A novel subgroup among genotypes of equine arteritis virus: genetic comparison of 40 strains

The authors determined partial nucleic sequences of the variable regions of open-reading frame (ORF5) from 151 nucleotide to 668 nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of 518 nucleotide respectively of 20 equine arteritis virus (EAV) isolates. About 19 Hungarian and one Austrian EAV strains were subjected to sequence analysis, the further data of 20 EAV strains: six North American and 14 European were obtained from the GenBank. Comparative sequence analysis of the Hungarian EAV strains indicated that among the three variable regions the first has been affected mostly by point mutations. Genetic comparison of the Hungarian strains with other EAV isolates from western Europe and North America (including the Bucyrus reference strain) has been performed on the aforementioned genome region. Besides the already known genetic subgroups of EAV; phylogenetic analysis revealed a novel subgroup comprising mainly Hungarian strains. Compared with the Bucyrus virus, the overall sequence divergencies of the examined Hungarian strains ranged from 81.47 to 90.73% at nucleotide and from 84.88 to 91.86% at amino acid level. Epizootiological studies have shown that the significant part of the EAV strains having been existed in Hungary before and in 2000 belong to this unique cluster (II.D) which was not indicated in former phylogenetic studies. After 2000 new EAV strains emerged in Hungary, one of them causing abortions or neonatal death. The previously dominant 'Hungarian' EAV genotypes were replaced by these new strains belonging to North American and European subgroups (I.A, I.B, II.A, II.B). The anamnesis of these cases revealed connections with persistent virus shedder stallions, those were imported to the country after 2000 or have been infected abroad. One of these Hungarian stallions became the source of abortion storms in Hungarian studs.     

Epizotiology and phylogeny of equine arteritis virus in hucul horses

The aim of the study was to determine the situation of equine arteritis virus (EAV) infections in hucul horses. A total of 176 horses (154 mares and 22 stallions) from the biggest hucul horse stud in Poland were tested. Antibodies against EAV were detected in 97 (55.1%) horses. The EAV seroprevalence among mares was 53.2% while in stallions - 68.2%. The percentage of positive mares increased with their age, thus amongst the mares of less than 2 years of age the percentage was 32.5%, while in the group of 3-5 years old increased to 59.4% and in the mares in the age of 6-10 years and older than 10 years 89.5% and 95% were seropositive, respectively. Among 11 seropositive stallions five were supposed to be shedders of EAV with their semen. It is likely that those persistently infected stallions were the reservoirs of the virus in the stud. Genetic studies using of ORF5 gene showed high homology between the viruses detected in the semen of those stallions what suggested lateral transmission between the stallions sharing the same stable. Persistent infection in an immature stallion, which has not yet been used for breeding, was established as a result of infection via respiratory route. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that all hucul viruses shared the same ancestor and as most of EAV strains dominating in Polish horse population belonged to the European origin EAV subgroup (EU-1).     

Nucleotide sequence and genetic analysis of the leader region of Canadian, American and European equine arteritis virus isolates.

The extreme 5' end, the entire leader sequence of the Arvac vaccine strain, and 10 equine arteritis virus (EAV) isolates, including the ATCC Bucyrus reference strain and 5 Canadian field isolates, were determined and compared at the primary nucleotide and secondary structure levels. The leader sequence of eight EAV isolates, including the Bucyrus reference strain, and the leader sequence of the Arvac vaccine strain was determined to be 206 nt in length (not including the putative 5' cap structure-associated nucleotide) whereas those of the 86AB-A1 and 86NY-A1 isolates were found to be 205 and 207 nt in length, respectively. The sequence identity of the leader sequences, between the different isolates and the Bucyrus reference strain, ranged from 94.2 to 98.5%. Phylogenetic analysis and estimation of genetic distances, based on the leader nucleic acid sequences, showed that all EAV isolates/strains are likely to represent a large phylogenetically-related group. An AUG start codon found at position 14 in all EAV isolates/strains could initiate an open reading frame (ORF) that could produce a polypeptide of 37 amino acids, except for the 86NY-A1 isolate where the intraleader polypeptide would contain 54 amino acids. Computer-predicted RNA secondary structures were identified in the 11 EAV leader regions analyzed. All EAV isolates/strains showed 3 conserved stem-loops (designated A, B and C). An additional conserved stem-loop (D) was observed in 7 EAV isolates, including the Bucyrus reference strain. The leader region distal to stem-loop D did not contain conserved sequences or stem-loop structures common to the EAV isolates/strains.     

Lateral transmission of equine arteritis virus among Lipizzaner stallions in South Africa

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY: A serological study conducted in 1995 revealed that 7 stallions at the Lipizzaner Centre, Gauteng, South Africa, were seropositive for antibody to equine arteritis virus (EAV). A Lipizzaner stallion imported into South Africa from Yugoslavia in 1981 had previously (1988) been confirmed to be an EAV carrier. Despite being placed under life-long breeding quarantine, EAV had been transmitted between stallions at the Lipizzaner Centre. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the phylogenetic relationships between the strain of EAV shed in the semen of the original carrier stallion and strains recovered from the semen of 5 other stallions; and to investigate the means whereby lateral transmission of EAV occurred among 7 in-contact, nonbreeding stallions at the Centre. METHODS: EAV was isolated from semen collected from the seropositive stallions using RK-13 cells. Viral RNA was reverse transcribed and amplified by polymerase chain reaction using ORF 5-specific primers, subjected to sequence and phylogenetic analysis. RESULTS: Phylogenetic analysis of strains of EAV recovered from the semen of 6 persistently infected stallions confirmed that all viruses were closely related and probably derived from a common ancestor, i.e. the stallion imported from Yugoslavia. Lateral transmission subsequently occurred among 7 in-contact, nonbreeding stallions at the Centre. It is speculated that these stallions may have been exposed to virus from bedding or fomites contaminated with semen. CONCLUSIONS: These data confirm that lateral transmission of EAV can occur from shedding stallions to susceptible, in-contact horses, including other stallions, which may become persistently infected with the virus. POTENTIAL RELEVANCE: The findings are consistent with lateral spread of a single, unique strain of EAV among a group; and suggest that transmission of EAV may be initiated by infection of one or more stallions with virus on bedding or other fomites contaminated with EAV- infected semen.     

2018年广东部分地区猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒流行毒株ORF5基因变异分析

为了解广东省猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)流行毒株ORF5基因遗传变异情况,采用RT-PCR对2018年采自广东部分地区疑似患有PRRS的猪肺组织样品进行PRRSV ORF5基因扩增以及克隆测序,并进行生物信息学分析。结果表明,成功扩增出18株PRRSV流行毒株的ORF5基因片段。ORF5基因序列分析表明,18株PRRSV流行毒株ORF5基因核苷酸同源性为83.7%~99.8%,PRRSV流行毒株与参考毒株的同源性为62.1%~99.8%。基于ORF5基因的遗传进化树分析表明,18株PRRSV流行株均为美洲型毒株。其中,10株与以JXA1为代表的高致病性毒株亲缘较近,2株与新型高致病性毒株FZ16A相似;1株与以NT1为代表的疫苗返强毒株亲缘较近,1株与以R98为代表的疫苗毒株亲缘性较近,4株与广东新报道的GM2和QYYZ毒株亲缘性较近。DNA推导氨基酸序列分析表明,18株流行株的氨基酸序列与国内已报道的代表株相比发生不同程度的变异,GP5抗原表位上存在着差异。研究结果揭示了广东地区PRRSV有新型强毒株、重组毒株以及疫苗返强毒株的流行,提示养殖者谨慎、合理使用疫苗,防止疫苗毒株返强和毒株重组,为该地区防控PRRS提供参考。     

马动脉炎病毒N蛋白基因GST融合表达载体的构建及表达

采用RT-PCR方法扩增出马动脉炎病毒核衣壳蛋白基因0RF7,并将其克隆到pMDl8-T载体,构建成重组质粒pMDl8-N,在上海生物工程公司测序。结果表明,所克隆的核衣壳蛋白基因序列与EAVNC-002532株的同源性为99％。表明0RF7是EAV基因组内的保守序列,将0RF7亚克隆到原核表达载体pGEX-6P-1中,构建成重组质粒pGEX-6P-N,用pGEX-6P-N转化表达菌株BL21（DE3）,诱导表达后SDS-PAGE和Westernblotting分析表明,克隆在谷胱苷肽硫转移酶（GST）下游的核衣壳蛋白基因与GST获得了高效融合表达,表达的融合蛋白GST-N分子质量约为40ku,为马动脉炎病毒病血清学诊断方法的建立奠定了基础。     

Cloning and Sequence Analysis of Complete Genomes of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV-2) Jiangxi Strains

