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Jin WP, Wang C, Wu J, Guo J, Meng SL, Wang ZJ, Yu DG, Shen S. Reporter Coxsackievirus A5 Expressing iLOV Fluorescent Protein or Luciferase Used for Rapid Neutralizing Assay in Cells and Living Imaging in Mice. Viruses 2023; 15:1868. [PMID: 37766275 PMCID: PMC10535187 DOI: 10.3390/v15091868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Coxsackievirus A5 (CV-A5) is a re-emerging enterovirus that causes hand, foot, and mouth disease in children under five years of age. CV-A5-M14-611 is a mouse-adapted strain that can infect orally and lead to the death of 14-day-old mice. Here, recombinants based on CV-A5-M14-611 were constructed carrying three reporter genes in different lengths. Smaller fluorescent marker proteins, light, oxygen, voltage sensing (iLOV), and nano luciferase (Nluc) were proven to be able to express efficiently in vitro. However, the recombinant with the largest insertion of the red fluorescence protein gene (DsRed) was not rescued. The construction strategy of reporter viruses was to insert the foreign genes between the C-terminus of VP1 and the N-terminus of 2A genes and to add a 2A protease cleavage domain at both ends of the insertions. The iLOV-tagged or Nluc-tagged recombinants, CV-A5-iLOV or CV-A5-Nluc, exhibited a high capacity for viral replication, genetic stability in cells and pathogenicity in mice. They were used to establish a rapid, inexpensive and convenient neutralizing antibody assay and greatly facilitated virus neutralizing antibody titration. Living imaging was performed on mice with CV-A5-Nluc, which exhibited specific bioluminescence in virus-disseminated organs, while fluorescence induced by CV-A5-iLOV was weakly detected. The reporter-gene-tagged CV-A5 can be used to study the infection and mechanisms of CV-A5 pathogenicity in a mouse model. They can also be used to establish rapid and sensitive assays for detecting neutralizing antibodies.
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- Wuhan Institute of Biological Products Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430207, China; (W.-P.J.); (C.W.); (J.W.); (J.G.); (S.-L.M.); (Z.-J.W.); (D.-G.Y.)
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Gong W, Zhao X, Tang X, Gao L, Sun Y, Ma J. Infectious Recombinant Senecavirus A Expressing p16 INK4A Protein. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076139. [PMID: 37047110 PMCID: PMC10093924 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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Senecavirus A (SVA) is an oncolytic RNA virus, and it is the ideal oncolytic virus that can be genetically engineered for editing. However, there has not been much exploration into creating SVA viruses that carry antitumor genes to increase their oncolytic potential. The construction of SVA viruses carrying antitumor genes that enhance oncolytic potential has not been fully explored. In this study, a recombinant SVA-CH-01-2015 virus (p15A-SVA-clone) expressing the human p16INK4A protein, also known as cell cycle-dependent protein kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A), was successfully rescued and characterized. The recombinant virus, called SVA-p16, exhibited similar viral replication kinetics to the parent virus, was genetically stable, and demonstrated enhanced antitumor effects in Ishikawa cells. Additionally, another recombinant SVA virus carrying a reporter gene (iLOV), SVA-iLOV, was constructed and identified using the same construction method as an auxiliary validation. Collectively, this study successfully created a new recombinant virus, SVA-p16, that showed increased antitumor effects and could serve as a model for further exploring the antitumor potential of SVA as an oncolytic virus.
