关键词： Rabies   Bat   Artibeus spp.   Desmodus rotundus   Phylogeny   Molecular epidemiology  

摘要： In Brazil, bats have been assigned an increasing importance in public health as they are important rabies reservoirs. Phylogenetic studies have shown that rabies virus (RABV) strains from frugivorous bats Artibeus spp. are closely associated to those from the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus, but little is known about the molecular diversity of RABV in Artibeus spp. The N and G genes of RABV isolated from Artibeus spp. and cattle infected by D. rotundus were sequenced, and phylogenetic trees were constructed. The N gene nucleotides tree showed three clusters: one for D. rotundus and two for Artibeus spp. Regarding putative N amino acid-trees, two clusters were formed, one for D. rotundus and another for Artibeus spp. RABV G gene phylogeny supported the distinction between D. rotundus and Artibeus spp. strains. These results show the intricate host relationship of RABV's evolutionary history, and are invaluable for the determination of RABV infection sources. (C) 2012 Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.

关键词： Bats   Marburg virus   Fruit bats   Marburg hemorrhagic fever   Uganda   Animal sociality   Kidneys   Medical risk factors  

摘要： Marburg virus (family Filoviridae) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Bats have been implicated as likely natural reservoir hosts based most recently on an investigation of cases among miners infected in 2007 at the Kitaka mine, Uganda, which contained a large population of Marburg virus-infected Rousettus aegyptiacus fruit bats. Described here is an ecologic investigation of Python Cave, Uganda, where an American and a Dutch tourist acquired Marburg virus infection in December 2007 and July 2008. More than 40,000 R. aegyptiacus were found in the cave and were the sole bat species present. Between August 2008 and November 2009, 1,622 bats were captured and tested for Marburg virus. Q-RT-PCR analysis of bat liver/spleen tissues indicated similar to 2.5% of the bats were actively infected, seven of which yielded Marburg virus isolates. Moreover, Q-RT-PCR-positive lung, kidney, colon and reproductive tissues were found, consistent with potential for oral, urine, fecal or sexual transmission. The combined data for R. aegyptiacus tested from Python Cave and Kitaka mine indicate low level horizontal transmission throughout the year. However, Q-RT-PCR data show distinct pulses of virus infection in older juvenile bats (similar to six months of age) that temporarily coincide with the peak twice-yearly birthing seasons. Retrospective analysis of historical human infections suspected to have been the result of discrete spillover events directly from nature found 83% (54/65) events occurred during these seasonal pulses in virus circulation, perhaps demonstrating periods of increased risk of human infection. The discovery of two tags at Python Cave from bats marked at Kitaka mine, together with the close genetic linkages evident between viruses detected in geographically distant locations, are consistent with R. aegyptiacus bats existing as a large meta-population with associated virus circulation over broad geographic ranges. These f

关键词： Pestivirus   Bacteriophages   Chiroptera   bacterial flora   Microviridae   Temporary buildings   viruses  

摘要： Bats are natural hosts for a large variety of zoonotic viruses. This study aimed to describe the range of bat viromes, including viruses from mammals, insects, fungi, plants, and phages, in 11 insectivorous bat species (216 bats in total) common in six provinces of China. To analyze viromes, we used sequence-independent PCR amplification and next-generation sequencing technology (Solexa Genome Analyzer II;Illumina). The viromes were identified by sequence similarity comparisons to known viruses. The mammalian viruses included those of the Adenoviridae, Herpesviridae, Papillomaviridae, Retroviridae, Circoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Astroviridae, Flaviridae, Coronaviridae, Picornaviridae, and Parvovirinae;insect viruses included those of the Baculoviridae, Iflaviridae, Dicistroviridae, Tetraviridae, and Densovirinae;fungal viruses included those of the Chrysoviridae, Hypoviridae, Partitiviridae, and Totiviridae;and phages included those of the Caudovirales, Inoviridae, and Microviridae and unclassified phages. In addition to the viruses and phages associated with the insects, plants, and bacterial flora related to the diet and habitation of bats, we identified the complete or partial genome sequences of 13 novel mammalian viruses. These included herpesviruses, papillomaviruses, a circovirus, a bocavirus, picornaviruses, a pestivirus, and a foamy virus. Pairwise alignments and phylogenetic analyses indicated that these novel viruses showed little genetic similarity with previously reported viruses. This study also revealed a high prevalence and diversity of bat astroviruses and coronaviruses in some provinces. These findings have expanded our understanding of the viromes of bats in China and hinted at the presence of a large variety of unknown mammalian viruses in many common bat species of mainland China.

