Infective viruses produced from full-length complementary DNA of swine vesicular disease viruses HK/70 strain

Swine vesicular disease (SVD) is a highly conta- gious viral disease of pigs. Symptoms are clinically indistinguishable from those caused by other vesiculardisease viruses, such as foot and mouth disease (FMD virus, vesicular stomatitis (VS) virus and ves…     

Construction of cytopathic PK-15 cell model of classical swine fever virus

No cytopathic effect (CPE) can be observed on classical swine fever virus (CSFV) infected cell culture in vitro. This brings an obstacle to the researches on reciprocity between CSFV and host cells. Based on the construction of full-length genomic infectious cDNA clone of Chinese CSFV standard virulent Shimen strain, partial deletion is introduced into genomic cDNA to obtain a 7.5 kb subgenomic cDNA. A new subgenomic CSFV is derived from transfection with the subgenomic cDNA on PK-15 cells pre-infected by CSFV Shimen virus. Typical CPE induced by this subgenomic virus is observed on PK-15 cells. Coexistence of wildtype and subgenomic virus in cytopathic cell culture is demonstrated by RT-PCR detection in cytopathic cells. For conclusion, the construction of cytopathic cell model exploited a new way for researches on the molecular mechanism of CSFV pathogenesis.     

Rescued virus from infectious cDNA clone of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus is adapted to RK13 cells line

RHDV is an extremely pathogenic virus. The mor-tality rate of infected rabbits is almost 99%. The dis-ease caused by RHDV is also called “rabbit plague”, and it has been regarded as one of the most important infection diseases of rabbits. RHDV was desig…     

A BAC clone of MDV strain GX0101 with REV-LTR integration retained its pathogenicity

The complete genome of Marek＇s disease virus （MDV） strain GX0101, which was integrated with the LTR sequences of REV, was cloned in Escherichia coli as a bacterial artificial chromosome （BAC）. BAC vector sequences were introduced into the US2 locus of the MDV genome by homologous recombination. The viral DNA containing the BAC vector was used to transform Escherichia coli strain of DH10B. Then the recombinant virus was successfully rescued by transfection of the recombinant BAC DNA into primary chicken embryo fibroblast （CEF）. This BAC viral clone was named bac-GX0101. When the reconstituted virus was inoculated into 1-day-old birds, visceral tumors could be detected as early as 62 d post infection. There was no difference in growth ability and pathogenicity to birds between the BAC derived virus and its parental virus. The BAC derived virus maintained its oncogenicity and immunosuppressive effects. In conclusion, the complete genome of GX0101 strain was successfully cloned into BAC and the infectious clone was rescued. With the powerful BAC manipulation system, the infectious clone will provide a useful tool for further understanding the functional roles of the inserted REV-LTR sequence in the GX0101 strain of MDV,     

Sequencing and rescuing a highly virulent classical swine fever virus： Chinese strain cF114 from a full-length cDNA clone

Classical swine fever is an economically important, highly contagious disease of pigs caused by the classical swine fever virus (CSFV), as referred to as hog cholera virus. CSFV belongs to Pestivirus within the family of Flaviviridae. The virus contains a positivestranded RNA of approximately 12.3 kb in length[1]. The genome is composed of a 5′ non-coding region, a single large open reading frame (ORF) encoding the viral polyprotein with 3898 amino acid residues and a 3′ non-coding reg…     

Infectious foot-and-mouth disease virus derived from a cloned full-length cDNA of OH／CHA／99

The China foot-and-mouth virus (FMDV) isolate OH/CHA/99 was isolated from swine, which was unable to infect bovine thyroid cells in vitro or to cause typical disease in bovines following intradermal inoculation in the tongue. To enhance antigenicity, replication, maturation and pathogenicity studies of OH/CHA/99, an infectious fulllength cDNA clone, designated pBIFMDV, was prepared. The in vitro and in vivo biological properties of the virus derived from pBIFMDV were studied by analyzing antigenicity, plaque morphology and virulence in pigs. The results showed that the virus derived from pBIFMDV had the same biological properties as the parent strain OH/CHA/99; the fulllength infections cDNA clone, pBIFMDV, will be very useful in studies of the antigenicity, virulence, pathogenesis, maturation and replication of FMDV.     

The pathogenicity on legumes of Cucumber mosaic virus was determined by 243 nucleotides on 2a polymerase gene of viral RNA2

We had isolated and identified two Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) isolates, the CMV red bean (CMV-RB)isolate and the CMV pea (CMV-P1) isolate. CMV-RBinduces necrotic local lesions on inoculated leaves of broad bean, pea, cowpea and bean, and could not infect these hosts systemically. However, CMV-P1 was able to infect these legumes systemically. To study the difference of pathogenicity. on the legumes induced by these two CMV isolates, the full-length infectious cDNA clones of CMV-Fny, which induced similar symptoms as CMV-RB in the four legumes,were used. The 243 nucleotides fragment, which encodes highly conserved GDD amino acid motif on 2a replicase gene of CMV-Fny RNA2, was replaced with that of CMV-P1. The constructed chimeric virus FP could infect these legumes systemically. The exchange of this region changes the virus symptoms on the legumes, indicating that this 243 nucleotides fragment has major effect on pathogenicity of CMV on the legumes.``     

The pathogenicity on legumes of Cucumber mosaic virus was determined by 243 nucleotides on 2a polymerase gene of viral RNA2

We had isolated and identified two Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) isolates, the CMV red bean (CMV-RB) isolate and the CMV pea (CMV-P1) isolate. CMV-RB induces necrotic local lesions on inoculated leaves of broad bean, pea, cowpea and bean, and could not infect these hosts systemically. However, CMV-P1 was able to infect these legumes systemically. To study the difference of pathogenicity on the legumes induced by these two CMV isolates, the full-length infectious cDNA clones of CMV-Fny, which induced similar symptoms as CMV-RB in the four legumes, were used. The 243 nucleotides fragment, which encodes highly conserved GDD amino acid motif on 2a replicase gene of CMV-Fny RNA2, was replaced with that of CMV-P1. The constructed chimeric virus FP could infect these legumes systemically. The exchange of this region changes the virus symptoms on the legumes, indicating that this 243 nucleotides fragment has major effect on pathogenicity of CMV on the legumes.     

黄瓜花叶病毒小青菜分离物RNA3全长序列分析

对侵染十字花科小青菜的黄瓜花叶病毒YN分离物（CMV-YN）RNA3进行全长克隆和序列分析．CMV-YNRNA3全长2220nt,分别编码279个氨基酸的3a蛋白和218个氨基酸的CP．序列同源性比较结果如下;CMV-YNRNA3核苷酸及其编码蛋白的氨基酸序列与亚组IA株系CMV-Fny、亚组IB株系CMV-Nt9、亚组Ⅱ株系CMV-Q的同源性,RNA3序列分别为92．7％、96．7％、74．2％,3a蛋白氨基酸序列分别为96．4％、98．6％、83．2％,CP氨基酸序列分别为97．7％、98．2％、83．1％．该结果表明CMV-YN与亚组IB株系CMV-Nt9的同源关系更密切．对CP核苷酸序列的系统进化树分析表明：CMV-YN归属于亚组IB,本研究为首次报道侵染我国十字花科植物的CMV基因组序列．     

