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Stuart CA, Zhivkoplias EK, Senkevich TG, Wyatt LS, Moss B. RNA Polymerase Mutations Selected during Experimental Evolution Enhance Replication of a Hybrid Vaccinia Virus with an Intermediate Transcription Factor Subunit Replaced by the Myxoma Virus Ortholog. J Virol 2018; 92:e01089-18. [PMID: 30045995 PMCID: PMC6158416 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01089-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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High-throughput DNA sequencing enables the study of experimental evolution in near real time. Until now, mutants with deletions of nonessential host range genes were used in experimental evolution of vaccinia virus (VACV). Here, we guided the selection of adaptive mutations that enhanced the fitness of a hybrid virus in which an essential gene had been replaced with an ortholog from another poxvirus genus. Poxviruses encode a complete system for transcription, including RNA polymerase and stage-specific transcription factors. The abilities of orthologous intermediate transcription factors from other poxviruses to substitute for those of VACV, as determined by transfection assays, corresponded with the degree of amino acid identity. VACV in which the A8 or A23 intermediate transcription factor subunit gene was replaced by the myxoma (MYX) virus ortholog exhibited decreased replication. During three parallel serial passages of the hybrid virus with the MYXA8 gene, plaque sizes and virus yields increased. DNA sequencing of virus populations at passage 10 revealed high frequencies of five different single nucleotide mutations in the two largest RNA polymerase subunits, RPO147 and RPO132, and two different Kozak consensus sequence mutations predicted to increase translation of the MYXA8 mRNA. Surprisingly, there were no mutations within either intermediate transcription factor subunit. Based on homology with Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNA polymerase, the VACV mutations were predicted to be buried within the internal structure of the enzyme. By directly introducing single nucleotide substitutions into the genome of the original hybrid virus, we demonstrated that both RNA polymerase and translation-enhancing mutations increased virus replication independently.IMPORTANCE Previous studies demonstrated the experimental evolution of vaccinia virus (VACV) following deletion of a host range gene important for evasion of host immune defenses. We have extended experimental evolution to essential genes that cannot be deleted but could be replaced by a divergent orthologous gene from another poxvirus. Replacement of a VACV transcription factor gene with one from a distantly related poxvirus led to decreased fitness as evidenced by diminished replication. Serially passaging the hybrid virus at a low multiplicity of infection provided conditions for selection of adaptive mutations that improved replication. Notably, these included five independent mutations of the largest and second largest RNA polymerase subunits. This approach should be generally applicable for investigating adaptation to swapping of orthologous genes encoding additional essential proteins of poxviruses as well as other viruses.
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- Carey A Stuart
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Garanzini D, Del Médico-Zajac MP, Calamante G. Development of Recombinant Canarypox Viruses Expressing Immunogens. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1581:15-28. [PMID: 28374241 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6869-5_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Canarypox viruses (CNPV) are excellent candidates to develop recombinant vector vaccines due to both their capability to induce protective immune responses and their incompetence to replicate in mammalian cells (safety profile). In addition, CNPV and the derived recombinants can be manipulated under biosafety level 1 conditions. There is no commercially available system to obtain recombinant CNPV; however, the methodology and tools required to develop recombinant vaccinia virus (VV), prototype of the Poxviridae family, can be easily adapted. This chapter provides protocols for the generation, plaque isolation, molecular characterization, amplification and purification of recombinant CNPV.
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- Débora Garanzini
- Instituto de Biotecnología, CICVyA-INTA, N. Repetto y de los Reseros, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Producción de Biológicos, ANLIS "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán", Av. Vélez Sarsfield, 563, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, CICVyA-INTA, N. Repetto y de los Reseros, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Godoy Cruz, 2290, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, CICVyA-INTA, N. Repetto y de los Reseros, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Zhang H, Sun Z, Zhang N, Li Z, Wang P, Fu Q, Ren Y, Shao X, Zhang Y, Guo Z, Chen C. Identification and functional analysis of the GTPV bidirectional promoter region. Arch Microbiol 2016; 199:357-364. [PMID: 27771746 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-016-1309-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/16/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The goat pox chick embryo-attenuated virus (GTPV) has been developed as an effective vaccine that can elicit protective immune responses. It possesses a large genome and a robust ability to express exogenous genes. Thus, this virus is an ideal vector for recombinant live vaccines for infectious diseases in ruminant animals. In this study, we identified a novel bidirectional promoter region of GTPV through screening named PbVV(±). PbVV(±) is located between ETF-l and VITF-3, which are transcribed in opposite directions. A new recombinant goat pox virus (rGTPV) was constructed, in which duplicate PbVV(+) was used as a promoter element to enhance Brucella OMP31 expression, and duplicate PbVV(-) was used as a promoter element to regulate enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) at the same time as the selection marker. PbVV(-) promoter activity was compared to that of the P7.5 promoter of vaccinia virus, as measured by EGFP expression; the fluorescence intensity of EGFP expressed in cells was confirmed by fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. PbVV(+) promoter activity was measured by Brucella OMP31 expression. Interaction with the anti-Brucella-OMP31 monoclonal antibody was confirmed by western blotting, and OMP31 mRNA expression was assessed by qRT-PCR. The results of this study will be useful for the further study of effective multivalent vaccines based on rGTPV. This study also provides a theoretical basis for overcoming the problem of low expression of exogenous genes.
