WO1997041236A1 - Polynucleotide vaccine against canine distemper - Google Patents
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- the invention concerns polynucleotide vac ⁇ cines against the canine distemper virus (CDV) , methods of preparation of the polynucleotides and the vaccines comprising them, and the use of the polynucleotides as vaccines for prophylactic immunization of animals suscep ⁇ tible to canine distemper.
- CDV canine distemper virus
- Canine distemper is a highly infectious, acute or subacute, febrile viral disease of dogs and other carnivores, which occurs world-wide. Some dogs show primarily respiratory signs, others intestinal signs and at least 30% of the animals develop neurological symp- toms . All experimentally infected dogs have histopa- thological lesions in the central nervous sy ⁇ tem. The mortality rate ranges between 30 and 80%. In a minority of cases, dogs that have recovered continue to harbour the virus in brain cells where it replicates slowly and eventually produces old dog encephalitis. The situation is analogous to that of subacute sclerosing panencephali- tis in the corresponding human infection, measles.
- Dogs surviving distemper have life-long immunity to re ⁇ infection. Iirvmunization is recommended for the control of distemper in dogs, using attenuated live virus vaccines at the age of 8 weeks and again at 12 to 16 weeks. Annual re-vaccmation is recommended.
- AERS acute equine respiratory syndrome
- CDV infections among wild carnivores have been reported, and mustelids may be a hidden reservoir of CDV (Alldinger et al . 1994) .
- Canine distemper is caused by CDV, a member of the genus morbillivirus (family paramyxoviridae) .
- CDV is closely related to the viruses of measles and rinderpest.
- the canine distemper virions (Fig. 1) are enveloped and contain a negative-strand RNA genome of 15' 616 nucleotides which has been entirely sequenced for the cell culture adapted Onderstepoort (OP-CDV) strain (Sidhu et al., 1993, and references therein) .
- the viral genome encodes 6 proteins: the nucleocapsid (N) protein, the phosphoprotein (P) , the matrix (M) protein, the fu ⁇ sion (F) protein, the hemagglutinine (H) protein, and the large (L) protein.
- the genes are arranged in the genomic RNA in the order (3'-5') : N, P, M, F, H, and L and each protein is translated from a unique mRNA transcribed from the negative strand RNA template.
- the currently used vaccines against canine distemper have a number of drawbacks. They may induce im- munosuppression (M. Vandevelde, University of Berne, pers . comm. ) or neurological disorders (cited in Ham- burger et al . , 1991) . Even cases of vaccine-induced dis ⁇ temper have been reported (C. Green, University of Geor ⁇ gia; R. Higgins, University of Davis; R. Maes, University of Michigan, pers. comm.) . Furthermore, these vaccines are not particularly satisfactory in terms of efficacy since cases of canine distemper in vaccinated dogs are not rare.
- nucleic acid vaccines Since the first report of protection of mice against challenge with influenza virus following mtra- muscular infection of DNA (Ulmer et al . , 1993) it has been recognized that injection of naked nucleic acids en ⁇ coding vaccine antigens represents a potent novel avenue in vaccine development (review: Montgomery et al . , 1994) . The advantages of nucleic acid vaccines are obvious. Such vaccines should be safe, since no live organisms are used. Furthermore, plasmid DNA is easy and cheap to pro ⁇ quiz and is stable even m adverse climatic conditions which makes DNA vaccines particularly attractive for de ⁇ veloping countries.
- nucleic acid vaccines can be constructed and tested in a relatively short time which is important for designing vaccines against pathogens for which the protective antigens have not yet been identified.
- nucleic acid vaccines Perhaps the most attractive fea ⁇ ture of nucleic acid vaccines is that they induce both antibody and cell-mediated immune responses (Ulmer et al., 1993) .
- Object of the presented invention is to pro- prise novel nucleic acid vaccines against canine distemper which lack the drawbacks of hitherto vaccines against this disease.
- said vaccine is a polynu ⁇ cleotide vaccine containing virulent canine distemper vi ⁇ rus genes which are important for eliciting neutralizing antibodies, and which are essential for cell-mediated im ⁇ munity. These genes are to be inserted into expression plasmids which after delivery to living tissues produce an immunizing effect. It is believed that a nucleic acid vaccine containing genes of virulent distemper virus has significant advantages in terms of efficacy over conven ⁇ tional attenuated vaccine strains which differ markedly from virulent virus.