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- Wencheng Gong
- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Insertion of exogenous genes within the ORF1b coding region of porcine astrovirus. Vet Microbiol 2023; 280:109675. [PMID: 36812864 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109675] [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: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Porcine astrovirus (PAstV) is a common cause of diarrhea in swine farms. The current understanding of the molecular virology and pathogenesis of PAstV is incomplete, especially due to the limited functional tools available. Here, ten sites in the open reading frame 1b (ORF1b) of the PAstV genome were determined to tolerate random 15 nt insertions based on the infectious full-length cDNA clones of PAstV using transposon-based insertion-mediated mutagenesis of three selected regions of the PAstV genome. Insertion of the commonly used Flag tag into seven of the ten insertion sites allowed the production of infectious viruses and allowed their recognition by specifically labeled monoclonal antibodies. Indirect immunofluorescence showed that the Flag-tagged ORF1b protein partially overlapped with the coat protein within the cytoplasm. An improved light-oxygen-voltage (iLOV) gene was also introduced into these seven sites, and only one viable recombinant virus that expressed the iLOV reporter gene at the B2 site was recovered. Biological analysis of the reporter viruses showed that these exhibited similar growth characteristics to the parental virus, but they produced fewer infectious virus particles and replicated at a slower rate. The recombinant viruses containing iLOV fused to ORF1b protein, which maintained their stability and displayed green fluorescence for up to three generations after passaging in cell culture. The porcine astroviruses (PAstVs) expressing iLOV were then used to assess the in vitro antiviral activities of mefloquine hydrochloride and ribavirin. Altogether, the recombinant PAstVs expressing iLOV can be used as a reporter virus tool for the screening of anti-PAstV drugs as well as the investigation of PAstV replication and the functional activities of proteins in living cells.
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Insertion of Exogenous Genes within the ORF1a Coding Region of Porcine Astrovirus. Viruses 2021; 13:v13112119. [PMID: 34834925 PMCID: PMC8623754 DOI: 10.3390/v13112119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A tagged or reporter astrovirus can be a valuable tool for the analysis of various aspects of the virus life cycle, and to aid in the development of genetically engineered astroviruses as vectors. Here, transposon-mediated insertion mutagenesis was used to insert a 15-nucleotide (nt) sequence into random sites of open reading frame 1a (ORF1a) based on an infectious full-length cDNA clone of porcine astrovirus (PAstV). Five sites in the predicted coiled-coil structures (CC), genome-linked protein (VPg), and hypervariable region (HVR) in ORF1a of the PAstV genome were identified that could tolerate random 15 nt insertions. Incorporation of the commonly used epitope tags, His, Flag, and HA, into four of the five insertion sites permitted the production of infectious viruses and allowed recognition by specifically tagged monoclonal antibodies. The results of immuno-fluorescent assays showed that Flag-tagged ORF1a protein overlapped partially with capsid and ORF2b proteins in the cytoplasm. Improved light-oxygen-voltage (iLOV) gene was also introduced at the insertion sites of CC, VPg, and HVR. Only one viable recombinant reporter PAstV expressing iLOV inserted in HVR was recovered. Biological analysis of the reporter virus showed that it displayed similar growth characteristics, and yet produced less infectious virus particles, when compared with the parental virus. The recombinant virus carrying the iLOV fused with the HVR of ORF1a protein maintained its stability and showed green fluorescence after 15 passages in cell cultures. The resultant fluorescently tagged virus could provide a promising tool for the rapid screening of antiviral drugs as well as allowing the visualization of PAstV infection and replication in living cells.
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Wang M, Mou C, Chen M, Chen Z. Infectious recombinant Senecavirus A expressing novel reporter proteins. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:2385-2397. [PMID: 33660038 PMCID: PMC7928201 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11181-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Senecavirus A (SVA) is an emerging picornavirus that has been associated with vesicular disease and neonatal mortality in swine. The construction of SVA virus carrying foreign reporter gene provides a powerful tool in virus research. However, it is often fraught with rescuing a recombinant picornavirus harboring a foreign gene or maintaining the stability of foreign gene in the virus genome. Here, we successfully generated recombinant SVA GD05/2017 viruses (V-GD05-clone) expressing the green fluorescent protein (iLOV), red fluorescent protein (RFP), or NanoLuc luciferase (Nluc). These recombinant viruses have comparable growth kinetics to the parental virus. Genetic stability analysis indicated that V-GD05-iLOV was highly stable in retaining iLOV gene for more than 10 passages, while V-GD05-RFP and V-GD05-Nluc lost the foreign genes in five passages. In addition, high-intensity fluorescent signals were found in the V-GD05-RFP- and V-GD05-iLOV-infected cells by fluorescence observation and flow cytometry analysis, and the luciferase activity assay could quantitatively monitor the replication of V-GD05-Nluc. In order to identify the porcine cell receptor for SVA, anthrax toxin receptor 1 (ANTXR1) was knocked out or overexpressed in the ST-R cells. The ANTXR1 knock-out cells lost the ability for SVA infection, while overexpression of ANTXR1 significantly increased the cell permissivity. These results confirmed that ANTXR1 was the receptor for SVA to invade porcine cells as reported in the human cells. Overall, this study suggests that these SVA reporter viruses will be useful tools in elucidating virus pathogenesis and developing control measures. KEY POINTS: • We successfully generated SVA viruses expressing the iLOV, RFP, or Nluc. • The iLOV was genetically stable in the V-GD05-iLOV genome over ten passages. • ANTXR1 was the receptor for SVA to invade porcine cells.
