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Molecular Biological Studies on Demyelination Induced by Theiler's Virus Tohoku University School of Medicine

Research Project

Project/Area Number 01570438
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Neurology
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

OHARA Yoshiro  Department of Neurological Sciences Associate Professor, 医学部, 助教授 (50203914)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TSUKAMOTO Tetsuro  Fukushima Medical College Department of Neurology Assistant Professor, 講師 (20171978)
KONNO Hidehiko  Department of Neurological Sciences Associate Professor, 医学部, 助教授 (10091688)
IWASAKI Yuzo  Department of Neurological Sciences Associate Professor and Chairman, 医学部, 教授 (00142927)
Project Period (FY) 1989 – 1990
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1990)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
KeywordsTheiler's virus / demyelination / oligodendrocyte / infectious cDNA / primary culture / 感染症cDNA
Research Abstract

Theller's virus (TV) is divided into two subgroups. GDVII subgroups strains cause acute polloencephalomyelitis in the spinal cords of mice, whereas DA subgroup strains cause a persistent demyelinating disease in spite of the presence of high antibody titers against TV in the sera and CSF. As a possible mechanism to discriminate two subgroups with regard to the demyelinating activity, different cytotropism to oligodendrocytes (OL) has been proposed. The major goal of this project is to clarify this point by using recombinant virus from those subgroup strains and by using primary culture of OL.
AL first, we generated a full-length cDNA of DA strain from three overlapping clones which had been already reported (Virology 164 : 245-255, 1988). Virus derived from transfection of transcripts produced a demyelinating disease indistinguishable from that of wild-type virus. The infectious clone provides a critical reagent for the production of interstrain recombinant viruses to help indentify genetic loci responsible for the cytotropism in OL and demyelination as well.
On the other hand, two strains, i. e. DA and GDVII, were inoculated into the primary culture of OL derived from C3H mice and the infection and the propagation were studied. Double staining using anti-galactocerebroside and anti-TV antibodies revealed both strains infected OL. In addition, the kinetics of cell-free and cell-associated infectivity were not significantly different between two strains. These in vitro observation suggests that neither replication nor cell-associated infectivity is a sole factor in discriminating those two subgroup strains.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1990 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1989 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (22 results)

All Other

All Publications (22 results)

  • [Publications] Ohara Y and Roos RP: "Viral infectious complementaryーDNA studies may identify nonviral genes critical to central nervous system disease." Ann.Neurol. 25. 305-309 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 大原 義朗: "Theilerウイルス ーその紹介及び分子生物学的研究の動向ー" 最新医学. 44. (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] RAYMOND P.ROOS,STEVEN STEIN YOSIHRO OHARA,IIANI,IN FU,AND BERTL.SEMLER: "Infectious cDNA clones of the DNA strain of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus." J.Virol.63. 5492-5496 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ohara Y,Konno H,Iwasaki Y.Yamamoto T,Terunuma H,Suzuki H: "Cytotropism of Theiler's murine encephalitis viruses(TMEV)in ollgoーdindrocyteーenriched cultures." Arch.Virol.114. 293-298 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Suzuki H,Yamamoto T,Yamamoto H,Iwasaki Y,konno H,Ohara Y,Terunuma H:"Intraneural lamininーlike rcactivity in the human central nervous system." Brain Res.520. 324-329 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] "Targeting of adoptively transffered experimental panenncephalitis lesion at the sites of Wallerian degeneration." Acta Neuropatol.80. 521-526 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Terumuma H, Iwasaki Y, Tsukamoto T, Konno H, Yamamoto T, Ohara Y: "Neurotoxic activity in HTLV-carrier lymphocyte culture." J Neurol Sci. 92. 169-180 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Roos RP, Stein S, Ohara Y, Fu J, Semler BL: "Infectious cDNA clones of the DA strain of Theiler'S murine encephalomyelitis viruse." J Virol. 63. 5492-5496 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Suzuki H, Yamamoto T, Ymamoto H, Iwasaki Y, Konno H, Ohara Y, Terunuma H: "Intranueral laminin-like reactivity in the human central nervous system." Brain Res. 520. 324-329 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Konno H, Yamamoto T, Suzuki H, Yamamoto H, Iwasaki Y, Ohara Y, Terunuma H, Harata N: "Tageting of adoptively transferred experimental panencephalitis lesion at the sites of Wallerian degeneration." Acta Neuropathol. 80. 521-526 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sato T, Fujita H, Ohara Y, Homma M: "Microagglutination test for early and specific serodiagnosis of tularemia" J Clin Microbiol. 28. 2372-2374 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ohara Y, Konno H, Iwasaki Y, Yamamoto T, Terunuma H, Suzuki H: "Cytotropism of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis viruses (TMEV) in oligodendrocyte-enriched cultures." Arch Virol. 114. 293-298 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ohara Y, Sato T, Fujita H, Ueno T, Homma M: "Clinical manifestations of tularemia in Japan -Analysis of 1, 355 cases observed between 1924 and 1987-. Infection."

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Fujita H, Sato T, Ohara Y, Homma M: "Indirect microhemagglutination assay for the serodiagnosis of Lyme disease. Microbiol Immunol,"

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ohara Y,Konno H,Iwasaki Y,Yamamoto T,Terunuma H,Suzuki H: "Cytotropism of Theiler's murine encephalitis viruses (TMEV) in oligoーdendrocyteーenriched cultures." Arch.Virol.114. 293-298 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Suzuki H,Yamamoto T,Yamamoto H,Iwasaki Y,Konno H,Ohara Y,Terunuma H:"Intraneural lamininーlike reactivity in the human central nervous system." Brain Res.520. 324-329 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Konno H,Yamamoto T,Suzuki H,Yamamoto H,Iwasaki Y,Ohara Y,Terunuma H,Harata H:"Targeting of adoptively transffered experimental panenncephalitis lesion at the sites of Wallerian degeneration." Acta Neuropatol.80. 521-526 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Sato T,Fujita H,Ohara Y,Homma M:"Microagglutination test for early and specific serodiagnosis of tularemia." J.Clin.Micorbiol.28. 2372-2374 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Ohara Y,Sato T,Fujita H,Homma M:"Clinical manifestations of tularemia in JapanーAnalysis of 1,355 cases observed between 1924 and 1987ー" Infection.

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Ohara Y and Roos RP: "Viral infectious complementary-DNA studies may identify nonviral genes critical to central nervous system disease" Annals of Neurology. 25. 305-309 (1989)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 大原義朗: "Theiler ウイルスーその紹介及び分子生物学的研究の動向ー" 最新医学. 44. 1974-1579 (1989)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Roos RP,Stein S,Ohara Y, Fu J, and Semler BL: "Infectious cDNA clones of the DA strain of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus" Journal of Virology. 63. 5492-5496 (1989)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report

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