Review Article

Alternanthera mosaic potexvirus: Several Features, Properties, and Application

Table 3

Comparison of AltMV isolation procedures.

Isolation and purification stepsAuthors
Geering and Thomas, 1999Hammond et al., 2006bMukhamedzhanova et al., 2011; Ivanov et al., 2011Donchenko et al., 2017

Yield (mg of virus/100 g of green plant biomass) and host plants used23.4 /Chenopodium amaranticolor/8.6-12.4/Nicotiana benthamiana/3.4 /Portulaca grandiflora/20.0 /Portulaca grandiflora/  
57.3/Nicotiana benthamiana/

Homogenization buffer0.02 М Sodium borate buffer, 
0.5% Na2SO3, 
рН 8.2 
(250 ml buffer per 150 g of leaves)
0.5 M K2H/KH2P04,  
0.5% Na2SO3, 
рH 8.4 
(3-5 buffer volumes per weight of leaves)
0.3 М glycine-КОН,  
1% Na2SO3, 
рН 7.5 
(3 ml buffer per 1 g of leaves)
0.3 М glycine-КОН, 
1% Na2SO3, 
рН 7.5 
(3 ml buffer per 1 g of leaves)

Virus enrichment from plant tissuecentrifugation 
0.5% Triton X-100
centrifugation 
2% Triton X-100, 
4% PEG 8000, 
2% NaCl
centrifugation 
1% Triton X-100 
5% PEG 6000,  
2% NaCl 
(Personal communication)
centrifugation 
1% Triton X-100  
Two stages of precipitation: 
(1) 5% PEG 6000, 
2% NaCl 
(2) 8% PEG 6000

Extraction of virus from pelletsExtraction in 0.1 М Sodium borate buffer,  
0.1 М KCl, 
рН 8.0 (BK buffer), 
0.75-1.5 hours.
Extraction in 0.05 M Tris-HCl, 
0.01 M EDTA,  
pH 8.0, 
(Personal communication) 
Extraction in 0.05 М Tris-HCl, 
0.01 М EDTA, 
рН 8.0, 
Two stages for 2-6 hours.

Ultracentrifugation steps(1) Separation by 10-40% sucrose gradient (0.01 М Tris-HCl, 0.001 М EDTA, рН 8.0) 
(85 000 g, 4 hours) 
(2) Virus precipitation (85 000 g, 2.5 hours)
(1) Separation by 30% sucrose cushion (BK buffer) (85 600 g, 2.5 hours) 
(2) Separation by CsCl gradient, density 1.32 g/cm3 (139 000 g, 16-20 hours) 
(3) Dialysis against 0.5х BK buffer in 1 l (3 changes)
(1) Virus precipitation 
(100 000 g, 1.5 hours) 
(Personal communication) 
(2) Separation by 30% sucrose cushion (110 000 g, 2.5 hours) 
(Personal communication)
(1) Virus precipitation 
(111 000 g, 3 hours) 
(2) Separation by 30% sucrose cushion (extraction buffer)  
(111 000 g, 4 hours)

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