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Sendai virus (SeV) is a non-segment negative-sense RNA virus that naturally infects and causes pneumonia in mice. As a prototypic member of the family Paramyxoviridae, SeV has been characterized well, and these studies revealed numerous traits of paramyxovirus biology. The reverse genetics system to rescue SeV was first established in 1995. The virus was rescued from a cloned cDNA that contains full genome sequence flanked by T7 promoter and hepatitis delta virus ribozyme. To rescue SeV, it is necessary to infect cells with a recombinant vaccinia virus vTF7.3 that expresses T7 RNA polymerase, and transfect with the SeV full genome cDNAs together with supporting plasmids encoding NP, P, and L genes under the T7 promoter. Synthesized viral RNA by T7 RNA polymerase will be encapsidated with NP and associated with a polymerase complex composed of P and L. The polymerase complex transcribes and replicates the genome, and produces progeny virions. Rescued SeV needs to be plaque purified to exclude vTF7.3 from viral stock. Reverse genetics system of SeV is relatively efficient compared to other paramyxoviruses, but alternative approaches to rescue poorly growing mutant viruses are also available.
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Generation and evaluation of a genetically attenuated Newcastle disease virus rGM-VIIm as a genotype-matched vaccine. Virus Genes 2016; 53:35-43. [PMID: 27718047 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-016-1397-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Despite intensive vaccination campaigns, outbreaks of Newcastle disease (ND) have been frequently reported in China, especially of genotype VII that first emerged in the late 1990s. Given the dire need for vaccines against the circulating genotype VII virus, we developed an alternative method to recover a highly virulent recombinant GM (rGM) virus that involves a T7 system with a hammerhead ribozyme sequence introduced downstream of the T7 promoter. By changing the F0 polybasic cleavage site RRQKR↓F to the monobasic GRQGR↓L, we generated a mutant virus (rGM-VIIm) that was found to be highly attenuated in chickens. The rGM-VIIm virus not only produced fourfold higher hemagglutination assay (HA) titers than the parental virus, but also exhibited genetic stability after 15 continuous passages in specific-pathogen-free (SPF) embryonated eggs. Whether live or inactivated, rGM-VIIm and LaSota vaccines can protect vaccinated birds from GM challenge infection. However, live and inactivated rGM-VIIm vaccines reduced virus shedding of the homologous challenge virus significantly better than the LaSota virus vaccine did. Altogether, our results suggest that rGM-VIIm vaccines could aid in the control of ND in China.
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Edenborough K, Marsh GA. Reverse genetics: Unlocking the secrets of negative sense RNA viral pathogens. World J Clin Infect Dis 2014; 4:16-26. [DOI: 10.5495/wjcid.v4.i4.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Revised: 08/29/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Negative-sense RNA viruses comprise several zoonotic pathogens that mutate rapidly and frequently emerge in people including Influenza, Ebola, Rabies, Hendra and Nipah viruses. Acute respiratory distress syndrome, encephalitis and vasculitis are common disease outcomes in people as a result of pathogenic viral infection, and are also associated with high case fatality rates. Viral spread from exposure sites to systemic tissues and organs is mediated by virulence factors, including viral attachment glycoproteins and accessory proteins, and their contribution to infection and disease have been delineated by reverse genetics; a molecular approach that enables researchers to experimentally produce recombinant and reassortant viruses from cloned cDNA. Through reverse genetics we have developed a deeper understanding of virulence factors key to disease causation thereby enabling development of targeted antiviral therapies and well-defined live attenuated vaccines. Despite the value of reverse genetics for virulence factor discovery, classical reverse genetic approaches may not provide sufficient resolution for characterization of heterogeneous viral populations, because current techniques recover clonal virus, representing a consensus sequence. In this review the contribution of reverse genetics to virulence factor characterization is outlined, while the limitation of the technique is discussed with reference to new technologies that may be utilized to improve reverse genetic approaches.
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The SI strain of measles virus derived from a patient with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis possesses typical genome alterations and unique amino acid changes that modulate receptor specificity and reduce membrane fusion activity. J Virol 2011; 85:11871-82. [PMID: 21917959 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05067-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a fatal sequela associated with measles and is caused by persistent infection of the brain with measles virus (MV). The SI strain was isolated in 1976 from a patient with SSPE and shows neurovirulence in animals. Genome nucleotide sequence analyses showed that the SI strain genome possesses typical genome alterations for SSPE-derived strains, namely, accumulated amino acid substitutions in the M protein and cytoplasmic tail truncation of the F protein. Through the establishment of an efficient reverse genetics system, a recombinant SI strain expressing a green fluorescent protein (rSI-AcGFP) was generated. The infection of various cell types with rSI-AcGFP was evaluated by fluorescence microscopy. rSI-AcGFP exhibited limited syncytium-forming activity and spread poorly in cells. Analyses using a recombinant MV possessing a chimeric genome between those of the SI strain and a wild-type MV strain indicated that the membrane-associated protein genes (M, F, and H) were responsible for the altered growth phenotype of the SI strain. Functional analyses of viral glycoproteins showed that the F protein of the SI strain exhibited reduced fusion activity because of an E300G substitution and that the H protein of the SI strain used CD46 efficiently but used the original MV receptors on immune and epithelial cells poorly because of L482F, S546G, and F555L substitutions. The data obtained in the present study provide a new platform for analyses of SSPE-derived strains as well as a clear example of an SSPE-derived strain that exhibits altered receptor specificity and limited fusion activity.
