title: Construction of an infectious cDNA clone of hepatitis E virus strain JE03-1760F that can propagate efficiently in cultured cells.
abstract: A full-length infectious cDNA clone (pJE03-1760F/wt) of a genotype 3 hepatitis E virus (HEV) (strain JE03-1760F) obtained from a faecal specimen was constructed in this study. Upon transfection of the capped in vitro transcripts of pJE03-1760F/wt into PLC/PRF/5 cells, the viral RNA levels in the culture supernatant started to increase on day 6 post-transfection (p.t.) and reached 10(7) copies ml(-1) on day 28 p.t. Detection of increasing numbers of cells with ORF2 protein expression by immunofluorescence assay at 5, 7, 11 and 15 days p.t. indicated the spread of HEV infection in cell culture. When the cDNA-derived virus in culture supernatant was inoculated into PLC/PRF/5 or A549 cells, it grew as efficiently as the faeces-derived virus in both cells, reaching 10(6) copies ml(-1) at 30 days post-inoculation. Our reverse genetics system for HEV that is usable in a robust cell-culture system will be useful for elucidation of the mechanism of HEV replication and functional roles of HEV proteins.
authors.affiliation: Division of Virology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-Shi, Tochigi-Ken 329-0498, Japan.
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: Division of Virology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-Shi, Tochigi-Ken 329-0498, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.affiliation: Division of Virology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-Shi, Tochigi-Ken 329-0498, Japan.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.affiliation: Division of Virology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-Shi, Tochigi-Ken 329-0498, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.affiliation: Division of Virology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-Shi, Tochigi-Ken 329-0498, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ichiyama
authors.affiliation: Division of Virology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-Shi, Tochigi-Ken 329-0498, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Division of Virology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-Shi, Tochigi-Ken 329-0498, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005838:Genotype; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014162:Transfection; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004279:DNA, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral