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Jiménez-Cabello L, Utrilla-Trigo S, Barreiro-Piñeiro N, Pose-Boirazian T, Martínez-Costas J, Marín-López A, Ortego J. Nanoparticle- and Microparticle-Based Vaccines against Orbiviruses of Veterinary Importance. Vaccines (Basel) 2022; 10:vaccines10071124. [PMID: 35891288 PMCID: PMC9319458 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10071124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Bluetongue virus (BTV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV) are widespread arboviruses that cause important economic losses in the livestock and equine industries, respectively. In addition to these, another arthropod-transmitted orbivirus known as epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) entails a major threat as there is a conducive landscape that nurtures its emergence in non-endemic countries. To date, only vaccinations with live attenuated or inactivated vaccines permit the control of these three viral diseases, although important drawbacks, e.g., low safety profile and effectiveness, and lack of DIVA (differentiation of infected from vaccinated animals) properties, constrain their usage as prophylactic measures. Moreover, a substantial number of serotypes of BTV, AHSV and EHDV have been described, with poor induction of cross-protective immune responses among serotypes. In the context of next-generation vaccine development, antigen delivery systems based on nano- or microparticles have gathered significant attention during the last few decades. A diversity of technologies, such as virus-like particles or self-assembled protein complexes, have been implemented for vaccine design against these viruses. In this work, we offer a comprehensive review of the nano- and microparticulated vaccine candidates against these three relevant orbiviruses. Additionally, we also review an innovative technology for antigen delivery based on the avian reovirus nonstructural protein muNS and we explore the prospective functionality of the nonstructural protein NS1 nanotubules as a BTV-based delivery platform.
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- Luis Jiménez-Cabello
- Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA-INIA/CSIC), 28130 Madrid, Spain; (L.J.-C.); (S.U.-T.)
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biológica y Materiales Moleculares (CIQUS), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (N.B.-P.); (T.P.-B.); (J.M.-C.)
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- Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA-INIA/CSIC), 28130 Madrid, Spain; (L.J.-C.); (S.U.-T.)
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biológica y Materiales Moleculares (CIQUS), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (N.B.-P.); (T.P.-B.); (J.M.-C.)
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biológica y Materiales Moleculares (CIQUS), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (N.B.-P.); (T.P.-B.); (J.M.-C.)
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biológica y Materiales Moleculares (CIQUS), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (N.B.-P.); (T.P.-B.); (J.M.-C.)
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- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA;
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- Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA-INIA/CSIC), 28130 Madrid, Spain; (L.J.-C.); (S.U.-T.)
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Dedkov VG, Dolgova AS, Safonova MV, Samoilov AE, Belova OA, Kholodilov IS, Matsvay AD, Speranskaya AS, Khafizov K, Karganova GG. Isolation and characterization of Wad Medani virus obtained in the tuva Republic of Russia. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2020; 12:101612. [PMID: 33291056 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Wad Medani virus (WMV) belongs to the genus Orbivirus and is a poorly studied arbovirus with unclear medical significance. Presently, a limited number of WMV strains are characterized and available in NCBI GenBank, some isolated many years ago. A new WMV strain was isolated in 2012 from Dermacentor nuttalli ticks collected from sheep in the Tuva Republic, Russia, and sequenced using high-throughput methods. Complete coding sequences were obtained revealing signs of multiple intersegment reassortments. These point to a high variability potential in WMV that may lead to the formation of strains with novel properties. These new data on WMV can promote better understanding of: ecological features of its circulation; relationships within the genus Orbivirus; and the medical significance of the virus.