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Murphy AM, Moerdyk-Schauwecker M, Mushegian A, Grdzelishvili VZ. Sequence-function analysis of the Sendai virus L protein domain VI. Virology 2010; 405:370-82. [PMID: 20609457 PMCID: PMC2923248 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2010] [Revised: 04/16/2010] [Accepted: 06/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The large (about 2200 amino acids) L polymerase protein of nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses (order Mononegavirales) has six conserved sequence regions (“domains”) postulated to constitute the specific enzymatic activities involved in viral mRNA synthesis, 5′-end capping, cap methylation, 3′ polyadenylation, and genomic RNA replication. Previous studies with vesicular stomatitis virus identified amino acid residues within the L protein domain VI required for mRNA cap methylation. In our recent study we analyzed four amino acid residues within domain VI of the Sendai virus L protein and our data indicated that there could be differences in L protein sequence requirements for cap methylation in two different families of Mononegavirales — rhabdoviruses and paramyxoviruses. In this study, we conducted a more comprehensive mutational analysis by targeting the entire SeV L protein domain VI, creating twenty-four L mutants, and testing these mutations for their effects on viral mRNA synthesis, cap methylation, viral genome replication and virus growth kinetics. Our analysis identified several residues required for successful cap methylation and virus replication and clearly showed the importance of the K-D-K-E tetrad and glycine-rich motif in the SeV cap methylation. This study is the first extensive sequence analysis of the L protein domain VI in the family Paramyxoviridae, and it confirms structural and functional similarity of this domain across different families of the order Mononegavirales.
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- Andrea M Murphy
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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Chauhan VS, Furr SR, Sterka DG, Nelson DA, Moerdyk-Schauwecker M, Marriott I, Grdzelishvili VZ. Vesicular stomatitis virus infects resident cells of the central nervous system and induces replication-dependent inflammatory responses. Virology 2010; 400:187-96. [PMID: 20172575 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2009] [Revised: 01/11/2010] [Accepted: 01/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) infection of mice via intranasal administration results in a severe encephalitis with rapid activation and proliferation of microglia and astrocytes. We have recently shown that these glial cells express RIG-I and MDA5, cytosolic pattern recognition receptors for viral RNA. However, it is unclear whether VSV can replicate in glial cells or if such replication is required for their inflammatory responses. Here we demonstrate that primary microglia and astrocytes are permissive for VSV infection and limited productive replication. Importantly, we show that viral replication is required for robust inflammatory mediator production by these cells. Finally, we have confirmed that in vivo VSV administration can result in viral infection of glial cells in situ. These results suggest that viral replication within resident glial cells might play an important role in CNS inflammation following infection with VSV and possibly other neurotropic nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses.
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- Vinita S Chauhan
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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A Baumann C, J Neubert W. Neuraminidase-deficient Sendai virus HN mutants provide protection from homologous superinfection. Arch Virol 2009; 155:217-27. [PMID: 20024589 PMCID: PMC2815292 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-009-0567-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2009] [Accepted: 11/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Binding of hemagglutinin-neuraminidase proteins (HN) to sialylated receptors initiates the infection process of several paramyxoviruses, whereas later in the viral life cycle, the neuramindase (NA) activity of newly synthesized HN destroys all receptors. Prior to NA action, expressed HN has to bind the receptor. To evaluate this HN–receptor complex with respect to receptor inactivation, three temperature-sensitive Sendai virus HN mutants carrying amino acid exchanges at positions 262, 264 and/or 461 were created that uncoupled NA activity from receptor binding at 39°C. Interestingly, at elevated temperature, when there is no detectable neuramindase activity, all infected cells are protected against homologous superinfection. Mutated HN protein on the cell surface is mainly bound to sialylated cell-surface components but can be released by treatment with NA. Thus, continuous binding to HN already inactivates the receptors quantitatively. Furthermore, mutant HN bound to receptors is prevented from being incorporated into virus particles in the absence of NA. It is shown here for the first time that during paramyxoviral infection, quantitative receptor inactivation already occurs due to binding of receptors to expressed HN protein without involvement of NA and is independent of NA activity of viral progeny. NA subsequently functions in the release of HN from the complex, coupled with desialysation of receptors. These findings could have implications for further antiviral drug development.
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- Christine A Baumann
- Department of Molecular Virology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany
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Pinkenburg O, Vogelmeier C, Bossow S, Neubert WJ, Lutz RB, Ungerechts G, Lauer UM, Bitzer M, Bals R. RECOMBINANT SENDAI VIRUS FOR EFFICIENT GENE TRANSFER TO HUMAN AIRWAY EPITHELIUM. Exp Lung Res 2009; 30:83-96. [PMID: 14972769 DOI: 10.1080/01902140490266501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recombinant Sendai virus (rSeV) infects respiratory epithelial cells in animal models and cultures of undifferentiated human nasal cells. It was the aim of this study to investigate the capability of rSeV to express a transgene in human airway epithelium. Differentiated human airway epithelial cells were generated using air-liquid interface culture techniques. Application of rSeV coding for green fluorescence protein (GFP) onto the apical surface (using a multiplicity of infection of 3) resulted in expression of the transgene in more than 90% of the cells followed by decreasing numbers of positive cells during the observation time of 3 weeks. The infection of human respiratory epithelial cells is mediated by sialic acid residues at the apical surface. Despite the secretion of interleukin (IL)-8 and the replication of rSeV in the epithelial cells, the authors could not detect any cytopathic effect after the infection. In conclusion, rSeV infects differentiated human airway epithelial cells with high efficiency. Transgene expression is transient and accompanied by the secretion of an inflammatory cytokine.
