3/98株属于Ck/HK/Y280/97-like亚类,且与Ck/BJ/8/98的进化关系最近,其余8株属于Ck/SH/F/98-like亚类,说明Ck/SH/F/98-like亚类的H9N2亚型AIV在中国大陆的鸡群中广泛存在.NS1基因的进化及其编码产物的特性分析,为AIV的毒力变异、致病机制、药物靶位点的设计及鉴别诊断的研究奠定了基础.     

Genetic Diversity of Taenia asiatica from Thailand and Other Geographical Locations as Revealed by Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit 1 Sequences

Twelve 924 bp cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) mitochondrial DNA sequences from Taenia asiatica isolates from Thailand were aligned and compared with multiple sequence isolates from Thailand and 6 other countries from the GenBank database. The genetic divergence of T. asiatica was also compared with Taenia saginata database sequences from 6 different countries in Asia, including Thailand, and 3 countries from other continents. The results showed that there were minor genetic variations within T. asiatica species, while high intraspecies variation was found in T. saginata. There were only 2 haplotypes and 1 polymorphic site found in T. asiatica, but 8 haplotypes and 9 polymorphic sites in T. saginata. Haplotype diversity was very low, 0.067, in T. asiatica and high, 0.700, in T. saginata. The very low genetic diversity suggested that T. asiatica may be at a risk due to the loss of potential adaptive alleles, resulting in reduced viability and decreased responses to environmental changes, which may endanger the species.     

流行性乙型脑炎病毒GSS株prM、E和NS1蛋白基因的克隆及在非复制型痘苗病毒中的表达

克隆流行性乙型脑炎(乙脑)病毒野毒(JEV)GSS株前膜蛋白信号序列、前膜蛋白(prM)、包膜蛋白(E)、非结构蛋白-1(NSl)和非结构蛋白NS2a的编码基因,并与非复制型痘苗病毒载体NTV进行同源重组,构建了乙脑病毒非复制型重组痘苗病毒疫苗株NTVA(E／L)JEV。通过：PCR和Southern blot检测证明,在非复制型痘苗病毒中有乙暗病毒prM信号序列、prM、E、NS1和NS2a基因的插入：Western blot检测证明,重组病毒可以在细胞内成功地表达prM、E和NSl蛋白,并可将prM、E和NSl蛋白分泌到细胞培养上清中;免疫荧光检测证明,E和NSl蛋白主要分布在细胞膜上。电镜下可见分泌到细胞外的病毒样颗粒。     

Structural and functional analysis of NS1 and NS2 proteins of H1N1 subtype

Influenza A virus (H1N1), a genetic reassortment of endemic strains of human, avian and swine flu, has crossed species barrier to human and apparently acquired the capability of human to human transmission. Some strains of H5N1 subtype are highly virulent because NS1 protein inhibits antiviral interferon α/β production. Another protein NS2 mediates export of viral ribonucleoprotein from nucleus to the cytoplasm through export signal. In this paper, we have studied structure-function relationships of these proteins of H1N1 subtype and have determined the cause of their pathogenicity. Our results showed that non-conservative mutations slightly stabilized or destabi- lized structural domains of NS1 or NS1-dsRNA complex, hence slightly increased or decreased the function of NS1 protein and consequently enhanced or reduced the pathogenicity of the H1N1 virus. NS2 protein of different strains carried non-conservative mutations in different domains, resulting in slight loss of function. These mutations slightly decreased the pathogenicity of the virus. Thus, the results confirm the structure-function relationships of these viral proteins.     

Relationship of HIV-1 Envelope V2 and V3 Sequences of the Primary Isolates to the Viral Phenotype

We examined the relationship between the amino acid sequences of the V2 and V3 regions of the envelope protein and the biological properties of ten human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) primary isolates. The infectivity, cytopathic effect (CPE), and syncytium forming activity of these primary isolates were tested against three T cell lines (CEM, MT2, and MOLT4/CL.8 cells), CD8-depleted peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), and primary monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) from seronegative donors. In addition to the viral groups which had the syncytium inducing/T-cell line tropic (SI/TT) phenotype or non-syncytium inducing/non-T cell line tropic (NSI/NT) phenotype (including the NSI/macrophage tropic (NSI/MT) phenotype), there was a group of viruses that infected one or two T cell lines and PBMC but could not mediate syncytium formation. We therefore classified this group of viruses as a non-syncytium inducing/partial T-cell line tropic (NSI/pTT) virus. To investigate the relationship between these viral phenotypes and the sequence variability of the V2 and V3 regions of the envelope, we cloned the viral gene segment and sequenced the individual isolates. The sequence data suggested that the SI/TT type changes in the V3 sequence alone mediate a partial T cell line tropism and mild cytopathic effect and that an isolate became more virulent (SI/TT phenotype) if there were additional changes in the V2 or other regions. On the other hand, sequence changes in the V2 region alone could not mediate phenotypic changes but some additional changes in the other variable regions (for example, V3) might be required for the phenotypic changes in combination with changes in V2. These findings also suggested that amino acid changes in both the V2 and V3 region are required for the development of virulent variants of HIV-1 that outgrow during advanced stages of the disease.     

