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Lu Y, Yu R, Tong L, Zhang L, Zhang Z, Pan L, Wang Y, Guo H, Hu Y, Liu X. Transcriptome Analysis of LLC-PK Cells Single or Coinfected with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus and Porcine Deltacoronavirus. Viruses 2023; 16:74. [PMID: 38257774 PMCID: PMC10818665 DOI: 10.3390/v16010074] [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: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) are the two most prevalent swine enteric coronaviruses worldwide. They commonly cause natural coinfections, which worsen as the disease progresses and cause increased mortality in piglets. To better understand the transcriptomic changes after PEDV and PDCoV coinfection, we compared LLC porcine kidney (LLC-PK) cells infected with PEDV and/or PDCoV and evaluated the differential expression of genes by transcriptomic analysis and real-time qPCR. The antiviral efficacy of interferon-stimulated gene 20 (ISG20) against PDCoV and PEDV infections was also assessed. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected in PEDV-, PDCoV-, and PEDV + PDCoV-infected cells at 6, 12, and 24 h post-infection (hpi), and at 24 hpi, the number of DEGs was the highest. Furthermore, changes in the expression of interferons, which are mainly related to apoptosis and activation of the host innate immune pathway, were found in the PEDV and PDCoV infection and coinfection groups. Additionally, 43 ISGs, including GBP2, IRF1, ISG20, and IFIT2, were upregulated during PEDV or PDCoV infection. Furthermore, we found that ISG20 significantly inhibited PEDV and PDCoV infection in LLC-PK cells. The transcriptomic profiles of cells coinfected with PEDV and PDCoV were reported, providing reference data for understanding the host response to PEDV and PDCoV coinfection.
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- Yanzhen Lu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (Y.L.)
- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, OIE/National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China (L.P.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (Y.L.)
- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, OIE/National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China (L.P.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (Y.L.)
- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, OIE/National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China (L.P.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, OIE/National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China (L.P.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, OIE/National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China (L.P.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, OIE/National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China (L.P.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, OIE/National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China (L.P.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, OIE/National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China (L.P.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (Y.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, OIE/National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China (L.P.)
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Li CQ, Hu LQ, Liu GP, Wang Y, Li T, Chen SX, Yang XL, Ma LX, Zeng JG. A duplex nested RT-PCR method for monitoring porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and porcine delta-coronavirus. BMC Vet Res 2023; 19:151. [PMID: 37684673 PMCID: PMC10486053 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-023-03708-y] [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: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and porcine delta-coronavirus (PDCoV) are economically important pathogens that cause diarrhea in sows and acute death of newborn piglets. Moreover, the emerging PDCoV was reported to infect children. The current situation is that vaccine prevention has not met expectations, and emergency containment strategies following outbreaks cannot prevent the damages and losses already incurred. Therefore, a more sensitive detection method, that is both convenient and enables accurate and effective sequencing, that will provide early warning of PEDV and PDCoV is necessary. This will enable active, effective, and comprehensive prevention and control, which will possibly reduce disease occurrences. RESULTS Duplex nested RT-PCR (dnRT-PCR) is an ideal method to achieve early warning and monitoring of PEDV and PDCoV diseases, and to additionally investigate any molecular epidemiological characteristics. In this study, two pairs of primers were designed for each virus based upon the highly conserved N protein sequences of both PEDV and PDCoV strains retrieved from the NCBI Genbank. After optimization of the reaction conditions, the dnRT-PCR assay amplified a 749-bp fragment specific to PEDV and a 344-bp fragment specific to PDCoV. Meanwhile, the specificity and sensitivity of the primers and clinical samples were tested to verify and establish this dnRT-PCR method. The limit of detection (LoD)for both PEDV and PDCoV was 10 copies/µL. The results showed that among 251 samples, 1 sample contained PEDV infection, 19 samples contained a PDCoV infection, and 8 samples were infected with both viruses, following the use of dnRT-PCR. Subsequently, the positive samples were sent for sequencing, and the sequencing results confirmed that they were all positive for the viruses detected using dnRT-PCR, and conventional RT-PCR detection was conducted again after the onset of disease. As these results were consistent with previous results, a detection method for PEDV and PDCoV using dnRT-PCR was successfully established. In conclusion, the dnRT-PCR method established in this study was able to detect both PEDV and PDCoV, concomitantly. CONCLUSIONS The duplex nested RT-PCR method represents a convenient, reliable, specific, sensitive and anti-interference technique for detecting PEDV and PDCoV, and can additionally be used to simultaneously determine the molecular epidemiological background.
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- Chun Qi Li
- College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinzhou Distract, Wuhan, China
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- College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.
