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Tamer C, Ulrich K, Di Paola N, Kurucay HN, Albayrak H, Weidmann M. Evolution of an Extended Pathogenicity Motif in VP2 of Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus Isolates from Farmed Rainbow Trout in Turkey. Viruses 2024; 16:994. [PMID: 38932285 PMCID: PMC11209135 DOI: 10.3390/v16060994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) causes economic losses with a highly variable mortality rate worldwide, especially in rainbow trout. The virus has a double-stranded bi-partite RNA genome designated segment A and B. New complete genome sequences of nine rainbow trout isolates from Turkey were determined and subjected to phylogenetic analysis, identifying all as genotype 5 (serotype Sp). A time-dependent change in the extended pathogenicity motif of VP2 from P217T221A247 (PTA) to PTE P217T221E247 over a period of 10 years was identified. A wider analysis of 99 IPNV sequences from Turkey and Iran revealed the emergence of the motif PTE from 2007 to 2017, inducing significant morbidity in fry by 2013. In fact, displacement of the PTA motif, by the PTE motif in IPNV isolates appeared to be connected to a production peak of rainbow trout in 2013. An additional CAI analysis provided more evidence, indicating that rainbow trout culture in Turkey has an influence on the evolution of IPNV.
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- Cuneyt Tamer
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55139 Samsun, Turkey; (C.T.); (H.N.K.)
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- Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland FK9 4LA, UK;
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- Center for Genome Sciences, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702-5011, USA;
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55139 Samsun, Turkey; (C.T.); (H.N.K.)
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55139 Samsun, Turkey; (C.T.); (H.N.K.)
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- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane, 01968 Senftenberg, Germany
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Solarte-Murillo L, Reyes H, Ojeda L, Cárcamo JG, Pontigo JP, Loncoman CA. Analyses and Insights into Genetic Reassortment and Natural Selection as Key Drivers of Piscine orthoreovirus Evolution. Viruses 2024; 16:556. [PMID: 38675898 PMCID: PMC11053957 DOI: 10.3390/v16040556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) is a pathogen that causes heart and skeletal muscle inflammation in Salmo salar and has also been linked to circulatory disorders in other farmed salmonids, such as Oncorhynchus kisutch and Oncorhynchus mykiss. The virus has a segmented, double-stranded RNA genome, which makes it possible to undergo genetic reassortment and increase its genomic diversity through point mutations. In this study, genetic reassortment in PRV was assessed using the full genome sequences available in public databases. This study used full genome sequences that were concatenated and genome-wide reassortment events, and phylogenetic analyses were performed using the recombination/reassortment detection program version 5 (RDP5 V 5.5) software. Additionally, each segment was aligned codon by codon, and overall mean distance and selection was tested using the Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis X software, version 10.2 (MEGA X version 10.2). The results showed that there were 17 significant reassortment events in 12 reassortant sequences, involving genome exchange between low and highly virulent genotypes. PRV sequences from different salmonid host species did not appear to limit the reassortment. This study found that PRV frequently undergoes reassortment events to increase the diversity of its segmented genome, leading to antigenic variation and increased virulence. This study also noted that to date, no reassortment events have been described between PRV-1 and PRV-3 genotypes. However, the number of complete genomic sequences within each genotype is uneven. This is important because PRV-3 induces cross-protection against PRV-1, making it a potential vaccine candidate.
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- Laura Solarte-Murillo
- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5090000, Chile;
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 8331150, Chile;
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica Farmacológica, Virología y Biotecnología, Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5090000, Chile
- Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research, INCAR, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica Farmacológica, Virología y Biotecnología, Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5090000, Chile
- Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research, INCAR, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Laboratorio Institucional, Facultad de Ciencias de la Naturaleza, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad San Sebastián, Puerto Montt 5400000, Chile;
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5090000, Chile;
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Wang X, Zhu J, Zhang D, Liu G. Ribosomal control in RNA virus-infected cells. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1026887. [PMID: 36419416 PMCID: PMC9677555 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1026887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Viruses are strictly intracellular parasites requiring host cellular functions to complete their reproduction cycle involving virus infection of host cell, viral genome replication, viral protein translation, and virion release. Ribosomes are protein synthesis factories in cells, and viruses need to manipulate ribosomes to complete their protein synthesis. Viruses use translation initiation factors through their own RNA structures or cap structures, thereby inducing ribosomes to synthesize viral proteins. Viruses also affect ribosome production and the assembly of mature ribosomes, and regulate the recognition of mRNA by ribosomes, thereby promoting viral protein synthesis and inhibiting the synthesis of host antiviral immune proteins. Here, we review the remarkable mechanisms used by RNA viruses to regulate ribosomes, in particular, the mechanisms by which RNA viruses induce the formation of specific heterogeneous ribosomes required for viral protein translation. This review provides valuable insights into the control of viral infection and diseases from the perspective of viral protein synthesis.
