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Fonseca FN, Haach V, Bellaver FV, Bombassaro G, Gava D, da Silva LP, Baron LF, Simonelly M, Carvalho WA, Schaefer R, Bastos AP. Immunological profile of mice immunized with a polyvalent virosome-based influenza vaccine. Virol J 2023; 20:187. [PMID: 37605141 PMCID: PMC10463652 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-023-02158-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Influenza A virus (IAV) causes respiratory disease in pigs and is a major concern for public health. Vaccination of pigs is the most successful measure to mitigate the impact of the disease in the herds. Influenza-based virosome is an effective immunomodulating carrier that replicates the natural antigen presentation pathway and has tolerability profile due to their purity and biocompatibility. METHODS This study aimed to develop a polyvalent virosome influenza vaccine containing the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase proteins derived from the swine IAVs (swIAVs) H1N1, H1N2 and H3N2 subtypes, and to investigate its effectiveness in mice as a potential vaccine for swine. Mice were immunized with two vaccine doses (1 and 15 days), intramuscularly and intranasally. At 21 days and eight months later after the second vaccine dose, mice were euthanized. The humoral and cellular immune responses in mice vaccinated intranasally or intramuscularly with a polyvalent influenza virosomal vaccine were investigated. RESULTS Only intramuscular vaccination induced high hemagglutination inhibition (HI) titers. Seroconversion and seroprotection (> 4-fold rise in HI antibody titers, reaching a titer of ≥ 1:40) were achieved in 80% of mice (intramuscularly vaccinated group) at 21 days after booster immunization. Virus-neutralizing antibody titers against IAV were detected at 8 months after vaccination, indicating long-lasting immunity. Overall, mice immunized with the virosome displayed greater ability for B, effector-T and memory-T cells from the spleen to respond to H1N1, H1N2 and H3N2 antigens. CONCLUSIONS All findings showed an efficient immune response against IAVs in mice vaccinated with a polyvalent virosome-based influenza vaccine.
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Khayat R, Wen K, Alimova A, Gavrilov B, Katz A, Galarza JM, Gottlieb P. Structural characterization of the PCV2d virus-like particle at 3.3 Å resolution reveals differences to PCV2a and PCV2b capsids, a tetranucleotide, and an N-terminus near the icosahedral 3-fold axes. Virology 2019; 537:186-197. [PMID: 31505320 PMCID: PMC6958667 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2019.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) has a major impact on the swine industry. Eight PCV2 genotypes (a-h) have been identified using capsid sequence analysis. PCV2d has been designated as the emerging genotype. The cryo-electron microscopy molecular envelope of PCV2d virus-like particles identifies differences between PCV2a, b and d genotypes that accompany the emergence of PCV2b from PCV2a, and PCV2d from PCV2b. These differences indicate that sequence analysis of genotypes is insufficient, and that it is important to determine the PCV2 capsid structure as the virus evolves. Structure-based sequence comparison demonstrate that each genotype possesses a unique combination of amino acids located on the surface of the capsid that undergo substitution. We also demonstrate that the capsid N-terminus moves in response to increasing amount of nucleic acid packaged into the capsid. Furthermore, we model a tetranucleotide between the 5- and 2-fold axes of symmetry that appears to be responsible for capsid stability.
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- Reza Khayat
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The City College of New York, New York, NY, 10031, USA; Graduate Program in Biochemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
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- TechnoVax, Inc., 6 Westchester Plaza, Elmsford, NY, 10523, USA
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- Biologics Development, Huvepharma, 3A Nikolay Haytov Street, Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria
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- Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, NY, 10031, USA
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- TechnoVax, Inc., 6 Westchester Plaza, Elmsford, NY, 10523, USA
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- CUNY School of Medicine, City College of New York, NY, 10031, USA
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Subramanian S, Organtini LJ, Grossman A, Domeier PP, Cifuente JO, Makhov AM, Conway JF, D'Abramo A, Cotmore SF, Tattersall P, Hafenstein S. Cryo-EM maps reveal five-fold channel structures and their modification by gatekeeper mutations in the parvovirus minute virus of mice (MVM) capsid. Virology 2017; 510:216-223. [PMID: 28750325 PMCID: PMC5601314 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2017.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
In minute virus of mice (MVM) capsids, icosahedral five-fold channels serve as portals mediating genome packaging, genome release, and the phased extrusion of viral peptides. Previous studies suggest that residues L172 and V40 are essential for channel function. The structures of MVMi wildtype, and mutant L172T and V40A virus-like particles (VLPs) were solved from cryo-EM data. Two constriction points, termed the mid-gate and inner-gate, were observed in the channels of wildtype particles, involving residues L172 and V40 respectively. While the mid-gate of V40A VLPs appeared normal, in L172T adjacent channel walls were altered, and in both mutants there was major disruption of the inner-gate, demonstrating that direct L172:V40 bonding is essential for its structural integrity. In wildtype particles, residues from the N-termini of VP2 map into claw-like densities positioned below the channel opening, which become disordered in the mutants, implicating both L172 and V40 in the organization of VP2 N-termini.
