In order to improve the accuracy for quantitating the bovine foamy virus (BFV) in vitro,we developed a baby hamster kidney cell (BHK)-21-derived indicator cell line containing a plasmid that encodes the firefly luciferase driven by the BFV long terminal repeat promoter (LTR,from-7 to 1012).The BFV titer could be determined by detecting the luciferase expression since the viral trans-activator BTas protein activates the promoter activity of the LTR.One clone,designated BFVL,was selected from ten neomycin-resistant clones.BFVL showed a specific and inducible dose-and time-dependent luciferase activity in response to BFV infection.Although the changes in luciferase activity of BFVL peaked at 84 h post infection,it was possible to differentiate infected and uninfected cells at 48 h post infection.A linear relationship was established between the multiplicity of infection (MOI) of BFV and the activated ratio of luciferase expression in BFVL.Moreover,the sensitivity of the BFVL-based assay for detecting infectious BFV was 10,000 times higher than the conventional CPE-based assay at 48 h post infection.These findings suggest that the BFVL-based assay is rapid,easy,sensitive,quantitative and specific for detection of BFV infection.
Hong-yan Guo Zhi-bin Liang Yue Li Juan Tan Qi-min Chen Wen-tao Qiao
Vpr是人类免疫缺陷病毒(Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1,HIV-1)的辅助蛋白之一,在病毒复制及AIDS进程中起重要作用。为了研究Vpr完成其生物学功能的分子机制,本研究利用酵母双杂交技术,从人的cDNA文库中筛选,并经免疫共沉淀技术证实NF-κB通路中的重要蛋白RelB与Vpr存在相互作用;发现RelB蛋白能促进Vpr介导的对NF-κB报告基因的激活,也能促进Vpr对HIV-1LTR的反式激活作用。利用流式细胞技术发现RelB促进Vpr诱导细胞周期G2/M期停滞。上述结果表明,RelB辅助Vpr完成其转录激活以及调控细胞周期的功能。
The ubiquitin-like modifier bISG15 is an antiviral protein found in fetal bovine lung (FBL) cells. Bovine Herpesvirus 1(BHV-1), which is a viral pathogen of cattle, can infect FBL cells and induce cytopathic effects. Real-time PCR assays showed that BHV-1's infection could repress the basal or inducible transcription of bISG15 in FBL cells. It demonstrates that this repression effect depends on BHV-1 viral infection and new protein synthesis. Our previous work showed that bIRF-3 was the key factor in the stimulation of bISG15 in FBL cells, so the effect of BHV-1 viral protein on bIRF-3 activating the promoter of bISG15 was confirmed. The luciferase assay showed the BHV-1 viral protein bICP0 inhibited the activation of bISG15 promoter stimulated by bIRF-3. Taken together, our work suggested that BHV-1 had some molecular mechanism to resist the cellular bISG15's antiviral functions.