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- Minmin Wang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wen-hui East Road, Yangzhou, JS225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wen-hui East Road, Yangzhou, JS225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wen-hui East Road, Yangzhou, JS225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wen-hui East Road, Yangzhou, JS225009, China. .,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China. .,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
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Identification of the largest non-essential regions of the C-terminal portion in 3A protein of foot-and-mouth disease virus for replication in cell culture. Virol J 2020; 17:137. [PMID: 32928221 PMCID: PMC7489034 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-020-01379-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent study has shown that the C-terminal portion of 3A (amino acids (aa) 81-153) is not essential for foot-and-mouth disease virus replication in cell culture, however, the complete C-terminal portion (aa 77-153) of 3A is highly variable and prone to occur deletions and mutations, therefore, we presume that this region plays a very limited role and probablely is completely nonessential for virus viability. METHODS In this study, to identify the largest non-essential region of the C-terminal portion in 3A for FMDV viability, several deletions containing aa 80-153, 77-153 and 76-153 of 3A protein were introduced into an FMDV full-length infectious cDNA clone pOFS by the overlapping extension PCR. Additionally, to explore the importance of the highly conserved residue 76 L of 3A for the FMDV of Cathay topotype, two mutants containing 3A L76I and 3A L76V were generated based on the 3A deletion mutant by point mutation. We also introduced the enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) into one of the 3A deletion mutants by the extension PCR to investigate the genetic flexibility of 3A to express foreign genes. All linearized full plasmids were transfected into BSR/T7 cells to rescue infectious foot-and-mouth disease viruses. The rescused viruses were analyzed by RT-PCR, nucleotide sequencing, immunofluorescence assay and western blot and were characterized by plaque assays and one-step growth kinetics. RESULTS The results demonstrated that the deletion of aa 80-153 and aa 77-153 and the substitutions of 3A L76I and 3A L76V did not affect the production of infectious virus, while the fusion of the eGFP gene to the C-terminus of 3A resulted in nonviable FMDV. CONCLUSIONS Our results firstly reported that the aa 77-153 rather than aa 81-153 of 3A protein was dispensable for FMDV replication in cell culture. This study is of great significance for development of FMD marker vaccine and foreign gene expression in the future.
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Ozbakir HF, Anderson NT, Fan KC, Mukherjee A. Beyond the Green Fluorescent Protein: Biomolecular Reporters for Anaerobic and Deep-Tissue Imaging. Bioconjug Chem 2020; 31:293-302. [PMID: 31794658 PMCID: PMC7033020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Fluorescence imaging represents cornerstone technology for studying biological function at the cellular and molecular levels. The technology's centerpiece is a prolific collection of genetic reporters based on the green fluorescent protein (GFP) and related analogs. More than two decades of protein engineering have endowed the GFP repertoire with an incredible assortment of fluorescent proteins, allowing scientists immense latitude in choosing reporters tailored to various cellular and environmental contexts. Nevertheless, GFP and derivative reporters have specific limitations that hinder their unrestricted use for molecular imaging. These challenges have inspired the development of new reporter proteins and imaging mechanisms. Here, we review how these developments are expanding the frontiers of reporter gene techniques to enable nondestructive studies of cell function in anaerobic environments and deep inside intact animals-two important biological contexts that are fundamentally incompatible with the use of GFP-based reporters.
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- Harun F. Ozbakir
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Center for Bioengineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Di H, Morantz EK, Sadhwani H, Madden JC, Brinton MA. Insertion position as well as the inserted TRS and gene sequences differentially affect the retention of foreign gene expression by simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV). Virology 2018; 525:150-160. [PMID: 30286427 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Recombinant SHFV infectious cDNA clones expressing a foreign gene from an additional sg mRNA were constructed. Two 3' genomic region sites, between ORF4' and ORF2b and between ORF4 and ORF5, were utilized for insertion of the myxoma M013 gene with a C-terminal V5 tag followed by one of the three inserted transcription regulatory sequences (TRS), TRS2', TRS4' or TRS7. M013 insertion at the ORF4'/ORF2b site but not the ORF4/ORF5 site generated progeny virus but only the recombinant virus with an inserted TRS2' retained the entire M013 gene through passage four. Insertion of an auto-fluorescent protein gene, iLOV, with an inserted TRS2' at the ORF4'/ORF2b site, generated viable progeny virus. iLOV expression was maintained through passage eight. Although regulation of SHFV subgenomic RNA synthesis is complex, the ORF4'/ORF2b site, which is located between the two sets of minor structural proteins, is able to tolerate foreign gene insertion.
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- Han Di
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States.
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Kotecha A, Perez-Martin E, Harvey Y, Zhang F, Ilca SL, Fry EE, Jackson B, Maree F, Scott K, Hecksel CW, Harmsen MM, Mioulet V, Wood B, Juleff N, Stuart DI, Charleston B, Seago J. Chimeric O1K foot-and-mouth disease virus with SAT2 outer capsid as an FMD vaccine candidate. Sci Rep 2018; 8:13654. [PMID: 30209254 PMCID: PMC6135822 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31856-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is highly contagious and infects cloven-hoofed domestic livestock leading to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). FMD outbreaks have severe economic impact due to production losses and associated control measures. FMDV is found as seven distinct serotypes, but there are numerous subtypes within each serotype, and effective vaccines must match the subtypes circulating in the field. In addition, the O and Southern African Territories (SAT) serotypes, are relatively more thermolabile and their viral capsids readily dissociate into non-immunogenic pentameric subunits, which can compromise the effectiveness of FMD vaccines. Here we report the construction of a chimeric clone between the SAT2 and O serotypes, designed to have SAT2 antigenicity. Characterisation of the chimeric virus showed growth kinetics equal to that of the wild type SAT2 virus with better thermostability, attributable to changes in the VP4 structural protein. Sequence and structural analyses confirmed that no changes from SAT2 were present elsewhere in the capsid as a consequence of the VP4 changes. Following exposure to an elevated temperature the thermostable SAT2-O1K chimera induced higher neutralizing-antibody titres in comparison to wild type SAT2 virus.
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- Abhay Kotecha
- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF, United Kingdom
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- The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF, United Kingdom
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- The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF, United Kingdom
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF, United Kingdom
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- Transboundary Animal Disease Programme, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Private Bag X05, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa
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- Transboundary Animal Disease Programme, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Private Bag X05, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Division Virology, P.O. Box 65, 8200 AB, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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- The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF, United Kingdom
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- The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF, United Kingdom
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- The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF, United Kingdom
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF, United Kingdom
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- The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF, United Kingdom.
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Han M, Rajput C, Hinde JL, Wu Q, Lei J, Ishikawa T, Bentley JK, Hershenson MB. Construction of a recombinant rhinovirus accommodating fluorescent marker expression. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2018; 12:717-727. [PMID: 30120824 PMCID: PMC6185886 DOI: 10.1111/irv.12602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background Rhinovirus (RV) causes the common cold and asthma exacerbations. The RV genome is a 7.3 kb single‐strand positive‐sense RNA. Objective Using minor group RV1A as a backbone, we sought to design and generate a recombinant RV1A accommodating fluorescent marker expression, thereby allowing tracking of viral infection. Method Recombinant RV1A infectious cDNA clones harboring the coding sequence of green fluorescent protein (GFP), Renilla luciferase, or iLOV (for light, oxygen, or voltage sensing) were engineered and constructed. RV‐infected cells were determined by flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence microscopy. Results RV1A‐GFP showed a cytopathic effect in HeLa cells but failed to express GFP or Renilla luciferase due to deletion. The smaller fluorescent protein construct, RV1A‐iLOV, was stably expressed in infected cells. RV1A‐iLOV expression was used to examine the antiviral effect of bafilomycin in HeLa cells. Compared to parental virus, RV1A‐iLOV infection of BALB/c mice yielded a similar viral load and level of cytokine mRNA expression. However, imaging of fixed lung tissue failed to reveal a fluorescent signal, likely due to the oxidation and bleaching of iLOV‐bound flavin mononucleotide. We therefore employed an anti‐iLOV antibody for immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence imaging. The iLOV signal was identified in airway epithelial cells and CD45+ CD11b+ lung macrophages. Conclusions These results suggest that RV1A‐iLOV is a useful molecular tool for studying RV pathogenesis. The construction strategy for RV1A‐iLOV could be applied to other RV serotypes. However, the detection of iLOV‐expressing RV in fixed tissue required the use of an anti‐iLOV antibody, limiting the value of this construct.