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- Hui Zhang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu, Henan Province, 476000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, 832000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, 832000, People's Republic of China.
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Ma W, Wei J, Wei Y, Guo H, Jin Y, Xue Y, Wang Y, Yi Z, Liu L, Huang J, Wang L. Immunogenicity of the capsid precursor and a nine-amino-acid site-directed mutant of the 3C protease of foot-and-mouth disease virus coexpressed by a recombinant goatpox virus. Arch Virol 2014; 159:1715-22. [PMID: 24473707 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-1984-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2013] [Accepted: 01/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The myristoylated capsid precursor mP1-2A of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), when expressed in mammalian cells and processed by the FMDV 3C protease, can self-assemble into virus-like particles (VLPs). In the present study, nine amino acids of the 3C protease were replaced by site-directed mutagenesis to create a mutant 3C protease, 9m3C. To coexpress mP1-2A and 9m3C and test the resulting proteolytic processing and VLP assembly, two recombinant goatpox viruses (rGTPVs) were constructed by the insertion of two coding regions, one for mP1-2A and the other for either 9m3C (rGTPV-mP1-2A-9m3C) or Theileria protective antigen (TPA) as a control (rGTPV-mP1-2A-TPA). The two exogenous genes were inserted into an intergenic region between loci gp_24 and gp_24.5 of the rGTPV genome. Western blotting of cells infected with rGTPV-mP1-2A-9m3C showed that proteins VP0, VP1, and VP3 from the mP1-2A processed by the 9m3C protease could be detected by polyclonal FMDV sera. As observed by electron microscopy, the infected cells produced VLPs with a diameter of about 25 ± 2 nm. Titers of neutralizing antibody against FMDV were significantly higher in mice inoculated with rGTPV-mP1-2A-9m3C, which expresses the 9m3C protease together with mP1-2A, than mice inoculated with the control rGTPV-mP1-2A-TPA, which does not express the protease. An ovine immunization test determined that sheep inoculated intramuscularly with rGTPV-mP1-2A-9m3C produced FMDV-specific neutralizing antibody, but its titers did not meet the requirement of the World Organization for Animal Health. The result indicates that further modifications of rGTPV-mP1-2A-9m3C are necessary to produce an effective vaccine.
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- Wenge Ma
- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, 151 Eastern Kelamayi Street, Ürümqi, 830000, People's Republic of China,
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Poxvirus expression vectors were described in 1982 and quickly became widely used for vaccine development as well as research in numerous fields. Advantages of the vectors include simple construction, ability to accommodate large amounts of foreign DNA and high expression levels. Numerous poxvirus-based veterinary vaccines are currently in use and many others are in human clinical trials. The early reports of poxvirus vectors paved the way for and stimulated the development of other viral vectors and recombinant DNA vaccines.
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- Bernard Moss
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Roy CJ, Voss TG. Use of the Aerosol Rabbitpox Virus Model for Evaluation of Anti-Poxvirus Agents. Viruses 2010; 2:2096-2107. [PMID: 20953322 PMCID: PMC2954426 DOI: 10.3390/v2092096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Smallpox is an acute disease caused by infection with variola virus that has had historic effects on the human population due to its virulence and infectivity. Because variola remains a threat to humans, the discovery and development of novel pox therapeutics and vaccines has been an area of intense focus. As variola is a uniquely human virus lacking a robust animal model, the development of rational therapeutic or vaccine approaches for variola requires the use of model systems that reflect the clinical aspects of human infection. Many laboratory animal models of poxviral disease have been developed over the years to study host response and to evaluate new therapeutics and vaccines for the treatment or prevention of human smallpox. Rabbitpox (rabbitpox virus infection in rabbits) is a severe and often lethal infection that has been identified as an ideal disease model for the study of poxviruses in a non-rodent species. The aerosol infection model (aerosolized rabbitpox infection) embodies many of the desired aspects of the disease syndrome that involves the respiratory system and thus may serve as an appropriate model for evaluation of antivirals under development for the therapeutic treatment of human smallpox. In this review we summarize the aerosol model of rabbitpox, discuss the development efforts that have thus far used this model for antiviral testing, and comment on the prospects for its use in future evaluations requiring a poxviral model with a focus on respiratory infection.