关键词： 中国被毛孢   蝙蝠蛾拟青霉   小鼠   免疫功能调节  

摘要： 目的观察中国被毛孢和蝙蝠蛾拟青霉对小鼠免疫功能的影响。方法分别给予中国被毛孢和蝙蝠蛾拟青霉后,测定观察对小鼠碳粒廓清功能、迟发性变态反应、溶血素抗体、淋巴细胞增殖和NK细胞活性等的影响。结果 3.0 g/kg中国被毛孢和蝙蝠蛾拟青霉可显著提高小鼠吞噬指数和半数溶血值(P<0.01)、显著提高T、B淋巴细胞增殖能力(P<0.01,P<0.05)、显著提高NK细胞活性(P<0.05),0.5～1.5 g/kg中国被毛孢都能显著抑制小鼠耳廓肿胀(P<0.01,P<0.05),同时还能抑制脾脏和胸腺增大(P<0.01,P<0.05)。结论中国被毛孢和蝙蝠蛾拟青霉均具有免疫调节作用,而中国被毛孢免疫抑制及增强天然免疫系统作用要优于蝙蝠蛾拟青霉,而对适应性免疫系统增强作用蝙蝠蛾拟青霉优于中国被毛孢。

关键词： Bovine papillomavirus   Human papillomavirus   Fruit bats   Polymerase chain reaction   Gene prediction   Nucleotide sequencing   Metagenomics   Papillomaviruses  

摘要： The discovery of novel viruses in animals expands our knowledge of viral diversity and potentially emerging zoonoses. High-throughput sequencing (HTS) technology gives millions or even billions of sequence reads per run, allowing a comprehensive survey of the genetic content within a sample without prior nucleic acid amplification. In this study, we screened 156 rectal swab samples from apparently healthy bats (n = 96), pigs (n = 9), cattles (n = 9), stray dogs (n = 11), stray cats (n = 11) and monkeys (n = 20) using a HTS metagenomics approach. The complete genome of a novel papillomavirus (PV), Miniopterus schreibersii papillomavirus type 1 (MscPV1), with L1 of 60% nucleotide identity to Canine papillomavirus (CPV6), was identified in a specimen from a Common Bent- wing Bat (M. schreibersii). It is about 7.5kb in length, with a G+C content of 45.8% and a genomic organization similar to that of other PVs. Despite the higher nucleotide identity between the genomes of MscPV1 and CPV6, maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis of the L1 gene sequence showed that MscPV1 and Erethizon dorsatum papillomavirus (EdPV1) are most closely related. Estimated divergence time of MscPV1 from the EdPV1/MscPV1 common ancestor was approximately 60.2-91.9 millions of years ago, inferred under strict clocks using the L1 and E1 genes. The estimates were limited by the lack of reliable calibration points from co-divergence because of possible host shifts. As the nucleotide sequence of this virus only showed limited similarity with that of related animal PVs, the conventional approach of PCR using consensus primers would be unlikely to have detected the novel virus in the sample. Unlike the first bat papillomavirus RaPV1, MscPV1 was found in an asymptomatic bat with no apparent mucosal or skin lesions whereas RaPV1 was detected in the basosquamous carcinoma of a fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus. We propose MscPV1 as the first member of the novel Dyolambda-papillomavirus genus.