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- Mingyuan Han
- Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.,Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Sensory photoreceptors underpin light-dependent adaptations of organismal physiology, development, and behavior in nature. Adapted for optogenetics, sensory photoreceptors become genetically encoded actuators and reporters to enable the noninvasive, spatiotemporally accurate and reversible control by light of cellular processes. Rooted in a mechanistic understanding of natural photoreceptors, artificial photoreceptors with customized light-gated function have been engineered that greatly expand the scope of optogenetics beyond the original application of light-controlled ion flow. As we survey presently, UV/blue-light-sensitive photoreceptors have particularly allowed optogenetics to transcend its initial neuroscience applications by unlocking numerous additional cellular processes and parameters for optogenetic intervention, including gene expression, DNA recombination, subcellular localization, cytoskeleton dynamics, intracellular protein stability, signal transduction cascades, apoptosis, and enzyme activity. The engineering of novel photoreceptors benefits from powerful and reusable design strategies, most importantly light-dependent protein association and (un)folding reactions. Additionally, modified versions of these same sensory photoreceptors serve as fluorescent proteins and generators of singlet oxygen, thereby further enriching the optogenetic toolkit. The available and upcoming UV/blue-light-sensitive actuators and reporters enable the detailed and quantitative interrogation of cellular signal networks and processes in increasingly more precise and illuminating manners.
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- Aba Losi
- Department of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences , University of Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A-43124 Parma , Italy
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- Structural Biology Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center , New York , New York 10031 , United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York , New York , New York 10031 , United States.,Ph.D. Programs in Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Biology , The Graduate Center of the City University of New York , New York , New York 10016 , United States
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie , Universität Bayreuth , 95447 Bayreuth , Germany.,Research Center for Bio-Macromolecules , Universität Bayreuth , 95447 Bayreuth , Germany.,Bayreuth Center for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology , Universität Bayreuth , 95447 Bayreuth , Germany
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Reproduction of RNA viruses is typically error-prone due to the infidelity of their replicative machinery and the usual lack of proofreading mechanisms. The error rates may be close to those that kill the virus. Consequently, populations of RNA viruses are represented by heterogeneous sets of genomes with various levels of fitness. This is especially consequential when viruses encounter various bottlenecks and new infections are initiated by a single or few deviating genomes. Nevertheless, RNA viruses are able to maintain their identity by conservation of major functional elements. This conservatism stems from genetic robustness or mutational tolerance, which is largely due to the functional degeneracy of many protein and RNA elements as well as to negative selection. Another relevant mechanism is the capacity to restore fitness after genetic damages, also based on replicative infidelity. Conversely, error-prone replication is a major tool that ensures viral evolvability. The potential for changes in debilitated genomes is much higher in small populations, because in the absence of stronger competitors low-fit genomes have a choice of various trajectories to wander along fitness landscapes. Thus, low-fit populations are inherently unstable, and it may be said that to run ahead it is useful to stumble. In this report, focusing on picornaviruses and also considering data from other RNA viruses, we review the biological relevance and mechanisms of various alterations of viral RNA genomes as well as pathways and mechanisms of rehabilitation after loss of fitness. The relationships among mutational robustness, resilience, and evolvability of viral RNA genomes are discussed.
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Homans RJ, Khan RU, Andrews MB, Kjeldsen AE, Natrajan LS, Marsden S, McKenzie EA, Christie JM, Jones AR. Two photon spectroscopy and microscopy of the fluorescent flavoprotein, iLOV. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:16949-16955. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01699b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Homans et al. show that engineered LOV-domains are amenable to two photon activation both in vitro and in human cells.