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- Chad J. Roy
- Infectious Disease Aerobiology, Microbiology Division, Tulane National Primate Research Center, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, Louisiana, USA
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; E-Mail:
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +1-985-871-6417; Fax: +1-985-871-6260
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; E-Mail:
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Qiao C, Jiang Y, Tian G, Wang X, Li C, Xin X, Chen H, Yu K. Recombinant fowlpox virus vector-based vaccine completely protects chickens from H5N1 avian influenza virus. Antiviral Res 2008; 81:234-8. [PMID: 19110002 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2008.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Revised: 11/27/2008] [Accepted: 12/01/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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With the widespread presence of influenza virus H5N1 in poultry and wildlife species, particularly migrating birds, vaccination has become an important control strategy for avian influenza (AI). In this study, the immune efficacy and hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody responses induced by a recombinant fowlpox virus (FPV) vector-based rFPV-HA-NA vaccine was evaluated in SPF and commercial chickens. Four-week old SPF chickens vaccinated with one dose of vaccine containing 2 x 10(3) plaque forming units (PFU) of virus were completely protected from H5N1 AI virus 1 week after vaccination, and protective immunity lasted for at least 40 weeks. Two-week old commercial layer chickens were vaccinated with the rFPV-HA-NA vaccine and boosted with the same dose of vaccine following an interval of 18 weeks. The HI antibody titers higher than 4log2 lasted for 52 weeks after the booster immunization. We also examined the efficacy of the rFPV-HA-NA vaccine in SPF chickens administrated by different routes. The results showed that effective application of rFPV-HA-NA vaccine in poultry may be restricted to wing-web puncture, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection. These results demonstrate that the rFPV-HA-NA vaccine is effective in the prevention of infection of H5N1 AI virus.
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- Chuanling Qiao
- Animal Influenza Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 427 Maduan Street, Harbin 150001, PR China
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Poxviruses identified in skin lesions of domestic, pet or wild birds are assigned largely by default to the Avipoxvirus genus within the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae of the family Poxviridae. Avipoxviruses have been identified as the causative agent of disease in at least 232 species in 23 orders of birds. Vaccines based upon attenuated avipoxvirus strains provide good disease control in production poultry, although with the large and intensive production systems there are suggestions and real risks of emergence of strains against which current vaccines might be ineffective. Sequence analysis of the whole genome has revealed overall genome structure and function resemblance to the Chordopoxvirinae; however, avipoxvirus genomes exhibit large-scale genomic rearrangements with more extensive gene families and novel host range gene in comparison with the other Chordopoxvirinae. Phylogenetic analysis places the avipoxviruses externally to the Chorodopoxvirinae to such an extent that in the future it might be appropriate to consider the Avipoxviruses as a separate subfamily within the Poxviridae. A unique relationship exists between Fowlpox virus (FWPV) and reticuloendothelosis viruses. All FWPV strains carry a remnant long terminal repeat, while field strains carry a near full-length provirus integrated at the same location in the FWPV genome. With the development of techniques to construct poxviruses expressing foreign vaccine antigens, the avipoxviruses have gone from neglected obscurity to important vaccine vectors in the past 20 years. The seminal observation of their utility for delivery of vaccine antigens to non-avian species has driven much of the interest in this group of viruses. In the veterinary area, several recombinant avipoxviruses are commercially licensed vaccines. The most successful have been those expressing glycoprotein antigens of enveloped viruses, e.g. avian influenza, Newcastle diseases and West Nile viruses. Several recombinants have undergone extensive human clinical trials as experimental vaccines against HIV/AIDS and malaria or as treatment regimens in cancer patients. The safety profile of avipoxvirus recombinants for use as veterinary and human vaccines or therapeutics is now well established.
