2004-2008年我国流行的A型流感病毒抗原性及HA1基因特性的研究

目的 了解我国2004-2008年A(H1N1、H3N2)型流感病毒流行情况、抗原性和基因特性变异关系,了解疫苗株与我国流行株之间抗原性变化情况.方法 选择2004年以来我国分离的A(H1N1、H3N2)型流感病毒进行抗原性及HA1区基因序列,通过比对HA1蛋白位点变异情况,分析我国流感病毒抗原性及基因特性变化情况.结果 A(H1N1)亚型流感毒株抗原性2004-2007年分离的A(H1N1)亚型流感病毒的抗原性与疫苗株A/New Caledonia/20/1999(H1N1)类似;2008年我国流行的A(H1N1)亚型毒株的抗原性与2008-2009年北半球的流感疫苗株A/Brisben/59/2007(H1N1)类似.2004-2005年分离的A(H3N2)亚型流感病毒的抗原性与疫苗株A/Fujian/411/12002(H3N2)比较发生了变异;2006-2007年我国流行的H3N2毒株与A/Wiscansin/67/2006(H3N2)类似,2008年我国流行的H3N2毒株与疫苗株A/Brisben/10/2006(H3N2)类似.结论 2004-2008年我国流行的A(H1N1、H3N2)亚型流感病毒的抗原性和基因特性发生了改变.     

Mutational pattern of influenza B viruses adapted to high growth replication in embryonated eggs

Improved replication of influenza viruses in embryonated chicken eggs (CE) permits increased vaccine production and availability. We investigated the growth properties of influenza B viruses in relation to specific mutations occurring after serial passage in CE. In serial passage experiments yielding high growth variants of B/Victoria/504/2000, mutations predicted to alter amino acid (AA) composition occurred only near the receptor-binding pocket of the hemagglutinins (HA) and in no other genes. Two B/Victoria/504/2000 high growth variants had the same AA substitutions in HA (R162M and D196Y), but the higher yield variant had a third substitution (G141E), which also altered antigenic characteristics. In a serial passage experiment yielding a high growth variant of B/Hong Kong/330/2001, mutations predicted to alter AA composition occurred only in PB2 and NP in domains predicted to relate to RNP formation and function. Our results indicate that adaptation of influenza B viruses to high-yield replication by serial passage in CE requires few mutations either in internal or external genes. Specific modifications of genes or a combination of genes could be used to optimize or create influenza B viruses for specific growth substrates.     

2006年中国流感病毒抗原性及基因特性研究

目的分析2006年中国季节性流感的流行状况，以及病毒的抗原性和基因变异情况。方法对来自流感监测网络的毒株进行单向血凝抑制试验，在此基础上选择不同时间、地点分离的毒株进行血凝素基因的序列测定，然后分析其基因特性。结果2006年我国同时流行A型（H1N1亚型、H3N2亚型）和B型流感病毒。H1N1亚型毒株和B型Victoria系流感病毒为优势毒株。对H1N1亚型毒株的HA1区序列比较发现，2006年分离的毒株与A，湖北洪山／53／2005（H1N1）比较，在192、193、196、198位发生氨基酸替换的毒株．这些位点位于抗原决定簇的B区。H3N2亚型毒株与A，云南，1145／2005（H3N2）比较，在142、144位发生氨基酸替换。我国流行的B型流感毒株无论是Victoria系和Yamagata系毒株的抗原性均没有发生变异，与2005--2006年我国的流行株B／shenzhen／155／2005、B／tianjin／144／2005类似。结论2006年中国流行的H1N1亚型和H3N2亚型流感病毒的抗原性及基因特性已经发生改变；B型流感病毒的抗原性和基因特性没有改变。     

Internal epidemic influenza virus proteins: isolation and investigation

The internal influenza virus proteins M1 and RNP free from surface protein impurities were isolated from subviral particles (virions free from HA and NA ectomenes). The spikeless particles had no propensity to aggregate in the solution at pH 5.0 as compared with native viruses. The subviral particles of B/Hong Kong/330/01 influenza virus, which belonged to B/Victoria/2/87-lineage, were obtained by proteolytic treatment with the enzyme bromelain under the same conditions as in cases of influenza B viruses of B/Jamagata/16/88 lineage. A chromatographic analysis of the tryptic hydrolyzates obtained for matrix (M1) proteins of A(H1N1) and A(H3N2) influenza viruses revealed differences that were greatest between the protein M1 molecules isolated from influenza viruses of different subtypes of hemagglutinine. These findings suggest there are variations in the structure of this conservative internal viral protein M1 during evolution.     