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- Suriyasri Subramanian
- Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1858 West Grandview Blvd., Erie, PA 16509, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Bizkaia Science and Technology Park, Building 800, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Biomedical Science Tower 3, Room 2047, 3501 5th Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Biomedical Science Tower 3, Room 2047, 3501 5th Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333, Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333, Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333, Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA; Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333, Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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Hashimoto Y, Macri D, Srivastava I, McPherson C, Felberbaum R, Post P, Cox M. Complete study demonstrating the absence of rhabdovirus in a distinct Sf9 cell line. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0175633. [PMID: 28423032 PMCID: PMC5397025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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A putative novel rhabdovirus (SfRV) was previously identified in a Spodoptera frugiperda cell line (Sf9 cells [ATCC CRL-1711 lot 58078522]) by next generation sequencing and extensive bioinformatic analysis. We performed an extensive analysis of our Sf9 cell bank (ATCC CRL-1711 lot 5814 [Sf9L5814]) to determine whether this virus was already present in cells obtained from ATCC in 1987. Inverse PCR of DNA isolated from Sf9 L5814 cellular DNA revealed integration of SfRV sequences in the cellular genome. RT-PCR of total RNA showed a deletion of 320 nucleotides in the SfRV RNA that includes the transcriptional motifs for genes X and L. Concentrated cell culture supernatant was analyzed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation and revealed a single band at a density of 1.14 g/ml. This fraction was further analysed by electron microscopy and showed amorphous and particulate debris that did not resemble a rhabdovirus in morphology or size. SDS-PAGE analysis confirmed that the protein composition did not contain the typical five rhabdovirus structural proteins and LC-MS/MS analysis revealed primarily of exosomal marker proteins, the SfRV N protein, and truncated forms of SfRV N, P, and G proteins. The SfRV L gene fragment RNA sequence was recovered from the supernatant after ultracentrifugation of the 1.14 g/ml fraction treated with diethyl ether suggesting that the SfRV L gene fragment sequence is not associated with a diethyl ether resistant nucleocapsid. Interestingly, the 1.14 g/ml fraction was able to transfer baculovirus DNA into Sf9L5814 cells, consistent with the presence of functional exosomes. Our results demonstrate the absence of viral particles in ATCC CRL-1711 lot 5814 Sf9 cells in contrast to a previous study that suggested the presence of infectious rhabdoviral particles in Sf9 cells from a different lot. This study highlights how cell lines with different lineages may present different virosomes and therefore no general conclusions can be drawn across Sf9 cells from different laboratories.
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- Yoshifumi Hashimoto
- Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, Unites States of America
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- Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, Unites States of America
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- Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, Unites States of America
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- Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, Unites States of America
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- Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, Unites States of America
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- Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, Unites States of America
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- Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, Unites States of America
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Fleddermann J, Diamanti E, Azinas S, Košutić M, Dähne L, Estrela-Lopis I, Amacker M, Donath E, Moya SE. Virosome engineering of colloidal particles and surfaces: bioinspired fusion to supported lipid layers. Nanoscale 2016; 8:7933-7941. [PMID: 27006101 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr08169f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Immunostimulating reconstituted influenza virosomes (IRIVs) are liposomes with functional viral envelope glycoproteins: influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase intercalated in the phospholipid bilayer. Here we address the fusion of IRIVs to artificial supported lipid membranes assembled on polyelectrolyte multilayers on both colloidal particles and planar substrates. The R18 assay is used to prove the IRIV fusion in dependence of pH, temperature and HA concentration. IRIVs display a pH-dependent fusion mechanism, fusing at low pH in analogy to the influenza virus. The pH dependence is confirmed by the Quartz Crystal Microbalance technique. Atomic Force Microscopy imaging shows that at low pH virosomes are integrated in the supported membrane displaying flattened features and a reduced vertical thickness. Virosome fusion offers a new strategy for transferring biological functions on artificial supported membranes with potential applications in targeted delivery and sensing.
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- J Fleddermann
- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramón 182 C, 20009 San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain.
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- Biosurfaces Group, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramón 182 C, 20009 San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain and Structural Biology Unit, CIC bioGUNE Technological Park, Bld 800 48160 Derio, Vizcaya, Spain
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- Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramón 182 C, 20009 San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain.
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- Surflay Nanotec GmbH, Max Planck Str.3, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Mymetics SA, Route de la Corniche 4, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramón 182 C, 20009 San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain.