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- Vladimir G Dedkov
- Saint-Petersburg Pasteur Institute, Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology, Tropical and Vector Borne Diseases, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
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- Saint-Petersburg Pasteur Institute, Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Anti-Plague Center, Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, Moscow, Russia
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- Saint-Petersburg Pasteur Institute, Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; Central Research Institute for Epidemiology, Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, Moscow, Russia
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- Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides FSBSI Chumakov FSC R&D IBP RAS, Moscow, Russia
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- Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides FSBSI Chumakov FSC R&D IBP RAS, Moscow, Russia
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- FSBI "Center of Strategic Planning" of the Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, National Research University, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Central Research Institute for Epidemiology, Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, Moscow, Russia
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- Central Research Institute for Epidemiology, Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, Moscow, Russia; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, National Research University, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides FSBSI Chumakov FSC R&D IBP RAS, Moscow, Russia; Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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Analysis of the three-dimensional structure of the African horse sickness virus VP7 trimer by homology modelling. Virus Res 2017; 232:80-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2016] [Revised: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Wu X, Liu Q, He J, Zang M, Wang H, Li Y, Tang L. Preparation and Characterization of a Monoclonal Antibody Against the Core Protein VP7 of the 25th Serotype of Bluetongue Virus. Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother 2016; 34:116-21. [PMID: 25897610 DOI: 10.1089/mab.2014.0065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a member of the genus Orbivirus, within the family Reoviridae. The VP7 protein of BTV is used for developing group-specific serological assays. To prepare monoclonal antibody (MAb) against VP7 of the 25th serotype BTV, the RNA S7 encoding VP7 was cloned into prokaryotic expression vectors pET-28a (+) and pGEX-6P-1 to generate recombinant plasmids. The recombinant protein VP7 was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3), respectively. The results of SDS-PAGE revealed that the VP7 was expressed and the molecular mass of recombinant fusion protein pET-28a (+)/VP7 and pGEX-6P-1/VP7 was approximately 44 kDa and 64 kDa, respectively. The Western blot analysis indicated that the recombinant VP7 possessed good immunoreactivity. After purification, pET-28a (+)/VP7 was used to immunize BALB/c mice, while pGEX-6P-1/VP7 was used to screen for well-to-well MAb-secreting hybridomas. The hybridoma cell line 3H7 against recombinant VP7 that secreted MAbs was obtained. The isotype of 3H7 was identified as IgG1. The purification of recombinant VP7 protein and the monoclonal antibody will have potential applications on competitive ELISA format for BT-specific serum detection method.
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- Xiao Wu
- 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University , Harbin, P.R. China
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Monoclonal Antibody Against VP7 Protein of 25th Bluetongue Virus. Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother 2015. [DOI: 10.1089/mab.2015.0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Factors that affect the intracellular localization and trafficking of African horse sickness virus core protein, VP7. Virology 2014; 456-457:279-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2013] [Revised: 01/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The use of soluble African horse sickness viral protein 7 as an antigen delivery and presentation system. Virus Res 2011; 156:35-48. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2010] [Revised: 12/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hosamani M, Shimizu S, Hirota J, Kokuho T, Kubota T, Watanabe S, Ohta M, Muneta Y, Inumaru S. Expression and characterization of bluetongue virus serotype 21 VP7 antigen: C-terminal truncated protein has significantly reduced antigenicity. J Vet Med Sci 2010; 73:609-13. [PMID: 21187684 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In the present study, group-specific antigen VP7 of bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 21 isolated from cattle in Tochigi prefecture in Japan in 1994 was characterized by sequencing and expression. Gene was amplified from cDNA synthesized on viral dsRNA using reverse-transcriptase-PCR. Nucleotide sequence of this isolate showed high similarity with other published BTV VP7 sequences. Full-length and C-terminal truncated forms of VP7 were expressed in insect cells by a baculovirus gene expression system under control of the viral polyhedrin promoter. Expression of full-length recombinant VP7 was confirmed by immunoprecipitation with VP7 specific monoclonal antibody (8A3B.6, ATCC). Recombinant proteins expressed with or without 6x His-tag showed good expression levels in TN5 cells and reacted well with the monoclonal antibody in the indirect ELISA. However C-terminal truncated VP7 with His-tag failed to react with this monoclonal antibody, while poor antigenicity was evident when it was reacted with infected bovine serum. Reduced antigenicity of the latter suggested that C-terminal truncation affects 8A3B.6 epitope construction probably via inhibition of VP7 trimer structure formation.