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- College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Li M, Pan Y, Xi Y, Wang M, Zeng Q. Insights and progress on epidemic characteristics, genotyping, and preventive measures of PEDV in China: A review. Microb Pathog 2023; 181:106185. [PMID: 37269880 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) is an acute, extremely infectious intestinal disease of pigs caused by the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Virus (PEDV). The virus can affect pigs of all breeds and age groups and shows varying degrees of symptoms, with piglets, in particular, being infected with mortality rates of up to 100%. PEDV was first identified in China in the 1980s and in October 2010 a large-scale PED outbreak caused by a variant of PEDV occurred in China, resulting in huge economic losses. Initially, vaccination can effectively prevent the classical strain, but since December 2010, the PEDV variant has caused "persistent diarrhoea" with severe vomiting, watery diarrhoea, and high morbidity and mortality in newborn piglets as the dominant clinical features, with a significant increase in morbidity and mortality. This indicates that PEDV strains have mutated during evolution and that traditional vaccines no longer provide effective cross-immune protection, so it is necessary to optimize immunization programs and find effective treatments through epidemiological surveys of PEDV to reduce the economic losses caused by infections with mutated strains. This article reviews the progress of research on the aetiology, epidemiological characteristics, genotyping, pathogenesis, transmission routes, and comprehensive control of PEDV infection in China.
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- Mei Li
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China; Technology and Research Center of Gansu Province for Embryonic Engineering of Bovine and Sheep & Goat, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
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Feng B, Li C, Qiu Y, Qi W, Qiu M, Li J, Lin H, Zheng W, Zhu J, Chen N. Genomic Characterizations of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Viruses (PEDV) in Diarrheic Piglets and Clinically Healthy Adult Pigs from 2019 to 2022 in China. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:ani13091562. [PMID: 37174599 PMCID: PMC10177568 DOI: 10.3390/ani13091562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is a major causative pathogen of diarrheic disease. In this study, the prevalence and evolution of PEDV was evaluated using intestinal samples collected from six provinces of China in 2019-2022. PEDV could not only be detected in diarrheic piglets but also in adult pigs without enteric diseases. The complete genomes of five temporal and geographical representative PEDV strains were determined. Genome-based phylogenetic analysis indicated that XJ1904-700 belongs to the G2-a subgroup, while the other strains are clustered within the S-INDEL subgroup. Recombination analyses supported that JSNJ2004-919 is an inter-subgroup recombinant from SD2014-like (G2-b), CHZ-2013-like (G2-b) and CV777-like (G1-b) isolates, while FJFZ2004-1017 is an intra-subgroup recombinant from XM1-2-like (S-INDEL) and LYG-2014-like (S-INDEL) isolates. Both JSNJ2004-919 and FJFZ2004-1017 were from adult pigs, providing evidence that adult pigs may also serve as the host of PEDV reservoirs for virus evolution. Overall, this study provides new insights into PEDV's prevalence and evolution in both diseased piglets and clinically healthy adult pigs.
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- Binghui Feng
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou 225009, China
- International Research Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonotic Diseases of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Comparative Medicine Research Institute, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Yangzhou 225009, China
- International Research Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonotic Diseases of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Comparative Medicine Research Institute, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Pathogen Infection and Immunology of Fujian Province, Fuzhou 350002, China
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Shu X, Han F, Hu Y, Hao C, Li Z, Wei Z, Zhang H. Co-infection of porcine deltacoronavirus and porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus alters gut microbiota diversity and composition in the colon of piglets. Virus Res 2022; 322:198954. [PMID: 36198372 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) and porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) are the main porcine enteric coronaviruses that cause severe diarrhoea in piglets, posing huge threat to the swine industry. Our previous study verified that the co-infection of PDCoV and PEDV is common in natural swine infections and obviously enhances the disease severity in piglets. However, the effects of co-infection of PDCoV and PEDV on intestinal microbial community are unknown. In current study, the microbial composition and diversity in the colon of piglets were analyzed. Our results showed that both of PDCoV and PEDV were mainly distributed in the small intestines and caused severe damage of ileum but not colon in the co-inoculated piglets. Furthermore, we observed that PDCoV and PEDV co-infection alters the gut microbiota composition at the phylum, family and genus levels. The abundance of Mitsuokella and Collinsella at genus level were significantly increased in PDCoV-PEDV co-infection piglets. Spearman's correlation analysis further suggested that there existed strong positive correlation between Mitsuokella and TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-8 secretion, these two factors may together aggravating the small intestine pathological lesions. These results proved there existed obvious correlation between the disease severity caused by PDCoV-PEDV co-infection and intestinal microbial community.
