Holland J J, de la Torre J C, Clarke D K, Duarte E
Institute of Molecular Genetics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0116.
J Virol. 1991 Jun;65(6):2960-7. doi: 10.1128/JVI.65.6.2960-2967.1991.
We describe a sensitive, internally controlled method for comparing the genetic adaptability and relative fitness of virus populations in constant or changing host environments. Certain monoclonal antibody-resistant mutants of vesicular stomatitis virus can compete equally during serial passages in mixtures with the parental wild-type clone from which they were derived. These genetically marked "surrogate wild-type" neutral mutants, when mixed with wild-type virus, allow reliable measurement of changes in virus fitness and of virus adaptation to different host environments. Quantitative fitness vector plots demonstrate graphically that even clones of an RNA virus are composed of complex variant populations (quasispecies). Variants of greater fitness (competitive replication ability) were selected within very few passages of virus clones in new host cells or animals. Even clones which were well adapted to BHK21 cells gained further fitness during repeated passages in BHK21 cells.
我们描述了一种灵敏的、内部控制的方法,用于比较病毒群体在恒定或变化的宿主环境中的遗传适应性和相对适合度。水泡性口炎病毒的某些单克隆抗体抗性突变体在与它们所衍生的亲本野生型克隆混合进行连续传代时能够同等竞争。这些经基因标记的“替代野生型”中性突变体与野生型病毒混合时,可对病毒适合度的变化以及病毒对不同宿主环境的适应性进行可靠测量。定量适合度向量图以图形方式表明,即使是RNA病毒的克隆也由复杂的变异群体(准种)组成。在新宿主细胞或动物中,病毒克隆经过很少几代传代就会选择出适合度更高(竞争复制能力更强)的变体。即使是非常适应BHK21细胞的克隆,在BHK21细胞中反复传代期间也会获得进一步的适合度。