title: Expression of Aleutian mink disease parvovirus capsid proteins by a recombinant vaccinia virus: self-assembly of capsid proteins into particles.
abstract: A portion of a cDNA clone containing coding sequences for both structural proteins (VP1 and VP2) of Aleutian mink disease parvovirus (ADV) was inserted into recombinant vaccinia viruses, VV:ADSP. Immunohistochemical staining of VV:ADSP-infected cells revealed that the ADV antigen was readily detected and localized in the nuclei of infected cells. Analysis of VV:ADSP-infected cell lystates indicated that both VP1 and VP2 were produced and comigrated with authentic VP1 and VP2 from ADV-infected Crandell feline kidney cells. These results suggested, therefore, that both VP1 and VP2 were synthesized from a single cloned transcript. CsCl density gradient centrifugation of partially purified VV:ADSP-infected cell lysates indicated that the majority of the antigen was located in a fraction with a density near 1.33 g/ml, indicative of empty ADV particles. Subsequent electron microscopic examination revealed the presence of 27-nm icosahedral virion-like structures at the same density, suggesting that the proteins self-assembled into empty virions. Furthermore, sera from eight of eight mice inoculated with VV:ADSP contained ADV-specific antibodies and two of these eight serum samples had neutralizing activity, indicating that the particles produced in VV:ADSP-infected cells were immunogenic. Finally, when lysates from VV:ADSP-infected cells were compared with standard ADV antigens in counterimmunoelectrophoresis assays, a similar pattern of specific reactivity was observed for sera from normal and infected mink.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana 59840.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Clemens
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wolfinbarger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bloom
mesh_terms: D000453:Aleutian Mink Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D000454:Aleutian Mink Disease Virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D002213:Capsid / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005814:Genes, Viral; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051379:Mice; D008907:Mink / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000737:chemistry; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000235:genetics; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins