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The Impacts of Reassortant Avian Influenza H5N2 Virus NS1 Proteins on Viral Compatibility and Regulation of Immune Responses
- Source :
- Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 11 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media SA, 2020.
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Abstract
- Avian influenza virus (AIV) can cause severe diseases in poultry worldwide. H6N1 AIV was the dominant enzootic subtype in 1985 in the chicken farms of Taiwan until the initial outbreak of a low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) H5N2 virus in 2003; thereafter, this and other LPAIs have been sporadically detected. In 2015, the outbreak of three novel H5Nx viruses of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) emerged and devastated Taiwanese chicken and waterfowl industries. The mechanism of variation in pathogenicity among these viruses is unclear; but, in light of the many biological functions of viral non-structural protein 1 (NS1), including interferon (IFN) antagonist and host range determinant, we hypothesized that NS genetic diversity contributes to AIV pathogenesis. To determine the impact of NS1 variants on viral infection dynamics, we established a reverse genetics system with the genetic backbone of the enzootic Taiwanese H6N1 for generation of reassortant AIVs carrying exogenous NS segments of three different Taiwanese H5N2 strains. We observed distinct cellular distributions of NS1 among the reassortant viruses. Moreover, exchange of the NS segment significantly influenced growth kinetics and induction of cytokines [IFN-α, IFN-β, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α)] in an NS1- and host-specific manner. The impact of NS1 variants on viral replication appears related to their synergic effects on viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity and IFN response. With these approaches, we revealed that NS1 is a key factor responsible for the diverse characteristics of AIVs in Taiwan.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
viruses
lcsh:QR1-502
NS1
avian influenza virus
Biology
medicine.disease_cause
Microbiology
lcsh:Microbiology
Virus
reverse genetics
03 medical and health sciences
Interferon
Reassortant Viruses
medicine
Original Research
030304 developmental biology
0303 health sciences
030306 microbiology
virus diseases
Outbreak
H5N2
Virology
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1
Reverse genetics
RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity
Viral replication
Enzootic
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1664302X
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4f080193d5d1464307dd2e90a7057a6d