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authors: Kontarov, N. A.; Dolgova, E. I.; Pogarskaya, I. V.; Kontarova, E. O.; Yuminova, N. V.
title: Kinetics of Influenza A/BANGKOK/1/1979(Н3N2) Virus Thermal Inactivation in the Presence of Polyallylamine
date: 2021-05-18
journal: Moscow Univ Biol Sci Bull
DOI: 10.3103/s0096392521010028
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doc_id: 853106
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Polyelectrolytes currently play an increasingly important role in antivirus therapy. Antiviral activity towards influenza virus, measles virus, herpes simplex virus type 1, and cytomegalovirus was demonstrated for the 6000 Da polyelectrolyte polyallylamine. A nontoxic polyallylamine concentration of 30 µM at which the compound retains its antiviral effect towards measles and influenza viruses but lacks any toxic effect on human cells was previously determined. It is well known, at the same time, that simultaneous virus exposure to physical environmental factors and chemical substances causes a more significant decrease in virus infectivity. Temperature is among these physical factors since thermal exposure causes virus inactivation. Analysis of virus thermal inactivation parameters is of high practical importance when it comes to the development of vaccines against influenza virus and to the study of how virus particles infectivity decreases on various surfaces. In this view, the study of kinetic and thermodynamical characteristics of influenza virus thermal inactivation in the presence of the antiviral preparation polyallylanime is of particular interest. The paper reports that thermal inactivation of influenza virus in the temperature range of 38–60°C in the presence of polyallylamine follows the first-order reaction kinetics. Thermodynamic parameters of influenza virus thermal inactivation evidence that influenza virus surface proteins are involved in the inactivation process as a result of their interaction with polyallylamine. The obtained results show that polyallylamine may be used to accelerate thermal inactivation of the influenza virus.

In order to reduce postvaccination complications, requirements imposed on inactivated influenza vaccines are becoming increasingly rigid. Various physical, chemical, and biological methods are used to inactivate the influenza virus [1] [2] [3] [4] . The use of physical methods only is often insufficient to inactivate a virus vaccine strain, for which reason various chemical compounds that inactivate viral antigenic proteins, in particular hemagglutinin, at elevated temperatures are used as well. This reduces virus hemagglutinating activity (HA) and its infectivity. In the present work, polyelectrolyte (PE) polyallylamine (PAA) with the molecular weight of 6000 Da, which have been previously demonstrated to have an antiviral effect towards measles and influenza viruses at the concentration of 30 μM [5] , which is manifested by a decrease in their infectivity with no toxic effect on cells, was used as a chemical compound.

Influenza virus. Influenza virus strain A/BANG-KOK/1/1979(Н3N2) was obtained from the collection of the Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera (Moscow, Russia) as a virus-containing suspension. The material was stored at -80°C.

Polyelectrolyte. A polyelectrolyte, polyallylamine hydrochloride with M w = 6000 Da, in the final concentration of 30 μM was used in this study (Sigma, United States). PAA solution in phosphate buffer had рН 7.4.

Cell culture. Canine cocker spaniel kidney epithelium cells MDCK II were grown in DMEM with the addition of penicillin (100 U/mL), streptomycin (100 μg/mL), and 10% fetal calf serum in the presence of 5% СО 2 at 37°С. Cell viability was assessed in the МТТ-assay [8] . This colorimetric assay is based on the ability of living cells to metabolize the tetrazolium stain MTT leading to a change in its color. Staining

intensity was determined spectrophotometrically at 590 nm 24 and 48 h after MTT addition.

Virus hemagglutinating activity. Virus HA activity was determined in a hemagglutination assay using 1.5% chicken erythrocyte suspension [9, 10] . Initial HA activity of the studied strain was 32 HAU/mL (hemagglutination activity units/mL).