五指山小型猪PMSA6基因cDNA克隆及生物信息学分析

为了对海南五指山小型猪蛋白酶体亚基α型6（proteasome subunit alpha type 6,PMSA6）cDNA基因进行克隆和生物信息学分析,笔者以构建的五指山小型猪外周血白细胞cDNA文库为材料,采用菌落PCR方法,克隆得到PMSA6全长cDNA,并向GenBank递交了该序列（登录号：FJ358606）．同时运用生物信息学软件对该基因核苷酸序列进行了分析,并预测了其编码蛋白的理化性质及二级结构等．生物信息学分析表明：该cDNA全长1029bp,5’非翻译区长96bp,3’非翻译区长192bp,含有一个741bp完整的开放阅读框,编码246个氨基酸．该蛋白的分子量为37．680kD,等电点为8．76．进一步比对分析发现,五指山小型猪PMSA6基因的核酸序列及其氨基酸序列与人、牛等哺乳动物具有很高的相似性．本研究成功克隆了海南五指山小型猪P肛SA6基因cDNA,并进行了相关生物信息学分析,为进一步研究PMSA6在动物体内的作用机理奠定了基础．     

TBSV病毒瞬时表达载体构建及其表达

为了深入理解植物RNA病毒载体表达系统,初步建立了利用TBSV病毒表达载体在寄主植物烟草中表达外源蛋白的技术体系.以番茄丛矮病毒(Tomato bushy stunt virus,TBSV)为材料,构建了含报告基因sGFP的WY1,WY2等2个重组病毒表达载体,并将载体导入农杆菌GV3101用于侵染烟草植株叶片;利用农...     

Construction of human and mouse brain cDNA libraries and isolation of full-length cDNAs

cDNA libraries from aborted human 3-month fetal brain,adult rat and mouse brain were constructed by using a yZAP express cDNA library construction kin.Low molecular weight fragments of the second strand cDNASA were removed by flowing through the Sepharose CL-4B column and the frractionated long,Middle,Short fragments and the combined fragments weire respectively inserted into clone vectors to construct the cDNA libraries of the brain of human 3-month fetus.The 5'ends of 1200 clones from each of human fetal brain cDNA libraries were sequenced.A total of 894 ESTs were obtained and some full-length clones were squenced.By andalyaing the se-quences,12 novel full-length cDNAs were obtained.     

兔肌肉生长抑制素基因的cDNA克隆及初步分析

以兔骨胳肌为实验材料,构建了兔骨骼肌cDNA文库,根据该基因保守序列,设计简并引物,利用RT-PCR技术,克隆了兔MSTN基因EST片段,以EST片段为探针,应用Southern杂交技术筛选文库,克隆了兔肌肉生长抑制素基因全长cDNA并在GenBank注册(注册号:AY169410).用生物信息学方法对该基因进行了比较分析,表明从氨基酸序列及进化角度兔和其他哺乳类生物的肌肉生长抑制素基因之间关系密切.     

抗口蹄疫病毒phage-scFv及可溶性scFv的构建

利用重组DNA技术在抗口蹄疫病毒单克隆抗体1C 7 VH基因和VL基因之间导入一段连接肽[(G ly4Ser)3],采用重叠延伸拼接法,经聚合酶链反应(PCR)扩增获得scF v基因。将scF v基因克隆至噬菌粒pCANTAB 5E载体,转化E.coli TG 1,构建噬菌体抗体文库。用M 13KO 7辅助噬菌体挽救及固相口蹄疫病毒(FMDV)抗原对噬菌体抗体文库的三轮“吸附-洗脱-扩增”的淘洗,筛选出scFv阳性克隆。将阳性克隆转化E.coli BH 2151,通过异丙基硫代-β-D-半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导可溶性scFv蛋白的表达。酶联免疫吸附实验(EL ISA)检测表明:scFv克隆表达的phage-scFv及可溶性scFv与FMDV亲和力高,特异性强。     

A molecular clone of HTLV-III with biological activity

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is an epidemic immunosuppressive disease characteristically associated with a depletion of T lymphocytes of the helper/inducer phenotype. Numerous converging lines of research have implicated a human T-cell lymphotropic retrovirus, HTLV-III, in the pathogenesis of AIDS. Recently, several distinct forms of the HTLV-III genome were molecularly cloned in phage and extensively characterized. In the present study, a clone containing full-length HTLV-III proviral DNA was inserted into a plasmid and used to transfect cord blood T cells from normal newborn humans. We demonstrate that this molecular clone is infectious in vitro and causes marked cytopathic effects on T-cell cultures. This is the first direct evidence that the HTLV-III genome, rather than a minor component of the virus complex, is cytopathic for T cells. Using this biologically competent clone and mutants derived from it, it should now be possible to localize the subgenomic regions that contribute to the biological effects of HTLV-III.     

