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Li X, Fang Y, Huang X, Zhao Y, Wan C. A Luciferase Immunosorbent Assay Based on Attachment Glycoprotein for the Rapid and Easy Detection of Nipah Virus IgG Antibodies. Microorganisms 2024; 12:983. [PMID: 38792812 PMCID: PMC11124132 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12050983] [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: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
Abstract
Nipah virus (NiV) is a virulent zoonotic disease whose natural host is the fruit bat (Pteropus medius), which can coexist with and transmit the virus. Due to its high pathogenicity, wide host range, and pandemic potential, establishing a sensitive, specific, and rapid diagnostic method for NiV is key to preventing and controlling its spread and any outbreaks. Here, we established a luciferase immunosorbent assay (LISA) based on the NiV attachment glycoprotein (G) to detect NiV-specific immunoglobulin G by expressing a fusion protein of nanoluciferase (NanoLuc) and the target antigen. Sensitivity analysis was performed and compared to an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and specificity and cross-reactivity assessments were performed using NiV-positive horse serum and Ebola virus-, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus-, and West Nile virus-positive horse sera. The optimal structural domain for NiV detection was located within amino acids 176-602 of the NiV G protein head domain. Moreover, the LISA showed at least fourfold more sensitivity than the indirect ELISA, and the cross-reactivity results suggested that the LISA had good specificity and was capable of detecting NiV-specific immunoglobulin G in both mouse and horse serum. In conclusion, the establishment of a rapid, simple NiV LISA using the G protein head domain provides a resource for NiV monitoring.
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- Xinyue Li
- BSL-3 Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; (X.L.); (Y.F.); (X.H.)
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- BSL-3 Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; (X.L.); (Y.F.); (X.H.)
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- BSL-3 Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; (X.L.); (Y.F.); (X.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Jilin Province for Zoonosis Prevention and Control, Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130122, China
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- BSL-3 Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; (X.L.); (Y.F.); (X.H.)
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Gazal S, Sharma N, Gazal S, Tikoo M, Shikha D, Badroo GA, Rashid M, Lee SJ. Nipah and Hendra Viruses: Deadly Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses with the Potential to Cause the Next Pandemic. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11121419. [PMID: 36558753 PMCID: PMC9784551 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11121419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Nipah and Hendra viruses are deadly zoonotic paramyxoviruses with a case fatality rate of upto 75%. The viruses belong to the genus henipavirus in the family Paramyxoviridae, a family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses. The natural reservoirs of NiV and HeV are bats (flying foxes) in which the virus infection is asymptomatic. The intermediate hosts for NiV and HeV are swine and equine, respectively. In humans, NiV infections result in severe and often fatal respiratory and neurological manifestations. The Nipah virus was first identified in Malaysia and Singapore following an outbreak of encephalitis in pig farmers and subsequent outbreaks have been reported in Bangladesh and India almost every year. Due to its extreme pathogenicity, pandemic potential, and lack of established antiviral therapeutics and vaccines, research on henipaviruses is highly warranted so as to develop antivirals or vaccines that could aid in the prevention and control of future outbreaks.
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- Sabahat Gazal
- Division of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, R.S. Pura, Jammu 181102, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Division of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, R.S. Pura, Jammu 181102, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Correspondence: (N.S.); (S.-J.L.)
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- Division of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab, India
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- Division of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, R.S. Pura, Jammu 181102, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Division of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, R.S. Pura, Jammu 181102, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Division of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, R.S. Pura, Jammu 181102, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Division of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, R.S. Pura, Jammu 181102, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Applied Animal Science, College of Animal Life Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
- Correspondence: (N.S.); (S.-J.L.)
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Yong MY, Lee SC, Ngui R, Lim YAL, Phipps ME, Chang LY. Seroprevalence of Nipah Virus Infection in Peninsular Malaysia. J Infect Dis 2021; 221:S370-S374. [PMID: 32392323 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak occurred in Malaysia in 1998. The natural host reservoir for NiV is Pteropus bats, which are commonly found throughout Malaysia. Humans become infected when NiV spills over from the reservoir species. In this study, NiV serosurveillance in Peninsular Malaysia, particularly among the indigenous population, was performed. The collected samples were tested for presence of NiV antibodies using a comparative indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on the recombinant NiV nucleocapsid (rNiV-N) protein. We found that 10.73% of the participants recruited in this study had antibodies against rNiV-N, suggesting possible exposure to NiV.
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- Ming-Yen Yong
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,Center for Malaysian Indigenous Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
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- Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Sunway, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Thakur N, Bailey D. Advances in diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics for Nipah virus. Microbes Infect 2019; 21:278-286. [PMID: 30817995 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2019.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Nipah virus is an emerging zoonotic paramyxovirus that causes severe and often fatal respiratory and neurological disease in humans. The virus was first discovered after an outbreak of encephalitis in pig farmers in Malaysia and Singapore with subsequent outbreaks in Bangladesh or India occurring almost annually. Due to the highly pathogenic nature of NiV, its pandemic potential, and the lack of licensed vaccines or therapeutics, there is a requirement for research and development into highly sensitive and specific diagnostic tools as well as antivirals and vaccines to help prevent and control future outbreak situations.
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- Nazia Thakur
- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0NF, UK
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0NF, UK.
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Tiong V, Shu MH, Wong WF, AbuBakar S, Chang LY. Nipah Virus Infection of Immature Dendritic Cells Increases Its Transendothelial Migration Across Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2747. [PMID: 30483242 PMCID: PMC6244409 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Nipah virus (NiV) can infect multiple organs in humans with the central nervous system (CNS) being the most severely affected. Currently, it is not fully understood how NiV spreads throughout the body. NiV has been shown to infect certain leukocyte populations and we hypothesized that these infected cells could cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), facilitating NiV entry into the CNS. Here, three leukocyte types, primary immature dendritic cells (iDC), primary monocytes (pMO), and monocytic cell line (THP-1), were evaluated for permissiveness to NiV. We found only iDC and THP-1 were permissive to NiV. Transendothelial migration of mock-infected and NiV-infected leukocytes was then evaluated using an in vitro BBB model established with human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC). There was approximately a threefold increase in migration of NiV-infected iDC across endothelial monolayer when compared to mock-infected iDC. In contrast, migration rates for pMO and THP-1 did not change upon NiV infection. Across TNF-α-treated endothelial monolayer, there was significant increase of almost twofold in migration of NiV-infected iDC and THP-1 over mock-infected cells. Immunofluorescence analysis showed the migrated NiV-infected leukocytes retained their ability to infect other cells. This study demonstrates for the first time that active NiV infection of iDC and THP-1 increased their transendothelial migration activity across HBMEC and activation of HBMEC by TNF-α further promoted migration. The findings suggest that NiV infection of leukocytes to disseminate the virus via the “Trojan horse” mechanism is a viable route of entry into the CNS.
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- Vunjia Tiong
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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