Analysis of antigenic drift in recently isolated influenza A (H1N1) viruses using monoclonal antibody preparations.

Monoclonal antibodies to the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) of A/USSR/ 90/77(HlN1) were prepared and used to study antigenic drift in the H1N1 subtype of influenza viruses. The results obtained with five different monoclones to each molecule were compared with the results obtained with postinfection ferret sera. Monoclonal antibodies and postinfection ferret sera detected antigenic drift in the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase molecules of H1N1 viruses and monoclonal antibodies showed that the A/USSR/90/77, A/ Roma/1/49, and A/Fort Warren/1/50 viruses were identical at five sites on both the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase molecules. To further evaluate monoclonal antibodies, they were used in hemagglutination inhibition tests with recently isolated influenza A(HlNl) viruses, including some shown in tests with postinfection ferret sera to have undergone antigenic drift. Three patterns of reactivity with the monoclonal antibodies were detected with the variants: two variants differed at two of the five sites identified by the monoclonal antibodies and a third variant differed at only one of the five sites. Two of these variant groupings had not been distinguished from each other in HI tests with ferret sera, whereas ferret sera were capable of distinguishing between two groups of variants that had similar reaction patterns with the five monoclonal antibody preparations. Monoclonal antibodies failed to detect antigenic drift in the NA molecules of the recent isolates of H1N1 influenza viruses, suggesting that antigenic changes occur less frequently in this molecule. The observation that antigenic differences could be detected between the recent variants with such a small panel of monoclonal antibodies (less than 10% of the number obtained to the HA of A/PR/8/34) suggests that monoclonal antibodies may provide an exquisitely sensitive method for antigenic mapping of influenza viruses.     

The characteristics of the evolutionary variability of influenza A (H1N1) viruses]

Studies of the antigenic structure of hemagglutinins of influenza A (H1N1) viruses isolated in 1978-1988 using monospecific and monoclonal antibodies demonstrated the strains of the H1N1 subtype to be highly apt to antigenic drift. The evolutional variability of that period was peculiar and characterized by antigenic drift in various directions. In those years, the variants were regularly isolated which had retained the determinants of viruses of 1933-1957 circulation period in their hemagglutinin structure. The variants containing in their hemagglutinin 2 antigenic sites common with A/USSR/090/77 virus and antigenic groupings characterizing the strain specificity of each isolate, were epidemically active. At the same time, epidemically important variants were dominant whose properties were markedly different from those of previously known viruses. Their hemagglutinin contained 2 basically new antigenic determinants. This direction of evolutional development of influenza A (H1N1) virus is the most prospective epidemically.     

Comparative study of the biophysical properties of the ribonucleoproteins of type A influenza viruses

The sedimentation and density properties of ribonucleoproteins were studied with different strains of influenza type A virus: A/turkey/Wisconsin/66, A/swine/Iowa/15/31, A/horse/Prague/56, antigenic (A/H3Neq1) and biological (MRC-11) recombinants of the A/Port-Chalmers/1/73 strain. In all the viruses under study, ribonucleoprotein (RNP) was found to be heterogeneous and to sediment in a zone of 30-70 S. Variability in the distribution of fragments in different strains was revealed. In A/turkey/Wisconsin/66 and MPC-11 strains the highest radioactivity was found in the zone of "heavy" fragments (60-70 S), in A/horse/Prague/56 and A/swine/Iowa/15/31 strains it was prevalent in the zone of 40-50 S. In recombinant A(H3Neq1) the distribution of radioactivity varied in different tests. The buoyant density in cesium chloride in all RNP compenents was found to be similar, 1.34-1.36 g/ml.     

Antigenic structure of the hemagglutinin of influenza virus B/Hong Kong/8/73 as determined from gene sequence analysis of variants selected with monoclonal antibodies