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- Madhusudan Hosamani
- National Institute of Animal Health, 3–1–5 Kan-non-dai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–0856, Japan
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Murphy A, Roy P. Manipulation of the bluetongue virus tubules for immunogen delivery. Future Microbiol 2008; 3:351-9. [PMID: 18505400 DOI: 10.2217/17460913.3.3.351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A multidisplay vaccine delivery system has been developed that is nonreplicating and has a protein-based particulate structure. The structure is composed of helical tubules comprising multiple copies of a single nonstructural (NS) protein 1 of bluetongue virus. The helical assemblies present the C terminus of the protein on the surface of the tubules, thereby displaying appended residues in regular and repeating arrays. The NS1 protein has been manipulated to carry chosen immunogens at this C terminus, such that many thousands of copies of the foreign immunogen are displayed on the surface of the tubules. The display system can accommodate more than 500 amino acid residues in length without perturbing the basic tubular structure. Many immunogens have been displayed and tested for immunogenicity and have been shown to stimulate both humoral and cellular responses. NS1 tubules represent a safe vaccine-delivery system with great potential in the vaccine arena.
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- Aileen Murphy
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
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Functional mapping of bluetongue virus proteins and their interactions with host proteins during virus replication. Cell Biochem Biophys 2008; 50:143-57. [PMID: 18299997 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-008-9009-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/16/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus which is transmitted by blood-feeding gnats to wild and domestic ruminants, causing high morbidity and often high mortality. Partly due to this BTV has been in the forefront of molecular studies for last three decades and now represents one of the best understood viruses at the molecular and structural levels. BTV, like the other members of the Reoviridae family is a complex non-enveloped virus with seven structural proteins and a RNA genome consisting of 10 dsRNA segments of different sizes. In virus infected cells, three other virus encoded nonstructural proteins are synthesized. Significant recent advances have been made in understanding the structure-function relationships of BTV proteins and their interactions during virus assembly. By combining structural and molecular data it has been possible to make progress on the fundamental mechanisms used by the virus to invade, replicate in, and escape from, susceptible host cells. Data obtained from studies over a number of years have defined the key players in BTV entry, replication, assembly and egress. Specifically, it has been possible to determine the complex nature of the virion through three dimensional structure reconstructions; atomic structure of proteins and the internal capsid; the definition of the virus encoded enzymes required for RNA replication; the ordered assembly of the capsid shell and the protein sequestration required for it; and the role of three NS proteins in virus replication, assembly and release. Overall, this review demonstrates that the integration of structural, biochemical and molecular data is necessary to fully understand the assembly and replication of this complex RNA virus.
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Kataria RS, Desai GS, Tiwari AK, Nagaleekar VK, Bandyopadhyay SK. Sequence analysis of VP7 gene of Indian bluetongue virus serotype-23 shows its close phylogenetic relationship to Australian and Chinese serotypes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 17:65-73. [PMID: 16753819 DOI: 10.1080/10425170500511198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bluetongue, an arthropod borne viral disease of wild and domestic ruminants, causes heavy economic losses throughout the world. In the present study, full-length VP7 gene of Indian bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 23 was sequenced and compared with prototype strains of BTV reported from different countries. Nucleotide sequence analysis of VP7 gene revealed Indian BTV serotype 23 to have 1154 nucleotides with the deletion of two nucleotides at 3' non-coding region and a unique amino acid change 211S-N. The Indian virus also demonstrated a maximum similarity of 94.2% with Australian serotype 1 and a minimum similarity of 67.4% with Australian serotype 15. However, at deduced amino acid level, it had maximum similarity of 99.7% and a minimum of 82.5% with Chinese serotypes 1, 2 and 4 and Australian serotype 15, respectively. Deduced amino acid sequence analysis of putative receptor binding domain (121-249) revealed all the nine hydrophilic domains to be conserved across the serotypes. Functional motifs present in VP7 protein were also conserved in almost all the BTV serotypes including Indian serotype 23. Phylogenetic analysis based on VP7 gene sequence revealed Indian BTV serotype 23 segregating into a monophyletic group along with Australian serotype 1 and Chinese serotypes 1, 2 and 4, indicating its close evolutionary relationship with these Australian and Chinese serotypes.
