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Emerg Infect Dis ; 20(6): 1009-11, 2014 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24857667

RESUMO

We isolated a monkeypox virus from a wild-living monkey, a sooty mangabey, found dead in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, in March 2012. The whole-genome sequence obtained from this isolate and directly from clinical specimens showed its close relationship to monkeypox viruses from Western Africa.


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Cercocebus atys/virologia , Genoma Viral , Monkeypox virus/genética , Mpox/virologia , Filogenia , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Côte d'Ivoire , Evolução Fatal , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Monkeypox virus/classificação , Monkeypox virus/isolamento & purificação , Filogeografia
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 401(1): 37-41, 2010 Oct 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20828538

RESUMO

Impedance-based biosensing known as real-time cell electronic sensing (RT-CES) belongs to an emerging technology for analyzing the status of cells in vitro. In the present study protocols were developed for an RT-CES-based system (xCELLigence™, Roche Applied Science, ACEA Biosciences Inc.) to supplement conventional techniques in pox virology. First, proliferation of cells susceptible to orthopoxviruses was monitored. For virus titration cells were infected with vaccinia virus and cell status, represented by the dimensionless impedance-based cell index (CI), was monitored. A virus-dose dependent decrease in electrical impedance could be shown. Calculation of calibration curves at a suitable CI covering a dynamic range of 4 log enabled the quantification of virus titers in unknown samples. Similarly, antiviral effects could be determined as shown for anti-poxviral agents ST-246 and Cidofovir. Published values for the in vitro concentration that inhibited virus replication by 50% (IC50) could be confirmed while cytotoxicity in effective concentrations was excluded in long-term incubation experiments. Finally, an RT-CES-based virus neutralization test was established. Various poxvirus-specific antibodies were examined for their neutralizing activity and a calculation mode for the neutralizing antibody titer was introduced. In summary, the presented RT-CES-based methods outmatch end-point assays by observing the cell population throughout the entire experiment while workload and time to result are reduced.


Assuntos
Técnicas Biossensoriais , Testes de Neutralização/métodos , Orthopoxvirus/isolamento & purificação , Carga Viral/métodos , Anticorpos Neutralizantes/análise , Antivirais/farmacologia , Benzamidas/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular , Impedância Elétrica , Humanos , Isoindóis/farmacologia , Orthopoxvirus/efeitos dos fármacos , Orthopoxvirus/fisiologia
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Virus Res ; 168(1-2): 23-32, 2012 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22705200

RESUMO

Cowpox virus (CPXV) host range factor CP77 was identified to be required for virus replication in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, but the underlying molecular mechanism by which CP77 modulates host range has remained unclear. Therefore, a CPXVΔCP77 deletion mutant was constructed by applying bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) technology. Integrity of BAC-derived viral DNA was confirmed by whole genome sequencing. In vitro growth characteristics of CPXV wild type (WT), BAC-derived vCPXV WT and vCPXVΔCP77 were virtually indistinguishable in HEK293T cells, whereas in CHO-K1 cells replication of virus lacking CP77 was unambiguously attenuated. This block of viral replication was confirmed by lack of late viral protein expression. The replication defect of various Orthopoxviruses lacking CP77 in CHO cells could be restored by recombinant expression of CP77. Thus, for the first time, the described CP77-dependent host range effect in CHO cells was shown in the background of CPXV as well as Camelpox virus. To further characterize the mutant virus, cells of several different species were comparably infected with vCPXV WT and vCPXVΔCP77, respectively. Interestingly, except for CHO-K1 cells, vCPXV WT and vCPXVΔCP77 showed no significant difference in terms of morphology of cytopathic effects, expression of a late transcribed virus-encoded green fluorescent protein and virus reproduction, even in other hamster-derived cells. Additionally, in ovo inoculation with either virus revealed the same red-pock phenotype on chicken egg chorioallantoic membranes. Since the data presented indicate a CP77-dependent host range effect only for CHO cells, we conclude that the protein might mediate additional functions not identified yet. The vCPXVΔCP77 deletion mutant generated can now be applied as a useful tool to investigate the function of the putative host range protein CP77.


Assuntos
Vírus da Varíola Bovina/fisiologia , Varíola Bovina/virologia , Especificidade de Hospedeiro , Deleção de Sequência , Proteínas Virais/metabolismo , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Vírus da Varíola Bovina/genética , Cricetinae , Humanos , Proteínas Virais/genética , Replicação Viral
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