{"title":"First Versatile Reverse Genetics System for DNA Viruses Using Circular Polymerase Extension Reaction.","authors":"Hirotaka Yamamoto, Tomokazu Tamura, Rigel Suzuki, Saori Suzuki, Takasuke Fukuhara","doi":"10.1111/1348-0421.70016","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reverse genetics enables the generation of recombinant viruses; however, conventional approaches using full-length cDNA cloned into bacterial artificial chromosomes or plasmids are time-consuming and technically challenging. While the circular polymerase extension reaction (CPER) has been applied to RNA viruses, it has not been used for DNA viruses. Here, we successfully applied CPER to generate infectious recombinant adenoviruses (AdVs) of two serotypes. The resulting viruses replicated comparably to parental strains, and replication was confirmed by immunostaining. These findings demonstrate that CPER is a rapid and efficient platform for reverse genetics of DNA viruses and may accelerate AdV research and therapeutic development.</p>","PeriodicalId":18679,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology and Immunology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Microbiology and Immunology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1348-0421.70016","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"IMMUNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Reverse genetics enables the generation of recombinant viruses; however, conventional approaches using full-length cDNA cloned into bacterial artificial chromosomes or plasmids are time-consuming and technically challenging. While the circular polymerase extension reaction (CPER) has been applied to RNA viruses, it has not been used for DNA viruses. Here, we successfully applied CPER to generate infectious recombinant adenoviruses (AdVs) of two serotypes. The resulting viruses replicated comparably to parental strains, and replication was confirmed by immunostaining. These findings demonstrate that CPER is a rapid and efficient platform for reverse genetics of DNA viruses and may accelerate AdV research and therapeutic development.
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Microbiology and Immunology is published in association with Japanese Society for Bacteriology, Japanese Society for Virology, and Japanese Society for Host Defense Research. It is peer-reviewed publication that provides insight into the study of microbes and the host immune, biological and physiological responses.
Fields covered by Microbiology and Immunology include:Bacteriology|Virology|Immunology|pathogenic infections in human, animals and plants|pathogenicity and virulence factors such as microbial toxins and cell-surface components|factors involved in host defense, inflammation, development of vaccines|antimicrobial agents and drug resistance of microbes|genomics and proteomics.