In order to understand the epidemiology and evolution of PCV-2 in Jiangxi province, a pair of primers was designed according to the PCV-2 gene sequence published in GenBank. After PCR amplification, we got the whole genome sequence of 9 strains PCV-2 isolates, and the nucleotide and protein sequences were analyzed, the genetic evolutionary tree was constructed. The results showed that the complete genome of 8 out of the 9 strains were 1 767 bp in length and one strain was 1 768 bp. By analyzing the whole genome sequences of the nucleotide,the homology of nucleotide sequences of the 9 strains was 94.7% to 99.9%.Compared with other whole genome sequences of PCV-2 in GenBank, the homology was 94.3% to 99.8%. The homology of nucleotide sequences of the ORF1 of the 9 strain was 96.9% to 100.0%. ORF2 and ORF3 encoding protein amino acid sequence had some locus mutation. Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that the 9 strains could be divided into 3 genotypes,5 strains belonged to PCV-2b, 3 strains belonged to PCV-2d, and 1 strain belonged to PCV-2a. This study was helpful to monitor and control of PCV-2 in Jiangxi province.     

猪圆环病毒2型江西株的全基因组克隆和序列分析

为了解江西地区猪圆环病毒2型（PCV-2）的流行和进化情况,根据GenBank上已发表的PCV-2全基因序列设计1对引物,PCR扩增后得到9条PCV-2全基因序列,并对其全基因序列核苷酸和蛋白序列进行分析,绘制遗传进化树。结果表明,江西地区流行的9株PCV-2中,基因组序列全长分为8株1 767 bp和1株1 768 bp,9株PCV-2的核苷酸同源性为94.7%~99.9%,与GenBank己发表的PCV-2分离株全基因组同源性介于94.3%~99.8%之间,而9株PCV-2的ORF1核苷酸序列同源性为96.9%~100.0%。ORF2和ORF3编码的蛋白氨基酸序列存在部分位点突变。遗传进化树显示为3种基因型：5株PCV-2b、3株PCV-2d、1株PCV-2a。本研究有助于江西地区PCV-2的监测和防制。     

猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒ORF7基因原核表达载体的构建及序列分析

根据GenBank中美洲型猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)ORF7基因序列,设计合成一对引物,应用RT-PCR方法扩增出猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)的ORF7基因(N基因)。将所扩增片段克隆入原核表达载体pET-32a(+),pET-ORF7重组质粒转化DH5a宿主菌后,经双酶切、PCR鉴定后挑选阳性克隆测序鉴定并对插入的ORF7基因序列进行分析。结果表明,ORF7基因的原核表达载体构建成功。ORF7基因序列与美洲型的ORF7基因核苷酸同源性为92.8%～99.7%,与LV株的相应基因核苷酸同源性为65.3%;推导的氨基酸与美洲型相应基因的同源性为92.0%～99.2%,与LV株的同源性为65.3%,系统进化树表明该PRRSV属于美洲型。本研究为N蛋白的进一步研究和制备诊断性抗原奠定了基础。     

2013年-2014年江西地区PRRSV分离株NSP2及ORF5基因的遗传变异分析

为研究江西地区猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV) ORF5基因的变异情况及NSP2基因的结构特征,采用RT-PCR方法扩增了12份江西地区猪场疑似患PRRS的猪肺脏样品中的ORF5全序列和NSP2部分序列,应用DNAStar和Mega 6.0等软件对所得序列进行同源性比对及遗传变异分析。12株PRRSV ORF5核苷酸同源性为83.7%~99.8%,氨基酸同源性为82.1%~99.5%;与参考毒株JXA1、VR-2332和LV的核苷酸同源性分别为84.9%~99.7%、85.2%~91.0%和62.4%~64.8%。对阳性病料进行了NSP2基因部分序列的扩增,测序结果显示12株PRRSV均属于美洲型毒株,12株PRRSV的NSP2部分序列均存在30个氨基酸的不连续缺失,与高致病性PRRSV有相同的缺失特征。12株PRRSV的ORF5遗传进化树分析显示,10株与高致病性PRRSV处在同一进化分支,进一步说明高致病性PRRSV已成为江西地区的优势流行毒株。     

2005年-2010年我国部分地区PRRSV流行毒株的遗传变异分析

为了掌握高致病性猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)的变异情况,揭示该病的发生规律,根据GenBank登录的PRRSV基因序列设计引物,采用RT-PCR法对2005年-2010年间送检的282份病料进行了PRRSV核酸检测,对其中9份阳性样品进行了ORF5～7基因片段扩增和测序,所得序列与GenBank下栽的PRRSV...     

鸭圆环病毒ORF3基因的克隆及序列分析

为了解鸭圆环病毒(DuCV)不同分离株ORF3基因变异情况及分析其同源性,本研究从临床病料中分离10株DuCV,扩增ORF3基因并测定其序列.通过与已知序列比对分析发现,DuCV ORF3基因分为两种基因型,大小分别为237 bp和297bp.ORF3基因同一基因型之间的核苷酸同源性为95.8％～100％,氨基酸同源性为88.6％～100％,而不同基因型之间的核苷酸同源性仅为87.8％～91.6％,氨基酸同源性仅为72.2％～81.0％.     

Highly diverse type of equine arteritis virus (EAV) from the semen of a South African donkey: short communication

Equine arteritis virus (EAV) was detected by RT-nested PCR in semen samples from a naturally infected South African donkey. Sequence analysis of the amplified ORF5 fragment revealed only 60 to 70% nucleotide identity to a panel of EAV reference sequences. The unique donkey EAV sequence was also found to be stable during passage in horses. The sequence data reported in this study indicate that the South African donkey variant might represent a new genotype of EAV. The distinct genetic properties of the South African asinine strain of EAV suggest a divergent evolution of this arterivirus in various host species or, alternatively, a possible role for African donkeys in the emergence of EAV in horses.     

2014年-2016年广西地区猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒Nsp2和ORF5基因的遗传多样性分析

为了解广西地区猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)流行毒株的遗传进化情况,对2014年-2016年来自广西各地的部分PRRSV阳性病料进行Nsp2和ORF5基因的扩增和测序分析.结果获得34个Nsp2基因序列和45个ORF5基因序列,均属于美洲型毒株.Nsp2基因间核苷酸序列的同源性为91.8％~100％,与PRRSV美洲型毒株VR-2332、CH-1a、JXA1及NADC30株核苷酸序列的同源性分别为81.3％~84.3％、88.9％~92.1％、94.3％~99.3％和73.5％~75.1％,而与PRRSV欧洲型毒株LV株核苷酸序列的同源性为51.5％~53.2％.ORF5基因间核苷酸序列的同源性为82.8％~100％,与PRRSV美洲型毒株VR-2332、CH-1a、JXA1及NADC30株核苷酸序列的同源性分别为83.7％~99.5％、85％~95％、83.8％~99.7％和83.2％~86.4％,而与PRRSV欧洲型毒株LV株核苷酸序列的同源性为62.4％~64.5％.基于Nsp2和ORF5基因推导的氨基酸序列绘制的遗传进化树中,广西地区的毒株主要分布在以JXA1为代表的Ⅳ亚群.表明当前广西PRRSV流行毒株以JXA1株为代表的高致病性美洲型毒株为主,各毒株Nsp2和ORF5基因序列存在一定的差异,尚未发现欧洲型毒株和美洲型NADC30类毒株.     

Genetic variation and phylogenetic analyses of the ORF5 gene of acute porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus isolates

Swine herds in the US have experienced recent outbreaks of a severe form of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (designated acute or atypical PRRS) characterized by abortion and high mortality in pregnant sows. Most of the affected herds had been vaccinated with modified live-vaccines (MLVs) against PRRS. To explore the possible mechanism of the emergence of acute PRRS, the open reading frame 5 (ORF5) gene encoding the major envelope protein (GP5) of acute PRRSV isolates was characterized. The complete ORF5 gene of eight acute PRRSV isolates from herds experiencing acute PRRS outbreaks in Iowa and North Carolina was amplified and sequenced. Sequence analyses revealed that these acute PRRSV isolates shared 88-95% nucleotide and 88-96% amino acid sequence identities to each other, 87-97% nucleotide and 84-96% amino acid sequence identities with other North American PRRSV isolates and the MLVs. Most of the amino acid substitutions locate in the putative signal sequence and two short hypervariable regions at the amino terminus. The ORF5 gene sequence of the acute PRRSV isolate 98-37120-2 from a non-vaccinated swine herd in Iowa is very closely related to that of the RespPRRS MLV, with 97% nucleotide and 96% amino acid sequence identities. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that all eight acute PRRSV isolates are clustered within the North American genotype. Several minor branches that are not associated with geographic origins were also identified within the North American genotype. One acute PRRSV isolate (98-37120-2) is clustered with the RespPRRS MLV and several Danish isolates that were confirmed to be derived from the RespPRRS MLV. The ORF5 gene sequences of other seven acute isolates are more related to those of several earlier PRRSV isolates and the PrimePac MLV than to that of the RespPRRS MLV. Our results showed that the acute PRRSV isolates analyzed in this study differed from each other in ORF5 genes, although they all clustered within the North American genotype. The data from this study do not fully support the hypothesis that the emergence of acute PRRS is due to reversion of MLVs to a pathogenic phenotype, as only one of the eight acute isolates was shown to be very closely related to the RespPRRS MLV.     