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- Rachael J. Homans
- School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute
- The University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute
- The University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute
- The University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology
- College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow
- UK
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute
- The University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
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- School of Biological Sciences
- The University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
- The University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology
- College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow
- UK
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute
- The University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
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A replication-competent foot-and-mouth disease virus expressing a luciferase reporter. J Virol Methods 2017; 247:38-44. [PMID: 28532601 PMCID: PMC5490781 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2017.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We have generated a replication-competent foot-and-mouth disease virus expressing Nanoluciferase, designated as Nano-FMDV. Nano-FMDV is genetically stable. The replication of Nano-FMDV can be monitored by bioluminescent methods. This reporter virus has potential applications in real-time monitoring of FMDV infection in vitro and in vivo, and in screening of antivirals and antibodies.
Bioluminescence is a powerful tool in the study of viral infection both in vivo and in vitro. Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) has a small RNA genome with a limited tolerance to foreign RNA entities. There has been no success in making a reporter FMDV expressing a luciferase in infected cell culture supernatants. We report here for the first time a replication-competent FMDV encoding Nanoluciferase, named as Nano-FMDV. Nano-FMDV is genetically stable during serial passages in cells and exhibits growth kinetics and plaque morphology similar to its parental virus. There are applications for the use of Nano-FMDV such as real-time monitoring of FMDV replication in vitro and in vivo.
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Novel 6xHis tagged foot-and-mouth disease virus vaccine bound to nanolipoprotein adjuvant via metal ions provides antigenic distinction and effective protective immunity. Virology 2016; 495:136-47. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Revised: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Yu H, Huang L, Zhang Y, Hu L, Wang S, Li J, Cai X, Cui S, Weng C. An attenuated EMCV-HB10 strain acts as a live viral vector delivering a foreign gene. J Gen Virol 2016; 97:2280-2290. [PMID: 27392429 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We successfully constructed a full-length cDNA infectious clone of the encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) HB10 strain and obtained a partially attenuated rEMCV-C9 virus with a shorter poly(C) tract. Our results showed that the length of the EMCV-HB10 poly(C) tract was related to the pathogenicity of the EMCV-HB10 strain in vivo. Using pEMCV-C9 as the backbone, we constructed the novel viral vector pC9-MCS-∆2A by inserting a cDNA fragment containing a 127 amino acid deletion in the 2A protein, a primary cleavage cassette, a FLAG tag and a multiple cloning site (MCS) at the junction of VP1 and ∆2A. Additionally, the enhanced green fluorescent protein (egfp) gene was cloned into the MCS of pC9-MCS-∆2A to test its capacity to express foreign proteins. Insertion of the egfp gene did not affect viral replication, and a decrease in EGFP expression was observed within five serial passages. Furthermore, we found that rC9-EGFP-∆2A was avirulent in vivo, induced neutralizing antibody production and conferred protective immune responses against lethal challenge with EMCV in mice. Taken together, our results demonstrated that we had constructed an attenuated live vector based on an EMCV-HB10 strain with two modified critical virulence factors (the poly(C) tract and 2A protein) that could be used as a candidate live vaccine and a potential live viral vector for foreign antigen delivery.