Antigenic variation among influenza B viruses is different from that of influenza A in several ways. Antigenic shift has not been observed, distinct antigenic variants of influenza B cocirculate, and antigenically similar viruses have been isolated many years apart. To study the mechanism of antigenic drift in influenza B viruses, monoclonal antibodies were used to select antigenic variants of B/Hong Kong/8/73 virus hemagglutinin (HA). Analyses of the nucleotide sequences of the HA gene of B/Hong Kong/8/73 and the eight variants identified specific regions of the influenza B HA molecule involved in antigenicity, and enabled antigenic mapping data to be correlated with the structure of the protein. The altered amino acids in the variants, when compared to the HA of A/Aichi/2/68, were found in two of the four antigenic regions previously identified for type A viruses. In addition, four of the eight variants showed multiple nucleotide changes some of which gave rise to double amino acid changes. In addition, in the present study monoclonal antibodies which belong to the same antigenic group recognize amino acid changes in regions corresponding to antigenic sites A and B of the H3 HA. These results are in contrast to those obtained with HA variants of A/Memphis/1/71 virus. In the influenza A studies only single amino acid changes were found and these correlated well with the three-dimensional structure as determined by D. C. Wiley, I. A. Wilson, and J. J. Skehel, (1981, Nature (London) 289, 366-373); monoclonal antibodies which recognized one region did not recognize any of the other antigenic sites. Our results suggest that although the basic three-dimensional structure of the influenza B HA may be similar to that of A viruses, the B HA molecule may be folded in a more compact manner so that antigenic sites A and B are in closer proximity to each other than in the H3 structure.     

Antigenic analysis of H4 influenza virus isolates using monoclonal antibodies to defined antigenic sites on the hemagglutinin of A/budgerigar/Hokkaido/1/77 strain

Summary Three non-overlapping antigenic sites were defined on the hemagglutinin of avian influenza virus A/budgerigar/Hokkaido/1/77 (H4N6) by competitive binding assay of monoclonal antibodies to the virus and comparative antigenic analysis of variants selected with monoclonal antibodies. Antigenic relationship among 25 H4 influenza viruses of different bird origin was examined by ELISA with the monoclonal antibodies to each of defined antigenic sites. Two of the three antigenic sites contained epitopes specific to the H4 influenza viruses of budgerigar and mynah origin, and the remaining site contained an epitope which was cross-reactive with almost all of the H4 influenza viruses.     

The properties of the epidemic influenza viruses A and B strains circulating in Russia in the 2004-2005 epidemic season

The epidemic upsurge of influenza morbidity in Russia in 2004-2005 was caused by the active circulation of influenza A(H3N2) and B viruses. A hundred and sixty-six epidemic strains were studied. All the strains were isolated in the MCK cell culture. Influenza A(H3N2) viruses (n=77) were antigenic variants of the reference A/Fujian/411/ 2002 and A/California/7/2004 strains. Three influenza A(H1N1) viral strains that were antigenic variants of A/New Caledonia/20/99 strains were isolated in sporadic cases. Influenza B virus strains (n=83) were antigenic variants of the reference B/Shanghai/361/02--lineage B/Yamagata/l6/88. In addition, 3 antigenic variants of B/Hong Kong/ 330/2002 (lineage B/Victoria/2/87) strains were isolated. Nine (20%) strains resistant to rimantadine at a concentration of 5 microg/ml were identified. Chromatographic analysis of B/Shanghai/361/02 and BIHong Kong/330/01 viral protein M1 trypsin hydrolysates revealed differences in the profiles of chromatograms of influenza A virus proteins M1. Examination of 121 pair sera from patients revealed an increase in antibodies to influenza A(H3N2) viruses in 10-21% of cases and to influenza B viruses in 20-36% of cases.     

Challenges in Antigenic Characterization of Circulating Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses during the 2011-2012 Influenza Season: an Ongoing Problem?

Genetic and antigenic characterization of 37 representative influenza A(H3N2) virus strains isolated in Greece during the 2011-2012 winter season was performed to evaluate matching of the viruses with the seasonal influenza vaccine strain A/Perth/16/2009. Hemagglutinin gene sequence analysis revealed that all Greek strains clustered within the Victoria/208 genetic clade. Furthermore, substitutions in the antigenic and glycosylation sites suggested potential antigenic drift. Our hemagglutination inhibition (HI) analysis showed that the Greek viruses were Perth/16-like; however, these viruses were characterized as Victoria/208-like when tested at the United Kingdom WHO Collaborating Centre (CC) with HI assays performed in the presence of oseltamivir, a finding consistent with the genetic characterization data. Variability in the HI test performance experienced by other European laboratories indicated that antigenic analysis of the A(H3N2) virus has limitations and, until its standardization, national influenza reference laboratories should include genetic characterization results for selection of representative viruses for detailed antigenic analysis by the WHO CCs.     

