从伪狂犬病病毒中删除Cre/LoxP介导的报告基因

根据pEGFP-C1序列,设计并合成一对引物,通过PCR扩增出两端各含一个同向LoxP位点的GFP表达盒,克隆于转移载体pSKLR获得pSKLR-G-LoxP。通过经典同源重组方法,得到表达GFP的TK基因缺失伪狂犬病毒重组毒株S03109。该重组病毒在转染了pOG231(表达Cre重组酶)的293T细胞上连续传代,筛选得到重组病毒株S0419。荧光显微镜观察、Western blot及PCR检测结果表明,S03109感染细胞后持续表达GFP,而S0419不表达GFP。PCR证实S0419为含单个LoxP位点的TK基因缺失病毒,并且在细胞培养上遗传稳定,测序结果(GenBank登录号AY822465)表明,在Cre重组酶的作用下,两个同向LoxP序列之间的GFP表达盒被正确除去。对BALB/c小鼠的半数致死量(LD50)及免疫保护实验结果表明,S03109和S0419对BALB/c小鼠的LD50值均大于3×105PFU,免疫BALB/c小鼠,攻毒后平均存活率分别为67.5%与70%。以上结果表明,利用Cre/LoxP位点特异性重组系统,成功去除了插入重组伪狂犬病病毒基因组中的GFP报告基因。     

Novel Acyclonucleosides. Part 2. 2, 3-Dihydroxy-1-Methoxypropyl-and 3-Hydroxy-1-Methoxypropyl-Substituted Purines

Abstract

Novel purine nucleoside analogues in which the N-9 ribosyl moiety is replaced by a 2,3-dihydroxy-1-methoxypropyl or 3-hydroxy- 1-methoxy-propyl substituent and their N-7 substituted isomers have been synthesized and tested for antiviral activity.     

Detection rates of periodontal bacteria and herpesviruses in different forms of periodontal disease

The aim was to investigate the detection rates of periodontal bacteria (Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, Prevotella intermedia, and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans) and herpesviruses (herpes simplex virus-1 [HSV-1], cytomegalovirus [CMV], and Epstein-Barr virus [EBV]) in different forms and severity of periodontal disease, and to compare them with those in periodontally healthy subjects. One hundred and twenty-nine patients participated in the study: 39 diagnosed with periodontal abscess (PA), 33 with necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis (NUP), 27 with chronic periodontitis (CP), and 30 participants with healthy periodontal tissue represented a healthy control group. All patients with periodontal disease (PA, NUP, and CP) were also divided into two groups according to the severity of their disease: moderate and severe periodontitis. The subgingival samples were collected from the periodontitis active sites and the detection of microorganisms was performed by end-point polymerase chain reaction analyses. The results revealed significantly higher detection rates of P. gingivalis, T. forsythia, and P. intermedia in all three groups of patients with periodontitis than in healthy participants. The highest detection rate of A. actinomycetemcomitans was noticed in CP, which was significantly higher than that in PA, NUP, and healthy control. The occurrence of EBV was significantly higher in NUP than in CP and healthy participants. CMV was detected significantly more frequently in PA and NUP than in CP and healthy participants. Comparisons among healthy participants and patients with moderate and severe periodontitis showed significantly higher detection rates of EBV and CMV in patients with severe forms of periodontitis than in healthy participants and those with moderate periodontitis.     

Phylogenetic Analysis of Homologous Proteins Encoded by UL2 and UL23 genes of Herpesviridae

The proteins encoded by the Herpesviridae β-gene play a critical role in the replication stage of the virus. In this paper, phylogenetic analyses provided evidence that someβ-gene products, such as UL2 and UL23 from HSV1, have their homologous genes in its family, and also exist in prokaryotic organisms, indicating that these viruses appear to have been assembled over evolutionary time by numerous independent events of horizontal gene transfer.