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Chen M, Song Y, Fan Z, Jiang P, Hu B, Xue J, Wei H, Wang F. Immunogenicity of different recombinant rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus-like particles carrying CD8+ T cell epitope from chicken ovalbumin (OVA). Virus Res 2014; 183:15-22. [PMID: 24457072 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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To explore the capacity and immunogenicity of virus-like particles (VLPs) of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) accommodating foreign amino acid sequences, integrations were performed at the following four locations of the structural protein VP60 of RHDV using the OVA257-264 CD8+ T cell epitope (SIINFEKL): (1) inserting at the N-terminus of the VP60 protein (N1); (2) replacing amino acid positions 2-14 of the VP60 protein (N2); (3) replacing amino acid positions 196-207 of the VP60 protein (I1); and (4) replacing amino acid positions 217-228 of the VP60 protein (I2). The recombinant proteins were expressed by baculovirus expression system. The ability to form RHDV-like particles was confirmed by electron microscopy. The immunogenicity of the four recombinant proteins (N1, N2, I1 and I2) was evaluated in mice without any adjuvants. The results indicated that the four recombinant proteins (N1, N2, I1 and I2) could assemble into VLPs. All of the recombinant proteins could induce a specific immune response. Recombinant proteins I1 and I2 were able to elicit both high levels of IFN-γ secretion and anti-VP60 specific immune responses in the murine model. The levels of the VP60-specific IgG antibody in groups I1 and I2 displayed higher optical density (OD) values than those of groups N1 and N2 (P<0.001, P<0.001). The number of IFN-γ-producing splenocytes in mice that were immunized with recombinant proteins I1 and I2 was also significantly greater compared with mice that were immunized with recombinant proteins N1 and N2 (P<0.01). All of these above mentioned results might be beneficial to the establishment of the RHDV-VLPs display system.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/blood
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chickens
- Drug Carriers
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Female
- Genetic Vectors
- Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Rabbit/genetics
- Immunoglobulin G/blood
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Ovalbumin/genetics
- Ovalbumin/immunology
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/immunology
- Vaccines, Synthetic/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, Synthetic/genetics
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- Vaccines, Virus-Like Particle/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, Virus-Like Particle/genetics
- Vaccines, Virus-Like Particle/immunology
- Virosomes/ultrastructure
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- Mengmeng Chen
- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Engineering Research of Veterinary Bio-products, Nanjing 210014, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases Diagnostic and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Engineering Research of Veterinary Bio-products, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Engineering Research of Veterinary Bio-products, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases Diagnostic and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Engineering Research of Veterinary Bio-products, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Engineering Research of Veterinary Bio-products, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Engineering Research of Veterinary Bio-products, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Engineering Research of Veterinary Bio-products, Nanjing 210014, China.
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Tan M, Fang PA, Xia M, Chachiyo T, Jiang W, Jiang X. Terminal modifications of norovirus P domain resulted in a new type of subviral particles, the small P particles. Virology 2011; 410:345-52. [PMID: 21185050 PMCID: PMC3064930 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2010] [Revised: 11/04/2010] [Accepted: 11/19/2010] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The protruding (P) domain of norovirus VP1 is responsible for immune recognition and host receptor interaction. Our previous studies have demonstrated that a modification of the ends of the P domain affects the conformation and/or function of the P protein. An expression of the P domain with or without the hinge, or with an additional cysteine at either ends of the P protein resulted in P dimers and/or P particles. Here we report a new type of subviral particle, the small P particles, through a further modification, either an addition of the flag tag or a change of the arginine cluster, at the C-terminus of the cysteine-containing P domain. Gel filtration and cryo-EM studies showed that the small P particles are tetrahedrons formed by 6 P dimers or 12 P monomers that is half-size of the P particles. Fitting of the crystal structure of the P domain into the cryo-EM density map of the particle indicated similar conformations of the P dimers as those in P particles. The small P particles bind human HBGAs and are antigenically reactive similar to their parental VLPs and P particles. These data suggest that the C-terminus of the P domain is an important factor in the formation of the P particles. Further elucidation of the mechanism of these modifications in the P particle formation would be important in structure biology and morphogenesis of noroviruses. The small P particles may also be a useful alternative in study of norovirus-host interaction and vaccine development for noroviruses.
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- Ming Tan
- Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Biological Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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- Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Biological Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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- Department of Biological Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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- Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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Santi L, Batchelor L, Huang Z, Hjelm B, Kilbourne J, Arntzen CJ, Chen Q, Mason HS. An efficient plant viral expression system generating orally immunogenic Norwalk virus-like particles. Vaccine 2008; 26:1846-54. [PMID: 18325641 PMCID: PMC2744496 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.01.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2007] [Revised: 01/23/2008] [Accepted: 01/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Virus-like particles (VLPs) derived from enteric pathogens like Norwalk virus (NV) are well suited to study oral immunization. We previously described stable transgenic plants that accumulate recombinant NV-like particles (rNVs) that were orally immunogenic in mice and humans. The transgenic approach suffers from long generation time and modest level of antigen accumulation. We now overcome these constraints with an efficient tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)-derived transient expression system using leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana. We produced properly assembled rNV at 0.8 mg/g leaf 12 days post-infection (dpi). Oral immunization of CD1 mice with 100 or 250 microg/dose of partially purified rNV elicited systemic and mucosal immune responses. We conclude that the plant viral transient expression system provides a robust research tool to generate abundant quantities of rNV as enriched, concentrated VLP preparations that are orally immunogenic.