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- Huibin Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China
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Differential Persistence of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in African Buffalo Is Related to Virus Virulence. J Virol 2016; 90:5132-5140. [PMID: 26962214 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00166-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus (FMDV) circulates as multiple serotypes and strains in many regions of endemicity. In particular, the three Southern African Territories (SAT) serotypes are maintained effectively in their wildlife reservoir, the African buffalo, and individuals may harbor multiple SAT serotypes for extended periods in the pharyngeal region. However, the exact site and mechanism for persistence remain unclear. FMD in buffaloes offers a unique opportunity to study FMDV persistence, as transmission from carrier ruminants has convincingly been demonstrated for only this species. Following coinfection of naive African buffaloes with isolates of three SAT serotypes from field buffaloes, palatine tonsil swabs were the sample of choice for recovering infectious FMDV up to 400 days postinfection (dpi). Postmortem examination identified infectious virus for up to 185 dpi and viral genomes for up to 400 dpi in lymphoid tissues of the head and neck, focused mainly in germinal centers. Interestingly, viral persistence in vivo was not homogenous, and the SAT-1 isolate persisted longer than the SAT-2 and SAT-3 isolates. Coinfection and passage of these SAT isolates in goat and buffalo cell lines demonstrated a direct correlation between persistence and cell-killing capacity. These data suggest that FMDV persistence occurs in the germinal centers of lymphoid tissue but that the duration of persistence is related to virus replication and cell-killing capacity. IMPORTANCE Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) causes a highly contagious acute vesicular disease in domestic livestock and wildlife species. African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) are the primary carrier hosts of FMDV in African savannah ecosystems, where the disease is endemic. We have shown that the virus persists for up to 400 days in buffaloes and that there is competition between viruses during mixed infections. There was similar competition in cell culture: viruses that killed cells quickly persisted more efficiently in passaged cell cultures. These results may provide a mechanism for the dominance of particular viruses in an ecosystem.
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Nishi T, Onozato H, Ohashi S, Fukai K, Yamada M, Morioka K, Kanno T. Construction and characterization of a full-length infectious cDNA clone of foot-and-mouth disease virus strain O/JPN/2010 isolated in Japan in 2010. Res Vet Sci 2016; 106:165-9. [PMID: 27234555 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2016.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Revised: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A full-length infectious cDNA clone of the genome of a foot-and-mouth disease virus isolated from the 2010 epidemic in Japan was constructed and designated pSVL-f02. Transfection of Cos-7 or IBRS-2 cells with this clone allowed the recovery of infectious virus. The recovered virus had the same in vitro characterization as the parental virus with regard to antigenicity in neutralization and indirect immunofluorescence tests, plaque size and one-step growth. Pigs were experimentally infected with the parental virus or the recombinant virus recovered from pSVL-f02 transfected cells. There were no significant differences in clinical signs or antibody responses between the two groups, and virus isolation and viral RNA detection from clinical samples were similar. Virus recovered from transfected cells therefore retained the in vitro characteristics and the in vivo pathogenicity of their parental strain. This cDNA clone should be a valuable tool to analyze determinants of pathogenicity and mechanisms of virus replication, and to develop genetically engineered vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease virus.
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- Tatsuya Nishi
- Exotic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 6-20-1, Josui-honcho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-0022, Japan
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- Exotic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 6-20-1, Josui-honcho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-0022, Japan
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- Exotic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 6-20-1, Josui-honcho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-0022, Japan
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- Exotic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 6-20-1, Josui-honcho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-0022, Japan
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- Exotic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 6-20-1, Josui-honcho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-0022, Japan
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- Exotic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 6-20-1, Josui-honcho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-0022, Japan
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- Exotic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 6-20-1, Josui-honcho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-0022, Japan.
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Yang B, Yang F, Zhang Y, Liu H, Jin Y, Cao W, Zhu Z, Zheng H, Yin H. The rescue and evaluation of FLAG and HIS epitope-tagged Asia 1 type foot-and-mouth disease viruses. Virus Res 2016; 213:246-254. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2015.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Revised: 12/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Buckley AM, Petersen J, Roe AJ, Douce GR, Christie JM. LOV-based reporters for fluorescence imaging. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2015; 27:39-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Revised: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Mukherjee A, Weyant KB, Agrawal U, Walker J, Cann IKO, Schroeder CM. Engineering and characterization of new LOV-based fluorescent proteins from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Vaucheria frigida. ACS Synth Biol 2015; 4:371-7. [PMID: 25881501 DOI: 10.1021/sb500237x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Flavin-based fluorescent proteins (FbFPs) are a new class of fluorescent reporters that exhibit oxygen-independent fluorescence, which is a key advantage over the green fluorescent protein. Broad application of FbFPs, however, has been generally hindered by low brightness. To maximize the utility of FbFPs, there is a pressing need to expand and diversify the limited FbFP library through the inclusion of bright and robust variants. In this work, we use genome mining to identify and engineer two new FbFPs (CreiLOV and VafLOV) from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Vaucheria frigida. We show that CreiLOV is a thermostable, photostable, and fast-maturing monomeric reporter that outperforms existing FbFPs in brightness and operational pH range. Furthermore, we show that CreiLOV can be used to monitor dynamic gene expression in Escherichia coli. Overall, our work introduces CreiLOV as a robust addition to the FbFP repertoire and highlights genome mining as a powerful approach to engineer improved FbFPs.