- nucleic acid vaccine against canine dis ⁇ temper is that such a vaccine, in contrast to conven- tional live vaccine strains, will not induce lmmunesup- pression.
- SEQU ID NO 1 shows the primer sequence corre ⁇ sponding to the leader of CDV strain A75/17;
- SEQU ID NO 2 shows the primer sequence corre- sponding to the end of the N gene of CDV strain A75/17
- SEQU ID NO 3 shows the primer sequence corre ⁇ sponding to the M gene at position M 116 of strain OP- CDV;
- SEQU ID NO 4 shows the primer sequence corre- sponding to the F gene at position F 1092 of strain OP- CDV;
- SEQU ID NO 5 shows the primer sequence corre ⁇ sponding to the F gene at position F 177 of strain OP- CDV
- SEQU ID NO 6 shows the primer sequence corre ⁇ sponding to the F gene at position F 2058 of strain OP- CDV
- SEQU ID NO 7 shows the primer sequence corre ⁇ sponding to the F gene at position F 2002 of strain OP- CDV;
- SEQU ID NO 8 shows the primer sequence corre ⁇ sponding to the H gene at position H 716 of strain OP- CDV;
- SEQU ID NO 9 shows the primer sequence corre- sponding to the H gene at position H 675 of strain OP- CDV;
- SEQU ID NO 10 shows the primer sequence cor ⁇ responding to the L gene at position L 78 of strain OP- CDV;
- SEQU ID NO 11 shows the primer sequence for generating the 5' end of the N gene with a Kpn I restric ⁇ tion site;
- SEQU ID NO 12 shows the primer sequence for generating the 3' end of the N gene with a Sal I restric- tion site
- SEQU ID NO 13 shows the primer sequence FI corresponding to the F gene of strain OP-CDV at position 1 with a Mlu I restriction site
- SEQU ID NO 14 shows the primer sequence F2 corresponding to the F gene of strain OP-CDV at position 2033;
- SEQU ID NO 15 shows the primer sequence F3 corresponding to the F gene of strain OP-CDV at posi ' tion 2014;
- SEQU ID NO 16 shows the primer sequence F4 corresponding to the F gene of strain OP-CDV at position 2095 with a Sal I restriction site
- SEQU ID NO 17 shows the primer sequence HI corresponding to the H gene of strain OP-CDV at position 18 with a Kpn I restriction site;
- SEQU ID NO 18 shows the primer sequence H2 corresponding to the H gene of strain OP-CDV at position 705;
- SEQU ID NO 19 shows the primer sequence H3 corresponding to the H gene of strain OP-CDV at position 684;
- SEQU ID NO 20 shows the primer sequence H4 corresponding to the H gene of strain OP-CDV at position 1835 with a Sal I restriction site
- SEQU ID NO 21 shows the sequence correspond- ing to the N gene of virulent CDV strain Alb/ 11 .
- Position 1 corresponds to 5' end of the N mRNA.
- the translation initiation (ATG) and termination (TAA) codons are under ⁇ lined;
- SEQU ID NO 22 shows the sequence correspond- ing to the F gene of virulent CDV strain A75/17. Position 1 corresponds to 5' end of the F mRNA.
- SEQU ID NO 23 shows the sequence correspond ⁇ ing to the H gene of virulent CDV strain A75/17. Position 1 corresponds to 5' end of the H mRNA.
- Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of the CDV particle. The location of the viral M, H, F, N, P and L proteins are indicated.
- Figure 2 shows the expression plasmid H/CMV5 for the CDV H gene of strain A75/17.
- Figure 3 shows the expression plasmid H/pCI for the CDV H gene of strain A75/17.
- Figure 4 shows the expression plasmid N/CMV5 for the CDV N gene of strain Alb/ 11 .
- Figure 5 shows the expression plasmid N/pCI for the CDV N gene of strain Al b/ 11 .
- Figure 6 shows the expression plasmid F/CMV5 for the CDV F gene of strain A75/17.
- Figure 7 shows the expression plasmid F/pCI for the CDV F gene of strain Al b/ 11 .
- Figure 8 shows CTL assays of mice immunized with plasmid N/pCI or empty vector after 2nd immuniza ⁇ tion.
