Canine parvovirus NS1 induced apoptosis involves mitochondria, accumulation of reactive oxygen species and activation of caspases.

The non-structural protein (NS1) of parvoviruses plays an important role in viral replication and is thought to be responsible for inducing cell death. However, the detailed mechanism and the pathways involved in canine parvovirus type 2 NS1 (CPV2.NS1) induced apoptosis are not yet known.

Apoptin as a potential viral gene oncotherapeutic agent.

The use of viruses for treatment of cancer overcomes the bottlenecks of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Several viruses and their proteins have been evaluated for oncolytic effect. The VP3 protein (apoptin) of chicken anemia virus is one such protein with an inherent ability to lyse cancer and transformed cells while leaving normal cells unharmed.

Development of dog mammary tumor xenograft in immunosuppressed Swiss albino mice.

Development and study of dog mammary tumour xenograft in immunosuppressed Swiss Albino Mice adds a new dimension in cancer research as dog tumors have many similarities with human tumors regarding progression, histopathology, molecular mechanism, immune response and therapy. Failure of the immune system to recognize and eliminate cancer cells leads to cancer progression and the fight between immune cells and cancer cells has a great role in understanding the mechanism of cancer progression and elimination. Rejection and acceptance of tumour xenograft depends on efficiency of CD4+, CD8+ and NK cell populations.

Canine parvovirus type 2a (CPV-2a)-induced apoptosis in MDCK involves both extrinsic and intrinsic pathways.

The canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) causes an acute disease in dogs. It has been found to induce cell cycle arrest and DNA damage leading to cellular lysis. In this paper, we evaluated the apoptotic potential of the "new CPV-2a" in MDCK cells and elucidated the mechanism of the induction of apoptosis.

Apoptosis induced by NS1 gene of Canine Parvovirus-2 is caspase dependent and p53 independent.

Apoptosis is programmed cell death that normally occurs during development and aging in multicellular animals. Apoptosis also occurs as a defense mechanism against disease or harmful external agents. It can be initiated by a variety of stimuli including viruses and viral proteins.

In vitro expression studies of non structural 1 protein of Canine Parvo virus 2 by polyclonal antiserum raised against CPV2-NS1 protein expressed in Escherichia coli as an antigen.

The canine Parvovirus 2, non-structural 1 (NS1) is a novel candidate tumor suppressor gene. To confirm the expression of the NS1 in HeLa cells after transfection there was a need to raise antiserum against CPV2- NS1. Therefore, this study was carried out to express and purify the recombinant NS1 (rNS1), and characterize the polyclonal serum.

Prokaryotic expression of chicken infectious anemia apoptin protein and characterization of its polyclonal antibodies.

In the present study recombinant VP3 (rVP3) was expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) (pLysS) and its polyclonal antibodies were characterized. SDS-PAGE analysis revealed that the expression of recombinant protein was maximum when induced with 1.

Velogenic newcastle disease virus as an oncolytic virotherapeutics: in vitro characterization.

Cancer is one of the killer diseases in humans and needs alternate curative measures despite recent improvement in modern treatment modalities. Oncolytic virotherapy seems to be a promising nonconventional way to treat cancers. Newcastle disease virus (NDV), a poultry virus, is nonpathogenic to human and domestic animals and has a long history of being used in oncotherapy research in several preclinical studies.

Characterization and in vitro expression of non-structural 1 protein of canine parvovirus (CPV-2) in mammalian cell line.

Parvoviruses are small, 260-A-diameter, icosahedral, non-enveloped, single-stranded DNA viruses with a genome of approximately 5 kb. Non structural protein, (NS-1) is especially relevant, being both essential for virus replication and the main factor responsible for virus pathogenicity and cytotoxicity. This protein has also been reported to possess the property of killing of transformed cells.