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Differential Nervous Necrosis Virus (NNV) Replication in Five Putative Susceptible Cell Lines. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10121565. [PMID: 34959520 PMCID: PMC8708063 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10121565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy caused by nervous necrosis virus (NNV), is one of the most threatening viral diseases affecting marine fish worldwide. In vitro propagation of NNV strains is essential for the design of effective control measures. In the present study we analysed both the susceptibility and the permissiveness of five fish cell lines (E-11, GF-1, SAF-1, DLB-1, and SaB-1) to three NNV strains (one RGNNV, one SJNNV, and one reassortant RGNNV/SJNNV). E-11 and DLB-1 were demonstrated to be highly susceptible to NNV strains, with average adsorption efficiency (AE) values higher than 90%. SAF-1 also showed high susceptibility (AE 88%), whereas GF-1 can be regarded as moderately susceptible (AE around 50%). On the contrary, SaB-1 can be considered a poorly susceptible cell line (AE values below 20%). E-11 and GF-1 cell lines provided the highest production rates for RGNNV and RG/SJ (around 103) and both cell lines can be regarded as fully permissive for these viral types. However, the SJNNV production rate in GF-1 was only 17.8 and therefore this cell line should be considered semi-permissive for this genotype. In SAF-1 cells, moderate viral replication was recorded but differences in intracellular and extracellular production suggest that viral progeny was not efficiently released. In DLB-1 and SaB-1 the final viral titres obtained in E-11 were lower than those of the inoculum. However, RNA1 synthesis values seem to indicate that RGNNV replication in DLB-1 and SAF-1 could have been underestimated, probably due to a poor adaptation of the virus grown in these cell lines to E-11. Based on all these results, E-11 seems to be the most appropriate cell for in vitro culture of RGNNV, SJNNV, and reassortant strains.
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Wang W, Huang Y, Zhang Y, Qiao Y, Deng Q, Chen R, Chen J, Huang T, Wei T, Mo M, He X, Wei P. The emerging naturally reassortant strain of IBDV (genotype A2dB3) having segment A from Chinese novel variant strain and segment B from HLJ 0504-like very virulent strain showed enhanced pathogenicity to three-yellow chickens. Transbound Emerg Dis 2021; 69:e566-e579. [PMID: 34581009 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Novel variant infectious bursal disease virus (nvIBDV) is an emerging pathotype that can cause sub-clinical disease with severe, prolonged immunosuppression in young chickens. At present, two major pathotypes, including vvIBDV and nvIBDV, are prevailing in China. In this study, we propose that the nvIBDV is a new genotype (A2dB1b) and also first isolated and characterized a nvIBDV reassortant strain YL160304 (A2dB3) with segments A and B derived, respectively, from the nvIBDV and the HLJ-0504-like vvIBDV from yellow chickens in southern China. The YL160304 causes more extensive cytotropism and can infect specific-pathogen-free chicken embryos with severe subcutaneous hemorrhage. The pathogenicity of YL160304 to 4-week-old three-yellow chickens was determined and compared with those of the nvIBDV QZ191002 and the HLJ-0504-like vvIBDV NN1172. Weight gain was significantly reduced in all the challenged birds. No clinical signs and associated mortality were observed in the birds challenged with QZ191002, while the mortalities in the birds challenged with NN1172 and YL160304 were 30% (3/10) and 10% (1/10), respectively. At 7 days postchallenge, the bursa was severely damaged and the percentage of peripheral blood B lymphocyte (PBBL) decreased significantly in all the challenged birds and the quantity of the viral RNA detected in the bursa was in accordance with the results of the histomorphometry and the depletion of PBBL. This study not only confirmed the emerging epidemic of the novel variant and its reassortant strains, but also discovered that the naturally reassortant nvIBDV strain with the segment B of HLJ 0504-like vvIBDV can significantly enhance the pathogenicity to chickens.