Analysis of etiology of influenza-like morbidity and monitoring influenza epidemic of 1998-1999 by laboratory diagnosis methods

The etiological structure of influenza-like was analyzed in the population in cities and towns and in Russia as a whole in November 1998 to April 1999 by the findings of immunofluorescence and serological surveys of patients with acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI). By the results of both tests, the proportion of the incidence of influenza A (H3N2) was largest, the decreasing order in their significance was as follows: adenoviruses, type 3 parainfluenza virus, RSV, influenza B virus, influenza A(H1N1), types 2 and 1 parainfluenza virus. All influenza viruses A(H1N1) were isolated in Samara in February 1999. Three of them were similar to the reference strain A/Johannesburg/82/96 in antigenic properties, two strains appeared to be its drift variants. No A/Beijing/262/95 (H1N1)-like viruses recommended for incorporation as part of vaccines were detected. All influenza A(H3N2) viruses were drift variants of strain A/Sydney/05/97, and all influenza B viruses were similar to the reference strain B/Harbin/07/94 in antigenic structure.     

Influenza viruses which preconditioned the epidemic rise in Russia in 2002-2003. A resumed circulation of influenza viruses similar to V/Victoria/2/87

According to research, the epidemic rise of influenza was preconditioned, during 2002-2003, in Russia by the circulation of influenza A(H1N1), A(H3N2) and B viruses. The Center of Influenza Ecology and Epidemiology undertook a study of 178 epidemic strains: 41 strains A(H1N1), 116 strains A(H3N2) and 21 strains of influenza B were among them. All strains were isolated in the MDCK cell culture. A simultaneous isolation in embryonated eggs as well as changing of the isolation system from MDCK to embryonated eggs were found to be effective only for influenza A(H1N1) viruses. According to the antigenic analysis, all A(H1N1) viruses were variants of the etalon A/New Caledonia/20/99. The A(H3N2) viral strains' population was heterogeneous by its antigenic properties: among its isolates, there were variants similar to the etalons of A/Moscow/10/99 and of A/Panama/200/99 as well as strains, which weakly reacted with sera of both above etalons; possibly the latter were close to the etalon of A/Fujian/411/02. All epidemic strains of influenza B virus belonged, according to the antigenic properties of hemagglutinin, to the virus group of B/Victoria/2/87-like and were antigenic variants of the etalon of B/Hong Kong/22/01. This confirmed that influenza B viruses with the antigenic hemagglutinin structure of the virus group of B/Victoria/2/87-like, which were not present in Russia for more than 10 years, re-entered the active circulation. An analysis of antigenic properties of neuraminidases (NA) of the mentioned epidemic strains showed their different degrees of relationship with the NA etalons of both evolutionary groups, i.e. B/Victoria/2/87 and B/Yamagata/16/88-like. A study of paired sera obtained from patients showed a growth of antibodies to the etalons of influenza A(H1N1), A(H3N2) and B viruses of the season in question, which confirmed the virology data.     

Antigenic determinants of human influenza viruses among the influenza viruses isolated from animals

Comparative studies of the antigenic properties of hemagglutinin (HA) of animal and human viruses revealed both similarities between them and complete differences in the composition of antigenic determinants. Avian influenza viruses A/chicken/Kamchatka/12/71, A/pintail/Primorie/730/76, and A/bat/Alma-Ata/73/77 were completely identical with human strains of influenza virus. Influenza A/horse/Miami/63 contains one antigenic determinant H3.1.HA of A/tern/Turkmenia/18/73 (Hav7) viruses has a peculiar set of antigens. Apart from two antigenic determinants H3.1 and H3.3 inherent in human virus strains, HA of A/tern/Turkmenia/18/73 virus contains an antigenic determinant the population of antibodies to which shows no relation to HA of subtypes Hav2-Hav9.     

The antigenic interrelationships between influenza A (H2) viruses determined by the mathematical processing of the data from immunoenzyme analysis using monoclonal antibodies to the M1 and NP proteins]

Antigenic relationships among 15 influenza A (H2) virus strains of human and avian origin were determined by ELISA titers with monoclonal antibodies (MCA) to Ml and NP proteins. Minor antigenic variations were found in Ml protein. One MCA to NP protein (469/6) showed different reactivity with human and avian influenza viruses. Analyses of antigenic relationships among influenza viruses were performed according to a computerized taxonomic cluster procedure. The evolutionary relatedness of these viruses is discussed.     