Computer Aided Screening of Phytochemicals from Garcinia against the Dengue NS2B/NS3 Protease

Dengue virus NS2/NS3 protease because of its ability to cleave viral proteins is considered as an attractive target to screen antiviral agents. Medicinal plants contain a variety of phytochemicals that can be used as drug against different diseases and infections. Therefore, this study was designed to uncover possible phytochemical of different classes (Aromatic, Carbohydrates, Lignin, Saponins, Steroids, Tannins, Terpenoids, Xanthones) that could be used as inhibitors against the NS2B/NS3 protease of DENV. With the help of molecular docking, Garcinia phytochemicals found to be bound deeply inside the active site of DENV NS2B/NS3 protease among all tested phytochemicals and had interactions with catalytic triad (His51, Asp75, Ser135). Thus, it can be concluded from the study that these Gracinia phytochemicals could serve as important inhibitors to inhibit the viral replication inside the host cell. Further in-vitro investigations require confirming their efficacy.     

H7N9亚型禽流感病毒非结构蛋白1(NS1)基因序列分析及2013上海分离株NS1的原核表达

目的:对2013年3月发生的感染人的新型H7N9亚型禽流感病毒的非结构蛋白1(NS1)基因序列进行同源性分析,构建NS1重组质粒并表达。方法:从GenBank获得2006~2013年不同来源的H7N9亚型病毒NS1序列,并进行同源性比较;利用PCR方法从H7N9亚型禽流感病毒株A/Shanghai/4664T/2013(H7N9)基因组cDNA中扩增得到全长NS1基因,并将该片段定向克隆到原核表达载体pET28a上,构建重组质粒pET28a-NS1,经酶切鉴定,将重组质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)感受态细胞后,IPTG诱导表达,且进行Western印迹分析。结果:经序列分析,2013年暴发的H7N9型禽流感病毒的NS1基因核苷酸序列同源性为95%~100%,与之前暴发的H7N9型流感病毒NS1基因序列的同源性为86.4%~90.7%,表明2次暴发的该型流感分离株属于不同的进化分支;PCR扩增得到约680 bp的NS1基因序列,所克隆的NS1基因在原核细胞中的表达产物主要以包涵体形式存在,SDS-PAGE检测结果表明重组蛋白相对分子质量为25×103,Western印迹分析证实表达产物为H7N9禽流感病毒NS1蛋白。结论:为进一步研究H7N9亚型流感病毒NS1蛋白功能及基于NS1蛋白的抗病毒药物奠定了基础。     

猪瘟病毒E2基因在昆虫细胞/杆状病毒中的表达

目的利用昆虫细胞/杆状病毒系统表达猪瘟病毒(CSFV)E2蛋白,用于E2蛋白功能、开发CSF新型疫苗以及建立相关血清学诊断方法等研究。方法采用RT-PCR扩增CSFV E2基因,将PCR产物克隆到pGEM-T-Easy载体,将该基因插入到pFast-BacHT A载体中,构建重组转座载体后转化DH10Bac感受态细胞,获得重组Bacmid质粒后转染sf9昆虫细胞,传毒3代,对表达蛋白进行Western-blot及免疫组化鉴定。结果成功克隆CSFVE2基因,其核苷酸序列为1119 bp。SDS-PAGE电泳结果显示表达E2蛋白相对分子质量约为43×103,Western-blot和免疫组化结果证实表达蛋白能够被CSFV标准阳性血清识别。结论在Bac-to-Bac杆状病毒系统中的成功表达了CSFV E2蛋白,与CSFV标准阳性血清具有较好的反应性。     

白细胞介素-2和狂犬病毒N蛋白基因重组与表达

研究白细胞介素－２ 与狂犬病毒Ｎ蛋白基因工程产物的免疫活性。采用生物工程技术,结果显示经基因扩增分别获得４００ｂｐ 和１４００ｂｐ 的ＩＬ－２ 和狂犬病毒Ｎ蛋白基因片段,构建了表达载体ＰＬＹ－４ＩＮ,于工程菌中转化后。得到５６ＫＤ重组蛋白产物,该产物具有ＩＬ－２活性,可诱导小鼠抵抗狂犬病毒攻击。     