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- Luca Santi
- The Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1 00133 Rome, Italy
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- The Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- The Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- The Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- The Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- The Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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- The Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA
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- The Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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de Jonge J, Leenhouts J, Holtrop M, Schoen P, Scherrer P, Cullis P, Wilschut J, Huckriede A. Cellular gene transfer mediated by influenza virosomes with encapsulated plasmid DNA. Biochem J 2007; 405:41-9. [PMID: 17355227 PMCID: PMC1925238 DOI: 10.1042/bj20061756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Reconstituted influenza virosomes (virus membrane envelopes) have been used previously to deliver pDNA (plasmid DNA) bound to their external surface to a variety of target cells. Although high transfection efficiencies can be obtained with these complexes in vitro, the virosome-associated DNA is readily accessible to nucleases and could therefore be prone to rapid degradation under in vivo conditions. In the present study, we show a new method for the production of DNA-virosomes resulting in complete protection of the DNA from nucleases. This method relies on the use of the short-chain phospholipid DCPC (dicaproylphosphatidylcholine) for solubilization of the viral membrane. The solubilized viral membrane components are mixed with pDNA and cationic lipid. Reconstitution of the viral envelopes and simultaneous encapsulation of pDNA is achieved by removal of the DCPC from the mixture through dialysis. Analysis by linear sucrose density-gradient centrifugation revealed that protein, phospholipid and pDNA physically associated to particles, which appeared as vesicles with spike proteins inserted in their membranes when analysed by electron microscopy. The DNA-virosomes retained the membrane fusion properties of the native influenza virus. The virosome-associated pDNA was completely protected from degradation by nucleases, providing evidence for the DNA being highly condensed and encapsulated in the lumen of the virosomes. DNA-virosomes, containing reporter gene constructs, transfected a variety of cell lines, with efficiencies approaching 90%. Transfection was completely dependent on the fusogenic properties of the viral spike protein haemagglutinin. Thus, DNA-virosomes prepared by the new procedure are highly efficient vehicles for DNA delivery, offering the advantage of complete DNA protection, which is especially important for future in vivo applications.
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- Jørgen de Jonge
- *Department of Medical Microbiology, Molecular Virology Section, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- *Department of Medical Microbiology, Molecular Virology Section, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- *Department of Medical Microbiology, Molecular Virology Section, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- *Department of Medical Microbiology, Molecular Virology Section, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- *Department of Medical Microbiology, Molecular Virology Section, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Kucinskaite I, Juozapaitis M, Serva A, Zvirbliene A, Johnson N, Staniulis J, Fooks AR, Müller T, Sasnauskas K, Ulrich RG. Antigenic characterisation of yeast-expressed lyssavirus nucleoproteins. Virus Genes 2007; 35:521-9. [PMID: 17619134 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-007-0127-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2007] [Accepted: 05/28/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
In Europe, three genotypes of the genus Lyssavirus, family Rhabdoviridae, are present, classical rabies virus (RABV, genotype 1), European bat lyssavirus type 1 (EBLV-1, genotype 5) and European bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2, genotype 6). The entire authentic nucleoprotein (N protein) encoding sequences of RABV (challenge virus standard, CVS, strain), EBLV-1 and EBLV-2 were expressed in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae at high level. Purification of recombinant N proteins by caesium chloride gradient centrifugation resulted in yields between 14-17, 25-29 and 18-20 mg/l of induced yeast culture for RABV-CVS, EBLV-1 and EBLV-2, respectively. The purified N proteins were evaluated by negative staining electron microscopy, which revealed the formation of nucleocapsid-like structures. The antigenic conformation of the N proteins was investigated for their reactivity with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) directed against different lyssaviruses. The reactivity pattern of each mAb was virtually identical between immunofluorescence assay with virus-infected cells, and ELISA and dot blot assay using the corresponding recombinant N proteins. These observations lead us to conclude that yeast-expressed lyssavirus N proteins share antigenic properties with naturally expressed virus protein. These recombinant proteins have the potential for use as components of serological assays for lyssaviruses.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/isolation & purification
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/metabolism
- Antibodies, Viral/isolation & purification
- Antibodies, Viral/metabolism
- Antigens, Viral/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Viral/immunology
- Antigens, Viral/isolation & purification
- Cloning, Molecular
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct
- Gene Expression
- Immunoblotting
- Lyssavirus/genetics
- Lyssavirus/immunology
- Mice
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleoproteins/biosynthesis
- Nucleoproteins/immunology
- Nucleoproteins/isolation & purification
- Protein Binding
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Viral Proteins/biosynthesis
- Viral Proteins/immunology
- Viral Proteins/isolation & purification