Molecular cloning of a full-length cDNA for ECBP21 from Angelica dahurica

ECBP21 is an extracellular calmodulin-binding protein which was first detected and purified from extracellular extracts of suspension-cultured cells of Angelica dahurica. The purified protein was electroblotted onto PVDF membrane and the amino acid sequences from 1 to 20 were determined. Using degenerate oligonucleotides of the sequence, a full-length cDNA coding for ECBP21 was isolated by a combination of RT-PCR and 5′-RACE cloning. The cDNA contains 947 nucleotides and codes for a precursor protein of 216 amino acids. The N-terminal 1-25 amino acid sequence is a predicted signal peptide and the other 26-216 amino acid sequence is a mature peptide. The 26-45 amino acid sequence shows identity with the N-terminal amino acid sequence of purified ECBP21 from Angelica dahurica. The fragment of encoding the mature protein was cloned into pET-28b(+) and transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3). A protein with relative molecular mass 21 ku was expressed in E. coli. Using a biotinylated-CaM gel overlay technique, the expression protein was tested for its ability to bind CaM. The results indicated that the expression protein is a Ca2+- dependent CaM-binding protein. Thus, these results further defined the cDNA clone for ECBP21. This work laid a foundation for elucidating biological functions of ECBP21 by using molecular biological means.     

表达HIV-1复合多表位基因的p815细胞稳定株的建立和评价

建立稳定表达HIV-1p24MEG复合多表位基因的p815细胞克隆.设计引物,以HIV-1标准株全长cDNA序列为模板,PCR扩增获得p24基因片段;合成改造后的多个表位基因MEG并且与p24片段相连接,克隆入pcDNA3.1(+).在阳离子聚合物作用下重组真核质粒转染的p815(H-2d)细胞, 以G418压力筛选,RT-PCR检测mRNA表达,间接免疫荧光检测蛋白表达.通过PCR获得了HIV-1 p24片段,获得了与多表位基因连接后的p24MEG融合基因,成功构建了p24MEG基因的重组真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(+)/p24MEG.转染p815细胞后, RT-PCR检测到融合蛋白mRNA表达,间接免疫荧光显示 p815细胞内有融合蛋白的表达.结论:建立了稳定表达HIV-1p24MEG融合蛋白的p815细胞克隆,为评价多表位抗原p24MEG在BALB/c小鼠体内诱导的细胞免疫应答奠定基础.     

马铃薯卷叶病毒中国分离株外壳蛋白基因及其上游先导序列的cDNA克隆和序列分析

按照马铃薯卷叶病毒（ＰＬＲＶ）核苷酸序列，针对ＣＰ基因及其上游基因间隔区全长约０．８ｋｂ的区段设计合成两个特异性引物，以马铃薯卷叶病毒中国分离株（ＰＬＲＶ－Ｃｈ）的ＲＮＡ为模板，反转录合成ＣＤＮＡ第一条链，再经ＰＣＲ扩增合成ｃＤＮＡ，将ＣＤＮＡ克隆于ｐＵＣ１９质粒．限制性酶切分析和核苷酸序列测定表明克隆的ＰＬＲＶ－Ｃｈ外壳蛋白（ＣＰ）基因及其上游基因间隔区的全长ＣＤＮＡ共８２４个核苷酸，与国外报道的４个ＰＬＲＶ分离株的核苷梳序列相比具有高度同源性．ＰＬＲＶ的外壳蛋白基因序列与其上游基因间隔区相比保守性更强．