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- Andrew A. Mercer
- Department of Microbiology, University of Otago, 56, 700 Cumberland Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448 Witten, Germany
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- BAYER HEALTHCARE AG, Product-related Research, 42096 Wuppertal, Germany
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Zheng M, Jin N, Zhang H, Jin M, Lu H, Ma M, Li C, Yin G, Wang R, Liu Q. Construction and immunogenicity of a recombinant fowlpox virus containing the capsid and 3C protease coding regions of foot-and-mouth disease virus. J Virol Methods 2006; 136:230-7. [PMID: 16780963 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2006] [Revised: 05/13/2006] [Accepted: 05/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is an important pathogen with worldwide economic consequences. Consequently, an important goal is the development of a vaccine that can provide rapid protection while overcoming the potential risk associated with the production of conventional inactivated vaccines. An important secondary feature of the vaccine would be the ability to distinguish vaccinated from infected animals. A recombinant fowlpox virus (vUTAL3CP1) containing FMDV capsid polypeptide and 3C coding regions of O/NY00 was constructed and evaluated for its ability to induce humoral and cellular responses in mice and guinea pigs. In addition, the ability to protect guinea pigs against homologous virus challenge was examined. Mice and guinea pigs were given booster vaccinations twice and once, respectively, and guinea pigs were challenged 20 days after the booster vaccination. Control groups included animals inoculated with commercial vaccine, fowlpox virus or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). All animals vaccinated with vUTAL3CP1 developed specific anti-FMDV antibody and neutralizing antibody, as well as T lymphocyte proliferation response and CTL cytotoxic activity. Three of four guinea pigs vaccinated with vUTAL3CP1 were completely protected from viral challenge. The results demonstrated the potential of a fowlpox virus-based recombinant FMD vaccine.
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- Min Zheng
- Genetic Engineering Laboratory of PLA, Academy of Military Medical Sciences of PLA, Changchun 130062, PR China
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Srinivasan V, Schnitzlein WM, Tripathy DN. Genetic manipulation of two fowlpox virus late transcriptional regulatory elements influences their ability to direct expression of foreign genes. Virus Res 2006; 116:85-90. [PMID: 16207500 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2005.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2005] [Revised: 08/17/2005] [Accepted: 08/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fowlpox virus (FWPV) is currently used as a vector to express foreign genes of various poultry and mammalian pathogens. However, due to limited information available about the primary structure of FWPV promoters required for an optimal transcriptional efficiency, the full potential of FWPV as an expression vector has not been completely realized. To dissect such transcriptional regulatory elements at the molecular level, we selected two FWPV promoters dictating contrasting levels of expression of acidic-type inclusion body protein gene (P190) and A15L vaccinia virus homolog of FWPV (P180) for site-directed mutagenesis studies. The transcriptional activity of mutated promoters was analyzed based on their ability to transcribe a reporter gene, lacZ, and translation of the resultant mRNA into functional protein. Replacement of the spacer sequences of P180 with those of P190 resulted in a five-fold increase in mRNA and a 17.6-fold increase in protein over those with its parental promoter, P180. Similarly, replacement of a thymidine after the start codon with guanosine resulted in a 2.3-fold increase in lacZ mRNA and a seven-fold increase in protein. Combining these substitutions in P180SG produced a maximum increase in mRNA and protein of 6.7- and 29.9-fold, respectively, over concentrations with its parental P180 promoter. The promoter activity of P180SG was comparable to that of the strongest natural promoter, P190. The amount of protein per transcript generated by the mutated promoters of P180 increased to at least three times that with the parental P180. In contrast, similar replacements in P190 resulted in a 40-50% reduction in mRNA and protein in all the mutated promoters. We discuss the significance of spacer sequence and the purine after the start codon in the context of a high level of expression.
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- V Srinivasan
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building, 2001 South Lincoln Avenue, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61802-6178, USA.
