Acta virologicaPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.4149/av_2022_310
Daniela Cardona, Andrea Restrepo, Mónica Higuita, Yuliana Gallo, Mauricio Marin, Pablo Gutiérrez
{"title":"Natural infection of purple passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. edulis) by a novel member of the family Tymoviridae in Colombia.","authors":"Daniela Cardona, Andrea Restrepo, Mónica Higuita, Yuliana Gallo, Mauricio Marin, Pablo Gutiérrez","doi":"10.4149/av_2022_310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4149/av_2022_310","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Purple passion fruit is one of the most important fruit exports of Colombia, but its productivity is being compromised by the emergence of several viral diseases. High-throughput sequencing (HTS) surveys of viruses in purple passion fruit fields in the province of Antioquia suggested infection by a new member of the family Tymoviridae. In this work, we characterize the complete genome sequence of this virus, tentatively named purple passionfruit leaf deformation virus (PpLDV), and evaluate its distribution in Antioquia. PpLDV was assembled at high coverage in four datasets from different regions. The 6.1 kb genome of PpLDV encodes a single polyprotein with domains characteristic of the family Tymoviridae, contains a marafibox-like promoter and the 3'-UTR can fold into a tRNA-like secondary structure with a valine anti-codon. Phylogenetic analysis of the polyprotein revealed that PpLDV is a distinct member of the family Tymoviridae, more closely related to the genus Tymovirus and the unclassified Poinsettia mosaic virus (PnMV). The presence of PpLDV was confirmed by RT-qPCR and RT-PCR in samples from commercial purple passion fruit fields, plantlets and seed sprouts collected in Antioquia using primers designed in this study. Keywords: high-throughput sequencing; Marafivirus; Passifloraceae; plant virology; RT-qPCR; Tymovirus.</p>","PeriodicalId":7205,"journal":{"name":"Acta virologica","volume":"66 3","pages":"254-262"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40447095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An integrated view of protein homologue groups and functional genomic development of baculoviruses: towards understanding baculoviral infection mechanism and improving baculoviral expression vector","authors":"Weiping Lin, Yanhua Shi, T. Yu, Yujiao Wang, Yonglin Tan, Punan Zhao, Guohui Wang, Dianhai Hou","doi":"10.4149/av_2022_405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4149/av_2022_405","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7205,"journal":{"name":"Acta virologica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70877885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta virologicaPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.4149/av_2022_205
Chaerim Shin, Dongjin Choi, Ken Shirasu, Yoonsoo Hahn
{"title":"Identification of dicistro-like viruses in the transcriptome data of Striga asiatica and other plants.","authors":"Chaerim Shin, Dongjin Choi, Ken Shirasu, Yoonsoo Hahn","doi":"10.4149/av_2022_205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4149/av_2022_205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dicistroviruses (the family Dicistroviridae) are positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses of the order Picornavirales, which is a rapidly growing viral group. They have been detected in a wide range of animals, predominantly in insects and crustaceans. In this study, we identified the genome sequences of 14 dicistro-like viruses in the transcriptome data from 12 plant species, including Striga asiatica dicistro-like virus 1 and 2 identified in the transcriptome data of Striga asiatica. Sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis indicated that these 14 plant-associated dicistro-like viruses were novel members of the family Dicistroviridae, five of which are placed within the genera Aparavirus and Cripavirus, which mainly consist of viruses infecting animals, including insects. The other nine plant dicistro-like viruses formed clades with unclassified dicistroviruses. Our study implies that a wide range of plant species may serve as hosts for dicistroviruses or reservoirs for their transmission. Keywords: dicistrovirus; Dicistroviridae; plant; transcriptome; Striga asiatica.</p>","PeriodicalId":7205,"journal":{"name":"Acta virologica","volume":"66 2","pages":"157-165"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40408232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta virologicaPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.4149/av_2022_308
Tomáš Tonka, Lucie Walterová, Vladislav Čurn
{"title":"Development of RT-PCR for rapid detection of ssRNA ambi-like mycovirus in a root rot fungi (Armillaria spp.).","authors":"Tomáš Tonka, Lucie Walterová, Vladislav Čurn","doi":"10.4149/av_2022_308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4149/av_2022_308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Letter to the editor (No abstract) Keywords.</p>","PeriodicalId":7205,"journal":{"name":"Acta virologica","volume":"66 3","pages":"287-289"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40424844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dwarf polish wheat hosts a novel closterovirus: Revelation by transcriptome data-mining.","authors":"Venkidusamy Kavi Sidharthan, Virendra Kumar Baranwal","doi":"10.4149/av_2022_207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4149/av_2022_207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>losteroviruses are positive sense single-stranded RNA genome-containing plant viruses with narrow natural host range and wide distribution. In the present study, a putative novel closterovirus, Triticum polonicum closterovirus (TriPCV) was identified in the transcriptome assembled contigs of dwarf polish wheat available in public domain. The genome of TriPCV (15.36 kb; TPA Acc. No.: BK059767) contained nine open reading frames (ORFs) that encode for proteins involved in viral replication, cell-to-cell movement, encapsidation and suppression of host RNA silencing. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that TriPCV was distantly related to other members of the genus Closterovirus. Based on genome organization, sequence similarities in BLAST analysis, predicted motifs and phylogeny, TriPCV can be regarded as a putative novel member of the genus Closterovirus Keywords: Closterovirus; Triticum polonicum; transcriptome; public domain.</p>","PeriodicalId":7205,"journal":{"name":"Acta virologica","volume":"69 2","pages":"182-185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40408235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta virologicaPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.4149/av_2022_202
Qing Huang, Zhijie Ling, Huabin Wang, Xiaoming Zhong, Kaiyuan Luo
{"title":"Evaluation of the effects of 1,25VitD3 on Th17 cells and Tregs in HTLV-1 infected cell lines.","authors":"Qing Huang, Zhijie Ling, Huabin Wang, Xiaoming Zhong, Kaiyuan Luo","doi":"10.4149/av_2022_202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4149/av_2022_202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) causes chronic infections of human T lymphocytes. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of 1,25VitD3 on the proportion of Tregs and Th17 cells, the expression of related transcription factors (ROR-γt and FOXP3) and cytokines (IL-10, TGF-β, IL-6, and IL-17 A) in the HTLV-1infected cell lines MT-2 and MT-4. MT-2 and MT-4 cells and control PBMCs were treated with 1,25VitD3 and percentages of Tregs and Th17 cells was determined by flow cytometry. Gene expression and cytokine levels were analyzed by real-time PCR and ELISA, respectively. Treatment with-1,25VitD3 increased the percentage of Tregs in MT-2 and MT-4 cells, while it decreased the percentage of Th17 cells among MT-2 cells. 1,25VitD3 treatment also significantly improved FOXP3 gene expression in MT-2 cells, while reducing ROR-γt-gene expression in MT-2 and MT-4 cells comparing to untreated cells. Treatment with 1,25VitD3 significantly improved IL-10 levels in MT-2 cells, as well as TGF-β levels in both cell lines culture supernatants. 1,25VitD3 treatment diminished IL-6 levels in cell culture supernatants of MT-2 and MT-4 as well as IL-17 A levels in MT-2. Here we showed, that 1,25VitD3 modulated immune responses by enhancing Tregs differentiation and functions as well as inhibiting Th17 differentiation and actions in HTLV-1 infected cell lines. This suggests that VitD3 may have therapeutic effects in HTLV-1-related diseases by suppressing adverse inflammatory responses. Keywords: Tregs; Th17 cells; HTLV-1; 1, 25VitD3.</p>","PeriodicalId":7205,"journal":{"name":"Acta virologica","volume":"66 2","pages":"127-138"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40408801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative analysis of HBV basic core promoter/pre-core gene mutations and viral quasispecies diversity in HIV/HBV co-infected and HBV mono-infected patients.","authors":"Haohui Deng, Hongbo Gao, Yu Liu, Ying Xu, Juncheng Yang, Miaoxian Zhao, Huiyuan Liu, Zhanhui Wang","doi":"10.4149/av_2022_103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4149/av_2022_103","url":null,"abstract":"Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection accelerates the progression of HBV-related liver diseases. HBV basic core promoter (BCP)/pre-core (preC) gene mutations may be one of the most important risk factors. In this study, a total of 230 patients were recruited, and 199 patients whose HBV BCP/preC gene were successfully amplified and sequenced, including 99 HIV/HBV co-infected and 100 HBV mono-infected patients. Next-generation sequencing was used for detection of BCP/preC mutations which were then compared in patients with different HBV genotypes and different HBeAg statuses, and 1% and 20% cutoff values were defined to evaluate the mutations. HBV quasispecies diversity was also compared in HIV/HBV co-infected and HBV mono-infected patients. Among the patients infected with HBV genotype C and HBeAg-negative status, the frequency of A1762T/G1764A double mutations was significantly lower in HIV/HBV co-infected patients than in HBV mono-infected patients (53.3% vs. 100.0%, P = 0.008) regardless of the 1% or 20% cutoff value level. However, A1762T/G1764A double mutations did not differ in the other groups (P >0.05). Viral quasispecies diversity was lower in HIV/HBV co-infected patients than in HBV mono-infected patients (P Keywords: human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus; mutations; viral quasispecies; next-generation sequencing.","PeriodicalId":7205,"journal":{"name":"Acta virologica","volume":"66 1 1","pages":"18-26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70876895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta virologicaPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.4149/av_2022_110
B. Jain, Anuj Tewari, M. Prasad, S. K. Kadian