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- Olaf Pinkenburg
- Hospital of the University of Marburg, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, Philipps-UniverstätMarburg, Marburg, Germany
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Identification of sendai virus L protein amino acid residues affecting viral mRNA cap methylation. J Virol 2008; 83:1669-81. [PMID: 19052078 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01438-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Viruses of the order Mononegavirales all encode a large (L) polymerase protein responsible for the replication and transcription of the viral genome as well as all posttranscriptional modifications of viral mRNAs. The L protein is conserved among all members of the Mononegavirales and has six conserved regions ("domains"). Using vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) (family Rhabdoviridae) experimental system, we and others recently identified several conserved amino acid residues within L protein domain VI which are required for viral mRNA cap methylation. To verify that these critical amino acid residues have a similar function in other members of the Mononegavirales, we examined the Sendai virus (SeV) (family Paramyxoviridae) L protein by targeting homologous amino acid residues important for cap methylation in VSV which are highly conserved among all members of the Mononegavirales and are believed to constitute the L protein catalytic and S-adenosylmethionine-binding sites. In addition, an SeV L protein mutant with a deletion of the entire domain VI was generated. First, L mutants were tested for their abilities to synthesize viral mRNAs. While the domain VI deletion completely inactivated L, most of the amino acid substitutions had minor effects on mRNA synthesis. Using a reverse genetics approach, these mutations were introduced into the SeV genome, and recombinant infectious SeV mutants with single alanine substitutions at L positions 1782, 1804, 1805, and 1806 or a double substitution at positions 1804 and 1806 were generated. The mutant SeV virions were purified, detergent activated, and analyzed for their abilities to synthesize viral mRNAs methylated at their cap structures. In addition, further studies were done to examine these SeV mutants for a possible host range phenotype, which was previously shown for VSV cap methylation-defective mutants. In agreement with a predicted role of the SeV L protein invariant lysine 1782 as a catalytic residue, the recombinant virus with a single K1782A substitution was completely defective in cap methylation and showed a host range phenotype. In addition, the E1805A mutation within the putative S-adenosylmethionine-binding site of L resulted in a 60% reduction in cap methylation. In contrast to the homologous VSV mutants, other recombinant SeV mutants with amino acid substitutions at this site were neither defective in cap methylation nor host range restricted. The results of this initial study using an SeV experimental system demonstrate similarities as well as differences between the L protein cap methylation domains in different members of the Mononegavirales.
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Chaudhry Y, Skinner MA, Goodfellow IG. Recovery of genetically defined murine norovirus in tissue culture by using a fowlpox virus expressing T7 RNA polymerase. J Gen Virol 2007; 88:2091-2100. [PMID: 17622609 PMCID: PMC2884977 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82940-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Despite the significant disease burden caused by human norovirus infection, an efficient tissue-culture system for these viruses remains elusive. Murine norovirus (MNV) is an ideal surrogate for the study of norovirus biology, as the virus replicates efficiently in tissue culture and a low-cost animal model is readily available. In this report, a reverse-genetics system for MNV is described, using a fowlpox virus (FWPV) recombinant expressing T7 RNA polymerase to recover genetically defined MNV in tissue culture for the first time. These studies demonstrated that approaches that have proved successful for other members of the family Caliciviridae failed to lead to recovery of MNV. This was due to our observation that vaccinia virus infection had a negative effect on MNV replication. In contrast, FWPV infection had no deleterious effect and allowed the recovery of infectious MNV from cells previously transfected with MNV cDNA constructs. These studies also indicated that the nature of the 3′-terminal nucleotide is critical for efficient virus recovery and that inclusion of a hepatitis delta virus ribozyme at the 3′ end can increase the efficiency with which virus is recovered. This system now allows the recovery of genetically defined noroviruses and will facilitate the analysis of the effects of genetic variation on norovirus pathogenesis.
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- Yasmin Chaudhry
- Calicivirus Research Group, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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- Vaccine Vector Group, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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- Calicivirus Research Group, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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Warmann SW, Armeanu S, Heitmann H, Ruck P, Seitz G, Wessels JT, Lemken ML, Lauer UM, Fuchs J, Bitzer M. Optimizing vector application for gene transfer into human hepatoblastoma cells. Pediatr Surg Int 2006; 22:733-42. [PMID: 16896819 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1727-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gene targeting is currently of distinct interest as an innovative additive treatment option in various malignancies. Its role in pediatric liver tumors has not yet been evaluated thoroughly. For the first time the authors systematically analyzed both lipid-based transfection as well as transduction with adenovirus vectors (Ad) and Sendai virus vectors (SeVV) in order to optimize gene transfer into hepatoblastoma (HB) cells. Two HB cell lines were infected with Ad or SeVV coding for green fluorescent protein (Ad-GFP, SeVV-GFP); transduction efficiencies and apoptosis were assessed using flow cytometry. Furthermore, lipofection of HB cell lines with plasmid-constructs comprising liver-specific promoters was performed using Lipofectamine 2000 and FuGENE 6; lipofection efficiency was monitored by flow cytometry, microscopy, and luciferase activity. The Ad-GFP showed higher transduction rates (61-86%) than the SeVV-GFP (4-24%) depending on the HB cell line used. Infections with first generation SeVV vectors (SeVV-GFP) led to increased target cell apoptosis (7-43%) compared to Ad-GFP (4-16%). The Lipofectamine 2000 revealed a higher transfection efficiency than the FuGENE 6 for both HB cell lines tested. The liver-specific promoters were found to be differently active in the HB cell lines. This study delineates recombinant adenovirus vectors as a promising tool for gene transduction in the HB cells. Furthermore, enhanced activity of the liver-specific promoters in HUH6 cells compared to HepT1 cells supports the observation of varying biological behavior in histologically differing HB tissues.
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- Steven W Warmann
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str.3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
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Warmann SW, Armeanu S, Frank H, Buck H, Graepler F, Lemken ML, Heitmann H, Seitz G, Lauer UM, Bitzer M, Fuchs J. In vitro gene targeting in human hepatoblastoma. Pediatr Surg Int 2006; 22:16-23. [PMID: 16374644 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1573-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Poor treatment results in advanced hepatoblastoma (HB) made alternative treatment approaches desirable. Gene-directed tumor therapy is increasingly investigated in different malignancies. The aim of this study was to analyze possible alternatives of gene transfer into HB cells and to study therapeutic applications based on different strategies. Liposomal transfection of HB cells was assessed using liver-specific promoters, and adenovirus and Sendai virus transductions were performed in vitro. Transfer efficiencies were measured via flow cytometry determining expression of vector-encoded marker gene green fluorescent protein. Gene silencing of the anti-apoptotic bcl-2 gene in HUH6 cells was performed using lipofection of small interfering RNA (siRNA). Additionally, suicide gene therapy was carried out through a yeast-derived cytosine deaminase (YCD)-combined yeast uracil phosphoribosyltransferase (YUPRT)-based adenovirus-mediated gene transfer, leading to a potent intracellular prodrug transformation of 5-fluorocytosine into 5-fluorouracil. Treatment efficiencies were monitored via MTT viability assay. Highest gene transfer rates (86%) were observed using adenovirus transduction. We furthermore observed a significant therapeutic effect of adenovirus-mediated YCD::YUPRT suicide gene transfer. Liposomal-mediated anti-bcl-2 siRNA transfer led to a significant improvement of cisplatin treatment in HUH6 cells. Liver-specific promoters were found to be strongly active in HUH6 cells (mixed HB-derived), but less active in HepT1 cells (embryonal HB-derived). Liposomal transfection and viral transduction are effective approaches to genetically manipulate HB cells in vitro. For the first time, we demonstrate a positive effect of siRNA gene silencing in this malignancy. Additionally, we successfully investigated a model of adenovirus-based suicide gene therapy in HB cell cultures. Our data strongly encourage further studies assessing these alternative treatment approaches.
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- Steven W Warmann
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Street 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Armeanu S, Bitzer M, Smirnow I, Bossow S, Appel S, Ungerechts G, Bernloehr C, Neubert WJ, Lauer UM, Brossart P. Severe Impairment of Dendritic Cell Allostimulatory Activity by Sendai Virus Vectors Is Overcome by Matrix Protein Gene Deletion. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:4971-80. [PMID: 16210599 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.8.4971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Delivery of Ags to dendritic cells (DCs) plays a pivotal role in the induction of efficient immune responses ranging from immunity to tolerance. The observation that certain viral pathogens are able to infect DCs has led to a concept in which applications of recombinant viruses are used for Ag delivery with the potential benefit of inducing potent Ag-specific T cell responses directed against multiple epitopes. As a prerequisite for such an application, the infection of DCs by recombinant viruses should not interfere with their stimulatory capacity. In this context, we could show that an emerging negative-strand RNA viral vector system based on the Sendai virus (SeV) is able to efficiently infect monocyte-derived human DCs (moDCs). However, after infection with SeV wild type, both the response of DCs to bacterial LPS as a powerful mediator of DC maturation and the allostimulatory activity were severely impaired. Interestingly, using various recombinant SeV vectors that were devoid of single viral genes, we were able to identify the SeV matrix (M) protein as a key component in moDC functional impairment after viral infection. Consequently, use of M-deficient SeV vectors preserved the allostimulatory activity in infected moDCs despite an efficient expression of all other virally encoded genes, thereby identifying M-deficient vectors as a highly potent tool for the genetic manipulation of DCs.
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- Sorin Armeanu
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Zimmer G, Bossow S, Kolesnikova L, Hinz M, Neubert WJ, Herrler G. A chimeric respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein functionally replaces the F and HN glycoproteins in recombinant Sendai virus. J Virol 2005; 79:10467-77. [PMID: 16051839 PMCID: PMC1182616 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.16.10467-10477.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Entry of most paramyxoviruses is accomplished by separate attachment and fusion proteins that function in a cooperative manner. Because of this close interdependence, it was not possible with most paramyxoviruses to replace either of the two protagonists by envelope glycoproteins from related paramyxoviruses. By using reverse genetics of Sendai virus (SeV), we demonstrate that chimeric respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fusion proteins containing either the cytoplasmic domain of the SeV fusion protein or in addition the transmembrane domain were efficiently incorporated into SeV particles provided the homotypic SeV-F was deleted. In the presence of SeV-F, the chimeric glycoproteins were incorporated with significantly lower efficiency, indicating that determinants in the SeV-F ectodomain exist that contribute to glycoprotein uptake. Recombinant SeV in which the homotypic fusion protein was replaced with chimeric RSV fusion protein replicated in a trypsin-independent manner and was neutralized by antibodies directed to RSV-F. However, replication of this virus also relied on the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) as pretreatment of cells with neuraminidase significantly reduced the infection rate. Finally, recombinant SeV was generated with chimeric RSV-F as the only envelope glycoprotein. This virus was not neutralized by antibodies to SeV and did not use sialic acids for attachment. It replicated more slowly than hybrid virus containing HN and produced lower virus titers. Thus, on the one hand RSV-F can mediate infection in an autonomous way while on the other hand it accepts support by a heterologous attachment protein.
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- Gert Zimmer
- Institut für Virologie, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Bünteweg 17, D-30559 Hannover, Germany.
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Wiegand M, Bossow S, Neubert WJ. Sendai virus trailer RNA simultaneously blocks two apoptosis-inducing mechanisms in a cell type-dependent manner. J Gen Virol 2005; 86:2305-2314. [PMID: 16033978 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81022-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Induction of apoptosis during Sendai virus (SeV) infection has previously been documented to be triggered by initiator caspases (for strain F) or by a contribution of the cellular protein TIAR (T-cell-activated intracellular antigen-related) (for strain Z). Here, evidence was provided that both TIAR and caspases are simultaneously involved in apoptosis induction as a result of infection with SeV strain F. SeV F infection induced death in all tested cell lines, which could only be partially prevented through the pan-caspase inhibitor z-VAD-fmk. However, infection of seven different cell lines with the SeV mutant Fctr48z overexpressing a TIAR-sequestering RNA from the modified leader resulted in a cell type-dependent reduced cytopathic effect (CPE); in an earlier study a similar mutant derived from SeV Z was shown to prevent the induction of any CPE. Finally, blocking of caspases through z-VAD-fmk combined with Fctr48z infection led to complete abrogation of CPE, clearly demonstrating the existence of two separate mechanisms inducing cell death during SeV F infections. Interestingly, a cell type-specific interference between these two mechanisms could be detected during infection with the mutant virus Fctr48z: RNA transcribed from the mutated leader was able to trans-dominantly inhibit caspase-mediated apoptosis. Thus, virus-expressed factors enabling a well-balanced ratio of suppression and triggering of apoptosis seem to be essential for optimal virus replication.
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- Marian Wiegand
- Department of Molecular Virology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Virology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Virology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Takeda M, Ohno S, Seki F, Hashimoto K, Miyajima N, Takeuchi K, Yanagi Y. Efficient rescue of measles virus from cloned cDNA using SLAM-expressing Chinese hamster ovary cells. Virus Res 2005; 108:161-5. [PMID: 15681066 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2004.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2004] [Revised: 09/07/2004] [Accepted: 09/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We here report a highly efficient reverse genetics system for measles virus (MeV), using Chinese hamster ovary cells constitutively expressing a MeV receptor human signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (CHO/hSLAM cells). The recombinant vaccinia virus vTF7-3 that encodes the T7 RNA polymerase under the control of the early/late promoter was used in the system. Replication of vTF7-3 was highly restricted in CHO/hSLAM cells, but the virus could still drive the T7 promoter, allowing us to recover MeV from the transfected cDNA efficiently. With this system the number of infectious centers, in which MeV replication cycles are initiated from transfected cDNAs, was approximately 100 times higher than that with the previous system (. J. Virol. 74, 6643-6647), and the recovery rate was 100%. The wild-type MeV that encodes the lac-Z gene of approximately 3.2kb in length, was easily generated with this CHO/hSLAM system, while such virus could not be recovered with the previous system. Since SLAM acts as a cellular receptor for both MeV vaccine and wild-type strains, the Edmonston vaccine strain was also recovered with this system more efficiently than with any other systems reported previously. Thus, the CHO/hSLAM-based system would expand applications of the MeV reverse genetics by allowing productions of mutant MeVs that have been difficult to generate with less efficient systems.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD
- CHO Cells
- Cell Transformation, Viral
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cricetinae
- DNA, Complementary
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- DNA, Viral/physiology
- Genes, Reporter
- Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Glycoproteins/genetics
- Immunoglobulins/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulins/genetics
- Measles virus/genetics
- Measles virus/physiology
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Receptors, Virus/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Virus/genetics
- Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family Member 1
- Transfection
- Viral Plaque Assay
- beta-Galactosidase/genetics
- beta-Galactosidase/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Makoto Takeda
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Hou X, Suquilanda E, Zeledon A, Kacsinta A, Moore A, Seto J, McQueen N. Mutations in Sendai virus variant F1-R that correlate with plaque formation in the absence of trypsin. Med Microbiol Immunol 2005; 194:129-36. [PMID: 15834752 PMCID: PMC7086596 DOI: 10.1007/s00430-004-0224-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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With the emergence of new viruses, such as the SARS virus and the avian influenza virus, the importance of investigations on the genetic basis of viral infections becomes clear. Sendai virus causes a localized respiratory tract infection in rodents, while a mutant, F1-R, causes a systemic infection. It has been suggested that two determinants are responsible for the systemic infection caused by F1-R [Okada et al (1998) Arch Virol 143:2343-2352]. The primary determinant of the pantropism is the enhanced proteolytic cleavability of the fusion (F) protein of F1-R, which allows the virus to undergo multiple rounds of replication in many different organs, whereas wild-type virus can only undergo multiple rounds of replication in the lungs. The enhanced cleavability of F1-R F was previously attributed to an amino acid change at F115 that is adjacent to the cleavage site at amino acid 116. Secondly, wild-type virus buds only from the apical domain of bronchial epithelium, releasing virus into the lumen of the respiratory tract, whereas F1-R buds from both apical and basolateral domains. Thus, virus is released into the basement membrane where it can easily gain access to the bloodstream for dissemination. The microtubule disruption is attributed to two amino acid differences in M protein. To confirm that the F and M gene mutations described above are solely responsible for the phenotypic differences seen in wild-type versus F1-R infections, reverse genetics was used to construct recombinant Sendai viruses with various combinations of the mutations found in the M and F genes of F1-R. Plaque assays were performed with or without trypsin addition. A recombinant virus containing all F1-R M and F mutations formed plaques in LLC-MK2 cells and underwent multiple cycles of replication without trypsin addition. To clarify which mutation(s) are necessary for plaque formation, plaque assays were done using other recombinant viruses. A virus with only the F115 change, which was previously thought to be the only change important for plaque formation of F 1-R F, did not confer upon the virus the ability to form plaques without the addition of trypsin. Another virus with the F115 and both M changes gave the same result. Therefore, more than one mutation in the F gene contributes to the ability of F1-R to form plaques without trypsin addition.