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- Xiangli Shu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China; Key Laboratory for Animal-Derived Food Safety of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China; Key Laboratory for Animal-Derived Food Safety of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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Epidemic and Evolutionary Characteristics of Swine Enteric Viruses in South-Central China from 2018 to 2021. Viruses 2022; 14:v14071420. [PMID: 35891398 PMCID: PMC9323342 DOI: 10.3390/v14071420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Swine enteric viruses are a major cause of piglet diarrhea, causing a devastating impact on the pork industry. To further understand the molecular epidemiology and evolutionary diversity of swine enteric viruses, we carried out a molecular epidemiological investigation of swine enteric viruses (PEDV, PDCoV, PoRVA, and TGEV) on 7107 samples collected from pig farms in south-central China. The results demonstrated that PEDV is the predominant pathogen causing piglet diarrhea, and its infection occurs mainly in relatively cold winter and spring in Hunan and Hubei provinces. The positive rate of PEDV showed an abnormal increase from 2020 to 2021, and that of PoRVA and PDCoV exhibited gradual increases from 2018 to 2021. PEDV-PoRVA and PEDV-PDCoV were the dominant co-infection modes. A genetic evolution analysis based on the PEDV S1 gene and ORF3 gene revealed that the PEDV GII-a is currently epidemic genotype, and the ORF3 gene of DY2020 belongs to a different clade relative to other GII-a strains isolated in this study. Overall, our results indicated that the variant PEDV GII-a is the main pathogen of piglet diarrhea with a trend of outbreak. G9 is the dominant PoRVA genotype and has the possibility of outbreak as well. It is therefore critical to strengthen the surveillance of PEDV and PoRVA, and to provide technical reserves for the prevention and control of piglet diarrhea.
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Antas M, Olech M, Szczotka-Bochniarz A. Molecular characterization of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) in Poland reveals the presence of swine enteric coronavirus (SeCoV) sequence in S gene. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0258318. [PMID: 34714840 PMCID: PMC8555794 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) is a highly contagious enteric viral disease of pigs with a high morbidity and mortality rate, which ultimately results in huge economic losses in the pig production sector. The etiological agent of this disease is the porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) which is an enveloped, positive single-stranded RNA virus. The aim of this study was to perform molecular characterization of PEDV to identify the strains circulating in Poland. In this study, 662 faecal samples from 2015 to 2021 were tested with reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) and the results showed that 3.8% of the tested samples revealed a positive result for PEDV. A phylogenetic analysis of the complete genome and complete S gene sequences showed that Polish PEDV strains belonged to the G1b (S-INDEL) subgroup and were closely related to the European PEDV strains isolated from 2014 to 2019. Furthermore, RDP4 analysis revealed that the Polish PEDV strains harboured a recombinant fragment of ~400 nt in the 5' end of S gene with PEDV and swine enteric coronavirus (SeCoV) being the major and minor parents, respectively. Antigenic analysis showed that the aa sequences of neutralizing epitopes were conserved among the Polish PEDV strains. Only one strain, #0100/5P, had a unique substitution in the COE epitope. However, Polish PEDV strains showed several substitutions, especially in the COE antigen, as compared to the classical strain CV777. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report concerning the molecular characterization of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus strains, as well as the first phylogenetic analysis for PEDV in Poland.
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- Marta Antas
- Department of Swine Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, National Veterinary Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
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Zhang H, Han F, Shu X, Li Q, Ding Q, Hao C, Yan X, Xu M, Hu H. Co-infection of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus and porcine deltacoronavirus enhances the disease severity in piglets. Transbound Emerg Dis 2021; 69:1715-1726. [PMID: 33960702 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) and porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) are the main enteric coronaviruses that cause acute diarrhoea and dehydration in pigs. The co-infection of PDCoV and PEDV is common in natural swine infections, but the clinical outcomes of the interaction between the co-circulating PDCoV and PEDV are unknown. In current study, we established a co-infection model by inoculating the cell culture-adapted PDCoV HNZK-02 strain and PEDV CV777 simultaneously or sequentially using 4-day-old piglets. The weight loss, clinical scores, viral load and titre, histopathological changes and serum cytokines expression were compared with piglets challenged by either virus. Our results indicated the piglets co-inoculated with PDCoV and PEDV showed more serious diarrhoeal symptoms, mainly characterized by longer diarrhoeal period when compared to those of the mono-infection piglets. Furthermore, we observed that PEDV could promote PDCoV replication in the co-inoculated piglets with evidence of prolonged faecal viral shedding, high viral titres in faeces and intestine tissues. Histological analysis indicated the co-infected piglets showed more extensive and serious pathological lesions in small intestine tissues than the mono-infection piglets. Our data also suggested that the co-infection of PDCoV and PEDV caused the excessive expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α) in serum. These results proved there existed obvious synergistic pathogenic effects between PDCoV and PEDV co-infection, which provided new insights into the synergistic pathogenic mechanism caused by these two porcine coronaviruses.