{"title":"A novel approach for estimation of anti-FMDV protective immunity generated in multiple vaccinated field animals.","authors":"B. Jain, Anuj Tewari, M. Prasad, S. K. Kadian","doi":"10.4149/av_2022_110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4149/av_2022_110","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, forty serum samples from field buffaloes vaccinated with inactivated foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine were collected. These animals were multiple vaccinated with the above vaccine during previous years. The study was conducted to determine the actual status of the protective antibodies generated after vaccination. Initially, the serum samples were tested by Liquid phase blocking ELISA (LPBE), and only samples with titer more than 1.4 in LPBE were chosen for further analysis. These samples were tested with an in-house Gold Nanoparticle-based test for detection of anti-FMDV structural protein antibodies, in which the antibodies were detected at 10-4 dilution; this was suggestive of strong antibody titer generated post-vaccination. To test the binding affinity of these antibodies with the antigen, an avidity ELISA was developed and outcomes were expressed in terms of avidity index (AI). It was found that the avidity was low in some of the animals even after multiple vaccinations. Therefore, multiple vaccinations and strong antibody titer generation may not be the actual indicator of the protective immune response generated. We conclude that avidity ELISA can be a better approach than LPBE to measure the level of protective antibodies generated post-vaccination. Keywords: avidity ELISA; foot-and-mouth disease; post-vaccination monitoring; herd immunity; PCP-FMD.","PeriodicalId":7205,"journal":{"name":"Acta virologica","volume":"71 1","pages":"90-94"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70877287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta virologicaPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.4149/av_2022_107
Di Zhao, Liang Zhang, Mengzhao Song, Yanming Zhang Mail
{"title":"RPS3-induced antiviral cytokines inhibit the proliferation of classical swine fever virus.","authors":"Di Zhao, Liang Zhang, Mengzhao Song, Yanming Zhang Mail","doi":"10.4149/av_2022_107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4149/av_2022_107","url":null,"abstract":"Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) infection results in serious economic losses to the pig industry. This positive-sense RNA virus hijacks cell host proteins for its own replication. Although previous studies have shown that RPS3, a 40S ribosomal subunit protein, is mainly required for DNA repair, apoptosis and inflammation, the effect of RPS3 on CSFV replication remains uncertain. Thus, we investigated the potential role of RPS3 in CSFV infection in RPS3-knockdown and -overexpressing cell lines using real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and indirect immunofluorescence assays. Results showed that knockdown of RPS3 by lentiviruses enhanced CSFV replication, whereas overexpression of RPS3 by lentiviruses inhibited CSFV replication. These findings indicated the antiviral role of RPS3 in CSFV infection. Subsequent experiments revealed that CSFV replication was inhibited in cells cultured with the supernatants of RPS3-overexpressing cell, suggesting that the RPS3-mediated inflammatory response was involved in CSFV infection. Furthermore, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) revealed that the secretion of antiviral cytokines (IL-8 and INF-β) was increased in cells with sufficient RPS3 expression but decreased in cells lacking RPS3 expression. RT-qPCR and immunofluorescence assays revealed that CSFV infection inhibited RPS3-mediated antiviral cytokine secretion. Taken together, these findings reveal that RPS3 is a novel antiviral factor that inhibits CSFV proliferation by increasing antiviral cytokine secretion. Keywords: classical swine fever virus; ribosome protein S3; IL-8; INF-β.","PeriodicalId":7205,"journal":{"name":"Acta virologica","volume":"66 1 1","pages":"55-64"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70877439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sequencing and phylogenetic characterization of a novel RNA virus in Arma chinensis.","authors":"Yonghao Dong, Pengjun Xu, Guangwei Ren, Changchun Feng, Dongyang Liu, Lianqiang Jiang, Fangzhao Jia, Changhua Zhang, Qinggang Gao, Yongjie Liu","doi":"10.4149/av_2021_310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4149/av_2021_310","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The complete genome of a novel virus from Arma chinensis was determined by RNA sequencing and rapid amplification of cDNA ends. This virus has a single-stranded RNA genome of 10,540 nucleotides (nt) excluding the poly(A) tail. Two non-overlapping open reading frames (ORFs) in the sense direction were predicted: one long ORF at the 5' end of the genome (6,219 nt) that encodes a polypeptide of 2,072 amino acids (aa), and one short ORF at the 3' end of the genome (3,033 nt) that encodes a polypeptide of 1,010 aa. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the virus clusters within a large cluster of currently unidentified picorna-like viruses with a high bootstrap value. We named the virus isolate Arma chinensis picorna-like virus 1 (AcPV-1). The prevalence of AcPV-1 infection in samples of Arma chinensis from the wild was at a low level (5.48%, 8 positives in 146 samples). Keywords: Arma chinensis; genomic characterization; phylogenetic analysis; Arma chinensis picorna-like virus 1; prevalence.</p>","PeriodicalId":7205,"journal":{"name":"Acta virologica","volume":"65 3","pages":"320-323"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39450091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}