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Report of the Working Group on Hygiene of the Gesellschaft für Versuchstierkunde–Society for Laboratory Animal Science (GV-SOLAS) GV-SOLAS Working Group on Hygiene: Werner Nicklas (Chairman), Felix R. Homberger, Brunhilde Illgen-Wilcke, Karin Jacobi, Volker Kraft, Ivo Kunstyr, Michael Mähler, Herbert Meyer & Gabi Pohlmeyer-Esch
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Multiplexed Metagenomic Deep Sequencing To Analyze the Composition of High-Priority Pathogen Reagents. mSystems 2016; 1:mSystems00058-16. [PMID: 27822544 PMCID: PMC5069959 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00058-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Laboratories studying high-priority pathogens need comprehensive methods to confirm microbial species and strains while also detecting contamination. Metagenomic deep sequencing (MDS) inventories nucleic acids present in laboratory stocks, providing an unbiased assessment of pathogen identity, the extent of genomic variation, and the presence of contaminants. Double-stranded cDNA MDS libraries were constructed from RNA extracted from in vitro-passaged stocks of six viruses (La Crosse virus, Ebola virus, canine distemper virus, measles virus, human respiratory syncytial virus, and vesicular stomatitis virus). Each library was dual indexed and pooled for sequencing. A custom bioinformatics pipeline determined the organisms present in each sample in a blinded fashion. Single nucleotide variant (SNV) analysis identified viral isolates. We confirmed that (i) each sample contained the expected microbe, (ii) dual indexing of the samples minimized false assignments of individual sequences, (iii) multiple viral and bacterial contaminants were present, and (iv) SNV analysis of the viral genomes allowed precise identification of the viral isolates. MDS can be multiplexed to allow simultaneous and unbiased interrogation of mixed microbial cultures and (i) confirm pathogen identity, (ii) characterize the extent of genomic variation, (iii) confirm the cell line used for virus propagation, and (iv) assess for contaminating microbes. These assessments ensure the true composition of these high-priority reagents and generate a comprehensive database of microbial genomes studied in each facility. MDS can serve as an integral part of a pathogen-tracking program which in turn will enhance sample security and increase experimental rigor and precision. IMPORTANCE Both the integrity and reproducibility of experiments using select agents depend in large part on unbiased validation to ensure the correct identity and purity of the species in question. Metagenomic deep sequencing (MDS) provides the required level of validation by allowing for an unbiased and comprehensive assessment of all the microbes in a laboratory stock.
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References. PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICAL VIROLOGY 2008; 2:209-245. [PMID: 32287595 PMCID: PMC7134342 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-7069(08)70043-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Damonte EB, Coto CE. Treatment of arenavirus infections: from basic studies to the challenge of antiviral therapy. Adv Virus Res 2003; 58:125-55. [PMID: 12205778 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(02)58004-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Elsa B Damonte
- Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argenting
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- M J Buchmeier
- Division of Virology, Mailcode CVN-8, Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Meyer BJ, de la Torre JC, Southern PJ. Arenaviruses: genomic RNAs, transcription, and replication. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2002; 262:139-57. [PMID: 11987804 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56029-3_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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- B J Meyer
- Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick Air Force Base, FL 32925, USA
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Reiserová L, Kaluzová M, Kaluz S, Willis AC, Závada J, Závodská E, Závadová Z, Ciampor F, Pastorek J, Pastoreková S. Identification of MaTu-MX agent as a new strain of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and serological indication of horizontal spread of LCMV in human population. Virology 1999; 257:73-83. [PMID: 10208922 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this study we elucidated the molecular character of MaTu-MX, previously described as an unusual transmissible agent. Amino acid sequencing of peptides generated from a 58-kDa MX-related protein purified from MaTu human carcinoma cells allowed us to identify it as a nucleoprotein (NP) of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). Northern blot analysis detected LCMV-specific RNAs in MaTu cells. Comparative immunoprecipitations showed cross-reactivity between NP of LCMV strain WE and MX NP. Using RT-PCR, we have cloned MX NP cDNA. According to sequence comparison, MX LCMV is as closely related to both LCMV strains WE and Armstrong as these strains are to one another. Based on this finding we propose that MX is a new strain of LCMV. We also showed that the stability of MX NP in MaTu cells is very high and that the virus is transmissible by cell-to-cell contact or by cell-free extract to human HeLa and monkey Vero cells, but not to human AGS, canine MDCK, mouse NIH 3T3, and hamster CHO cells. Finally, employing MX LCMV NP in immunoprecipitation and solid-phase radioimmunoassay, we found 37.5% prevalence of anti-LCMV antibodies in human sera, suggesting possible horizontal spread of the virus in the human population.