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- Honglei Zhang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.,Key Laboratory for Animal-derived Food Safety of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.,Key Laboratory for Animal-derived Food Safety of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, China
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Zhang H, Han F, Yan X, Liu L, Shu X, Hu H. Prevalence and phylogenetic analysis of spike gene of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in Henan province, China in 2015-2019. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2021; 88:104709. [PMID: 33412288 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) causes diarrhea, dehydration and a high morbidity and mortality in piglets. To investigate the prevalence and molecular characteristics of the spike (S) gene of the PEDV strains, 575 faecal and intestinal samples were collected from individual pigs with diarrhea in 18 regions in Henan, China from April 2015 to March 2019. The detection results showed that PEDV infection was high up to 51.65% in Henan pigs. The PEDV positive rate in suckling piglets was the highest (60.47%), and it existed widely both in PEDV-vaccine immunized (25.00%) and non-immunized pigs (62.29%). The complete S gene of twenty-two representative PEDV strains were sequenced and analyzed. Phylogenetic analysis based on the S gene sequences revealed that the sixteen of the sequenced PEDV Henan strains were located in the G2-a clade and more related to the PEDV variant strains. The other six of the sequenced PEDV strains were closely related to S-INDEL strains and grouped within in the G1-b clade. The Recombinant Identification Program (RIP) and Simplot analysis showed PEDV Henan strains were evolved from the epidemic variant strains and there existed potential recombinant points in the S genome. Furthermore, the deduced amino acid sequences analysis of the S protein showed that there existed multiple amino acid mutations in the S protein of PEDV Henan strains, including the neutralizing epitope CO-26 K equivalent (COE) and SS6 when compared with the CV777-based vaccine strain. These amino acid mutations in the S protein may change the antigenicity in the PEDV Henan variants, leading to the failure of immunization with the traditional vaccine based on the CV777 strain. These results would support the understanding of the prevalence and evolution characteristics of PEDV in China and promote the development of novel vaccines based on the current prevalence variant strains.
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- Honglei Zhang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, China; Key Laboratory for Animal-derived Food Safety of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, China; Key Laboratory for Animal-derived Food Safety of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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Tian Y, Yang X, Li H, Ma B, Guan R, Yang J, Chen D, Han X, Zhou L, Song Z, Xie X, Wang H. Molecular characterization of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus associated with outbreaks in southwest China during 2014-2018. Transbound Emerg Dis 2020; 68:3482-3497. [PMID: 33306274 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), which re-emerged in China since 2010, has swept across the whole country leading to tremendous economic losses. In this study, a total of 645 diarrhea samples collected from 156 pig farms in Sichuan and Guizhou province during 2014-2018 were tested for PEDV. We found that samples from 47.66% (84/156) of the farms were positive for PEDV with an overall detection rate of 35.81% (231/645). Fifty-two strains were selected for full-length S gene analyses, and these strains were classified into three subgroups, an S-INDEL subgroup (G1c), and two non-S-INDEL subgroups (G2b, AJ1102-like and G2c), accounting for 15.38% (8/52), 23.08% (12/52) and 59.62% (31/52) of the total analysed strains, respectively. We found these three subgroups of PEDV coexisted in Sichuan province, and the S-INDEL strain was detected in Guizhou. Further antigenic variation analysis of the neutralizing epitopes (S10, COE, SS2, SS6 and 2C10) on the spike protein revealed that the S-INDEL and non-S-INDEL strains shared similar variation features in COE and SS6, but exhibited distinct variation patterns in the S10 domain. Unique variation patterns on N-glycosylation sites in the S protein were also observed for the S-INDEL and non-S-INDEL strains. Moreover, nine strains (three from each subgroup) were subjected to full-genome characterization. Complete genome phylogeny showed an inconsistent tree topology for genotyping, with two G2c strains grouped into the GII-b (AH2012-like) genogroup and the remaining seven strains including three S-INDEL strains grouped into the GII-c genogroup. Further recombination analyses indicated that six of the GII-c strains probably originated from intra-genogroup recombinations. Notably, three newly emerged S-INDEL strains with novel recombination patterns were first identified. Together, our data revealed a new status of PEDV in southwest China, which can increase understanding of the prevalence, genetic characteristics and evolutionary profiles of circulating PEDV strains in China.
