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Affiliation(s)
- Ian D Gust
- CSL Limited, 45 Poplar Road, Parkville, VIC 3052
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Alirezaie B, Taqavian M, Aghaiypour K, Esna-Ashari F, Shafyi A. Phenotypic and genomic analysis of serotype 3 Sabin poliovirus vaccine produced in MRC-5 cell substrate. J Med Virol 2011; 83:897-903. [PMID: 21412797 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The cell substrate has a pivotal role in live virus vaccines production. It is necessary to evaluate the effects of the cell substrate on the properties of the propagated viruses, especially in the case of viruses which are unstable genetically such as polioviruses, by monitoring the molecular and phenotypical characteristics of harvested viruses. To investigate the presence/absence of mutation(s), the near full-length genomic sequence of different harvests of the type 3 Sabin strain of poliovirus propagated in MRC-5 cells were determined. The sequences were compared with genomic sequences of different virus seeds, vaccines, and OPV-like isolates. Nearly complete genomic sequencing results, however, revealed no detectable mutations throughout the genome RNA-plaque purified (RSO)-derived monopool of type 3 OPVs manufactured in MRC-5. Thirty-six years of experience in OPV production, trend analysis, and vaccine surveillance also suggest that: (i) different monopools of serotype 3 OPV produced in MRC-5 retained their phenotypic characteristics (temperature sensitivity and neuroattenuation), (ii) MRC-5 cells support the production of acceptable virus yields, (iii) OPV replicated in the MRC-5 cell substrate is a highly efficient and safe vaccine. These results confirm previous reports that MRC-5 is a desirable cell substrate for the production of OPV.
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- Behnam Alirezaie
- Human Viral Vaccines Research and Production Department, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karaj, Tehran, Iran.
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Sinzger C, Schmidt K, Knapp J, Kahl M, Beck R, Waldman J, Hebart H, Einsele H, Jahn G. Modification of human cytomegalovirus tropism through propagation in vitro is associated with changes in the viral genome. J Gen Virol 1999; 80 ( Pt 11):2867-2877. [PMID: 10580048 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-11-2867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Following extensive propagation in fibroblasts, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) loses tropism for a number of otherwise natural host cells, in particular, endothelial cells. In this study, the hypothesis was tested that loss of endothelial tropism is associated with the appearance of genomic variants. Initial quantitative focus expansion assays on endothelial monolayers demonstrated that, while the laboratory strains AD169 and Towne failed to form detectable foci, 29 out of 30 recent clinical HCMV isolates had the potential to expand in endothelial cell culture. By long-term adaptation in fibroblast cultures, nonendotheliotropic strains could be selected from clinical HCMV isolates, while long-term endothelial-adapted strains of the same isolates retained both fibroblast tropism and endothelial tropism. Such differentially adapted isolate pairs always displayed genomic differences in restriction fragment length analyses. Coinfection of endothelial cells by two nonendotheliotropic HCMV strains yielded an endotheliotropic recombinant HCMV variant combining portions of the genomes of both parental viruses. When DNA purified from various isolates was transfected into fibroblasts, progeny virus retained the specific tropism of parental virus from which the DNA was isolated. These findings demonstrate that endothelial tropism is an inherent property of most clinical HCMV isolates and is determined by the viral genome. Although the specific determinants of HCMV cell tropism are still unknown, this study provides the first evidence for a genetic contribution.
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- C Sinzger
- Department of Medical Virology1 and Department of Medicine3, University of Tü bingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Virology1 and Department of Medicine3, University of Tü bingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Virology1 and Department of Medicine3, University of Tü bingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Virology1 and Department of Medicine3, University of Tü bingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Virology1 and Department of Medicine3, University of Tü bingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA 2
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- Department of Medical Virology1 and Department of Medicine3, University of Tü bingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Virology1 and Department of Medicine3, University of Tü bingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Virology1 and Department of Medicine3, University of Tü bingen, Calwerstraße 7/6, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Reimerink JH, van der Avoort HG, van Loon AM, Koopmans MP. Genetic basis for immunological aberrations in poliovirus Sabin serotype 3 strains imported in the netherlands. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:2393-8. [PMID: 10405373 PMCID: PMC85236 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2393-2398.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/1999] [Accepted: 04/29/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During the characterization of poliovirus type 3 strains imported in The Netherlands, Sabin serotype 3 strains that reacted with both specific antisera against Sabin-like (vaccine) and non-Sabin-like (wild-type) strains by the intratypic strain differentiation assay have been found. The present study was done to determine the pathogenic potential of these virus strains for humans. Characterization of these so-called double-reactive strains with neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against the major antigenic sites of serotype 3 Sabin virus led to the identification of two groups with different antigenic properties. Six of the seven strains were resistant to neutralization with MAbs against sites 2B and 3B and one strain was neutralized by all the MAbs in a manner similar to that for the Sabin serotype 3 virus. Partial sequencing of the coding regions confirmed the antigenic changes for all six antigenically distinct strains. By inoculation of these viruses into transgenic mice which express the human poliovirus receptor, one strain was identified as highly neurovirulent, three were identified as intermediate, and three were identified as attenuated. Sera from vaccinated persons efficiently neutralized the mutants. Our data suggest that some double-reactive strains are a potential risk to the unvaccinated community but not to the vaccinated population.
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- J H Reimerink
- Research Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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John TJ, Nambiar A, Samuel BU, Rajasingh J. Ulnar nerve inoculation of poliovirus in bonnet monkey: a new primate model to investigate neurovirulence. Vaccine 1992; 10:529-32. [PMID: 1320307 DOI: 10.1016/0264-410x(92)90352-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A new monkey model of poliovirus neurovirulence has been developed avoiding the currently used intraspinal injection route which traumatizes the spinal cord. Poliovirus type 1 (0.1 ml) was inoculated into the ulnar nerve of bonnet monkeys (Macaca radiata) at the right elbow. Five monkeys were inoculated with 10(7) TCID of LSc/2ab (Sabin vaccine strain); none developed any illness. Limb paralysis, clinically resembling spinal poliomyelitis in children, developed in all four monkeys given greater than or equal to 10(5) TCID50 of Mahoney strain, and in three of four monkeys given 10(4) or 10(3) TCID50. Higher functions and cranial nerves were not affected. Paralysis occurred more frequently in the lower limbs (11 limbs in seven monkeys) than in upper limbs (six limbs in seven monkeys). The incubation period, from inoculation to onset of paralysis, ranged from 5 to 12 days. Further progression of paralysis to other limbs occurred within 2 to 6 days. No illness developed in two monkeys given 10(2) TCID50 of Mahoney virus. All monkeys given LSc/2ab and those given greater than 10(2) TCID50 Mahoney virus developed humoral antibody response; however, infection of the gastrointestinal tract was detected by virus isolation from throat swabs and stools only in monkeys given Mahoney virus, but not in those given LSc/2ab. Thus, intraneural spread of Mahoney virus to the spinal cord, neurovirulence of Mahoney but not of LSc/2ab and retrograde gastrointestinal infection with Mahoney but not with LSc/2ab are the features of this experimental model.
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- T J John
- Department of Virology and Immunology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India
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