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- Xiaogang Hou
- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
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Bernloehr C, Bossow S, Ungerechts G, Armeanu S, Neubert WJ, Lauer UM, Bitzer M. Efficient propagation of single gene deleted recombinant Sendai virus vectors. Virus Res 2004; 99:193-7. [PMID: 14749185 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2003.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Recombinant Sendai virus vectors (SeVV) have become an attractive tool for basic virological as well as for gene transfer studies. However, to (i) reduce the cellular injury induced by basic recombinant SeV vectors (encoding all six SeV genes as being present in SeV wild-type (wt) genomes) and to (ii) improve SeV vector safety, deletions of viral genes are necessary for the construction of superior SeVV generations. As a strong expression system recombinant replication-incompetent adenoviruses, coding for SeV proteins hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN), fusion (F), or matrix (M), were generated and successfully employed for the propagation of single gene deleted (DeltaHN, DeltaF, DeltaM) recombinant SeVV. Further investigations of the propagation procedures required for single gene deleted recombinant SeVV demonstrated (i) modifications of the cell culture medium composition as well as (ii) incubation with vitamin E as crucial steps for the enhancement of SeVV-DeltaHN, -DeltaF, or -DeltaM viral particle yield. Such optimized propagation procedures even led to a successful propagation of HN-deleted viral particles (SeVV-DeltaHN), which has not been reported before.
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Waddington SN, Buckley SMK, Bernloehr C, Bossow S, Ungerechts G, Cook T, Gregory L, Rahim A, Themis M, Neubert WJ, Coutelle C, Lauer UM, Bitzer M. Reduced toxicity of F-deficient Sendai virus vector in the mouse fetus. Gene Ther 2004; 11:599-608. [PMID: 14724676 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Current concerns over insertional mutagenesis by retroviral vectors mitigate investigations into alternative, potentially persistent gene therapy vector systems not dependent on genomic integration, such as Sendai virus vectors (SeVV). Prenatal gene therapy requires efficient gene delivery to several tissues, which may not be achievable by somatic gene transfer to the adult. Initially, to test the potential and tropism of the SeVV for gene delivery to fetal tissues, first-generation (replication- and propagation-competent) recombinant SeVV, expressing beta-galactosidase was introduced into late gestation immunocompetent mice via the amniotic and peritoneal cavities and the yolk sac vessels. At 2 days, this resulted in very high levels of expression particularly in the airway epithelium, mesothelium and vascular endothelium, respectively. However, as expected, substantial vector toxicity was observed. The efficiency of gene transfer and the level of gene expression were then examined using a second-generation SeVV. The second generation was developed to be still capable of cytoplasmic RNA replication and therefore high-level gene expression, but incapable of vector spread due to lack of the gene for viral F-protein. Vector was introduced into the fetal amniotic and peritoneal cavities, intravascularly, intramuscularly and intraspinally; at 2 days, expression was observed in the airway epithelia, peritoneal mesothelia, unidentified cells in the gut wall, locally at the site of muscle injection and in the dorsal root ganglia, respectively. Mortality was dramatically diminished compared with the first-generation vector.
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- S N Waddington
- Gene Therapy Research Group, Section of Cell and Molecular Biology, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College Road, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
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"Reverse genetics" or de novo synthesis of nonsegmented negative-sense RNA viruses (Mononegavirales) from cloned cDNA has become a reliable technique to study this group of medically important viruses. Since the first generation of a negative-sense RNA virus entirely from cDNA in 1994, reverse genetics systems have been established for members of most genera of the Rhabdo-, Paramyxo-, and Filoviridae families. These systems are based on intracellular transcription of viral full-length RNAs and simultaneous expression of viral proteins required to form the typical viral ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP). These systems are powerful tools to study all aspects of the virus life cycle as well as the roles of virus proteins in virus-host interplay and pathogenicity. In addition, recombinant viruses can be designed to have specific properties that make them attractive as biotechnological tools and live vaccines.
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- K K Conzelmann
- Max von Pettenkofer-Institut and Genzentrum, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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Bitzer M, Armeanu S, Lauer UM, Neubert WJ. Sendai virus vectors as an emerging negative-strand RNA viral vector system. J Gene Med 2003; 5:543-53. [PMID: 12825193 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The power to manipulate the genome of negative-strand RNA viruses, including the insertion of additional non-viral genes, has led to the development of a new class of viral vectors for gene transfer approaches. The murine parainfluenza virus type I, or Sendai virus (SeV), has emerged as a prototype virus of this vector group, being employed in numerous in vitro as well as animal studies over the last few years. Extraordinary features of SeV are the remarkably brief contact time that is necessary for cellular uptake, a strong but adjustable expression of foreign genes, efficient infection in the respiratory tract despite a mucus layer, transduction of target cells being independent of the cell cycle, and an exclusively cytoplasmic replication cycle without any risk of chromosomal integration. In this review we describe the current knowledge of Sendai virus vector (SeVV) development as well as the results of first-generation vector applications under both in vitro and in vivo conditions. So far, Sendai virus vectors have been identified to be a highly efficient transduction tool for a broad range of different tissues and applications. Future directions in vector design and development are discussed.
