Real-time RT-qPCR assay for the analysis of human influenza A virus transcription and replication dynamics
Real-time RT-qPCR assay for the analysis of human influenza A virus transcription and replication dynamics
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.04.017
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发表时间:
2010-09-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Reichl, Udo
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作者:
Vester, Diana;Lagoda, Antje;Reichl, Udo
A quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-qPCR) assay was developed for the analysis of influenza A virus transcription and replication dynamics in mammalian cell culture. The assay is based on a polarity- and sequence-specific reverse transcription used to distinguish specifically between viral genomes (vRNA(-)), replicative intermediates (cRNA(+)) and viral messenger RNAs (vmRNA(+)) of segments 4 (HA), 6 (NA), 7 (M) and 8 (NS) during the life cycle of influenza virus. Synthetic viral RNAs used as reference standards for validation and quantitation were prepared for each viral RNA type and segment. Assay validation demonstrated linearity over five orders of magnitude, sensitivity of 1.0 x 10(3) to 8.9 x 10(3) of viral RNA molecules, repeatability and reproducibility of less than 0.8-3.1% CV (coefficient of variation). Dynamics of influenza A virus infection in adherent MOCK cells, a substrate considered for human influenza vaccine manufacturing, were analyzed. In general, mainly vmRNA(+) were synthesized during early phases of infection at about 0.6 hpi, followed immediately by cRNA(+) synthesis and after a short delay of about 1.9 hpi viral genome replication could be detected. The vRNA(-)s were synthesized in equimolar amounts and similar dynamics whereas preferential synthesis of NS1 vmRNA(+) in early transcription phases and a delay for M1 vmRNA(+) was found. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.