scholarly journals Purification of equine infectious anemia virus antigen by affinity chromatography

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 635-639
Author(s):  
T Sugiura ◽  
H Nakajima

Affinity chromatography was performed to obtain highly purified antigen from equine infectious anemia (EIA) virus. After crude antigen was concentrated by polyethylene glycol precipitation of culture fluids from equine dermal cells persistently infected with EIA virus, and after the virus was disrupted with ether, it was added to a column of cyanogen bromide-activated Sepharose 4B to which EIA-specific antibody had been conjugated. The antigen was effectively released from the column with 5M MgCl2 and proved to be highly purified. Passive hemagglutination tests on sera from EAI infections were carried out, using the purified antigen. Results indicated that the passive hemagglutination test with the antigen was a specific laboratory test with high sensitivity for EIA infection.

1973 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Nakajima ◽  
C. Ushimi ◽  
Y. Fukunaga ◽  
K. Hirasawa

Author(s):  
Maria Carla Rodríguez Domínguez ◽  
Roberto Montes-de-Oca-Jiménez ◽  
Juan Carlos Vázquez Chagoyan ◽  
Alberto Barbabosa Pliego ◽  
Jorge Antonio Varela Guerrero ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 1204-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baoshan Zhang ◽  
Chengqun Sun ◽  
Sha Jin ◽  
Michael Cascio ◽  
Ronald C. Montelaro

ABSTRACT The equine lentivirus receptor 1 (ELR1), a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) protein family, has been identified as a functional receptor for equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV). Toward defining the functional interactions between the EIAV SU protein (gp90) and its ELR1 receptor, we mapped the gp90 binding domain of ELR1 by a combination of binding and functional assays using the EIAV SU gp90 protein and various chimeric receptor proteins derived from exchanges between the functional ELR1 and the nonbinding homolog, mouse herpesvirus entry mediator (murine HveA). Complementary exchanges of the respective cysteine-rich domains (CRD) between the ELR1 and murine HveA proteins revealed CRD1 as the predominant determinant of functional gp90 binding to ELR1 and also to a chimeric murine HveA protein expressed on the surface of transfected Cf2Th cells. Mutations of individual amino acids in the CRD1 segment of ELR1 and murine HveA indicated the Leu70 in CRD1 as essential for functional binding of EIAV gp90 and for virus infection of transduced Cf2Th cells. The specificity of the EIAV SU binding domain identified for the ELR1 receptor is fundamentally identical to that reported previously for functional binding of feline immunodeficiency virus SU to its coreceptor CD134, another TNFR protein. These results indicate unexpected common features of the specific mechanisms by which diverse lentiviruses can employ TNFR proteins as functional receptors.


2021 ◽  
pp. 104063872110061
Author(s):  
César I. Romo-Sáenz ◽  
Patricia Tamez-Guerra ◽  
Aymee Olivas-Holguin ◽  
Yareellys Ramos-Zayas ◽  
Nelson Obregón-Macías ◽  
...  

Equine infectious anemia (EIA) is a highly infectious disease in members of the Equidae family, caused by equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV). The disease severity ranges from subclinical to acute or chronic, and causes significant economic losses in the equine industry worldwide. Serologic tests for detection of EIAV infection have some concerns given the prolonged seroconversion time. Therefore, molecular methods are needed to improve surveillance programs for this disease. We attempted detection of EIAV in 6 clinical and 42 non-clinical horses in Nuevo Leon State, Mexico, using the agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) test for antibody detection, and nested and hemi-nested PCR for detection of proviral DNA. We found that 6 of 6, 5 of 6, and 6 of 6 clinical horses were positive by AGID, nested PCR, and hemi-nested PCR, respectively, whereas 0 of 42, 1 of 42, and 9 of 42 non-clinical horses were positive by these tests, respectively. BLAST analysis of the 203-bp 5′-LTR/ tat segment of PCR product revealed 83–93% identity with EIAV isolates in GenBank and reference strains from other countries. By phylogenetic analysis, our Mexican samples were grouped in a different clade than other sequences reported worldwide, indicating that the LRT/ tat region represents an important target for the detection of non-clinical horses.


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