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A Seamless Cloning Approach for Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Expression Vector Construction
Published on: May 17, 2024
Two natural recombinant highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome viruses with different
Nanhua Chen1, Xiuling Yu, Lilin Wang
1Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, China Animal Disease Control Center, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (HP-PRRSV) is a variant of type 2 PRRSV with high virulence. Genetic and pathogenic characteristics of HP-PRRSV vary rapidly during the evolution. In this study, we determined the complete genome of a HP-PRRSV isolate designated 10FUJ-2, which shared 98.34 % nucleotide identity with HP-PRRSV reference strain JXA1. Genomic analyses by phylogenetic tree and recombination detection program confirmed 10FUJ-2 to be a recombinant with 09JS and JXA1 as potential parental viruses. Furthermore, we identified that 10FUJ-2 has high virulence as similar as the parental viruses by animal challenge study. In addition, we found that SY0909 was also a recombination virus probably from JXA1 and NT0801, which has been reported to be low pathogenic. Recombination analysis also revealed that Glycoproteins GP2 to GP5 of HP-PRRSV might contain major virulence determinants. Identification of two natural recombinants with different virulence supports the notion that recombination is a driving force affecting HP-PRRSV pathogenicity and a common mechanism contributing to HP-PRRSV evolution.
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