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Title:	A novel approach to propagate flavivirus infectious cDNA clones in bacteria by introducing tandem repeat sequences upstream of virus genome
Authors:	Pu, SY;Wu, RH;Tsai, MH;Yang, CC;Chang, CM;Yueh, A
Contributors:	Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research
Abstract:	Despite tremendous efforts to improve the methodology for constructing flavivirus infectious cDNAs, the manipulation of flavivirus cDNAs remains a difficult task in bacteria. Here, we successfully propagated DNA-launched type 2 dengue virus (DENV2) and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infectious cDNAs by introducing seven repeats of the tetracycline-response element (7XTRE) and a minimal cytomegalovirus (CMVmin) promoter upstream of the viral genome. Insertion of the 7XTRE-CMVmin sequence upstream of the DENV2 or JEV genome decreased the cryptic E. coli promoter (ECP) activity of the viral genome in bacteria, as measured using fusion constructs containing DENV2 or JEV segments and the reporter gene Renilla luciferase in an empty vector. The growth kinetics of recombinant viruses derived from DNA-launched DENV2 and JEV infectious cDNAs were similar to those of parental viruses. Similarly, RNA-launched DENV2 infectious cDNAs were generated by inserting 7XTRE-CMVmin, five repeats of the GAL4 upstream activating sequence (5XGAL4), or five repeats of BamHI linkers (5XBamHI) upstream of the DENV2 genome. All three tandem repeat sequences decreased the ECP activity of the DENV2 genome in bacteria. Notably 7XTRE-CMVmin stabilized RNA-launched JEV infectious cDNAs and reduced the ECP activity of the JEV genome in bacteria. The growth kinetics of recombinant viruses derived from RNA-launched DENV2 and JEV infectious cDNAs displayed patterns similar to those of the parental viruses. These results support a novel methodology for constructing flavivirus infectious cDNAs, which will facilitate research in virology, viral pathogenesis, and vaccine development of flaviviruses and other RNA viruses.
Date:	2014-07
Relation:	Journal of General Virology. 2014 Jul;95(Pt 7):1493-1503.
Link to:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.064915-0
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Cited Times(WOS):	https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000341171300009
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Appears in Collections:	[Yueh Andrew Yueh] Periodical Articles [Chung-Ming Chang] Periodical Articles

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