- Figure 9 shows CTL assays of mice immunized with plasmid N/pCI or empty vector after 3rd immuniza ⁇ tion.
- Figure 10 shows anti-N antibody titers of dogs immunized with standard vaccine or with plasmid N/pCI.
- the invention concerns a nucleic acid construct comprising a canine distemper vi ⁇ rus gene, wherein said nucleic acid construct is capable of inducing the expression of an antigenic canine distem ⁇ per virus gene product which induces a canine distemper virus specific immune response upon introduction of said nucleic acid construct into animal tissue in vi vo and re ⁇ sultant uptake of the nucleic acid construct by the cells which express the encoded canine distemper virus gene.
- the nucleic acid construct is a DNA or RNA construct, preferably a DNA construct.
- the invention concerns in particular a nu ⁇ cleic acid construct, wherein the canine distemper virus gene encodes the nucleocapsid (N) protein, the phos- phoprotein (P) , the matrix (M) protein, the fusion (F) protein, the hemagglutinin (H) protein, or the large (L) protein.
- the nucleic acid construct is in particular such, wherein the canine distemper virus gene encodes the nucleocapsid (N) protein, the fusion (F) protein, or the hemagglutinin (H) protein.
- Prefered DNA constructs are the plasmids H/CMV5 and H/pCI, which encode the hemagglutinin (H) pro ⁇ tein, the plasmids F/CMV5 and F/pCI, which encode the fu- sion (F) protein of canine distemper virus strain A75/17, and m particular the plasmids N/CMV5 and N/pCI, which encode the nucleocapsid (N) protein, .
- Nucleic acids coding for polypeptides of the wild-type strain Alb/ 11 and expression vectors for the expression of such polypeptides in vi vo are of particular importance because this strain induces distemper.
- the present nucleic acid constructs are in particular expression plasmids comprising at least one and preferably one of the canine distemper genes opera- tively linked to a promotor and optionally to other se ⁇ quences improving the expression of the gene, e.g. such as an enhancer, as well as an appropriate terminator se ⁇ quence.
- Expression plasmids comprising such functional sequences necessary for expression of the gene are known in the art, and are e.g. plasmids CMV5 and pCI.
- the invention concerns a polynucleotide vaccine comprising an effective amount of a nucleic acid construct, e.g. a DNA or RNA construct, and a physiologically acceptable carrier.
- Said vaccine induces neutralizing antibodies against canine distemper virus, canine distemper virus specific cytotoxic lympho ⁇ cytes, or protective immune reponses upon introduction thereof into animal tissue m vi vo, wherein said animal is a mammal, a human, and in particular a dog.
- a polynucleotide vaccine comprising one or more of the plasmids selected from N/CMV5 or N/pCI, which encode the nucleocapsid (N) protein, H/CMV5 or H/pCI, which encode the hemagglutinin (H) protein, or F/CMV5 or F/pCI which encode the fusion (F) protein of the vir-ulent canine distemper virus strain A75/17, and a physiologically acceptable carrier.
- Physiologically acceptable vaccine carriers are known in the art and are e.g. physiologically accept ⁇ able injectable fluids, such as buffer solutions, e.g.
- the vaccine may also contain an adjuvant or a transfection facilitating agent.
- the vac ⁇ cine comprises an effective, that is an immunizing amount of a nucleic acid construct of the present invention, or a combination of two or more constructs, e.g. in a con- centration of about 0.01 to 100, preferably about 0.1 to 1 mg /ml.
- one or more inventive constructs are components of a multivalent vaccine.
- the components of said multiva ⁇ lent vaccine can be packed in admixed form or one or more components can be packed separatedly from other compo ⁇ nents but are administered either together, i.e. after mixing, or separatedly but almost simultaneously, i.e. a second administration directly after a first one.
- the invention concerns a method for protecting an animal susteptible to infec ⁇ tion by canine distemper virus which comprises immuniza ⁇ tion of said animal with a prophylactically effective amount of at least one polynucleotide construct compris ⁇ ing a gene of canine distemper virus optionally together or simultaneously with at least one other component as a multivalent vaccine.
- a number of animals are known as being sus- ceptible to canine distemper virus. Such animals are in particular mammals, such as carnivors, in particular dogs, and also humans.
- the method wherein the polynucleotide is administered directly into tissue, preferably into muscle tissue, in vivo .
- the polynucleo ⁇ tide may be administered either in naked form in a physiologically acceptable solution, or contained in a liposome, or in a mixture with an adjuvant or a transfec ⁇ tion facilitating agent.
- the invention concerns a method for using a canine distemper virus gene to in ⁇ quiz an immune response in vivo which comprises: a) isolating the gene b) linking the gene to regulatory sequences such that the gene is operatively linked to control se ⁇ quences which, when introduced into a living tissue, di ⁇ rect the transcription of the gene and subsequent trans ⁇ lation of the mRNA, and c) introducing the gene into a living tissue.
- the method which comprises multiple introduction of the canine distemper gene for boosting the immune response.
- the canine distemper gene encodes the nucleocapsid (N) protein, the hemagglutinin (H) protein, or the fusion (F) protein of canine distemper virus strain Alb/ 11 .
- the canine distemper gene product for immunization is se ⁇ lected from the plasmids F/CMV5 or F/pCI, H/MCV5 or H/pCI, N/CMV5 or N/pCI which encode proteins of the wild type canine distemper virus strain Alb/11 , or a combina ⁇ tion of those plasmids.
- the invention concerns a composition of nucleic acid constructs encoding CDV genes from more than one canine distemper virus strain.
- the invention concerns the use of an isolated canine distemper gene operatively linked to one or more control sequences for the prepara ⁇ tion of a vaccine for use in immunization against infec ⁇ tion by CDV.
- Example 1 Preparation of cDNA clones from canine distemper virus strain A75/17 (wild type) infected primary dog brain cell cultures
- DBCC Primary dog brain cell cultures
- the supernatant was combined with the first.
- 2 ml of 7 M urea, 350 mM NaCl, 10 mM EDTA, 10 mM Tris pH 7.9, 1% SDS was added.
- the obtained mixture was extracted with 4 ml of phenol-chloroform (1:1) and the resulting aqueous phase treated with 3 volumes of EtOH.
- the precipitated RNA was centrifuged and suspended in 100 ⁇ l of PBS.
- Primers used for first strand cDNA synthesis were selected on the basis of the published sequence of the OP-CDV vaccine strain (Sidhu et al . , 1993) . They are located in regions which are highly conserved in Morbil- liviruses. The 10 primers used and their sequence identi ⁇ fication numbers SEQ ID NO 1 to 10 are given hereinafter.
- Reaction mixtures for cDNA synthesis con ⁇ tained: 24.5 ⁇ l H2 ⁇ , 10 ⁇ l 5X AMV reverse transcription buffer, 1 ⁇ l of a 75 ⁇ M dNTP solution, 2,5 ⁇ l of a 40 ⁇ M primer solution, 1 ⁇ l RNAse inhibitor, 1 ⁇ l AMV reverse transcriptase (5 umts/ ⁇ l), 10 ⁇ l of the above obtained RNA/PBS solution. Samples were incubated for 2 h at 42°C and then heated at 75°C for 10 min.
- Double stranded cDNA was synthesized using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) .
- Reaction mixtures for amplification of a specific region of the CDV genome con ⁇ tained both the 3' and 5' primers (see SEQ ID NOs) .
- Syn ⁇ thesis was performed in a volume of 100 ⁇ l and contained the following: 77.4 ⁇ l H2O, 10 ⁇ l 10X Taq buffer, 1.1 ⁇ l of a solution containing all 4 dNTPs at 20 ⁇ M each, 0.5 ⁇ l of a 40 ⁇ M primer solution, 1 ⁇ l of Taq polymerase (0.5 units/ ⁇ l) and 10 ⁇ l of first strand cDNA, heated to 75°C for 10 min and then cooled on ice. PCR reactions were performed for 30 cycles under standard conditions.
- Example 2 Preparation of the N Gene Appropriate 5' and 3' ends for insertion of the N gene into expression plasmids were generated by PCR. The following primers were used:
- SEQ ID NO 12 5' GCG TCG ACG ACT GAT GTA ACA CTG GTC T 3', for generating the 3' end.