The sensitivity of a number of cell cultures to different types of influenza viruses and their reassortants

The study of reproductive activity of human and animal influenza A, B, and C viruses as well as influenza A virus reassortants in some cell cultures allowed one to determine the range of cells susceptible for each type (subtype) of the viruses. Differences in the range of cells were demonstrated for different strains of influenza viruses of the same antigenic subtype. It was noted that reassortants of influenza A viruses with the same hemagglutinin subtypes as the parental strains had a wider range of susceptible cell lines and a higher reproductive capacity in these cells.     

当前流行的乙型流感病毒血凝素蛋白的抗原性及其基因特性

通过抗原性分析弄清了近年来连续２次乙型流感病毒在我国人群中造成流感流行，是由于乙型流感病毒株发生抗原性变异所造成。通过毒粒基因分析发现，我国人群中流行的Ｂ／Ｐａｎａｍａ／４５／９０类毒株，其ＨＡＩ区氨基酸序列比国际代表性毒株Ｂ／Ｐａｎａｍａ／４５／９０病毒在１６５位点上多一个氨基酸（天冬酰胺），乙型流感病毒流行株可能具有地区性差异。     

Genetic characterization of influenza viruses from influenza-related hospital admissions in the St. Petersburg and Valencia sites of the Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network during the 2013/14 influenza season

BackgroundContinuous surveillance for genetic changes in circulating influenza viruses is needed to guide influenza prevention and control.ObjectivesTo compare intra-seasonal influenza genetic diversity of hemagglutinin in influenza A strains isolated from influenza hospital admissions collected at two distinct sites during the same season.Study designComparative phylogenetic analysis of full-length hemagglutinin genes from 77 isolated influenza A viruses from the St. Petersburg, Russian Federation and Valencia, Spain sites of the Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network (GIHSN) during the 2013/14 season.ResultsWe found significant variability in A(H3N2) and A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses between the two sites, with nucleotide variation at antigenic positions much lower for A(H1N1)pdm09 than for A(H3N2) viruses. For A(H1N1)pdm09, antigenic sites differed by three to four amino acids from the vaccine strain, two of them common to all tested isolates. For A(H3N2) viruses, antigenic sites differed by six to nine amino acids from the vaccine strain, four of them common to all tested isolates. A fifth amino acid substitution in the antigenic sites of A(H3N2) defined a new clade, 3C.2. For both influenza A subtypes, pairwise amino acid distances between circulating viruses and vaccine strains were significantly higher at antigenic than at non-antigenic sites. Whereas A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses clustered with clade 6B and 94% of A(H3N2) with clade 3C.3, at both study sites A(H3N2) clade 3C.2 viruses emerged towards the end of the season, showing greater pairwise amino acid distances from the vaccine strain compared to the predominant clade 3C.3.ConclusionsInfluenza A antigenic variants differed between St. Petersburg and Valencia, and A(H3N2) clade 3C.2 viruses were characterized by more amino acid differences from the vaccine strain, especially at the antigenic sites.     

Epidemic strains influenza viruses A and B in the 2005-2006 season in Russia

Investigations indicated that the epidemic upsurge of influenza morbidity in the 2005-2006 season in Russia was caused by the active circulation of influenza viruses A and B. The Center for Ecology and Epidemiology of Influenza, D. I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, studied 182 epidemic strains. A hundred and thirteen influenza viruses A(H3N2) were similar to the reference A/California/07/2004 or were its antigenic variants. Thirteen influenza virus A(H1N1) strains that were antigenic variants of the reference A/New Caledonia/20/99 were isolated in sporadic cases. Influenza viruses B were similar to B/Malaysia/2506/2004--lineage B/Victoria/2/87). All the strains were isolated in the MDCK cell culture. Comparative study of the sensitivity of the chicken embryo (CE) and MDCK isolation system to the 1999-2006 epidemic strains showed that CE tropism was least pronounced in influenza viruses A(H3N2). Analysis of the 2002-2006 strains demonstrated that influenza viruses A reacted actively with human erythrocytes of the blood groups 0(I) and A(II) and very slightly with chicken ones. Eighty-five influenza virus A(H3N2) strains from the 2005-2006 epidemic season were investigated for rimantadine susceptibility. The frequency of rimantadine-resistant influenza virus A(H3N2) strains was 38.0%. Studies of 79 paired sera from patients revealed a rise of antibodies to influenza viruses A(H3N2) and B in 25.9-33.3 and 20.7-23.8% of cases, respectively. There was an increase in antibodies to influenza viruses A and B in the sera collected from donors in Moscow and its region in September 2005 to June 2006.