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- L Reiserová
- Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, Bratislava, 842 46, Slovak Republic
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Wright KE, Spiro RC, Burns JW, Buchmeier MJ. Post-translational processing of the glycoproteins of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. Virology 1990; 177:175-83. [PMID: 2141203 PMCID: PMC7130728 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(90)90471-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Intracellular events in the synthesis, glycosylation, and transport of the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) glycoproteins have been examined. We have shown by N-glycanase digestion that LCMV strain Arm-4 bears five oligosaccharides on GP-1 and two on GP-2. By pulse-chase labeling experiments in the presence of drugs which inhibit N-linked oligosaccharide addition and processing we demonstrate that addition of high mannose precursor oligosaccharides is necessary for transport and cleavage of the viral GP-C glycoprotein. Moreover, in the presence of tunicamycin which inhibits en bloc addition of these mannose-rich side chains, virus budding was substantially decreased and infectious virions were reduced by more than 1000-fold in the supernatant medium. Incubation in the presence of castantospermine, which permits addition of oligomannosyl-rich chains but blocks further processing, restored transport and cleavage of GP-C and maturation of virions. Finally, by temperature block experiments we have determined that maturation of GP-C oligosaccharides to an endoglycosidase H resistant form precedes cleavage to GP-1 and GP-2. The latter process is most likely to occur in the Golgi or post-Golgi compartment.
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- K E Wright
- Department of Neuropharmacology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California 92037
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Francis SJ, Southern PJ. Molecular analysis of viral RNAs in mice persistently infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. J Virol 1988; 62:1251-7. [PMID: 3346946 PMCID: PMC253134 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.62.4.1251-1257.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Infection of newborn mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) results in a lifelong persistent infection. Persistently infected animals continuously produce low levels of infectious virus and accumulate large amounts of intracellular viral nucleic acid (P. J. Southern, P. Blount, and M. B. A. Oldstone, Nature [London] 312:555-558, 1984). We have used gel electrophoresis and hybridization techniques to analyze viral RNAs that appear during the establishment and maintenance of a persistent LCMV infection in vivo to identify any role for defective and/or defective interfering RNAs. We have found a complex, heterogeneously sized population of viral RNAs in multiple independent tissues that is uniquely associated with persistent infections in vivo, but we have not yet established whether these RNAs have a causal or a consequential association with persistent infection by LCMV. Within the complex virus RNA population, full-length genomic L and S RNAs were readily detectable and represented the most abundant individual viral RNA species. RNAs apparently corresponding in size to the viral nucleoprotein and glycoprotein mRNAs could also be detected in these tissue RNA samples. The presence of glycoprotein mRNA indicates a potential mechanism of posttranscriptional regulation to account for the previously documented restriction in viral glycoprotein expression in persistently infected mice (M. B. A. Oldstone and M. J. Buchmeier, Nature (London) 300:360-362, 1982).
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- S J Francis
- Department of Immunology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California 92037
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Niesters HG, Bleumink-Pluym NM, Osterhaus AD, Horzinek MC, van der Zeijst BA. Epitopes on the peplomer protein of infectious bronchitis virus strain M41 as defined by monoclonal antibodies. Virology 1987; 161:511-9. [PMID: 2446423 PMCID: PMC7131525 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(87)90145-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Sixteen monoclonal antibodies (Mcabs) were prepared against infectious bronchitis virus strain M41, all of them reacting with the peplomer protein. One of them, Mcab 13, was able to neutralize the virus and to inhibit hemagglutination. Competition binding assays allowed the definition of five epitopes, designated as A, B, C, D, and E, of which epitopes A and B are overlapping. Furthermore, the binding of Mcab 13 (epitope E) could be enhanced by the addition of Mcabs from group B, C, and D. A dot immunoblot assay was used to analyze the effect of denaturation on antibody recognition of the epitopes. Only the binding of Mcab 13 was affected, indicating that the epitope involved in neutralization and hemagglutination is conformation dependent. The epitopes A to D were highly conserved among IBV strains, while epitope E was specific for strains M41 and D3896. In this last strain, however, this epitope was not involved in neutralization.