- the primers F1-F4 used in this experiment were designed according to partial sequences of the Al b/ 11 . However, the positions of the underlined nucleo ⁇ tides correspond to the positions of the of the OP-CDV genes according to Barrett et al., 1987. The primers were synthesized with a nucleic acid synthesizer machine.
- the F gene was isolated as 3 overlapping clones. First, the 5' portion of the gene was assembled. A first cDNA clone containing parts of the M and F genes was cleaved with Sad in the vector DNA and with Hindlll at position 687 m the F gene and the fragment of 2035 bp was isolated. A second cDNA clone, containing most of the F gene coding sequences m reverse orientation with re- spect to the first clone, was also cleaved with Hindlll and Sad . The 1405 bp fragment was isolated. Both frag ⁇ ments were ligated into the pBluescript (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) plasmid cleaved with Sad .
- pBluescript Stratagene, La Jolla, CA
- PCR was used to add the 3' end of the F gene, and to generate correct 5 1 and 3' ends for cloning into expression plasmids.
- the 5' portion of the gene was amplified by PCR using primers FI (5 ' CGA CGC GTA GGG TCC AGG ACG TAG CA 3 ' ) and F2 (5 ' CAG GTT TAA ATG TCG GAT CG 3 * ) and the DNA fragment was puri ⁇ fied by gel electrophoresis on an agarose gel.
- the 3' portion of the gene was amplified by PCR with primers F3 (5* CGA TCC GAC ATT TAA ACC TG 3 ' ) and F4 (5' GCGTCG ACA AGA CGT GTG ACC AGA GTG 3') and purified.
- F3 CGA TCC GAC ATT TAA ACC TG 3 '
- F4 5' GCGTCG ACA AGA CGT GTG ACC AGA GTG 3'
- the primers H1-H4 used in this experiment were designed according to partial sequences of the Alb/ 11 genome. However, the positions of the underlined nucleotides correspond to the positions of the OP-CDV genes according to Curran et al . , 1991. The primers were synthesized with a nucleic acid synthesizer machine.
- the H gene coding sequences were cloned as 2 overlapping cDNA clones.
- the gene was assembled by PCR technology. First, the 5' portion of the gene was ampli ⁇ fied by PCR using primers HI (5' GCG GTA CCA CAA TGC TCT CCT ACC AG 3') and H2 (5' CAT ACA CTC CGT CTG AGA TAG C 3') and the resulting DNA fragment was isolated. The 3' portion of the gene was amplified with primers H3 (5' GCT ATC TCA GAC GGA GTG TAT G 3 T ) and H4 (5' GCG TCG ACT TAA CGG TTA CAT GAG AAT CT 3 ' ) and the DNA fragment was also isolated.
- the two portions of the gene were fused in a recombinant PCR reaction containing both DNA fragments and primers HI and H4. This resulted in the synthesis of a DNA fragment containing the entire H gene coding se ⁇ quences with a Kpnl site at the 5' end and a Sail site at the 3' end for cloning into expression plasmids.
- the recombinant PCR products were purified by gel electrophoresis on an agarose gel. The ends were ren- dered blunt by Klenov polymerase and the fragments were cloned into the EcoRV site of the plasmid pBluescript (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) and amplified. The inserts were isolated from plasmids containing the F gene by di ⁇ reading with Mlul and Sail and from plasmids harboring the N and H genes by Kpnl and Sail.
- the fragments were then cloned either mto the plasmid pCI (Promega) or into plasmid pCMV-5
- Vaccines are prepared by dissolving one or more of the obtained expression plasmids in sterilized PBS of pH 7.4 in a concentration of 1 mg/ml.
- the vaccine solution may be freshly prepared just before use or filled under sterile conditions in vials of appropriate size.
- mice Two inde ⁇ pendent experiments were performed.
- Table 1, Experiment No. I 5 Balb-c mice were injected with plasmid N/pCI purified by the Qiagen procedure (Qiagen Inc, Chatsworth, CA, USA) according to the in ⁇ structions of the supplier.
- Five mice were injected with empty vector DNA purified in the same manner.
- As a fur- ther control 5 animals were injected with PBS alone.
- mice were in ⁇ jected with plasmid pCI/N purified by cesium chloride gradient centrifugation (Sambrook et al .
- mice with empty vector DNA purified by the same proce- dure.
