Rescue of Rabies Virus from Cloned CDNA and Identification of the Pathogenicity-related Gene: Glycoprotein Gene is Associated with Virulence for Adult Mice

Overview

Journal J Virol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Date 2001 Sep 5

PMID 11533176

Citations 40

Authors

N Ito

M Takayama

K Yamada

M Sugiyama

N Minamoto

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Abstract

In order to identify the viral gene related to the pathogenicity of rabies virus, we tried to establish a reverse genetics system of the attenuated RC-HL strain, which causes nonlethal infection in adult mice after intracerebral inoculation. A full-length genome plasmid encoding the complete antigenomic cDNA of the RC-HL strain and helper plasmids containing cDNAs of the complete open reading frame of the N, P, and L genes, respectively, were constructed. After transfection of these plasmids into BHK-21 cells infected with the T7 RNA polymerase-expressing vaccinia virus, infectious rabies virus with almost the same biological properties as those of the wild-type RC-HL strain was rescued. Using this reverse genetics system of the RC-HL strain, we generated a chimeric virus with the open reading frame of the glycoprotein gene from the parent Nishigahara strain, which kills adult mice after intracerebral inoculation, in the background of the RC-HL genome. Since the chimeric virus killed adult mice following intracerebral inoculation, it became evident that the open reading frame of the glycoprotein gene is related to the pathogenicity of the Nishigahara strain for adult mice.

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