关键词： 腺病毒   蝙蝠   遗传多样性  

摘要： 近期的研究表明蝙蝠可以携带腺病毒。为了进一步了解我国蝙蝠腺病毒的分布状况和遗传多样性特征,本研究采集了北京市、湖南省、江西省、云南省、贵州省和海南省六个省份的共11种蝙蝠的咽拭和肛拭样本,使用套式PCR方法进行蝙蝠腺病毒检测。对阳性结果通过克隆测序进行遗传多态性分析,并采用基于氨基酸相似性的核酸序列数据进行分子进化研究。结果表明,我国约20%的蝠种携带腺病毒,特别是大足鼠耳蝠可能普遍携带蝙蝠腺病毒。并且在贵州省南蝠样本中同时检测出两种不同的蝙蝠腺病毒。总体而言,蝙蝠腺病毒DNA聚合酶保守区核酸和蛋白序列的平均相似性分别只有66.6%和74.7%。蝠种和地域上的巨大差异可能导致了蝙蝠腺病毒的适应性进化,而形成了显著的遗传多样性。

关键词： 蝙蝠娥被孢霉   蝙蝠娥被孢霉多糖   抗肿瘤   免疫功能  

摘要： 从蝙蝠娥被孢霉液体发酵的菌丝体中,采用热水提取,65%乙醇沉淀,DEAE-52和G-100分子筛分离、纯化得到了一个组分均一的天然多糖—蝙蝠娥被孢霉多糖(CPSM,Cordyceps Polysaccharides of Mortierella hepiali),其由甘露糖、葡萄糖和半乳糖3种单糖组成。体内实验表明,该多糖对小鼠移植瘤有明显抑制生长作用,但是在体外实验中对人肺癌细胞株A549、人肝癌细胞株Hep-G2、急性粒细胞白血病细胞株HL-60均没有表现出细胞毒作用。推测该CPSM是通过调节小鼠免疫系统的功能达到抑制移植瘤生长作用的。对移植瘤小鼠进行了T、B淋巴细胞增殖和NK细胞活性的实验表明灌胃给与多糖的小鼠组T、B淋巴细胞的增殖明显快于正常组,NK细胞活性大于正常组。而CPSM在体外对于小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞同样具有活化功能,增强巨噬细胞NO的分泌。

关键词： HERPESVIRUSES   GENETIC code   VIRUS diseases -- Genetic aspects   NUCLEOTIDE sequence   MINIOPTERUS schreibersii   CELL culture  

摘要： Herpesviruses or herpesviral sequences have been identified in various bat species. Here, we report the isolation, cell tropism, and complete genome sequence of a novel betaherpesvirus from the bat Miniopterus schreibersii (MsHV). In primary cell culture, MsHV causes cytopathic effects (CPE) and reaches peak virus production 2 weeks after infection. MsHV was found to infect and replicate less efficiently in a feline kidney cell, CRFK, and failed to replicate in 13 other cell lines tested. Sequencing of the MsHV genome using the 454 system, with a 224-fold coverage, revealed a genome size of 222,870 bp. The genome was extensively analyzed in comparison to those of related viruses. Of the 190 predicted open reading frames (ORFs), 40 were identified as herpesvirus core genes. Among 93 proteins with identifiable homologues in tree shrew herpesvirus (THY), human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), or rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV), most had highest sequence identities with THY counterparts. However, the MsHV genome organization is colinear with that of RCMV rather than that of THY. The following unique features were discovered in the MsHV genome. One predicted protein, B125, is similar to human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) U94, a homologue of the parvovirus Rep protein. For the unique ORFs, 7 are predicted to encode major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-related proteins, 2 to encode MHC class I homologues, and 3 to encode MHC class II homologues;4 encode the homologues of C-type lectin- or natural killer cell lectin-like receptors;, and the products of a unique gene family, the b149 family, of 16 members, have no significant sequence identity with known proteins but exhibit immunoglobulin-like beta-sandwich domains revealed by three-dimensional (3D) structural prediction. To our knowledge, MsHV is the first virus genome known to encode MHC class II homologues.

关键词： LETTERS to the editor   VIRAL antibodies   EBOLA virus  

摘要： A letter to the editor is presented on the discovery of Ebola virus antibodies in fruit bats in Ghana, West Africa.