- each animal was injected with 100 ⁇ g of DNA in PBS at a concentration of 1 mg/ml, re ⁇ ceiving 50 ⁇ g in each quadriceps muscle per inoculation.
- a total of 4 inoculations were performed at biweekly in ⁇ tervals. Two weeks after the last injection the animals were sacrificed and the serum was collected.
- Antibody titers were determined by ELISA us- mg serially diluted mouse sera. Maxisorp ELISA plates (Nunc, Roskilde, Denmark) were coated with 50 ng of re ⁇ combinant N protem per well m carbonate/bicarbonate buffer (15 mM Na 2 C0 3 , 35 mM NaHC0 3 , 0,02% NaN 3 , pH 9.6) at 4°C for 16 hours.
- TBS-T 137 mM NaCl, 2.68 mM KC1, 24.7 mM Tris, 0.05 % Tween-20; pH 7.5
- PBS-T/LM PBS containing 0.05% Tween-20 and 2% low fat milk powder.
- the plates were subsequently washed 3 times with TBS-T before adding 50 ⁇ l of the mouse sera diluted in PBS-T/LM. After incubation at 37°C for 60 mm. and 3 washes with TBS-T, horseradish peroxidase-labelled goat anti-mouse IgG (Sigma, St.
- mice Groups of 4 mice were immunized by either 1, 2, or 3 intramuscular injections at 21-day intervals with a total of 100 ⁇ g of plasmid N/pCI .
- Control animals were injected with empty vector. Twelve days after the first, second, or third injection the mice were sacrificed and the spleen was removed.
- Splenocytes were isolated using a cell strainer and resuspended in DMEM supplemented with 5% heat-inactivated fetal calf serum, 100 ⁇ g/ml penicil ⁇ lin, 100 U/ml streptomycin, 0.05 mM ⁇ -mercaptoethanol, 10 mM HEPES, and non-essential ammo acids.
- the cells were then stimulated by incubation with a synthetic 9 ammo acid peptide (YPALGLHEF) which has been shown to repre ⁇ sent a CTL epitope in the measles virus N protein (Beauverger et al . , 1993) and which is conserved in CDV strains Onderstepoort and Alb/ 11 .
- the peptide was used at a concentration of 10 ⁇ M.
- After 5-7 days the cells were counted in Trypan blue and adjusted to 2 x 10 6 viable cells/ml. The cells were then diluted into microtiter plates to yield effector to target cell ratios ranging from 100:1 to 0.1:1.
- P 815 mastocytoma cells were used as targets for the CTL assay. Briefly, 10 6 cells were incubated for
- Fig. 8 represents CTL assay of mice immunized with plasmid N/pCI or with empty plasmid. Per cent specific lysis was obtained by subtracting the value of non spe ⁇ cific lysis of target cells incubated with effector cells in the absence of the CTL peptide. Each curve represents the values obtained with splenocytes from one mouse. Solid line: mice immunized with plasmid N/pCI; broken line: mice immunized with empty vector. The effector (E) to target (T) cell ratio is indicated.
- Beagle dogs of 6 weeks of age were used for immunization experiments.
- Five control animals (Fig. 9, dogs 1-5) received intramuscular injections of a commer ⁇ cially available multivalent vaccine (standard vaccine) containing inactivated canine adenovirus, parainflunza virus, parvovirus, leptospira and live CDV Onderstepoort strain.
- Ten dogs (dogs 6-15) were injected into one quad- riceps muscle with 100 ⁇ g of plasmid N/pCI. Standard vac ⁇ cine lacking the CDV component was injected into the other quadriceps. A total of 3 injections were performed at 2-week intervals.
- a toxicity test was performed accordmg to the description of the European Pharmacopoeia. Five healthy mice and two healthy guinea pigs were injected with the polynucleotide vaccine as described above. The animals were observed for 7 days. None of the animals showed local or systemic reactions.
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- H gene position is 5' end of H mRNA
- CAGAGATAAT CAATATGCTA ACCGCTATCT CAGACGGAGT GTATGGTAAA ACTTATTTGC 720 TAGTTCATGA TTATATTGAA GGGGGGTTCG ACACGCAAAA GATTCGAGTC TTTGAGATAG 780
- AAACCATCTC CAGCATTATA AAAAAACTAA GGATCCAGGA TCCTTTTAG 1969
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