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Characterization of Nervous Necrosis Virus (NNV) Nonstructural Protein B2 and Its Enhancement on Virus Proliferation. Viruses 2022; 14:v14122818. [PMID: 36560822 PMCID: PMC9786564 DOI: 10.3390/v14122818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The nerve necrosis virus (NNV), a pathogen of viral nervous necrosis disease in several important mariculture economic fish species, causes economic loss. Its nonstructural protein B2 encoded by the sub-genomic RNA3 affects the amplification of the virus. In this study, the B2 protein was recombinantly expressed, the polyclonal antibodies were produced and the dynamics of the B2 protein and genomes were measured in vivo and in vitro after NNV infection. Then, the effects of the overexpressed B2 protein on virus proliferation were investigated. The results showed that the polyclonal antibodies can recognize the B2 protein in both SSN-1 cells and the brain/eye of the grouper. The RNA3 expression significantly increased at 12 h and kept rising till the end of the experiment; it was 106.9 copies/μL at 120 h. The B2 protein could be first detected at 3 h post-infection, which was earlier than the capsid protein was first detected (12 h post-infection). The B2 protein can be detected in the brain, eye and heart on day 3 and the copy number of genomes reached a maximum at 6 d post-infection. There was a low expression of NNV genomes in the liver, spleen and kidney, and no virus was detected in the gill, stomach and intestine. In the meantime, the B2 protein was successfully expressed in GF-1 cells and significantly enhanced virus proliferation, which produced an earlier cytopathic effect and higher cell death rates after 3 d post-infection than the control. In conclusion, the B2 protein acts as an early expressed protein during virus replication and proliferation and is involved in the early infection of NNV. The results may provide insight into the early stage of virus infection and prevention of the disease.
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Liu S, Xia J, Tian Y, Yao L, Xu T, Li X, Li X, Wang W, Kong J, Zhang Q. Investigation of Pathogenic Mechanism of Covert Mortality Nodavirus Infection in Penaeus vannamei. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:904358. [PMID: 35711775 PMCID: PMC9195102 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.904358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Viral covert mortality disease (VCMD), also known as running mortality syndrome (RMS), is caused by covert mortality nodavirus (CMNV) and has impacted the shrimp farming industry in Asia and Latin America in recent years. The pathogenic mechanism of CMNV infecting Penaeus vannamei was investigated in this study. In the naturally infected shrimp, histopathological and in situ hybridization (ISH) analysis verified that CMNV infection and severe cellar structural damage occurred in almost all cells of the ommatidium. Under transmission electron microscopic (TEM), vacuolation and necrosis, together with numerous CMNV-like particles, could be observed in the cytoplasm of most cell types of the ommatidium. The challenge test showed that a low CMNV infectious dose caused cumulative mortality of 66.7 ± 6.7% and 33.3 ± 3.6% of shrimp in the 31-day outdoor and indoor farming trials, respectively. The shrimp in the infection group grew slower than those in the control group; the percentage of soft-shell individuals in the infection group (42.9%) was much higher than that of the control group (17.1%). The histopathological and ISH examinations of individuals artificially infected with CMNV revealed that severe cellar damage, including vacuolation, karyopyknosis, and structural failure, occurred not only in the cells of the refraction part of the ommatidium, but also in the cells of the nerve enrichment and hormone secretion zones. And the pathological damages were severe in the nerve cells of both the ventral nerve cord and segmental nerve of the pleopods. TEM examination revealed the ultrastructural pathological changes and vast amounts of CMNV-like particles in the above-mentioned tissues. The differential transcriptome analysis showed that the CMNV infection resulted in the significant down-regulated expression of genes of photo-transduction, digestion, absorption, and growth hormones, which might be the reason for the slow growth of shrimp infected by CMNV. This study uncovered unique characteristics of neurotropism of CMNV for the first time and explored the pathogenesis of slow growth and shell softening of P. vannamei caused by CMNV infection.