- Virosomes/ultrastructure
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- Indre Kucinskaite
- Institute of Biotechnology, V. Graiciūno 8, 02241, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Pushko P, Tumpey TM, Van Hoeven N, Belser JA, Robinson R, Nathan M, Smith G, Wright DC, Bright RA. Evaluation of influenza virus-like particles and Novasome adjuvant as candidate vaccine for avian influenza. Vaccine 2007; 25:4283-90. [PMID: 17403562 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.02.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2006] [Revised: 02/20/2007] [Accepted: 02/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The development of safe and effective vaccines for avian influenza viruses is a priority for pandemic preparedness. Adjuvants improve the efficacy of vaccines and may allow antigen sparing during a pandemic. We have previously shown that influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) comprised of HA, NA, and M1 proteins represent a candidate vaccine for avian influenza H9N2 virus [Pushko P, Tumpey TM, Fang Bu, Knell J, Robinson R, Smith G. Influenza virus-like particles comprised of the HA, NA, and M1 proteins of H9N2 influenza virus induce protective immune responses in BALB/c mice. Vaccine 2005;23(50):5751-9]. In this study, an H9N2 VLP vaccine and recombinant HA (rH9) vaccine were evaluated in three animal models. The H9N2 VLP vaccine protected mice and ferrets from challenge with A/Hong Kong/1073/99 (H9N2) virus. Novasome adjuvant improved immunogenicity and protection. Positive effect of the adjuvant was also detected using the rH9 vaccine. The results have implications for the development of safe and effective vaccines for avian influenza viruses with pandemic potential.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/blood
- Body Weight
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Ferrets
- Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
- Humans
- Influenza A Virus, H9N2 Subtype/immunology
- Influenza Vaccines/immunology
- Influenza, Human/immunology
- Influenza, Human/prevention & control
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Rats
- Spodoptera/cytology
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- Virosomes/immunology
- Virosomes/ultrastructure
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- Peter Pushko
- Novavax Inc., 9920 Belward Campus Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
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Juozapaitis M, Serva A, Zvirbliene A, Slibinskas R, Staniulis J, Sasnauskas K, Shiell BJ, Wang LF, Michalski WP. Generation of henipavirus nucleocapsid proteins in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Virus Res 2007; 124:95-102. [PMID: 17123657 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2006] [Revised: 10/15/2006] [Accepted: 10/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hendra and Nipah viruses are newly emerged, zoonotic viruses and their genomes have nucleotide and predicted amino acid homologies placing them in the family Paramyxoviridae. Currently these viruses are classified in the new genus Henipavirus, within the subfamily Paramyxovirinae, family Paramyxoviridae. The genes encoding HeV and NiV nucleocapsid proteins were cloned into the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae expression vector pFGG3 under control of GAL7 promoter. A high level of expression of these proteins (18-20 mg l(-1) of yeast culture) was obtained. Mass spectrometric analysis confirmed the primary structure of both proteins with 92% sequence coverage obtained using MS/MS analysis. Electron microscopy demonstrated the assembly of typical herring-bone structures of purified recombinant nucleocapsid proteins, characteristic for other paramyxoviruses. The nucleocapsid proteins revealed stability in yeast and can be easily purified by cesium chloride gradient ultracentrifugation. HeV nucleocapsid protein was detected by sera derived from fruit bats, humans, horses infected with HeV, and NiV nucleocapsid protein was immunodetected with sera from, fruit bats, humans and pigs. The development of an efficient and cost-effective system for generation of henipavirus nucleocapsid proteins might help to improve reagents for diagnosis of viruses.
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Mittler E, Kolesnikova L, Strecker T, Garten W, Becker S. Role of the transmembrane domain of marburg virus surface protein GP in assembly of the viral envelope. J Virol 2007; 81:3942-8. [PMID: 17267489 PMCID: PMC1866152 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02263-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The major protein constituents of the filoviral envelope are the matrix protein VP40 and the surface transmembrane protein GP. While VP40 is recruited to the sites of budding via the late retrograde endosomal transport route, GP is suggested to be transported via the classical secretory pathway involving the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and trans-Golgi network until it reaches the plasma membrane where most filoviral budding takes place. Since both transport routes target the plasma membrane, it was thought that GP and VP40 join there to form the viral envelope. However, it was recently shown that, upon coexpression of both proteins, GP is partially recruited into peripheral VP40-enriched multivesicular bodies, which contained markers of the late endosome. Accumulation of GP and VP40 in this compartment was presumed to play an important role in the formation of the filoviral envelope. Using a domain-swapping approach, we were able to show that the transmembrane domain of GP was essential and sufficient for (i) partial recruitment of chimeric glycoproteins into VP40-enriched multivesicular bodies and (ii) incorporation into virus-like particles (VLPs) that were released upon expression of VP40. Only those chimeric glycoproteins which were targeted to VP40-enriched endosomal multivesicular bodies were subsequently recruited into VLPs. These data show that the transmembrane domain of GP is critical for the mixing of VP40 and GP in multivesicular bodies and incorporation of GP into the viral envelope. Results further suggest that trapping of GP in the VP40-enriched late endosomal compartment is important for the formation of the viral envelope.