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- H G Niesters
- Institute of Virology, Veterinary Faculty, State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Varich NL. The immunosorbtion of influenza virus nucleocapsids from cell lysates as a technique for the studies on viral RNA synthesis. J Virol Methods 1987; 16:115-24. [PMID: 3301879 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(87)90036-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Radioimmunosorbtion of influenza virus nucleocapsids from lysates of the infected cells was applied for studies on virus-specific RNA synthesis. The method allowed the isolation of intact-labelled viral RNA segments. The procedure included preadsorbtion of antiviral antibodies on protein A containing sorbents. The protein A containing sorbent with attached antibodies was mixed with lysates of influenza virus-infected [3H]uridine-labelled cells. Viral nucleocapsids bound by the antibodies to the sorbent were used for RNA extraction. The isolated RNA was analysed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with subsequent autoradiography. The method allows the isolation of nondegraded labelled virus-specific RNA by means of a relatively simple procedure.
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Buchmeier MJ, Southern PJ, Parekh BS, Wooddell MK, Oldstone MB. Site-specific antibodies define a cleavage site conserved among arenavirus GP-C glycoproteins. J Virol 1987; 61:982-5. [PMID: 3546729 PMCID: PMC254053 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.61.4.982-985.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Arenaviruses share a common strategy for glycoprotein synthesis and processing in which a mannose-rich precursor glycoprotein, termed GP-C in lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), is posttranslationally processed by oligosaccharide trimming and proteolytic cleavage to yield two structural glycoproteins, GP-1 and GP-2. Mapping the orientation and proteolytic cleavage site(s) in such polyproteins has traditionally required direct protein sequencing of one or more of the cleaved products. This technique requires rigorous purification of the products for sequencing and may be complicated by amino-terminal modifications which interfere with sequence analysis. We used an alternative approach in which synthetic peptides corresponding to sequences bracketing a potential protease cleavage site were used to raise antisera which define the boundaries of the cleaved products. We found that cleavage of LCMV GP-C to yield GP-1 and GP-2 occurs within a 9-amino-acid stretch of GP-C which contains a paired basic amino acid group -Arg-Arg-, corresponding to amino acids 262 to 263 in the LCMV GP-C sequence. By comparison with the predicted amino acid sequences of a second LCMV strain, LCMV-WE, as well as with the deduced amino acid sequences of the New World arenavirus Pichinde and the Old World virus Lassa, we observed similar conservation of paired basic and flanking amino acid sequences among these viruses.
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van der Zeijst BA, Noyes BE, Mirault ME, Parker B, Osterhaus AD, Swyryd EA, Bleumink N, Horzinek MC, Stark GR. Persistent infection of some standard cell lines by lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: transmission of infection by an intracellular agent. J Virol 1983; 48:249-61. [PMID: 6193287 PMCID: PMC255341 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.48.1.249-261.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Cell-free cytoplasmic extracts of the Syrian hamster cell lines C13/SV28 and BHK-21F were immunogenic in Syrian hamsters. The resulting antisera cross-reacted completely with antisera against lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) in an immunoradiometric assay employing BHK-21F antigen. Several other Syrian hamster cell lines not previously known to be infected with LCMV were also strongly positive when assayed for viral antigens. Also, several mouse sera and antisera raised in Syrian hamsters against cells transformed by papovaviruses had high titers of anti-LCMV activity. No cytopathic effect was evident in any of the persistently infected cell lines. Culture media from these cells were not infectious and showed no evidence of defective interfering particles. However, cell-free extracts of all the persistently infected cells contained material capable of transmitting the persistent infection to uninfected cells of Syrian hamsters, rats, mice, green monkeys, and humans. The onset of infection is much slower than when LCMV virions are used. When 2 X 10(6) uninfected BHK cells were treated with an extract from 100 persistently infected cells, the new infection was apparent within about 12 days. When an extract from 10(6) cells was used, the new infection was apparent within about 5 days, but not sooner. The intracellular infectious material was sensitive to treatment with deoxycholate, Nonidet P-40, or ether but resistant to treatment with RNase or trypsin. It was also large (5,000S) and heterodisperse on sucrose gradients. The infectious material was probably contained in large lipid vesicles and their integrity was probably essential for infection. When a few persistently infected cells were cocultivated with many uninfected cells, a few discrete colonies positive for LCMV antigens were observed after about 5 days. Since the culture media were not infectious, the infection probably spread by cell-cell contact. Several different experiments indicated that interferon did not play a major role in mediating persistence in this case. Persistent infections by LCMV can be maintained without expression of extracellular virus particles and without appearance of large amounts of viral antigens on the cell surface. Cell-cell contact could still allow transmission of intracellular infectious material. In an animal, these properties could circumvent immune surveillance.
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