广州地区新型H1N1流感病毒PB1-F2基因进化和变异分析

比较和分析2009～2011年广州地区分离到的甲型H1N1流感病毒PB1-F2基因和世界各地甲型H1N1流感病毒PB1-F2基因的变异情况,为该蛋白的功能和作用机制奠定基础。对分离自中国广州地区2009～2011年人类感染的17株新型H1N1和1株季节性H1N1流感病毒进行了PB1-F2基因克隆和序列测定,通过与GenBank数据库中68株人类新型H1N1和季节性H1N1流感病毒参考株的PB1-F2基因进行比对。结果表明,甲型流感病毒的PB1-F2基因进化树形成了2个不同的进化分支。全部2009～2011年新型H1N1流感病毒为一分支。广州地区PB1-F2基因与其它地区分离到的新型H1N1流感病毒具有高度的同源性,均为截短型变异。本实验室分离的1株季节性H1N1流感病毒也发生了第12位氨基酸截短突变。广州地区新型H1N1流感病毒PB1-F2截短蛋白与其它地区病毒相比未发生氨基酸变异,季节性H1N1流感病毒发现类似新型H1N1流感病毒PB1-F2的截短变异,提示新型H1N1流感病毒和季节性H1N1流感病毒PB1-F2可能发生早期重组。     

猪瘟病毒石门株NS2—3基因片段的序列测定及比较

根据猪瘟病毒Ｃ株的序列,以计算机辅助设计,化学合成１对引物（ＰＦ５６４８／ＰＲ６６０４）,应用ＲＴＰＣＲ技术从感染猪血中成功地扩增了我国猪瘟病毒强毒石门株ＮＳ２３基因片段,大小为９５７ｂｐ,位于ＮＳ３基因的中部ＮＴＰａｓｅ和Ｈｅｌｉｃａｓｅ活性区。克隆后测序,结果表明该段基因产物具有解旋酶超家族全部七个特征性保守序列,包括共同的ＮＴＰ结合基序Ａ位点（ＧＸＧＫＴ／Ｓ）和Ｂ位点（３ｈｙ,２ｘ）Ｄ。序列同源性比较表明,石门株与日本的ＡＬＤ和ＧＰＥ－株同源性最高,与其它３株猪瘟病毒（Ｃ株、Ｂｒｅｓｃｉａ株和Ａｌｆｏｒｔ株）的同源性也很高,并与２株牛病毒性腹泻病毒（ＢＶＤＶ）（ＮＡＤＬ株和ＳＤ１株）也有较高的同源性,尤其是由核苷酸序列推导的氨基酸序列,同源性均大于９０％,是瘟病毒属基因组中最保守的区段,这与该基因产物在病毒复制及聚蛋白前体加工过程中所具有的重要功能是一致的     

1996～2005年中国H3N2亚型人流感病毒神经氨酸酶基因特性分析

测定了1996~2005年间在中国分离并保存的395株H3N2亚型人流感病毒神经氨酸酶(NA)基因序列,应用生物信息学工具进行了分析。结果表明:NA基因序列的进化树表现为一主要进化主干伴随多侧分支进化,同一年份的毒株可以分为几个分支存在;疫苗株在NA基因序列进化树上存在明显的滞后现象;NA没有氨基酸的丢失与插入;抗原决定簇大部分位点保守且各抗原决定簇之间的变异情况各有特点,其中197~199位、431~434位和339~347位点的变异频率最高,而153位、328~336位、367~370位、400~403位抗原决定簇的氨基酸变异频率相对比较小;除了抗原决定簇外还有些氨基酸位点的变异频率很高,它们分别是18、23、30、93、143、208、216、221、249、265、267、307、385、437位氨基酸,其中143位和267位这两个位点的变异频率高于抗原决定簇位点,具体生物学意义还需要进一步研究;NA蛋白的酶活性中心位点高度保守;二硫键和糖基化位点保守。NA基因的这些特点为流感的预防、控制以及NA抑制剂药物的应用提供了一定的参考依据。     

猪瘟兔化弱毒株E2基因的原核表达及间接ELISA的初步建立

猪瘟病毒E2蛋白C端含有一段30多个疏水性氨基酸组成的跨膜区域(Transmembrane region,TMR),用RT-PCR和巢式PCR分别扩增了含不同长度TMR的猪瘟兔化弱毒E2基因,并克隆入pGEX-4T-1的MCS中,构建了原核表达载体pGEXTE2-339(无TMR)、pGEXTE2-355(1TMR)、pGEXTE2-375(3TMR).因E2基因含有大量大肠杆菌稀有密码子,选择了BL21-CodonPlus(DE3)-RP作为表达受体菌,结果表明pGEXTE2-339、pGEXTE2-355以包涵体的形式正确表达了目的蛋白,而pGEXTE2-375没有明显表达.并利用pGEXTE2-339、pGEXTE2-355表达的融合蛋白初步建立了间接ELISA方法.