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- Eva Mittler
- Institute of Virology, Philipps University Marburg, and Robert Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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Pourasgari F, Ahmadian S, Salmanian AH. Expression and characterization of VP2 protein of human rotavirus a in a mammalian lung cell line. Acta Virol 2007; 51:261-264. [PMID: 18197733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A system for the expression and characterization of VP2 protein of Human rotavirus A, strain G3 was established in the mammalian lung cell line (A549). Expression of the recombinant VP2 (rVP2) protein was detected 48-72 hrs after transfection by Western blotting. The rVP2 protein expressed in A549 cells formed intracellular core-like particles (CLPs) 30 nm in diameter detected by electron microscopy (EM). These results showed that the A549 cells are suitable as efficient eukaryotic host for production of rVP2 protein.
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- F Pourasgari
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Natilla A, Hammond RW, Nemchinov LG. Epitope presentation system based on cucumber mosaic virus coat protein expressed from a potato virus X-based vector. Arch Virol 2006; 151:1373-86. [PMID: 16489509 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0711-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2005] [Accepted: 12/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The Cucumber mosaic virus Ixora isolate (CMV) coat protein gene (CP) was placed under the transcriptional control of the duplicated subgenomic CP promoter of a Potato virus X (PVX)-based vector. In vitro RNA transcripts were inoculated onto Nicotiana benthamiana plants and recombinant CMV capsid proteins were identified on Western blots probed with CMV antibodies 5-7 days post-inoculation. PVX-produced CMV CP subunits were capable of assembling into virus-like particles (VLPs), which were visualized by electron microscopy. We further used the PVX/CMVCP system for transient expression of recombinant CMV CP constructs containing different neutralizing epitopes of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) engineered into the internal betaH-betaI (motif 5) loop. Both crude plant extracts and purified VLPs were immunoreactive with CMV antibodies as well as with epitope-specific antibodies to NDV, thus confirming the surface display of the engineered NDV epitope. Our study demonstrates the potential of PVX/CMVCP as an expression tool and as a presentation system for promising epitopes.
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- A Natilla
- USDA-ARS Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
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de Jonge J, Holtrop M, Wilschut J, Huckriede A. Reconstituted influenza virus envelopes as an efficient carrier system for cellular delivery of small-interfering RNAs. Gene Ther 2006; 13:400-11. [PMID: 16267567 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Application of RNA interference for in vivo evaluation of gene function or for therapeutic interventions has been hampered by a lack of suitable delivery methods for small interfering RNA (siRNA). Here, we present reconstituted viral envelopes (virosomes) derived from influenza virus as suitable vehicles for in vitro as well as in vivo delivery of siRNAs. Virosomes are vesicles that bear in their membrane the influenza virus spike protein hemagglutinin (HA). This protein mediates binding of native virus to and fusion with cellular target membranes. Accordingly, virosomes with membrane-incorporated HA bind to cells, are taken up by receptor-mediated endocytosis, and fuse with the endosomal membrane to release their contents into the cytoplasm. When complexed to cationic lipids, siRNA was successfully encapsulated in virosomes. Virosomes with encapsulated siRNA fused with target membranes in a pH-dependent manner and delivered the encapsulated siRNA to several cell lines in vitro. Virosome-delivered siRNA markedly downregulated the synthesis of newly induced and constitutively expressed green fluorescent protein. Moreover, intraperitoneal injection of siRNA-loaded virosomes resulted in delivery of the nucleotides to cells in the peritoneal cavity. Our results indicate that virosomes are a promising delivery device for in vivo application, especially where topical administration of siRNA, for example, to the respiratory tract is envisaged.
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- J de Jonge
- University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Hsu C, Singh P, Ochoa W, Manayani DJ, Manchester M, Schneemann A, Reddy VS. Characterization of polymorphism displayed by the coat protein mutants of tomato bushy stunt virus. Virology 2006; 349:222-9. [PMID: 16603216 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2005] [Revised: 02/22/2006] [Accepted: 02/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Expression of full-length and N-terminal deletion mutants of the coat protein (CP) of tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) using the recombinant baculovirus system resulted in spontaneously assembled virus-like particles (VLPs). Deletion of the majority of the R-domain sequence of the CP, residues 1-52 (CP-NDelta52) and 1-62 (CP-NDelta62), produced capsids similar to wild-type VLPs. Interestingly, the CP-NDelta62 mutant that retains the last 3 residues of R-domain is capable of forming both the T = 1 and T = 3 particles. However, between the two types of VLPs, formation of the T = 1 capsids appears to be preferred. Another mutant, CP-NDelta72, in which R-domain (residues 1-65) was completely removed but contains most of the beta-annulus and extended arm (betaA) regions exclusively formed T = 1 particles. These results suggest that as few as 3 residues (63-65) of the R-domain, which includes 2 basic amino acids together with the arm (betaA) and beta-annulus regions, may be sufficient for the formation of T = 3 particles. However, anywhere between 4 to 13 residues of the R-domain may be required for proper positioning of betaA and beta-annulus structural elements of the C-type subunits to facilitate an error free assembly of T = 3 capsids.