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- Shuang Liu
- Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Qingdao, China
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- Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Qingdao, China
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- Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Qingdao, China
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- Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Qingdao, China
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- Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Qingdao, China
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- Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Key Laboratory of Maricultural Organism Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Key Laboratory of Mariculture Epidemiology and Biosecurity, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Peruzza L, Pascoli F, Dalla Rovere G, Franch R, Ferraresso S, Babbucci M, Biasini L, Abbadi M, Panzarin V, Toffan A, Bargelloni L. Transcriptome analysis reveals a complex response to the RGNNV/SJNNV reassortant Nervous Necrosis Virus strain in sea bream larvae. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2021; 114:282-292. [PMID: 33971258 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2021.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) is a marine fish of great importance for Mediterranean aquaculture. This species has long been considered resistant to Nervous Necrosis Virus (NNV), an RNA virus that causes massive mortalities in several farmed fish animals. However, the recent appearance of RGNNV/SJNNV reassortant strains started to pose a serious threat to sea bream hatcheries, as it is able to infect larvae and juveniles of this species. While host response to NNV has been extensively studied in adult fish, little attention has been devoted to early life history stages, which are generally the most sensitive ones. Here we report for the first time a time-course RNA-seq analysis on 21-day old fish gilthead sea bream larvae experimentally infected with a RGNNV/SJNNV strain. NNV-infected and mock-infected samples were collected at four time points (6 h, 12 h, 24 h, and 48 h post infection). Four biological replicates, each consisting of five pooled larvae, were analysed for each time point and group. A large set of genes were found to be significantly regulated, especially at early time points (6 h and 12 h), with several heat shock protein encoding transcripts being up-regulated (e.g. hspa5, dnaj4, hspa9, hsc70), while many immune genes were down-regulated (e.g. myd88 and irf5 at T06, pik3r1, stat3, jak1, il12b and il6st at T12). A gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) identified several altered pathways/processes. For instance, the formation of peroxisomes, which are important anti-viral components as well as essential for nervous system homeostasis, and the autophagy pathway were down-regulated at 6 h and 24 h post infection (hpi). Finally, two custom "reactomes" (i.e. significant gene sets observed in other studies) were defined and used. The first reactome integrated the transcriptomic response to NNV in different fish species, while the second one included all genes found to be stimulated either by interferon (IFN) or by IFN and Chikungunya virus in zebrafish. Genes in both reactomes showed predominant up-regulation at 6hpi and 12hpi and a general down-regulation at 24hpi. Such evidence suggest a certain degree of similarity between the response of sea bream and that of other fish species to NNV, while the observed down-regulation of IFN- and viral-stimulated pathways argues for a possible interference of NNV against the host response.
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- L Peruzza
- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale Dell'Università, 16 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy.
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- Division of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, OIE Reference Centre for Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Venezie (IZSVe), Padua, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale Dell'Università, 16 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale Dell'Università, 16 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale Dell'Università, 16 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale Dell'Università, 16 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Division of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, OIE Reference Centre for Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Venezie (IZSVe), Padua, Italy
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- Division of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, OIE Reference Centre for Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Venezie (IZSVe), Padua, Italy
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- Division of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, OIE Reference Centre for Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Venezie (IZSVe), Padua, Italy
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- Division of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, OIE Reference Centre for Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Delle Venezie (IZSVe), Padua, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale Dell'Università, 16 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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Krishnan R, Kim JO, Qadiri SSN, Kim JO, Oh MJ. Early viral uptake and host-associated immune response in the tissues of seven-band grouper following a bath challenge with nervous necrosis virus. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 103:454-463. [PMID: 32439512 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In the present study, early uptake of nervous necrosis virus (NNV) in the tissues (gill, brain, skin, eye, heart) and immune response associated with the uptake in the gill and brain of seven-band grouper was investigated. The gill was found to act as a primary portal of entry for NNV during the initial phase of the water-borne infection. The presence of viral genome and infectious particles was demonstrated using quantitative (qPCR, viral titer) and qualitative (ISH) approach. Initially, an increased viral uptake was noticed, but the virus got cleared from the gills at the later phase of infection. Localization in the brain was evident at the blood-brain barrier followed by the brain parenchyma in the latter stage of infection. Nectin-4, an established NNV receptor, and GHSC70 showed an up-regulated expression throughout the challenge period initially in the gill and at latter phase in brain; however, it seems that the virus does not use gill as a primary replication site but brain as a permissive tissue. Combined activity as reflected by the up-regulation of cytokine, interferon, antigen-presenting cell, and immunoglobulin genes restricts early NNV replication in gill. Observations from the present study provide a better understanding of early NNV entry and also opens a window for further elucidating the modes of NNV neuro-invasion through systemic circulation.
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- Rahul Krishnan
- Department of Aqualife Medicine, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Aqualife Medicine, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, Republic of Korea; KVK-Ganderbal, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar, 190006, J&K, India
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- National Institute of Fisheries Science, Busan, 46083, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Aqualife Medicine, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, Republic of Korea.
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Betanodavirus and VER Disease: A 30-year Research Review. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9020106. [PMID: 32050492 PMCID: PMC7168202 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9020106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The outbreaks of viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (VER), caused by nervous necrosis virus (NNV), represent one of the main infectious threats for marine aquaculture worldwide. Since the first description of the disease at the end of the 1980s, a considerable amount of research has gone into understanding the mechanisms involved in fish infection, developing reliable diagnostic methods, and control measures, and several comprehensive reviews have been published to date. This review focuses on host–virus interaction and epidemiological aspects, comprising viral distribution and transmission as well as the continuously increasing host range (177 susceptible marine species and epizootic outbreaks reported in 62 of them), with special emphasis on genotypes and the effect of global warming on NNV infection, but also including the latest findings in the NNV life cycle and virulence as well as diagnostic methods and VER disease control.
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