Virus infectivity. Virus infectious titre was determined based on the number of focus forming units (FFU) and expressed as FFU/mL [11] . Virus suspension was added to the MDCK II cell monolayer. Cell concentration in the well was 5 × 10 4 cells. The multiplicity of infection was 0.01. Infection was carried out at room temperature in the dark for 1 h, then virus suspension was removed. Cells were further grown in the DMEM-Avicel medium with the addition of 1.25% microcrystalline cellulose (Sigma, United States), 0.36% bovine serum albumin, and trypsin treated with chymotrypsin inhibitor L-1-tosylamide-2-phenylethylchloromethyl ketone (Sigma, United States) in the concentration of 1 μg/mL at 37°C in the presence of 5% CO 2 . After 29 h of culturing, cultural liquid was discarded and cells were fixed with ice-cold 70% ethanol for 90 min. Cells were then treated with the mouse antibodies against the inf luenza virus NP protein, and further with the secondary antimouse horseradish peroxidase-labelled antibodies (Sigma, United States). In order to detect horseradish peroxidase, two solutions were prepared, namely, the first solution containing 2.5 mL of dimethylformamide and 10 mg of 3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole and the second solution containing 0.2 mL H 2 O 2 in 0.2 M acetate buffer, pH 5.0. Two solutions were mixed together and incubated at room temperature for 20 min. The plate was further scanned and the number of FFU was calculated. The initial infectious virus titre was 5.4 × 10 6 FFU/mL. 

where R and R in are active and inactivated virus forms, respectively, [R t ] is virus HA and infectious titre at the time point t in the course of virus thermal inactivation in the presence of 30 μM PAA, [R 0 ] is initial HA and infectious titre, and k in is thermal inactivation rate constant, min -1 , which was calculated by fitting thermal inactivation kinetic dependencies to exponential functions with the exponential factor -k in t. Thermal inactivation rate constants in the presence of 30 μM PAA and without PE are given in Tables 1 and 2 . The results provided in Tables 1 and 2 demonstrate that thermal inactivation rate constant in the presence of 30 μM PAA is higher than the inactivation rate constant in the absence of PE. This observation may be accounted for by the inactivating effect of PAA, which binds with the surface proteins of the virion, thereby contributing to thermal inactivation, which resulted in the increase in HA and virus infectious titre drop rate. Thermodynamic parameters of virus thermal inactivation in the presence of and without PAA, the enthalpy ΔH ≠ and entropy ΔS ≠ of activation, were calculated using the kinetic parameters of influenza virus thermal inactivation and the Eyring equation (Fig. 2) :

where T is temperature, k b is Boltzmann constant, 1.38 × 10 -23 J/K, and h is Planck constant, 6.62 × 10 -34 J s.

The enthalpy and entropy of activation for HA and virus infectivity in the absence of PAA were = -124. 5 Almost similar entropies of activation in the case of infectious titre may be explained by the fact that PAA interacts not only with the surface proteins but also with the virus ribonucleoprotein. High positive entropy of activation for HA in the case of virus thermal inactivation in the presence of PAA is associated with dehydration of surface proteins following their inactivation. Molar heat capacity increment Δc p may provide additional information on the PAA contribution into the thermodynamics of dehydration of surface glycoproteins in the course of virus thermal inactivation. Given the entropy of activation and using the formula (4), it is possible to calculate the molar heat 

where is change in the entropy of activation at T and is change in the entropy of activation at T m , T m = 334 K.

Molar heat capacity increment Δc p values were calculated as the slope coefficients of the linear approximation equations based on the -dependency plots. The obtained negative Δc p values were as follows, Δc p1 = -1.14 0.08 kJ/(К mol) and Δc p2 = -0.44 0.06 kJ/(K mol), for HA and influenza virus infectious titre thermal inactivation, respectively. Negative molar heat capacity increment for HA indicate that, in the presence of 30 μM PAA, the "coiled molecule-molten dehydrated globule" transition takes place [7] . The obtained data correspond with the entropy of activation values obtained for virus HA thermal inactivation. The struggle to control the pandemics of influenza virus and other enveloped respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, requires the development of new means for the prevention of acute respiratory viral infections, including chemical preparations that have an inactivating effect on all antigenic proteins of the virus. Special attention should be paid to the simultaneous use of physical and chemical factors of virus inactivation. Our results show that the use of PAA in combination with elevated temperature causes effective and fairly rapid inactivation of the influenza virus, with the PE used exerting an inactivation effect on all surface glycoproteins of the virion. The use of PAA, together with the temperature inactivation of the virus, 

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The work was supported by the Russian Academic Excellence Project 5-1.

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. No experimentation involving animals or humans was carried out by any of the authors.

Kontarov ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0030-4867Dolgova ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8985-7569Pogarskaya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3580-6277Kontarova ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5550-7875Yuminova ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7723-4038