Enhanced protective efficacy of H5 subtype influenza vaccine with modification of the multibasic cleavage site of hemagglutinin in retroviral pseudotypes

Traditionally, the multibasic cleavage site (MBCS) of surface protein H5-hemagglutinin (HA) is converted to a monobasic one so as to weaken the virulence of recombinant H5N1 influenza viruses and to produce inactivated and live attenuated vaccines. Whether such modification benefits new candidate vaccines has not been adequately investigated. We previously used retroviral vectors to generate wtH5N1 pseudotypes containing the wild-type HA (wtH5) from A/swine/Anhui/ca/2004 (H5N1) virus. Here, we generated mtH5N1 pseudotypes, which contained a mutant-type HA (mtH5) with a modified monobasic cleavage site. Groups of mice were subcutaneously injected with the two types of influenza pseudotypes. Compared to the group immunized with wtH5N1 pseudotypes, the inoculation of mtH5N1 pseudotypes induced significantly higher levels of HA specific IgG and IFN-γ in immunized mice, and enhanced protection against the challenge of mouse-adapted avian influenza virus A/Chicken/Henan/12/2004 (H5N1). This study suggests modification of the H5-hemagglutinin MBCS in retroviral pseudotypes enhances protection efficacy in mice and this information may be helpful for development of vaccines from mammalian cells to fight against H5N1 influenza viruses.     

猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒M蛋白介导的E蛋白假型鼠白血病病毒的构建

利用RT-PCR法扩增猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)ORF5和ORF6基因,分别构建pcDNA-ORF5、pcD-NA-ORF5/6和pcDNA-ORF5-ORF6真核表达载体,磷酸钙共沉淀法瞬时转染293T细胞,48h后收集细胞,流式细胞仪检测,结果表明:PRRSV ORF5基因编码囊膜蛋白(E蛋白)能在在293T细胞表面表达,而由共表达M蛋白(ORF6基因编码的基质蛋白)介导的E蛋白的表达量比单独E蛋白表达量高,串联表达与单独E蛋白相比较低.将pcDNA-ORF5、pcDNA-ORF5/6和pcDNA-ORF5-ORF6分别与MuLV假病毒构建体系的两种骨架载体pHIT60(包括MuLV的结构蛋白基因,即gag和pol)和pHITlll(为MuLV的基因组,还包括一个报告基因LacZ)瞬时共转染293T细胞,48h后收集假病毒上清,超速离心后通过Western blot证实E蛋白能够在此假病毒颗粒表面表达,证明E蛋白已整合到此假病毒粒子表面.将整合PRRSVE蛋白的假病毒粒子分别感染Marc-145和PAM宿主靶细胞,均能检测到LacZ基因的表达,结果表明:所构建的假病毒粒子具有感染性,且由M蛋白介导的MuLv-E/M感染性比MuLV-E假病毒感染性高.     

Host cell range of T-lymphotropic feline leukemia virus in vitro

We compared the host cell range of T-lymphotropic feline leukemia virus (FeLV-T) with that of FeLV subgroup B (FeLV-B) by pseudotype assay in the presence of FeLIX, a truncated envelope glycoprotein of endogenous FeLV. Although both viruses use Pit1 as a receptor and FeLIX does not hamper FeLV-B infection by receptor interference, the host ranges of FeLV-T and -B were not exactly the same, suggesting a different Pit1 usage at the post-binding level. A comparison of Pit1 sequences of various mammalian species indicated that extracellular loop 1 in a topology model deduced with the PHD PredictProtein algorism may be one of the regions responsible for efficient infection by FeLV-T.     

整合禽流感病毒血凝素糖蛋白的假型鼠白血病病毒

本研究通过一个瞬时转染系统将H5N1亚型鹅源禽流感病毒囊膜表面的血凝素(HA)糖蛋白整合到鼠白血病病毒(MuLV)颗粒表面并进行了感染性测定。将包含HA基因的真核表达质粒pcDNA-HA与MuLV假病毒构建体系的两种质粒pHIT60(包括MuLV的结构蛋白基因,即gag和pol)和pHIT111(为MuLV的基因组,还包括一个报告基因LacZ)瞬时共转染转化了SV40大T抗原的人胚肾细胞293T,48小时后收集假病毒上清进行了一系列鉴定。将假病毒上清超速离心后用抗H5亚型禽流感病毒的多抗通过Western-blot证实HA 蛋白能够在此假病毒颗粒表面表达,表明HA能够整合到此病毒粒子表面。通过感染293T、COS 7和NIH3T3 三种不同的靶细胞,均能检测到LacZ基因的表达,证实所构建的假病毒粒子具有感染性。本研究成功构建了具有感染性的MuLV-HA假病毒,为研究鹅源禽流感病毒侵入细胞的机理及其组织嗜性的变异提供一种新方法。