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- Catherine Hsu
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Gedvilaite A, Aleksaite E, Staniulis J, Ulrich R, Sasnauskas K. Size and position of truncations in the carboxy-terminal region of major capsid protein VP1 of hamster polyomavirus expressed in yeast determine its assembly capacity. Arch Virol 2006; 151:1811-25. [PMID: 16575481 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-006-0745-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2005] [Accepted: 02/22/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The hamster polyomavirus major capsid protein VP1 was modified in its carboxy-terminal region by consecutive truncations and single amino acid exchanges. The ability of yeast-expressed VP1 variants to form virus-like particles (VLPs) strongly depended on the size and position of the truncation. VP1 variants lacking 21, 69, and 79 amino acid (aa) residues in their carboxy-terminal region efficiently formed VLPs similar to those formed by the unmodified VP1 (diameter 40-45 nm). In contrast, VP1 derivatives with carboxy-terminal truncations of 35 to 56 aa residues failed to form VLPs. VP1 mutants with a single A336G aa exchange or internal deletions of aa 335 to aa 346 and aa 335 to aa 363 resulted in the formation of VLPs of a smaller size (diameter 20 nm). These data indicate that certain parts of the carboxy-terminal region of VP1 are not essential for pentamer-pentamer interactions in the capsid, at least in the yeast expression system used.
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Zhang Z, Tian Y, Li L, Fiedler M, Schmid E, Roggendorf M, Xu Y, Lu M, Yang D. A conserved linear B-cell epitope at the N-terminal region of woodchuck hepatitis virus core protein (WHcAg). J Virol Methods 2006; 135:17-25. [PMID: 16513185 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2005] [Revised: 01/17/2006] [Accepted: 01/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) is a member of family Hepadnaviridae and closely related to hepatitis B virus (HBV). The WHV core protein (WHcAg) is a strongly immunogenic protein and forms virus-like particles. WHcAg may represent a suitable carrier system for B- and T-cell epitopes. However, the lack of a high expression system for WHcAg and defined antibodies to detect WHcAg prevents the use of this carrier system. In the present study, vectors expressing WHcAg with carboxyl-terminal truncations were constructed to determine the region of WHcAg required for assembly. The first 144 or 149 amino acid residues of WHcAg were able to efficiently assemble into particulate structures. Both truncated forms of WHcAg were accumulated in E. coli as uniform particles with a diameter of 34nm in large quantities and could be purified in milligram scale. As expected, the particles of truncated WHcAg retained the antigenicity of the full length WHcAg. However, denatured WHcAg remained to be reactive with specific antisera, suggesting that WHcAg may possess additional linear B-cell epitopes. Monoclonal antibodies against denatured WHcAg were generated and tested for their specificity. Five antibodies were found to direct the N-terminal region of WHcAg. Due to the conservation of the amino acid sequence in this region of WHcAg and HBcAg, these antibodies recognized recombinant HBcAg as well. Thus, this linear B-cell epitope is conserved on the core proteins of hepadnaviruses.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Viral/immunology
- Blotting, Western
- Cloning, Molecular
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Epitope Mapping
- Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Hepatitis B Virus, Woodchuck/genetics
- Hepatitis B Virus, Woodchuck/immunology
- Hepatitis B Virus, Woodchuck/physiology
- Hepatitis B Virus, Woodchuck/ultrastructure
- Immunohistochemistry
- Liver/pathology
- Mice
- Sequence Deletion
- Viral Core Proteins/genetics
- Viral Core Proteins/immunology
- Viral Core Proteins/physiology
- Viral Core Proteins/ultrastructure
- Virosomes/metabolism
- Virosomes/ultrastructure
- Virus Assembly
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- Zhenhua Zhang
- Division of Clinical Immunology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, PR China
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Katayama K, Hansman GS, Oka T, Ogawa S, Takeda N. Investigation of norovirus replication in a human cell line. Arch Virol 2006; 151:1291-308. [PMID: 16502284 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0720-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2005] [Accepted: 12/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Noroviruses (NoVs) belong to the genus Norovirus and are members of the family Caliciviridae. NoVs are the dominant cause of outbreaks of gastroenteritis, but progress in understanding the molecular characteristics of NoV and its replication strategies have been hampered by the lack of a cell culture system or a practical animal model, except for murine NoVs. To elucidate the transcription and replication of the NoV genome, a complete genome of a human NoV genogroup II strain was cloned downstream of a T7 RNA polymerase promoter and expressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293T/17 cells using a T7 vaccinia virus expression system. Bands for a 7.6-kb negative-strand RNA, a 7.6-kb positive-strand genomic RNA, and a 2.6-kb positive-strand subgenomic-like RNA were found in the infected cells. However, recombinant capsid protein (rVP1) and rVP2 were not detected by Western blotting. When a construct containing VP1 and VP2 genes was co-transfected with a full-length construct, the expression of virus-like particles (VLPs) with a buoyant density of 1.271 g/cm3 was observed. We also observed round particles, 20 to 80 nm in diameter, with a buoyant density of 1.318 g/cm3. Our results indicated that NoV RNA was incorporated into the heavier particles. However, further studies are needed to investigate the antigenicity of these particles and to determine if they represent undeveloped VLPs.
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- K Katayama
- Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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The development of novel and increasingly safer vaccines frequently utilizes well-characterized antigens, in particular highly purified proteins or synthetic peptides. In spite of some achievements, this approach is frequently impeded by the fact that such antigens are often poor immunogens when administered alone. This fact has necessitated the development of suitable adjuvants that possess the ability to enhance the immunogenicity of a given antigen, preferably with little or no side effects. This paper discusses one of the successes of vaccinology of the past decade: virosomal vaccines. The principles of the concept, immunoadjuvant action and application of virosomes in two currently licensed vaccines are detailed, with specific reference to the induction of both humoral and cellular immunity.
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Influenza virosomes can be regarded as unilamellar liposomes carrying the spike proteins of influenza virus on their surface. Vaccination with influenza virosomes elicits high titers of influenza-specific antibodies, indicating that HA (and NA) reconstituted into a membranous environment exhibit strong immunogenicity. Moreover, virosomes can be used as presentation systems for unrelated antigens bound to the virosome surface. Because of their intrinsic adjuvant activity, virosomes support antibody formation and induction of T-helper cell responses against such surface-associated antigens. Provided that the fusogenic properties of the reconstituted HA are retained, virosomes can also be used to elicit cytotoxic T-cell responses against encapsulated antigens. Vaccines capable of activating the cellular branch of the immune response can be very important for protection against acute virus infections, especially for viruses with rapidly changing envelope glycoproteins like HIV and influenza virus. Moreover, virosomes can suit as powerful carriers in the development of prophylactic and immunotherapeutic strategies against cancer and premalignant disease. The use of virosomes as commercial influenza vaccine and as commercial adjuvant for a hepatitis A vaccine demonstrates that production of virosomes on an industrial scale is feasible, both technically and economically. The industrial production procedure currently followed has not been designed to retain the functional properties of HA. In fact, several steps in the procedure are probably incompatible with retention of fusion activity. As mentioned previously the fusogenic properties of virosomes are important for CTL activation and might also play a role in the induction of T-helper cell and antibody responses. Therefore, a number of key adaptations in the virosome production protocol will be necessary. Thus improved, virosomes are very attractive devices for the development of highly efficacious vaccines against a range of antigens.
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- Anke Huckriede
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Molecular Virology Section, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Fusogenic liposomes that incorporate Sendai virus envelope proteins, so-called Sendai virosomes, have been developed for in vitro and in vivo genetic modification of animal cells. In this study, several different virosomes of varying lipid compositions were formulated and their in vitro gene-transfer efficiencies compared. The virosomes were prepared by quantitative reconstitution of the Sendai envelope, fusion (F) and hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) proteins into liposomal vesicles. Virosomes that contained luciferase reporter genes were tested in 293 transformed human kidney cells. F/HN-virosomes that were prepared with an artificial Sendai viral envelope (ASVE-virosomes) or phosphatidylserine (PS-virosomes) exhibited an 8- or 6-fold higher gene-transfer efficiency than cationic liposomes that were made with 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DOTAP). F/HNvirosomes that were prepared with phosphatidic acid (PA-virosomes) instead of PS were less efficient in gene transfer than either ASVE- or PS-virosomes. In addition, the gene-transfer capability of ASVE- and PS-virosomes was maximal at a Ca2+ concentration of 510 mM. These results suggest that the incorporated lipid components significantly affect the in vitro gene transfer that is mediated by Sendai F/HN-virosomes.
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- Hong Sung Kim
- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Wonju 220-710, Republic of Korea
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Markgraf K, Müller K, Ponimaskin EG, Rudolph M, Schmidt MF, Herrmann A. Lipid composition of virosomes modulates their fusion efficiency with cryopreserved bull sperm cells. Cloning 2002; 3:11-21. [PMID: 11918838 DOI: 10.1089/152045501300189295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Virosomes derived from different fusogenic enveloped viruses have been generated for potential application in gene targeting to sperm cells. Comparative characterization of reconstitution products revealed that virosomes derived from influenza viruses are superior to those generated from Sendai viruses, with respect to the fusion rates with cryopreserved bull sperm cells and to sperm cell vitality after fusion. Modulation of the lipid composition during virosome reconstitution affects fusion sites on target sperms and allows optimization of the fusion rate and sperm cell vitality. A fluorescence-based microscopic fusion assay combined with a vital cell stain revealed that about 90% of sperm cells fused with influenza virosomes containing exogenous cholesterol, sphingomyelin, phosphatidylcholine, and phosphatidylethanolamine. About 85% of the fused sperm cells remained vital. Such optimized influenza-derived virosomes provide the basis for ongoing experiments, which aim at eventually generating biologically active transgenic sperms.
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- K Markgraf
- BioS Biotechnology Schoenow GmbH, Schoenow, Germany
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