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Srinivasan V, Schnitzlein WM, Tripathy DN. A consideration of previously uncharacterized fowl poxvirus unidirectional and bidirectional late promoters for inclusion in homologous recombinant vaccines. Avian Dis 2003; 47:286-95. [PMID: 12887188 DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2003)047[0286:acopuf]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Because of the limited analysis of fowl poxvirus (FPV) promoters, expression of foreign proteins by recombinant FPV has usually been directed by heterologous vaccinia virus or synthetic poxvirus promoters. Thus, the impact of completely homologous recombinant virus vaccines has yet to be realized by the poultry industry. In an effort to increase the availability of such transcriptional regulatory elements, the modulation of gene expression by six previously uncharacterized FPV late promoters was examined. To simplify this comparison, each promoter region was separately coupled to the same reporter gene (lacZ) in individual plasmid constructs, and their activities in transfected, virus-infected cells were monitored. In each of the four selected unidirectional transcriptional regulatory elements as well as a 30-base pair representative of the bidirectional promoter region, the predicted temporal specificity of expressing at late stages of virus replicative cycle was verified. Stable lacZ gene transcripts arising from each plasmid varied less than threefold in quantity, whereas the amounts of beta-galactosidase product ranged within a 130-fold interval. Only the promoter that naturally regulates expression of the A type inclusion body protein gene directed production of beta-galactosidase at a level comparable with that associated with the strong vaccinia virus P11 promoter. Because one of the remaining unidirectional transcriptional regulatory elements, P174, was only 2.4-fold less efficient, both of these promoters, P174 and P190, should be satisfactory for directing the expression of poultry pathogen genes inserted into the genomes of FPV recombinant vaccines.
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- V Srinivasan
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building, 2001 South Lincoln Avenue, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
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Hirai K, Sakaguchi M. Polyvalent recombinant Marek's disease virus vaccine against poultry diseases. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2001; 255:261-87. [PMID: 11217427 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56863-3_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- K Hirai
- Department of Tumor Virology, Division of Virology and Immunology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan
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Here we present the genomic sequence, with analysis, of a pathogenic fowlpox virus (FPV). The 288-kbp FPV genome consists of a central coding region bounded by identical 9.5-kbp inverted terminal repeats and contains 260 open reading frames, of which 101 exhibit similarity to genes of known function. Comparison of the FPV genome with those of other chordopoxviruses (ChPVs) revealed 65 conserved gene homologues, encoding proteins involved in transcription and mRNA biogenesis, nucleotide metabolism, DNA replication and repair, protein processing, and virion structure. Comparison of the FPV genome with those of other ChPVs revealed extensive genome colinearity which is interrupted in FPV by a translocation and a major inversion, the presence of multiple and in some cases large gene families, and novel cellular homologues. Large numbers of cellular homologues together with 10 multigene families largely account for the marked size difference between the FPV genome (260 to 309 kbp) and other known ChPV genomes (178 to 191 kbp). Predicted proteins with putative functions involving immune evasion included eight natural killer cell receptors, four CC chemokines, three G-protein-coupled receptors, two beta nerve growth factors, transforming growth factor beta, interleukin-18-binding protein, semaphorin, and five serine proteinase inhibitors (serpins). Other potential FPV host range proteins included homologues of those involved in apoptosis (e.g., Bcl-2 protein), cell growth (e.g., epidermal growth factor domain protein), tissue tropism (e.g., ankyrin repeat-containing gene family, N1R/p28 gene family, and a T10 homologue), and avian host range (e.g., a protein present in both fowl adenovirus and Marek's disease virus). The presence of homologues of genes encoding proteins involved in steroid biogenesis (e.g., hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase), antioxidant functions (e.g., glutathione peroxidase), vesicle trafficking (e.g., two alpha-type soluble NSF attachment proteins), and other, unknown conserved cellular processes (e.g., Hal3 domain protein and GSN1/SUR4) suggests that significant modification of host cell function occurs upon viral infection. The presence of a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer photolyase homologue in FPV suggests the presence of a photoreactivation DNA repair pathway. This diverse complement of genes with likely host range functions in FPV suggests significant viral adaptation to the avian host.
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- C L Afonso
- Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Greenport, New York 11944, USA
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Bárcena J, Blasco R. Recombinant swinepox virus expressing beta-galactosidase: investigation of viral host range and gene expression levels in cell culture. Virology 1998; 243:396-405. [PMID: 9568038 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Swinepox virus (SPV) has been proposed as a potential vector for generating recombinant vaccines for swine. However, little is known about important aspects of SPV biology, such as the functionality of SPV promoters or the host range of SPV. Using a transient expression assay, well-characterized vaccinia virus promoters were shown to be active in cells infected with SPV. A recombinant SPV expressing beta-galactosidase (beta-gal) was constructed and characterized. The E. coli LacZ gene was placed under the control of a strong vaccinia synthetic early/late promoter and was inserted by homologous recombination in a noncoding region of the SPV genome. The recombinant SPV expressing beta-gal was used to characterize the host range of the virus by measuring protein expression and virus production in different cell lines. In general, SPV expressed more protein and grew more efficiently than vaccinia virus in porcine cell lines. Surprisingly, the recombinant SPV was able to infect and replicate in several cell lines of nonswine origin. The virus directed regulated early and late gene expression of beta-gal in those cells and formed blue plaques in cell monolayers in the presence of X-gal. Upon infection with the recombinant SPV, there was a significant level of viral replication, and the virus can be serially passaged in some nonswine cell lines. The data presented suggest that despite the strict host tropism of SPV, the virus exhibits a relatively broad host range in cell culture.