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- R S Kataria
- DNA Fingerprinting Unit, National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, GT Road By-Pass, P. Box 129, Karnal, Haryana 132 001, India.
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Roy P. Bluetongue virus proteins and particles and their role in virus entry, assembly, and release. Adv Virus Res 2005; 64:69-123. [PMID: 16139593 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(05)64004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Polly Roy
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
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Palucha A, Loniewska A, Satheshkumar S, Boguszewska-Chachulska AM, Umashankar M, Milner M, Haenni AL, Savithri HS. Virus-like particles: models for assembly studies and foreign epitope carriers. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 80:135-68. [PMID: 16164974 PMCID: PMC7119358 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(05)80004-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Virus‐like particles (VLPs), formed by the structural elements of viruses, have received considerable attention over the past two decades. The number of reports on newly obtained VLPs has grown proportionally with the systems developed for the expression of these particles. The chapter outlines the recent achievements in two important fields of research brought about by the availability of VLPs produced in a foreign host. These are: (1) The requirements for VLP assembly and (2) the use of VLPs as carriers for foreign epitopes. VLP technology is a rapidly advancing domain of molecular and structural biology. Extensive progress in VLP studies was achieved as the insect cell based protein production system was developed. This baculovirus expression system has many advantages for the synthesis of viral structural proteins resulting in the formation of VLPs. It allows production of large amounts of correctly folded proteins while also providing cell membranes that can serve as structural elements for enveloped viruses. These features give us the opportunity to gain insights into the interactions and requirements accompanying VLP formation that are similar to the assembly events occurring in mammalian cells. Other encouraging elements are the ability to easily scale up the system and the simplicity of purification of the assembled VLPs. The growing number of VLPs carrying foreign protein fragments on their surface and studies on the successful assembly of these chimeric molecules is a promising avenue towards the development of a new technology, in which the newly designed VLPs will be directed to particular mammalian cell types by exposing specific binding domains. The progress made in modeling the surface of VLPs makes them to date the best candidates for the design of delivery systems that can efficiently reach their targets.
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- Andrzej Palucha
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland
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Limn CK, Roy P. Intermolecular interactions in a two-layered viral capsid that requires a complex symmetry mismatch. J Virol 2003; 77:11114-24. [PMID: 14512559 PMCID: PMC224973 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.20.11114-11124.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The surface of the bluetongue virus core forms a T=13 quasiequivalent icosahedral protein shell with 260 trimers of a single gene product: VP7 protein. Underneath is a smooth layer, made up of VP3 protein, which appears to guide and nucleate the assembly of VP7 trimers. The contacts between the two shells are extensive but nonspecific, and construction of the T=13 icosahedral shell requires polymorphism in the association of the VP7 subunits, each of which has two domains that contribute to trimer formation. We used structural and relative sequence information to guide an investigation of how such a complex structure is achieved during virus assembly and what residues are required to form a stable capsid. Fifteen single or multiple site-specific substitution mutations were introduced into the helical domain of VP7, which is closely associated with the VP3 layer, and the effects on capsid assembly were analyzed. Our data show that both the position and the nature of single residues are critical for the attachment of VP7 to VP3 and that formation of a stable VP7 lattice is not the automatic consequence of trimer formation.