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- Yiming Tian
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China.,School of Bioscience and Technology, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China.,College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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Tan L, Li Y, He J, Hu Y, Cai X, Liu W, Liu T, Wang J, Li Z, Yuan X, Zhan Y, Yang L, Deng Z, Wang N, Yang Y, Wang A. Epidemic and genetic characterization of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus strains circulating in the regions around Hunan, China, during 2017-2018. Arch Virol 2020; 165:877-889. [PMID: 32056002 PMCID: PMC7223731 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-020-04532-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) caused by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) infection have caused high mortality of piglets and significant economic losses to the Chinese swine industry. In the current study, 184 specimens from pigs with or without signs of diarrhea were collected from 39 farms across eight provinces, mainly around Hunan, People's Republic of China, in 2017 to 2018 in order to obtain epidemiological information on PEDV infections in these regions. The results indicated an average PEDV-positive rate of 38.04% (70/184) and more-pronounced disease severity in diarrheic pigs (48.76%; 59/121) than in non-diarrheic pigs (17.46%; 11/63). Phylogenetic and sequence analysis demonstrated that 14 representative PEDV strains from 14 swine farms belonged to the G2 group (G2-a and G2-b subgroups) and displayed a high degree of genetic variation. In particular, two out of the 14 PEDV strains were found to have unique indels in the S1 gene. The strain HN-SY-2017-Oct had a 9-nucleotide (T1152GAAGCCAAT1160T) insertion, and the strain ZJ-2018-May had a 3-nucleotide (AAA) deletion at position 1126 in the S1 gene. A three-dimensional structural prediction revealed that these unique insertions might lengthen the loop on the surface or increase the likelihood of the surface protein being phosphorylated at 388Y, thereby affecting the virulence or pathogenicity of PEDV. Collectively, the data show that PED remains a severe threat to the pig industry and that variant PEDV stains are circulating in China. The updated PEDV epidemiological data will facilitate the design of PEDV vaccines and the application of effective measures for PED prevention.
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- Lei Tan
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Innovation and Applied Research in Chinese Medicine, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Engineering in Animal Vaccines, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), No. 1 Nongda road, Furong District, Changsha, 410128, People's Republic of China. .,PCB Biotechnology LLC, Rockville, MD, 20852, USA.
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Qin S, Hu C, Yang D, Wu J, Yue H, Tang C, Zhang B. Emergence of porcine epidemic diarrhea viruses with the novel S genes in Tibetan pigs in the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in China. Virus Res 2019; 270:197652. [PMID: 31301333 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2019.197652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 06/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
The purpose of present study was to investigate the prevalence and genetic variation of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in Tibetan pigs on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in 2018. The PCR yielded a significantly high detection rate (38.34%, 95%CI=31.5-45.6%) for PEDV from 193 fecal samples from Tibetan pigs. The novel PEDVs were discovered in Tibetan pigs and seven complete S genes were obtained and analyzed. The unique multiple mutations were detected in S genes of PEDV from Tibetan pigs, one of which led to a new amino acid substitution of a neutralizing epitope. Phylogenetic analysis showed that seven S genes had significant genetic distance to other PEDV. Specially, two S genes formed a novel subgroup on the genogroup 2 (G2) branch, of which same recombination event occurred between different strains from genotype G2. The remaining five S genes formed a new subgroup on the G1 branch, among which distinct recombination events occurred between genotypes G1 and G2 strains. The result indicated that the new recombination events were detected in the S genes of PEDV from Tibetan pigs, which could be circulating in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Notably, the four complete PEDV genomes obtained in this study had an identical recombination region spanning S2, ORF3 and E genes. This is the first report of the crossover regional recombination event in PEDV genome. Our findings not only augmented current understanding of the genetic evolution of PEDV, but also indicated that new variants of PEDV strains have been emerging in Tibetan pigs.
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- Sinan Qin
- College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China; Institute of Animal Science of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, Kangding 626000, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China; Institute of Animal Science of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, Kangding 626000, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China; Key laboratory of Ministry of Education and Sichuan Province for Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Animal Genetic Resource Reservation and Utilization, Chengdu 610041, China; Animal Disease Prevention and Control Innovation Team in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Chengdu 610041, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China; Key laboratory of Ministry of Education and Sichuan Province for Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Animal Genetic Resource Reservation and Utilization, Chengdu 610041, China; Animal Disease Prevention and Control Innovation Team in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China; Key laboratory of Ministry of Education and Sichuan Province for Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Animal Genetic Resource Reservation and Utilization, Chengdu 610041, China; Animal Disease Prevention and Control Innovation Team in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Chengdu 610041, China.
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