Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is not only one of the most economically important pathogen of poultry but also has a potential as anti-cancer virotherapy. To enhance the NDV vaccine productivity, chicken fibroblast, DF-1 cell, was genetically engineered and rapid virus quantification method was developed. V protein of NDV is well known for its interferon antagonistic activity. The addition of anti-interferon antibody increased NDV virus productivity in cell-based production system. Stable cell lines expressing either lentogenic or velogenic NDV V proteins were established. The overexpression of either lentogenic or velogenic V proteins had an effect of enhancing NDV production but did not increase the productivity of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). Our results indicate that NDV V protein have a function of interferon antagonist through inhibiting the increase of type-I interferons rather than incorporating virus particles as a structural protein or degrading STAT proteins. The interferon signals in NDV V-expressing cell lines were weakened by decreased activation or expression of dsRNA-activated enzymes, PKR and OAS. Interferon-antagonist activity seems to help rapid virus replication in the early phase of virus production. A method for rapid detection and quantification of NDV was developed. A SYBR Green I-based real-time RT-PCR was designed using a conventional, inexpensive RT-PCR kit targeting the F gene of the NDV LaSota strain. The method developed in this study was validated for specificity, accuracy, precision, linearity, limit of detection, limit of quantification, and robustness. The validation results satisfied the pre-determined acceptance criteria. The validated method was used to quantify virus samples produced in animal cell culture-based production system. Our results demonstrated that the real-time RT-PCR method is suitable for the rapid detection and quantification of whole virus particles irrespective of viral infectivity.
한국생물공학회 [The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering]
설립연도
1984
분야
공학>생물공학
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