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- Weiwei Wang
- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, P. R. China
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- School of Marine Sciences and Biotechnology, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, P. R. China.,Guangxi Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Polysaccharide Materials and Modifications, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, P. R. China
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- School of Marine Sciences and Biotechnology, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, P. R. China.,Guangxi Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Polysaccharide Materials and Modifications, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, P. R. China
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- School of Marine Sciences and Biotechnology, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, P. R. China.,Guangxi Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Polysaccharide Materials and Modifications, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, P. R. China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, P. R. China
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Wang W, Liang J, Shi M, Chen G, Huang Y, Zhang Y, Zhao Z, Wang M, Li M, Mo M, Wei T, Huang T, He X, Wei P. The diagnosis and successful replication of a clinical case of Duck Spleen Necrosis Disease: An experimental co-infection of an emerging unique reovirus and Salmonella indiana reveals the roles of each of the pathogens. Vet Microbiol 2020; 246:108723. [PMID: 32605746 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2020.108723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Duck spleen necrosis disease (DSND) is an emerging infectious disease that causes significant economic loss in the duck industry. In 2018, a duck reovirus (named DRV/GX-Y7) and Salmonella indiana were both isolated from the spleens and livers of diseased ducks with DSND in China. The DRV/GX-Y7 strain could propagate in the Vero, LMH, DF-1 and DEF cells with obvious cytopathic effects. The genome of DRV/GX-Y7 was 23,418 bp in length, contained 10 dsRNA segments, ranging from 3959 nt (L1) to 1191 nt (S4). The phylogenetic analysis showed that the DRV/GX-Y7 strain was in the same branch with the new waterfowl-origin reovirus cluster, but was obviously far distant from the clusters of other previous waterfowl-origin reoviruses Muscovy duck reovirus (MDRV) and goose-origin reovirus (GRV), broiler/layer-origin reovirus (ARV) and turkey-origin reovirus (TRV). The RDP and SimPlot program analysis revealed that there were two potential genetic reassortment events in the M2 and S1 segments of the genome. In order to have a clear insight into the pathogenic mechanism of DRV/GX-Y7 and S. Indiana in clinical DSND, an infection experiment was further conducted by challenging commercial ducklings with the two isolates individually and with both. The results showed that DRV/GX-Y7 produced severe hemorrhagic and/or necrotic lesions in the immune organs (thymus, spleen, and bursae) of experimentally infected ducklings. And, that the co-infection of DRV/GX-Y7 and S. Indiana could greatly enhance the pathogenesis by increasing the morbidity and mortality in ducklings whose clinical symptoms and lesions were similar to the natural clinical DSND cases. In summary, the results suggested that the pathogen causing duck spleen necrosis was an emerging unique genetic reassortment strain of duck Orthoreovirus that was significantly different from any previously reported waterfowl-derived Orthoreovirus and the co-infection with the Salmonella isolate could increase the severity of the disease.
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- Weiwei Wang
- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
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- School of Marine Sciences and Biotechnology/Guangxi Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Polysaccharide Materials and Modifications, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, Guangxi 530006, China.
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- Institute for Poultry Science and Health, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China.
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The Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV) and its Virulence Determinants: What is Known and What Should be Known. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9020094. [PMID: 32033004 PMCID: PMC7168660 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9020094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Revised: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is a disease of great concern in aquaculture, mainly among salmonid farmers, since losses in salmonid fish—mostly very young rainbow trout (Salmo gairdnery) fry and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) post-smolt—frequently reach 80–90% of stocks. The virus causing the typical signs of the IPN disease in salmonids, named infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV), has also been isolated from other fish species either suffering related diseases (then named IPNV-like virus) or asymptomatic; the general term aquabirnavirus is used to encompass all these viruses. Aquabirnaviruses are non-enveloped, icosahedral bisegmented dsRNA viruses, whose genome codifies five viral proteins, three of which are structural, and one of them is an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Due to the great importance of the disease, there have been great efforts to find a way to predict the level of virulence of IPNV isolates. The viral genome and proteins have been the main focus of research. However, to date such a reliable magic marker has not been discovered. This review describes the processes followed for decades in the attempts to discover the viral determinants of virulence, and to help the reader understand how viral components can be involved in virulence modulation in vitro and in vivo. There is also a brief description of the disease, of host defenses, and of the molecular structure and function of the virus and its viral components.