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- Chang-Kwang Limn
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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Ghosh MK, Borca MV, Roy P. Virus-derived tubular structure displaying foreign sequences on the surface elicit CD4+ Th cell and protective humoral responses. Virology 2002; 302:383-92. [PMID: 12441082 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Particulate vector systems for the presentation of immunogenic epitopes provide an alternate and powerful approach for the delivery of immunogens of interest. In this article, we have exploited a viral protein of unknown function, bluetongue virus (BTV) nonstructural protein NS1, which forms distinct tubular aggregates in infected cells, as an immunogen delivery system. Tubules are helical assemblies of NS1 protein that present the C-terminus of the protein to the outer edge effectively displaying appended residues in a regular and repeating array akin to the coat of a filamentous phage. To assess the breadth of response induced following tubule-based immunization, two different immunodominant foreign peptides were inserted at the C-terminus of NS1 and chimeric tubules generated following expression in the baculovirus expression system. Both constructs, one carrying a peptide of foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) (aa 135-144 of VP1) and the other, a peptide of influenza A virus (aa 186-205 of HA), effectively assembled into tubules and were easily purified. Subsequently, using in vitro assay systems, we demonstrated that each purified chimeric particle was capable of eliciting strong immune responses. Further, NS1-FMDV chimeric tubules could induce a potent immune response that could protect against disease.
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- M K Ghosh
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
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Limn CK, Staeuber N, Monastyrskaya K, Gouet P, Roy P. Functional dissection of the major structural protein of bluetongue virus: identification of key residues within VP7 essential for capsid assembly. J Virol 2000; 74:8658-69. [PMID: 10954567 PMCID: PMC116377 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.18.8658-8669.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A lattice of VP7 trimers forms the surface of the icosahedral bluetongue virus (BTV) core. To investigate the role of VP7 oligomerization in core assembly, a series of residues for substitution were predicted based on crystal structures of BTV type 10 VP7 molecule targeting the monomer-monomer contacts within the trimer. Seven site-specific substitution mutations of VP7 have been created using cDNA clones and were employed to produce seven recombinant baculoviruses. The effects of these mutations on VP7 solubility, ability to trimerize and formation of core-like particles (CLPs) in the presence of the scaffolding VP3 protein, were investigated. Of the seven VP7 mutants examined, three severely affected the stability of CLP, while two other mutants had lesser effect on CLP stability. Only one mutant had no apparent effect on the formation of the stable capsid. One mutant in which the conserved tyrosine at residue 271 (lower domain helix 6) was replaced by arginine formed insoluble aggregates, implying an effect in the folding of the molecule despite the prediction that such a change would be accommodated. All six soluble VP7 mutants were purified, and their ability to trimerize was examined. All mutants, including those that did not form stable CLPs, assembled into stable trimers, implying that single substitution may not be sufficient to perturb the complex monomer-monomer contacts, although subtle changes within the VP7 trimer could destabilize the core. The study highlights some of the key residues that are crucial for BTV core assembly and illustrates how the structure of VP7 in isolation underrepresents the dynamic nature of the assembly process at the biological level.
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- C K Limn
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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Wilson WC, Ma HC, Venter EH, van Djik AA, Seal BS, Mecham JO. Phylogenetic relationships of bluetongue viruses based on gene S7. Virus Res 2000; 67:141-51. [PMID: 10867193 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(00)00138-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Previous phylogenetic analyses based on bluetongue virus (BTV) gene segment L3, which encodes the inner core protein, VP3, indicated a geographical distribution of different genotypes. The inner core protein, VP7, of BTV has been identified as a viral attachment protein for insect cell infection. Because the inner core proteins are involved with infectivity of insect cells, we hypothesized that certain VP7 protein sequences are preferred by the insect vector species present in specific geographic locations. We compared the gene segment S7, which encodes VP7, from 39 strains of BTV isolated from Central America, the Caribbean Basin, the United States, South Africa and Australia. For comparison, the S7 sequences from strains of the related orbiviruses, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV) were included. The S7 gene was highly conserved among BTV strains and fairly conserved among the other orbiviruses examined. VP7 sequence alignment suggests that the BTV receptor-binding site in the insect is also conserved. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that the BTV S7 nucleotide sequences do not unequivocally display geographic distribution. The BTV strains can be separated into five clades based on the deduced VP7 amino acid sequence alignment and phylogeny but evidence for preferential selection by available gnat species for a particular VP7 clade is inconclusive. Differences between clades indicate allowable variation of the VP7 binding protein.
