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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
Avian influenza associated with H9N2 and H5N1 subtypes of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) has raised great concerns in China. To study this problem, reverse genetics has been employed. Three reassortants, rgH9N2, rgH5N1 and rgH5N2, were prepared and compared. Their hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes originated from Chinese AIV isolates of H9N2 or H5N1 subtype, while the rest of their genes were derived from A/WSN/33(H1N1) virus (WSN). In the H5 HA reassortants, the multibasic cleavage site was converted to a monobasic one. The results demonstrated that the reassortants did not produce CPE on MDCK cells in the absence of trypsin, showed egg-adaptation phenotype and stability of HA and NA during consecutive egg passages, and were not lethal to chickens and mice. However, the rgH5N1 reassortant exhibited a residual virulence in terms of lethality to chick embryos and pathogenesis in chickens. It can be concluded that (i) the genetic modification of H5 HA attenuated the H5 reassortants, (ii) the presence of internal WSN proteins contributed to the attenuated properties of the reassortants independently on H5 HA, and (iii) also the overall genome composition contributed to virulence differences. This report provides further contribution of reverse genetics to the knowledge of virulence of influenza viruses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-723X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
243-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Chickens, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Influenza, Human, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Influenza A Virus, H5N2 Subtype, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Influenza A Virus, H9N2 Subtype, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Influenza in Birds, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Neuraminidase, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Reassortant Viruses, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Viral Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17177609-Virulence
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Reassortment and modification of hemagglutinin cleavage motif of avian/WSN influenza viruses generated by reverse genetics that correlate with attenuation.
pubmed:affiliation
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't