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Jacquot M, Rao PP, Yadav S, Nomikou K, Maan S, Jyothi YK, Reddy N, Putty K, Hemadri D, Singh KP, Maan NS, Hegde NR, Mertens P, Biek R. Contrasting selective patterns across the segmented genome of bluetongue virus in a global reassortment hotspot. Virus Evol 2019; 5:vez027. [PMID: 31392031 PMCID: PMC6680063 DOI: 10.1093/ve/vez027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
For segmented viruses, rapid genomic and phenotypic changes can occur through the process of reassortment, whereby co-infecting strains exchange entire segments creating novel progeny virus genotypes. However, for many viruses with segmented genomes, this process and its effect on transmission dynamics remain poorly understood. Here, we assessed the consequences of reassortment for selection on viral diversity through time using bluetongue virus (BTV), a segmented arbovirus that is the causative agent of a major disease of ruminants. We analysed ninety-two BTV genomes isolated across four decades from India, where BTV diversity, and thus opportunities for reassortment, are among the highest in the world. Our results point to frequent reassortment and segment turnover, some of which appear to be driven by selective sweeps and serial hitchhiking. Particularly, we found evidence for a recent selective sweep affecting segment 5 and its encoded NS1 protein that has allowed a single variant to essentially invade the full range of BTV genomic backgrounds and serotypes currently circulating in India. In contrast, diversifying selection was found to play an important role in maintaining genetic diversity in genes encoding outer surface proteins involved in virus interactions (VP2 and VP5, encoded by segments 2 and 6, respectively). Our results support the role of reassortment in driving rapid phenotypic change in segmented viruses and generate testable hypotheses for in vitro experiments aiming at understanding the specific mechanisms underlying differences in fitness and selection across viral genomes.
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- Maude Jacquot
- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Ella Foundation, Genome Valley Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, UK
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK
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- College of Veterinary Sciences, LLR University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India
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- Veterinary Biological and Research Institute, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- PVNR Telangana Veterinary University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- PVNR Telangana Veterinary University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- ICAR-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Animal Disease Research and Diagnosis, Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- College of Veterinary Sciences, LLR University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India
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- Ella Foundation, Genome Valley Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, UK.,The School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, UK
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Panzarin V, Holmes EC, Abbadi M, Zamperin G, Quartesan R, Milani A, Schivo A, Bille L, Dalla Pozza M, Monne I, Toffan A. Low evolutionary rate of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) in Italy is associated with reduced virulence in trout. Virus Evol 2018; 4:vey019. [PMID: 30046454 PMCID: PMC6054257 DOI: 10.1093/ve/vey019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is a naked double-stranded RNA virus with a bi-segmented genome that is classified within the family Birnaviridae, genus Aquabirnavirus. IPNV was first detected in Italian trout farms in the late 1970s and ultimately became endemic. To characterize the evolution of IPNV circulating in Italy, particularly whether there is a link between evolutionary rate and virulence, we obtained and analyzed the VP1 (polymerase) and the pVP2 (major capsid protein precursor) sequences from 75 IPNV strains sampled between 1978 and 2017. These data revealed that the Italian IPNV exhibit relatively little genetic variation over the sampling period, falling into four genetic clusters within a single genogroup (group 2 for VP1 and genogroup V for pVP2) and contained one example of inter-segment reassortment. The mean evolutionary rates for VP1 and pVP2 were estimated to be 1.70 and 1.45 × 10−4 nucleotide substitutions per site, per year, respectively, and hence significantly lower than those seen in other Birnaviruses. Similarly, the relatively low ratios of non-synonymous (dN) to synonymous (dS) nucleotide substitutions per site in both genes indicated that IPNV was subject to strong selective constraints, again in contrast to other RNA viruses infecting salmonids that co-circulate in the same area during the same time period. Notably, all the Italian IPNV harbored a proline at position 217 (P217) and a threonine at position 221 (T221) in pVP2, both of which are associated with a low virulence phenotype. We therefore suggest the lower virulence of IPNV may have resulted in reduced rates of virus replication and hence lower rates of evolutionary change. The data generated here will be of importance in understanding the factors that shape the evolution of Aquabirnaviruses in nature.
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- Valentina Panzarin
- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, viale dell'Università 10, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and Sydney Medical School, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, viale dell'Università 10, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, viale dell'Università 10, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, viale dell'Università 10, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, viale dell'Università 10, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, viale dell'Università 10, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, viale dell'Università 10, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, viale dell'Università 10, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, viale dell'Università 10, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, viale dell'Università 10, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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