| Literature DB >> 27248497 |
Xiaogang Wu1, Ying Shi1, Dawei Yan1, Xuesong Li1, Pixi Yan1, Xuyuan Gao1, Yuee Zhang1, Lei Yu1, Chaochao Ren1, Guoxin Li1, Liping Yan1, Qiaoyang Teng1, Zejun Li1.
Abstract
The infectious disease caused by the duck Tembusu virus (DTMUV) has resulted in massive economic losses to the Chinese duck industry in China since 2010. Research on the molecular basis of DTMUV pathogenicity has been hampered by the lack of a reliable reverse genetics system for this virus. Here we developed a PCR-based reverse genetics system with high fidelity for the attenuated DTMUV strain FX2010-180P. The rescued virus was characterized by using both indirect immunofluorescence assays (IFA) and whole genome sequencing. The rescued virus (rFX2010-180P) grew to similar titers as compared with the wild-type virus in DF-1 cells, and had similar replication and immunogenicity properties in ducks. To determine whether exogenous proteins could be expressed from DTMUV, both an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) and the enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) gene were introduced between the NS5 gene and the 3' non-coding sequence of FX2010-180P. A recombinant DTMUV expressing eGFP was rescued, but eGFP expression was unstable after 4 passages in DF-1 cells due to a deletion of 1,294 nucleotides. The establishment of a reliable reverse genetics system for FX2010-180P provides a foundation for future studies of DTMUV.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27248497 PMCID: PMC4889061 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156579
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Primers used in this study.
| Application | Primer name | Sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Reverse transcription | FXART1 | ACACATCGGGTAGGTC |
| Reverse transcription | FXART2 | CCTTCTCAAAATCTCC |
| Reverse transcription | FXART3 | ATCTCTGTGATGCTCC |
| Reverse transcription | FXART4 | GTCAACCTTGTCCCGC |
| Reverse transcription | FXART5 | TGCCGTCGCTGGTCTCAA |
| Reverse transcription | FXART6 | TAACCTCTCACTTCCT |
| Reverse transcription | FXART7 | AGACTCTGTGTTCTAC |
| PCR amplification | FXA-1F | CCCGGGTAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGAAGTTCATCTGTGTGAACTTATTCC |
| PCR amplification | FXA-2050R | GAGGTCGACACGTATGGGTTGACTGTTATC |
| PCR amplification | FXA-2026F | CAGTCAACCCATACGTGTCGACCTCCTCCA |
| PCR amplification | FXA-3056F | GCTCAGGTCACTGTGCACAGCTCCATTTCC |
| PCR amplification | FXA-3022F | TTAAAGGAAATGGAGCTGTGCACAGTGACC |
| PCR amplification | FXA-4052R | GATTCCCAGGGTTAGCACACCTATTCTCAC |
| PCR amplification | FXA-3656F | AGGAATCACGTACAGTGATCTGGTC |
| PCR amplification | FXA- 6353R | AAATATGCGGCCGCCACAACCGGTCTCACCTGACTTTGTCCATAACTCC |
| PCR amplification | FXA-6216F | CTCCCTGTCTGGATATCGTACAAGG |
| PCR amplification | FXA-9775R | TTTCTCCAACCGGTTGAGGGCT |
| PCR amplification | FXA-9753F | AAGCCCTCAACCGGTTGGAGAAACT |
| PCR amplification | FXA-10991R | AAATATGCGGCCGCAGACTCTGTGTTCTACCACCACCAG |
| PCR amplification | FXA-10991R | AGACTCTGTGTTCTACCACCACCAGCCACACTTTC |
| Sequencing | FXS-1F | AGAAGTTCATCTGTGTGAACTTATTCC |
| Sequencing | FXS-1512R | CGGTACCATAATCCTCCATCTCAGC |
| Sequencing | FXS-1397F | GGAAGCGAGCACCTACCACAAT |
| Sequencing | FXS-2892R | CTGGGCACTCTTTAGTTTTTGGTCC |
| Sequencing | FXS-2784F | GGAGAGCTCATGTACGGATGGAAGA |
| Sequencing | FXS-4018R | TCTATCCCCACTATTCTGAGCCCTG |
| Sequencing | FXS-3834F | CTTGGCGTTGCGTTAGCACTCAT |
| Sequencing | FXS-5302R | CCTTTCAGTGCTTCCGCTATTTCAG |
| Sequencing | FXS-5145F | AAAAGGCAACTAACAGTGCTGGACC |
| Sequencing | FXS-6749R | GGCTGGGACTTCTGCTATCCATAAC |
| Sequencing | FXS-6537F | TGACTACAGCTGAGAAAGGGAGCAG |
| Sequencing | FXS-8088R | AGCAGTGTGTCAGATGGTTCAGTCG |
| Sequencing | FXS-7955F | GTGAGAGGTTACACAAAAGGAGGGC |
| Sequencing | FXS-8994R | CTTGCAGGTGCAGTTCTCTCTCTCT |
| Sequencing | FXS-8862F | GAGAAGGTGAATAGTAACGCAGCCC |
| Sequencing | IRESS-1F | GCCCCTCTCCCTCCCCCCCCCCTAA |
| Sequencing | EGFPS-1305R | CTTGTACAGCTCGTCCATGCCGAGA |
| Sequencing | FXS-10991R | AGACTCTGTGTTCTACCACCACCAG |