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- Arnab Mukherjee
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Microbiology, §Institute for Genomic Biology, ∥Department of Animal Sciences, ⊥Energy Biosciences Institute, #Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, ∇Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Microbiology, §Institute for Genomic Biology, ∥Department of Animal Sciences, ⊥Energy Biosciences Institute, #Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, ∇Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Microbiology, §Institute for Genomic Biology, ∥Department of Animal Sciences, ⊥Energy Biosciences Institute, #Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, ∇Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Microbiology, §Institute for Genomic Biology, ∥Department of Animal Sciences, ⊥Energy Biosciences Institute, #Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, ∇Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Microbiology, §Institute for Genomic Biology, ∥Department of Animal Sciences, ⊥Energy Biosciences Institute, #Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, ∇Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Microbiology, §Institute for Genomic Biology, ∥Department of Animal Sciences, ⊥Energy Biosciences Institute, #Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, ∇Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Khrenova MG, Nemukhin AV, Domratcheva T. Theoretical Characterization of the Flavin-Based Fluorescent Protein iLOV and its Q489K Mutant. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:5176-83. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b01299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Maria G. Khrenova
- Chemistry
Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie
Gory 1/3, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
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- Chemistry
Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie
Gory 1/3, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
- N.M.
Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygina 4, Moscow, 119334, Russian Federation
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- Department
of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Mukherjee A, Schroeder CM. Flavin-based fluorescent proteins: emerging paradigms in biological imaging. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2015; 31:16-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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van den Wollenberg DJM, Dautzenberg IJC, Ros W, Lipińska AD, van den Hengel SK, Hoeben RC. Replicating reoviruses with a transgene replacing the codons for the head domain of the viral spike. Gene Ther 2015; 22:267-79. [PMID: 25588743 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2014.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
The capacity to modify the reovirus genome facilitates generation of new therapeutic reoviruses. We describe a method for generating replication-competent reoviruses carrying a heterologous transgene. The strategy is based on the expanded-tropism reovirus mutant jin-3, which can infect cells independent of the reovirus receptor junction-adhesion molecule A (JAM-A). Jin-3 harbors a mutation in the S1 segment, resulting in a G196R substitution in the tail of the spike protein σ1. The use of the jin-3 tail-encoding S1 segment allows replacing the codons for the JAM-A-binding head domain by up to 522 nucleotides of foreign sequences, without exceeding the size of the wild-type S1 segment. We inserted the codons for the porcine teschovirus-1 2A element fused with those encoding the fluorescent protein iLOV. Replicating rS1His-2A-iLOV reoviruses were generated by co-transfection of expression plasmids for all reovirus segments. These reoviruses contain the S1His-2A-iLOV segment in the absence of the wild-type S1 segment. Density-gradient centrifugation confirmed the association of the σ1-tail fragment with the capsid. Both JAM-A-positive and -negative cells exposed to the rS1His-2A-iLOV reoviruses exhibited iLOV fluorescence, confirming the jin-3-derived expanded-tropism phenotype. These data demonstrated the feasibility of generating decapitated replication-competent T3D reoviruses carrying a heterologous transgene.
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Virus Molecular Biology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG-MUG, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Wingen M, Potzkei J, Endres S, Casini G, Rupprecht C, Fahlke C, Krauss U, Jaeger KE, Drepper T, Gensch T. The photophysics of LOV-based fluorescent proteins – new tools for cell biology. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2014; 13:875-83. [DOI: 10.1039/c3pp50414j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In this study photophysical characteristics of LOV-based fluorescent proteins which are essential for analytic methods as well as imaging approaches have been comparatively analyzed in detail.
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- Marcus Wingen
- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology
- Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology
- Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology
- Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems 4 (ICS-4
- Cellular Biophysics)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology
- Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems 4 (ICS-4
- Cellular Biophysics)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology
- Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology
- Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology
- Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems 4 (ICS-4
- Cellular Biophysics)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52425 Jülich, Germany
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