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- J Bárcena
- Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal-I.N.I.A., Valdeolmos, Madrid, Spain
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Leong KH, Ramsay AJ, Boyle DB, Ramshaw IA. Selective induction of immune responses by cytokines coexpressed in recombinant fowlpox virus. J Virol 1994; 68:8125-30. [PMID: 7966603 PMCID: PMC237277 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.68.12.8125-8130.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Avipoxviruses have recently been studied as potential vectors for the delivery of heterologous vaccine antigen. Because these viruses abortively infect mammalian cells yet still effectively present encoded foreign genes to the host immune system, they offer a safer but effective alternative to other live virus vectors. We have examined the effect of coexpressing the cytokine interleukin-6 or gamma interferon on immune responses to a recombinant fowlpox virus expressing influenza virus hemagglutinin. The encoded cytokine was expressed for prolonged periods in infected cell culture with little cytopathic effect due to the abortive nature of the infection. In mice, vector-expressed cytokine dramatically altered immune responses induced by the coexpressed hemagglutinin antigen. Expression of interleukin-6 augmented both primary systemic and mucosal antibody responses and primed for enhanced recall responses. In contrast, expression of gamma interferon markedly inhibited antibody responses without affecting the generation of cell-mediated immunity. The safety of these constructs was demonstrated in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency, and no side effects due to cytokine expression were observed. In summary, fowlpox virus vectors encoding cytokines represent a safe and effective vaccine strategy which may be used to selectively manipulate the immune response.
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- K H Leong
- Viral Engineering and Cytokine Research Group, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra
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Boyle DB, Heine HG. Influence of dose and route of inoculation on responses of chickens to recombinant fowlpox virus vaccines. Vet Microbiol 1994; 41:173-81. [PMID: 7801520 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(94)90146-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The influence of dose and route of inoculation on responses of chickens to vaccination with recombinant fowlpox viruses (rFPVs) expressing an influenza haemagglutinin (HA) (FPV-HA) and the infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) VP2 antigen (FPV-VP2) has been evaluated. Antibody responses to influenza and fowlpox virus were generated following vaccination via the wing web by subcutaneous inoculation or skin scarification. Intranasal and conjunctival inoculation failed to induce antibodies to FPV or influenza. Following direct intratracheal inoculation antibodies developed to influenza but not FPV. Dose response studies with the FPV-HA and FPV-VP2 recombinants showed that good responses to FPV and the vaccine antigen could be generated over a wide (10000 fold) dose range following wing web inoculation. The responses generated by the FPV-VP2 recombinant over this vaccine dose range protected against IBDV infection of the bursae following challenge with the Australian IBDV 002/73 isolate. These data suggest that effective application of rFPVs for poultry vaccination may be restricted to wing web and parenteral routes of inoculation.
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- D B Boyle
- CSIRO Division of Animal Health, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Vic
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The intensive poultry industries rely heavily upon the use of vaccines for disease control. Viral vector based vaccines offer new avenues for the development of vaccines for effective disease control in poultry. Techniques developed for the construction of recombinant vaccinia viruses have been readily adapted to the construction of recombinant viruses based on fowlpox virus (rFPV). The ability to insert several genes into the large genome of fowlpox may enable the development of multivalent vaccines and vaccines incorporating immune response modifiers such as lymphokines. Newcastle disease, avian influenza, infectious bursal disease and Marek's disease antigens expressed by rFPV have been shown to be effective vaccines in poultry. None appear, however, to provide a substantial improvement in vaccine efficacy. Recombinant FPV will be a valuable adjunct to conventional vaccines currently in widespread use. Whether rFPV or other vector based vaccines can circumvent the problems of vaccination in the presence of high maternally derived antibodies is yet to be resolved. The observation that avipoxvirus recombinants may be suitable for the vaccination of non-avian species provides an added dimension to vaccines based on FPV or other avipoxviruses. Recombinant FPV will find a useful role in poultry disease control when used in conjunction with conventional vaccines.
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- D B Boyle
- CSIRO Division of Animal Health, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria
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