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- Michael Bitzer
- Internal Medicine I, Medical University Clinic Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Huang Z, Elankumaran S, Panda A, Samal SK. Recombinant Newcastle disease virus as a vaccine vector. Poult Sci 2003; 82:899-906. [PMID: 12817444 DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.6.899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Veterinary vaccines remained conventional for more than fifty years. Recent advances in the recombinant genetic engineering techniques brought forward a leap in designing vaccines for veterinary use. A novel approach of delivering protective immunogens of many different pathogens in a single virus vector was made possible with the introduction of a "reverse genetics" system for nonsegmented negative-sense RNA viruses. Newcastle disease virus (NDV), a nonsegmented negative-sense virus, is one of the major viruses of economic importance in the poultry industry throughout the world. Despite the availability of live virus vaccines of good potency, the intrinsic ability of attenuated strains to revert in virulence makes control of this disease by vaccination difficult. Armed with the knowledge of virulence factors of this virus, it is now possible to produce genetically stable vaccines and to engineer mutations that enhance immunogenicity. The modular nature of the genome of this virus facilitates engineering additional genes from several different pathogens or tumor-specific antigens to design contemporary vaccines for animals and humans. This review will summarize the developments in using NDV as a vaccine vector and the potential of this approach in designing next generation vaccines for veterinary use.
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- Z Huang
- Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, 8075 Greenmead Drive, College Park, Maryland 20742-3711, USA
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Armeanu S, Ungerechts G, Bernloehr C, Bossow S, Gregor M, Neubert WJ, Lauer UM, Bitzer M. Cell cycle independent infection and gene transfer by recombinant Sendai viruses. J Virol Methods 2003; 108:229-33. [PMID: 12609691 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0934(02)00280-x] [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: 11/26/2022]
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A common problem for viral vectors in the field of somatic gene therapy is the dependence of an efficient cellular transduction on the cell cycle phase of target cells. An optimized viral vector system should therefore transduce cells in different cell cycle phases equally to improve transduction efficiencies. Recent observations that recombinant Sendai viruses (SeV) can infect a broad range of different tissues suggested SeV to be a good candidate for future gene therapeutic strategies in which dividing and non-dividing cells have to be reached. However, detailed data on the influence of distinct cell cycle phases on the infection of SeV or related viruses are missing. We report that synchronization of NIH 3T3 cells as well as contact inhibition of human fibroblast cells did not exhibit any negative influence on SeV infection rates. Furthermore, different attractive target tissues like human umbilical cord derived cells or primary human hepatocytes can be reached by SeV efficiently. As an important information for further cell cycle studies of paramyxoviruses we discovered surprisingly that the DNA polymerase inhibitor aphidicolin (induces a G(1)/M arrest) functions as an inhibitor of SeV but not of an adenoviral expression vector. In conclusion, the results demonstrate SeV based vector particles to be an ideal tool to reach equally cells coexisting in different cell cycle phases.
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- Sorin Armeanu
- Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Tübingen, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany
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Bitzer M, Ungerechts G, Bossow S, Graepler F, Sedlmeier R, Armeanu S, Bernloehr C, Spiegel M, Gross CD, Gregor M, Neubert WJ, Lauer UM. Negative-strand RNA viral vectors: intravenous application of Sendai virus vectors for the systemic delivery of therapeutic genes. Mol Ther 2003; 7:210-7. [PMID: 12597909 DOI: 10.1016/s1525-0016(02)00052-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Treatment by gene replacement is critical in the field of gene therapy. Suitable vectors for the delivery of therapeutic genes have to be generated and tested in preclinical settings. Recently, extraordinary features for a local gene delivery by Sendai virus vectors (SeVV) have been reported for different tissues. Here we show that direct intravenous application of SeVV in mice is not only feasible and safe, but it results in the secretion of therapeutic proteins to the circulation, for example, human clotting Factor IX (hFIX). In vitro characterization of first-generation SeVV demonstrated that secreted amounts of hFIX were at least comparable to published results for retroviral or adeno-associated viral vectors. Furthermore, as a consideration for application in humans, SeVV transduction led to efficient hFIX synthesis in primary human hepatocytes, and SeVV-encoded hFIX proteins could be shown to be functionally active in the human clotting cascade. In conclusion, our investigations demonstrate for the first time that intravenous administration of negative-strand RNA viral vectors may become a useful tool for the wide area of gene replacement requirements.
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- Michael Bitzer
- Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Fujii Y, Sakaguchi T, Kiyotani K, Huang C, Fukuhara N, Egi Y, Yoshida T. Involvement of the leader sequence in Sendai virus pathogenesis revealed by recovery of a pathogenic field isolate from cDNA. J Virol 2002; 76:8540-7. [PMID: 12163573 PMCID: PMC136997 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.17.8540-8547.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We previously demonstrated that a systematic passage of a pathogenic field isolate of Sendai virus (SeV), the Hamamatsu strain, in embryonated eggs caused attenuation of virulence to mice, and we isolated viral clones of distinct virulence (K. Kiyotani et al. Arch. Virol. 146:893-908, 2001). One of the clones, E15cl2, which was obtained from the virus at the 15th egg passage of E0, the parental Hamamatsu clone for egg passage, had 165-fold-attenuated virulence to mice and possessed only four mutations in the entire 15,384-base genome: in an antigenomic sense, U to A at position 20 (U20A) and U to A at position 24 (U24A) in the leader sequence, the promoter for transcription and replication, and A to G at position 9346 (silent) and A to U at position 12174 (Ser to Cys) in the L gene. To examine the possibility that leader mutations affect virus pathogenesis, we recovered live viruses from cDNA derived from the Hamamatsu strain. A mutant virus possessing either a mutation of U20A or U24A in the leader sequence showed a slightly lower pathogenicity than that of the parental virus, whereas a double mutant virus possessing both of the mutations showed 25-fold-attenuated virulence, accompanying a significantly lower virus replication in the mouse lung. Replications of the leader mutant viruses were also impaired in a primary culture of mouse pulmonary epithelial cells but not in chicken embryo fibroblasts. These findings suggest that leader mutations of SeV affect virus pathogenesis by altering virus replication in a host-dependent manner.
