TY - JOUR
T1 - Genomic and biological characterization of aggressive and docile strains of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus rescued from a plasmid-based reverse-genetics system
AU - Chen, Minjie
AU - Lan, Shuiyun
AU - Ou, Rong
AU - Price, Graeme E.
AU - Jiang, Hong
AU - de la Torre, Juan Carlos
AU - Moskophidis, Demetrius
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - Arenaviruses include several causative agents of haemorrhagic fever disease in humans. In addition, the prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a superb model for the study of virus-host interactions, including the basis of viral persistence and associated diseases. There is little understanding about the molecular mechanisms concerning the regulation and specific role of viral proteins in modulating arenavirus-host cell interactions either associated with an acute or persistent infection, and associated disease. Here, we report the genomic and biological characterization of LCMV strains 'Docile' (persistent) and 'Aggressive' (not persistent) recovered from cloned cDNA via reverse genetics. Our results confirmed that the cloned viruses accurately recreated the in vivo phenotypes associated with the corresponding natural Docile and Aggressive viral isolates. In addition, we provide evidence that the ability of the Docile strain to persist is determined by the nature of both S and L RNA segments. Thus, our findings provide the foundation for studies aimed at gaining a detailed understanding of viral determinants of LCMV persistence in its natural host, which may aid in the development of vaccines to prevent or treat the diseases caused by arenaviruses in humans.
AB - Arenaviruses include several causative agents of haemorrhagic fever disease in humans. In addition, the prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a superb model for the study of virus-host interactions, including the basis of viral persistence and associated diseases. There is little understanding about the molecular mechanisms concerning the regulation and specific role of viral proteins in modulating arenavirus-host cell interactions either associated with an acute or persistent infection, and associated disease. Here, we report the genomic and biological characterization of LCMV strains 'Docile' (persistent) and 'Aggressive' (not persistent) recovered from cloned cDNA via reverse genetics. Our results confirmed that the cloned viruses accurately recreated the in vivo phenotypes associated with the corresponding natural Docile and Aggressive viral isolates. In addition, we provide evidence that the ability of the Docile strain to persist is determined by the nature of both S and L RNA segments. Thus, our findings provide the foundation for studies aimed at gaining a detailed understanding of viral determinants of LCMV persistence in its natural host, which may aid in the development of vaccines to prevent or treat the diseases caused by arenaviruses in humans.
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U2 - 10.1099/vir.0.83464-0
DO - 10.1099/vir.0.83464-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 18474558
AN - SCOPUS:45949083431
SN - 0022-1317
VL - 89
SP - 1421
EP - 1433
JO - Journal of General Virology
JF - Journal of General Virology
IS - 6
ER -