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Cell ; 184(14): 3774-3793.e25, 2021 07 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34115982

RESUMO

Cytomegaloviruses (CMVs) have co-evolved with their mammalian hosts for millions of years, leading to remarkable host specificity and high infection prevalence. Macrophages, which already populate barrier tissues in the embryo, are the predominant immune cells at potential CMV entry sites. Here we show that, upon CMV infection, macrophages undergo a morphological, immunophenotypic, and metabolic transformation process with features of stemness, altered migration, enhanced invasiveness, and provision of the cell cycle machinery for viral proliferation. This complex process depends on Wnt signaling and the transcription factor ZEB1. In pulmonary infection, mouse CMV primarily targets and reprograms alveolar macrophages, which alters lung physiology and facilitates primary CMV and secondary bacterial infection by attenuating the inflammatory response. Thus, CMV profoundly perturbs macrophage identity beyond established limits of plasticity and rewires specific differentiation processes, allowing viral spread and impairing innate tissue immunity.


Assuntos
Citomegalovirus/fisiologia , Macrófagos Alveolares/virologia , Animais , Apresentação de Antígeno , Efeito Espectador , Ciclo Celular , Linhagem Celular Transformada , Reprogramação Celular , Citomegalovirus/patogenicidade , Citomegalovirus/ultraestrutura , Infecções por Citomegalovirus/imunologia , Infecções por Citomegalovirus/virologia , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Pulmão/patologia , Macrófagos Alveolares/imunologia , Macrófagos Alveolares/ultraestrutura , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Fenótipo , Células-Tronco/patologia , Replicação Viral/fisiologia , Via de Sinalização Wnt
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Plasmid ; 111: 102531, 2020 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32920019

RESUMO

Engineering bacterial genomes or foreign DNA cloned as bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) relies on usage of helper plasmids, which deliver the desired tools transiently into the bacteria to be modified. After the anticipated action is completed the helper plasmids need to be cured. To make this efficient, plasmids are used that are maintained by conditional amplicons or carry a counter-selection marker. Here, we describe new conditional plasmids that can be maintained or cured by using chemical induction or repression. Our method is based on the dependency of plasmids carrying ori6Kγ origin of replication on the presence of protein Π. Ori6Kγ based plasmids are tightly regulated conditional constructs, but they require usually special E. coli strains to operate. To avoid this, we placed the Π protein expression under the control of a co-expressed conditional repressor. Regulating the maintenance of plasmids with administration or removal of chemicals is fully compatible with any other conditional amplicons applied to date. Here, we describe methods for inducing sites specific recombination of BACs as an example. However, the same strategy might be used to construct appropriate helper plasmids for any other transient components of genome editing methodologies such as λred recombinases or CRISPR/Cas components.


Assuntos
Escherichia coli/genética , Engenharia Genética , Plasmídeos/genética , Cromossomos Artificiais Bacterianos , Cromossomos Bacterianos , Replicação do DNA , Edição de Genes , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Genoma Bacteriano , Recombinação Genética , Temperatura
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Virus Genes ; 53(5): 741-748, 2017 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28634751

RESUMO

Herpesviruses are enveloped DNA viruses that infect vertebrate cells. Their high potential cloning capacity and the lifelong persistence of their genomes in various host cells make them attractive platforms for vector-based therapy. In this review, we would like to highlight recent advances of three major areas of herpesvirus vector development and application: (i) oncolytic therapy, (ii) recombinant vaccines, and (iii) large capacity gene transfer vehicles.


Assuntos
Vetores Genéticos/genética , Vetores Genéticos/imunologia , Herpesviridae/genética , Herpesviridae/imunologia , Vírus Oncolíticos/genética , Vírus Oncolíticos/imunologia , Animais , Terapia Genética/métodos , Humanos , Vacinação/métodos , Vacinas Sintéticas/genética , Vacinas Sintéticas/imunologia
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Vaccines (Basel) ; 12(7)2024 Jul 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39066429

RESUMO

We investigated the basic characteristics of a new murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) vector platform. Using BAC technology, we engineered replication-competent recombinant MCMVs with deletions of up to 26% of the wild-type genome. To this end, we targeted five gene blocks (m01-m17, m106-m109, m129-m141, m144-m158, and m159-m170). BACs featuring deletions from 18% to 26% of the wild-type genome exhibited delayed virus reconstitution, while smaller deletions (up to 16%) demonstrated reconstitution kinetics similar to those of the wild type. Utilizing an innovative methodology, we introduced large genomic DNA segments, up to 35 kbp, along with reporter genes into a newly designed vector with a potential cloning capacity of 46 kbp (Q4). Surprisingly, the insertion of diverse foreign DNAs alleviated the delayed plaque formation phenotype of Q4, and these large inserts remained stable through serial in vitro passages. With reporter-gene-expressing recombinant MCMVs, we successfully transduced not only mouse cell lines but also non-rodent mammalian cells, including those of human, monkey, bovine, and bat origin. Remarkably, even non-mammalian cell lines derived from chickens exhibited successful transduction.

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Front Microbiol ; 13: 854690, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35369433

RESUMO

Recombinant adenovirus (rAd) vectors represent one of the most frequently used vehicles for gene transfer applications in vitro and in vivo. rAd genomes are constructed in Escherichia coli where their genomes can be maintained, propagated, and modified in form of circular plasmids or bacterial artificial chromosomes. Although the rescue of rAds from their circular plasmid or bacmid forms is well established, it works with relatively low primary efficiency, preventing this technology for library applications. To overcome this barrier, we tested a novel strategy for the reconstitution of rAds that utilizes the CRISPR/Cas-machinery to cleave the circular rAd genomes in close proximity to their inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) within the producer cells upon transfection. This CRISPR/Cas-mediated in vivo terminal resolution allowed efficient rescue of vectors derived from different human adenovirus (HAdV) species. By this means, it was not only possible to increase the efficiency of virus rescue by about 50-fold, but the presented methodology appeared also remarkably simpler and faster than traditional rAd reconstitution methods.

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Front Microbiol ; 11: 601555, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33281801

RESUMO

Viral infections are a global disease burden with only a limited number of antiviral agents available. Due to newly emerging viral pathogens and increasing occurrence of drug resistance, there is a continuous need for additional therapeutic options, preferably with extended target range. In the present study, we describe a novel antiviral peptide with broad activity against several double-stranded DNA viruses. The 22-mer peptide TAT-I24 potently neutralized viruses such as herpes simplex viruses, adenovirus type 5, cytomegalovirus, vaccinia virus, and simian virus 40 in cell culture models, while being less active against RNA viruses. The peptide TAT-I24 therefore represents a novel and promising drug candidate for use against double-stranded DNA viruses.

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Nat Commun ; 10(1): 2830, 2019 06 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31249303

RESUMO

Cytomegalovirus is a DNA-encoded ß-herpesvirus that induces STING-dependent type 1 interferon responses in macrophages and uses myeloid cells as a vehicle for dissemination. Here we report that STING knockout mice are as resistant to murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection as wild-type controls, whereas mice with a combined Toll-like receptor/RIG-I-like receptor/STING signaling deficiency do not mount type 1 interferon responses and succumb to the infection. Although STING alone is dispensable for survival, early IFN-ß induction in Kupffer cells is STING-dependent and controls early hepatic virus propagation. Infection experiments with an inducible reporter MCMV show that STING constrains MCMV replication in myeloid cells and limits viral dissemination via these cells. By contrast, restriction of viral dissemination from hepatocytes to other organs is independent of STING. Thus, during MCMV infection STING is involved in early IFN-ß induction in Kupffer cells and the restriction of viral dissemination via myeloid cells, whereas it is dispensable for survival.


Assuntos
Infecções por Herpesviridae/veterinária , Interferon beta/metabolismo , Fígado/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Muromegalovirus/fisiologia , Células Mieloides/metabolismo , Doenças dos Roedores/metabolismo , Animais , Feminino , Hepatócitos/metabolismo , Hepatócitos/virologia , Infecções por Herpesviridae/virologia , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Interferon beta/genética , Células de Kupffer/metabolismo , Células de Kupffer/virologia , Fígado/virologia , Masculino , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Muromegalovirus/genética , Células Mieloides/virologia , Doenças dos Roedores/genética , Doenças dos Roedores/virologia , Transdução de Sinais , Receptores Toll-Like/genética , Receptores Toll-Like/metabolismo
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