Szirovicza, Leonora, Hetzel, Udo, Kipar, Anja 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7289-3459 and Hepojoki, Jussi
(2022)
Short '1.2x Genome' Infectious Clone Initiates Kolmiovirid Replication in Boa constrictor Cells.
VIRUSES-BASEL, 14 (1).
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Abstract
Human hepatitis D virus (HDV) depends on hepatitis B virus co-infection and its glycoproteins for infectious particle formation. HDV was the sole known deltavirus for decades and believed to be a human-only pathogen. However, since 2018, several groups reported finding HDV-like agents from various hosts but without co-infecting hepadnaviruses. In vitro systems enabling helper virus-independent replication are key for studying the newly discovered deltaviruses. Others and we have successfully used constructs containing multimers of the deltavirus genome for the replication of various deltaviruses via transfection in cell culture. Here, we report the establishment of deltavirus infectious clones with 1.2× genome inserts bearing two copies of the genomic and antigenomic ribozymes. We used Swiss snake colony virus 1 as the model to compare the ability of the previously reported "2× genome" and the "1.2× genome" infectious clones to initiate replication in cell culture. Using immunofluorescence, qRT-PCR, immuno- and northern blotting, we found the 2× and 1.2× genome clones to similarly initiate deltavirus replication in vitro and both induced a persistent infection of snake cells. The 1.2× genome constructs enable easier introduction of modifications required for studying deltavirus replication and cellular interactions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | deltavirus, HDV, infectious clone |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2022 10:10 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2023 21:01 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/v14010107 |
| Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.3390/v14010107 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3155140 |
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