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- W C Wilson
- Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory, USDA, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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Roy P, Sutton G. New generation of African horse sickness virus vaccines based on structural and molecular studies of the virus particles. ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY. SUPPLEMENTUM 1998; 14:177-202. [PMID: 9785506 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6823-3_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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African horse sickness virus (AHSV) is a member of the genus Orbivirus, which also includes bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHDV) virus. These orbiviruses have similar morphological and biochemical properties, with distinctive pathobiological properties and host ranges. Sequencing studies of the capsid proteins have revealed evolutionary relationships between these viruses. Biochemical studies of the viruses together with the expression of individual proteins and protein complexes have resulted in the development of new generation vaccines. Baculovirus expressed AHSV VP2 provides protection against death caused by AHSV challenge. Similarly, BTV VP2 alone elicits protective neutralising antibodies against BTV in sheep, which is enhanced in the presence of VP5. Recent developments in biotechnology (multiple gene expression baculovirus systems) have made it possible to synthesise orbivirus particles that biochemically and immunologically mimic authentic virions but lack the genetic material. Particle doses as low as 10 micrograms elicit responses that are sufficient to protect sheep 15 months post vaccination, against virulent virus challenge. Moreover, knowledge of the three dimensional structure of these particles enables us to engineer them to deliver multiple foreign peptide components representing other viral epitopes (e.g. foot and mouth disease virus and influenza virus) in order to elicit protective immunity.
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- P Roy
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, U.K
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Grimes JM, Burroughs JN, Gouet P, Diprose JM, Malby R, Ziéntara S, Mertens PP, Stuart DI. The atomic structure of the bluetongue virus core. Nature 1998; 395:470-8. [PMID: 9774103 DOI: 10.1038/26694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 423] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The structure of the core particle of bluetongue virus has been determined by X-ray crystallography at a resolution approaching 3.5 A. This transcriptionally active compartment, 700 A in diameter, represents the largest molecular structure determined in such detail. The atomic structure indicates how approximately 1,000 protein components self-assemble, using both the classical mechanism of quasi-equivalent contacts, which are achieved through triangulation, and a different method, which we term geometrical quasi-equivalence.
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- J M Grimes
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK
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Monastyrskaya K, Staeuber N, Sutton G, Roy P. Effects of domain-switching and site-directed mutagenesis on the properties and functions of the VP7 proteins of two orbiviruses. Virology 1997; 237:217-27. [PMID: 9356334 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Based on the crystal structure of the VP7 major core protein of bluetongue virus serotype 10 (BTV-10) and that of the top domain of the VP7 protein of African horsesickness virus serotype 4 (AHSV-4), chimeras and site-directed mutants of the proteins were constructed and the products analyzed with respect to their properties and functions. Chimeras with the central upper domain of BTV-10 VP7 replaced by that of AHSV-4 VP7 (construct BAB) formed trimers, as did the converse construct (ABA). Further, both proteins exhibited the expected conformational epitopes of the constituent sequences. Using BAB VP7 it was demonstrated that residues of the upper domain of AHSV-4 VP7 contribute to the observed insolubility of the protein. By contrast, ABA VP7 protein was as soluble as wild-type BTV-10 VP7. Replacement of selected amino acid residues in the top domain (e.g., A167 by R; F209 by T) improved the solubility of BAB VP7. Since the trimeric BAB and ABA VP7 proteins did not form core-like particles (CLPs) when coexpressed with BTV VP3, it was concluded that trimerization of chimeric VP7 is not sufficient for CLP formation. When the N-terminal region of the ABA protein (aa 1-120) was replaced by the respective sequences of BTV VP7 (construct BBA), the protein aggregated and did not form CLPs with coexpressed BTV VP3, most likely due to disruption of the required contacts between the N- and C-terminal regions of the bottom domain, leading to incorrect folding of the chimera.
