ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (11): 2020-2024.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2015.11.014

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Generation of a Single Infectious RABV cDNA Clone by Inserting IRES Sequences

SUN Yu-zhang1,5,HE Biao2,XU Yun-bin3,CONG Yan-long4* ,CONZELMANN Karl-Klaus5*   

  1. (1.China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center,Qingdao 266032,China;2.Military Veterinary Institute,Academy of Military Medicals Sciences,Changchun 130122,China;3.College of Animal Sciences,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310020,China;4.College of Veterinary Medicine,Jilin University,Changchun 130062,China;5.Gene Center,University of Munich,Munich 81377,Germany)
  • Received:2015-01-25 Online:2015-11-23 Published:2015-11-23

Abstract:

In order to assess the possibility of developing one-plasmid rescue systems of rabies virus(RABV),this study was undertaken to generate a single-infectious cDNA clone by inserting Picornaviral IRES elements.Five full-length cDNA clones were constructed by inserting encephalomyocarditis virus(EMCV) IRES sequences,PV IRES sequences or TaV 2A-like sequences to upstream of the respective ORFs.BSR T7/5 cells in 6-well plates were directly transfected with 10 μg of either full-length clones or co-transfected with pTiT-N,pTiT-P or pTiT-L using CaPO4 as the control.Two recombinant RABVs were successfully rescued from these constructs,yet the rescue of SAD-NeNePeL was significantly more efficient than the rescue of SAD-NeNtPeL.Passaged SAD-NeNtPeL was genetic stable whereas passaged SAD-NeNePeL was recombinant in the RNA level.Both viruses were strongly attenuated,only growing to titers reduced about 2-log steps in comparison to the wild-type virus,SAD L16 strain.The rescue of RABVs from these single infectious cDNA clones provide a powerful tool to investigate the molecular biology,neurotropism,and pathogenicity of RABV.

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