Identification of Polish RHDVa subtype strains based on the analysis of a highly variable part of VP60 gene

In order to determine the genetic variability of Polish RHD virus strains and to confirm the presence of genetic variant (RHDVa) subtype the partial nucleotide sequences of capsid protein gene, including two highly variable regions C and E, were examined. Phylogenetic analyses of 15 viral strains obtained over 18 years revealed the presence of three genetic groups. The oldest RHDV strains exhibit very close amino acid sequence similarity (98-99%) to the German FRG89 reference strain and most of European strains of the same period, as well as Chinese isolate from 1984. The HA-negative strains and isolates with variable reactivity in the HA test belong to the second subgroup and exhibit an intermediate level of variability (about 3%) in the analysed VP60 gene fragment. The most genetically variable strains (6-7%) clustered to RHDVa subtype. The analysis of nucleotides and amino acid sequences demonstrated three pairs of well conserved RHDV strains, isolated over 3, 6 and 10-year period.     

杂交野猪猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒分离及其ORF6、ORF7基因的序列分析

试验旨在研究杂交野猪猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, PRRSV) 辽宁分离株的遗传变异情况及分子生物学特征.用Marc-145细胞从辽宁某杂交野猪场疑似猪繁殖与呼吸综合征(porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, PRRS)病猪血液中分离到1株病毒,该分离毒株经Marc-145细胞6次传代后出现稳定的细胞病变,采用RT-PCR方法对分离病毒进行ORF6和ORF7基因的扩增、克隆和测序,并与已知序列毒株的相应片段进行同源性比对.结果表明,分离毒株的ORF6、ORF7基因与国内外美洲型毒株的核苷酸同源性分别为96.0%～100.0%、94.5%～99.4%;氨基酸同源性分别为89.6%～100.0%、87.3%～98.7%;与欧洲型代表毒株LV的ORF6、ORF7基因差异较大,核苷酸同源性分别为70.4%、70.1%,氨基酸同源性分别为48.8%、49.7%.推测辽宁杂交野猪体内分离毒株在基因型上属于美洲型毒株.     

猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒与副猪嗜血杆菌混合感染的诊断

为确诊广东省阳江市某规模化猪场（存栏800头母猪）保育猪发病死亡的原因,本试验对从该发病猪场采集的3份肺脏、肝脏、脾脏临床样品进行细菌学检测及药敏试验,采用PCR/RT-PCR检测临床样品中猪伪狂犬病病毒（PRV）、猪瘟病毒（CSFV）、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒（PRRSV）、猪圆环病毒2型（PCV2）、猪圆环病毒3型（PCV3）和猪肺炎支原体等病原。对特异性扩增的3株PRRSV的ORF5基因产物进行序列测定,与VR2332、HuN4、JXA1、CH-1a等代表毒株进行核苷酸序列同源性分析,并构建系统进化树。结果表明,试验分离鉴定出1株副猪嗜血杆菌（Hps）,对7种临床常用药如阿莫西林、头孢拉定等均有较强的敏感性。同源性比对结果表明,3株PRRSV （LJW1、LJW2和LJW3）ORF5基因核苷酸同源性为99.3%~99.8%,与欧洲型代表毒株Lelystad核苷酸同源性为64.0%~64.2%,与HP-PRRSV毒株JXA1、HuN4、CH-1a和TJ核苷酸同源性较高,分别为99.2%~99.5%、99.0%~99.3%、94.5%~94.9%和98.8%~99.2%;与中国河南和广西分离的HP-PRRSV毒株HeNzm1-16和GXLZ05-2015核苷酸同源性较高,分别为99.3%~99.7%和99.2%~99.7%,与美洲型经典疫苗株MLV、美洲型标准株NC、美洲型经典株VR2332核苷酸同源性较低,分别为88.5%~88.8%、85.2%~85.5%和82.3%~82.6%。PRRSV ORF5基因系统进化树分析表明,3株PRRSV均属于美洲型毒株,与国内HP-PRRSV代表毒株JXA1、HuN4和TJ等处于同一分支,亲缘关系较近。本研究揭示了该场保育猪发病病原,并从分子水平上明确了分离的3株PRRSV与不同代表毒株的亲缘关系,为弱毒疫苗的合理选择使用和综合防控PRRSV提供了参考依据。