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- K Monastyrskaya
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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Roy P, Mikhailov M, Bishop DH. Baculovirus multigene expression vectors and their use for understanding the assembly process of architecturally complex virus particles. Gene 1997; 190:119-29. [PMID: 9185857 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00619-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The baculovirus expression vector is a eukaryotic DNA viral vector for the cloning and expression of foreign genes in cultured lepidopteran insect cells and insects. It has become an important tool for the large-scale production of recombinant proteins for a variety of applications including the structure-function analysis of genes and their gene products. We have developed a number of baculovirus multigene expression vectors and utilized these to understand the assembly process of multicomponent capsid structures of large viruses such as bluetongue virus (BTV), a member of the Orbivirus genus within the family Reoviridae. BTV is some 810 A in diameter and comprised of two protein shells containing four major proteins, VP2, VP5, VP7 and VP3, surrounding a genome of ten double-stranded RNA segments and three minor proteins (VP2, VP4 and VP6). BTV is the etiological agent of a sheep disease that is sometimes fatal in certain parts of the world (e.g., Africa, Asia, and the Americas). Using baculovirus multigene vectors, we have co-expressed various combinations of BTV genes in insect cells and produced structures that mimic the various stages of BTV assembly. For example, co-expressed VP3 and VP7 form BTV core-like particles, while co-expressed VP2, VP5, VP7 and VP3 form BTV virus-like particles. Using deletion, point and domain switching analyses of each protein, we have been able to identify certain sequences in the VP7 and VP3 proteins that are essential for the assembly of core-like particles. These expression and biochemical studies have been complemented by collaboration studies using cryo-electron microscopy and image processing analyses to provide the three-dimensional structure of the expressed particles. In addition and with other associates, we have used X-ray crystallography of VP7 to deduce its atomic structure. Extensive studies on the immune responses elicited by these self-assembled particles, and chimeric derivatives involving various foreign antigens, have been carried out. Finally, using as little as 10 microg of the self-assembled virus-like particles, we have shown that they can confer long-lasting protection in sheep against BTV.
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- P Roy
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK.
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Basak AK, Gouet P, Grimes J, Roy P, Stuart D. Crystal structure of the top domain of African horse sickness virus VP7: comparisons with bluetongue virus VP7. J Virol 1996; 70:3797-806. [PMID: 8648715 PMCID: PMC190256 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.6.3797-3806.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The baculovirus-expressed core protein VP7 of African horse sickness virus serotype 4 (AHSV-4) has been purified to homogeneity and crystallized in the presence of 2.8 M urea. The X-ray structure has been solved to a 2.3-Angstroms (1 Angstrom = 0.1 nm) resolution with an Rfactor of 19.8%. The structure of AHSV VP7 reveals that during crystallization, the two-domain protein is cleaved and only the top domain remains. A similar problem was encountered previously with bluetongue virus (BTV) VP7 (whose structure has been reported), showing that the connections between the top and the bottom domains are rather weak for these two distinct orbiviruses. The top domains of both BTV and AHSV VP7 are trimeric and structurally very similar. The electron density maps show that they both possess an extra electron density feature along their molecular threefold axes, which is most likely due to an unidentified ion. The characteristics of the molecular surface of BTV and AHSV VP7 suggest why AHSV VP7 is much less soluble than BTV VP7 and indicate the possibility of attachment to the cell via attachment of an Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motif in the top domain of VP7 to a cellular integrin for both of these orbiviruses.
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- A K Basak
- The Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Bluetongue virus (BTV), a representative of the orbivirus genus of the Reoviridae, is considerably larger (at 80 nm across), and structurally more complex, than any virus for which we have comprehensive structural information. Orbiviruses infect mammalian hosts through insect vectors and cause economically important diseases of domesticated animals. They possess a segmented double-stranded RNA genome within a capsid composed of four major types of polypeptide chains. An outer layer of VP2 and VP5 is removed as the virus enters the target cell, to leave an intact core within the cell. This core is 70 nm across and composed of 780 copies of VP7 (M(r) 38K) that, as trimers, form 260 'bristly' capsomeres clothing an inner scaffold constructed from VP3 (M(r) 103K). We report here the crystal structure of VP7 from BTV serotype 10, which reveals a molecular architecture not seen previously in viral structural proteins. Each subunit consists of two domains, one a beta-sandwich, the other a bundle of alpha-helices, and a short carboxy-terminal arm which might tie trimers together during capsid formation. A concentration of methionine residues at the core of the molecule could provide plasticity, relieving structural mismatches during assembly.
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- J Grimes
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford, UK
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Roy P. Multicomponent Viral Vaccines and Their Use as Immunogen Delivery Systems. Vaccines (Basel) 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0357-2_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Crawford SE, Labbé M, Cohen J, Burroughs MH, Zhou YJ, Estes MK. Characterization of virus-like particles produced by the expression of rotavirus capsid proteins in insect cells. J Virol 1994; 68:5945-52. [PMID: 8057471 PMCID: PMC237000 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.68.9.5945-5952.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Rotaviruses are triple-layered particles that contain four major capsid proteins, VP2, VP4, VP6, and VP7, and two minor proteins, VP1 and VP3. We have cloned each of the rotavirus genes coding for a major capsid protein into the baculovirus expression system and expressed each protein in insect cells. Coexpression of different combinations of the rotavirus major structural proteins resulted in the formation of stable virus-like particles (VLPs). The coexpression of VP2 and VP6 alone or with VP4 resulted in the production of VP2/6 or VP2/4/6 VLPs, which were similar to double-layered rotavirus particles. Coexpression of VP2, VP6, and VP7, with or without VP4, produced triple-layered VP2/6/7 or VP2/4/6/7 VLPs, which were similar to native infectious rotavirus particles. The VLPs maintained the structural and functional characteristics of native particles, as determined by electron microscopic examination of the particles, the presence of nonneutralizing and neutralizing epitopes on VP4 and VP7, and hemagglutination activity of the VP2/4/6/7 VLPs. The production of VP2/4/6 particles indicated that VP4 interacts with VP6. Cell binding assays performed with each of the VLPs indicated that VP4 is the viral attachment protein. Chimeric particles containing VP7 from two different G serotypes also were obtained. The ability to express individual proteins or to coexpress different subsets of proteins provides a system with which to examine the interactions of the rotavirus structural proteins, the role of individual proteins in virus morphogenesis, and the feasibility of a subunit vaccine.
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- S E Crawford
- Division of Molecular Virology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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Shen S, Burke B, Desselberger U. Rearrangement of the VP6 gene of a group A rotavirus in combination with a point mutation affecting trimer stability. J Virol 1994; 68:1682-8. [PMID: 7509001 PMCID: PMC236627 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.68.3.1682-1688.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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A group A rotavirus isolated from a lamb with diarrhea in Qinhai province, China, was serially passaged in fetal calf kidney cells. In passage 96, rearrangements of RNA segments 5 and 6 of the viral genome were found. Here we report the nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences of normal and rearranged RNA 6, coding for the major inner capsid protein VP6. In comparison with the normal gene (N6), the rearranged RNA 6 (R6) contained the normal open reading frame followed by a 473-nucleotide (nt) duplication of the gene beginning 23 nt after the termination codon. The duplicated region starts at nt 768 and runs through to the 3' end of the gene. In accordance with the nucleotide sequence of the rearranged RNA 6, a normal-length VP6 product was found in cells infected with the mutant. However, a single-amino-acid change from proline to glutamine at position 309 slightly affected the electrophoretic mobility of the VP6 monomer of the R6 mutant and reduced the stability of VP6 trimers on gels and at low pH values compared with the normal gene product. The degree of relatedness of VP6 of the Chinese lamb rotavirus Lp14 to those of other group A rotaviruses was determined.
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- S Shen
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Virus assembly within infected cells involves a precise sequence of macromolecular interactions. To unravel the individual steps involved in the assembly of a complete virion of bluetongue virus, we have engineered a series of recombinant baculoviruses to make multicomponent structures resembling virus structures. When combined with cryoelectron microscopy and image processing techniques the data reveal the organization and assembly of the various components of this virus.
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- P Roy
- University of Oxford, NERC IVEM, Oxford, UK
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