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- Yutaka Fujii
- Department of Virology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
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Bitzer M, Armeanu S, Prinz F, Ungerechts G, Wybranietz W, Spiegel M, Bernlöhr C, Cecconi F, Gregor M, Neubert WJ, Schulze-Osthoff K, Lauer UM. Caspase-8 and Apaf-1-independent caspase-9 activation in Sendai virus-infected cells. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:29817-24. [PMID: 12021264 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111898200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Apoptotic cell death is of central importance in the pathogenesis of viral infections. Activation of a cascade of cysteine proteases, i.e. caspases, plays a key role in the effector phase of virus-induced apoptosis. However, little is known about pathways leading to the activation of initiator caspases in virus-infected host cells. Recently, we have shown that Sendai virus (SeV) infection triggers apoptotic cell death by activation of the effector caspase-3 and initiator caspase-8. We now investigated mechanisms leading to the activation of another initiator caspase, caspase-9. Unexpectedly we found that caspase-9 cleavage is not dependent on the presence of active caspases-3 or -8. Furthermore, the presence of caspase-9 in mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cells was a prerequisite for Sendai virus-induced apoptotic cell death. Caspase-9 activation occurred without the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria and was not dependent on the presence of Apaf-1 or reactive oxygen intermediates. Our results therefore suggest an alternative mechanism for caspase-9 activation in virally infected cells beside the well characterized pathways via death receptors or mitochondrial cytochrome c release.
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- Michael Bitzer
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Clinic Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Hirata T, Iida A, Shiraki-Iida T, Kitazato K, Kato A, Nagai Y, Hasegawa M. An improved method for recovery of F-defective Sendai virus expressing foreign genes from cloned cDNA. J Virol Methods 2002; 104:125-33. [PMID: 12088822 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0934(02)00044-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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An improved system is described to recover non-transmissible Sendai virus that lack the envelope fusion (F) gene from cloned cDNA. The system (1) used plasmids that expressed the F and the HN viral envelope proteins, as well as the plasmids that expressed the viral NP, P, and L proteins as helper plasmids for recovery, and (2) overlaid packaging cells that expressed the F protein. With this improved system, we have succeeded in recovery of F-defective Sendai virus expressing two foreign proteins, and expression vectors that do not contain the EGFP reporter gene. This system may provide the basis for constructing recombinant F-defective Sendai virus for preventing and treating human diseases in the form of vaccines and vectors for gene therapy.
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- Takahiro Hirata
- DNAVEC Research Inc., 1-25-11 Kannondai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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The technologies of recombinant gene expression have greatly enhanced the structural and functional analyses of genetic elements and proteins. Vaccinia virus, a large double-stranded DNA virus and the prototypic and best characterized member of the poxvirus family, has been an instrumental tool among these technologies and the recombinant vaccinia virus system has been widely employed to express genes from eukaryotic, prokaryotic, and viral origins. Vaccinia virus is also the prototype live viral vaccine and serves as the basis for well established viral vectors which have been successfully evaluated as human and animal vaccines for infectious diseases and as anticancer vaccines in a variety of animal model systems. Vaccinia virus technology has also been instrumental in a number of unique applications, from the discovery of new viral receptors to the synthesis and assembly of other viruses in culture. Here we provide a simple and detailed outline of the processes involved in the generation of a typical recombinant vaccinia virus, along with an up to date review of relevant literature.
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- C C Broder
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
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A recent breakthrough in the field of nonsegmented negative strand RNA viruses (Mononegavirales), including paramyxoviruses, is the establishment of a system to recover an infectious virus entirely from complementary DNA and hence allow reverse genetics. Mutations can now be introduced into viral genomes at will and the resulting phenotypes studied as long as the introduced mutations are not lethal. This technology is being successfully applied to answer outstanding questions regarding the roles of viral components in replication and their contribution to pathogenicity, which are difficult to address using conventional virology. For instance, how the paramyxovirus accessory proteins V and C contribute to actual viral replication and pathogenesis has remained unanswered since their first description more than 20 years ago. Using Sendai virus, which causes fatal pneumonia in mice, it has been shown that the V protein is completely dispensable for viral replication in cell cultures but encodes a luxury function required for pathogenesis in vivo. The Sendai virus C proteins were also defined to be nonessential gene products which greatly contributed to replication both in vitro and in vivo. It is also now possible to design live vaccines by introducing predetermined or plausible attenuating mutations. In addition, the use of paramyxoviruses to express foreign genes has also become feasible. Paramyxovirus reverse genetics is thus renovating our understanding of viral replication and pathogenesis and will further mark an era in recombinant technology for disease prevention and gene therapy.
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- Y Nagai
- Department of Viral Infection, University of Tokyo, Japan
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