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Editor, Senior Moderator
Virulence. 2017 Sep 5:0. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1366408. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Altered virulence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N8 reassortant viruses in mammalian models.[/h] Park SJ[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kim EH[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kwon HI[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Song MS[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kim SM[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kim YI[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Si YJ[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Lee IW[SUP]1[/SUP], Nguyen HD[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Shin OS[SUP]3[/SUP], Kim CJ[SUP]4[/SUP], Choi YK[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Recently identified highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 viruses (clade 2.3.4.4) are relatively low to moderately pathogenic in mammalian hosts compared to HPAI H5N1 viruses. In this study, we generated reassortant viruses comprised of A/MD/Korea/W452/2014(H5N8) with substitution of individual genes from A/EM/Korea/W149/2006(H5N1) to understand the contribution of each viral gene to virulence in mammals. Substituting the PB2 gene segment or the NA gene segment of the H5N8 virus by that from the H5N1 virus resulted in significantly enhanced pathogenicity compared with the parental H5N8 virus in mice. Of note, substitution of the PB2 gene segment of the H5N8 virus by that from the H5N1 virus resulted in a 1000-fold increase in virulence for mice compared to the parental virus (MLD[SUB]50[/SUB] decreased from 10[SUP]5.8[/SUP] to 10[SUP]2.5[/SUP] EID[SUB]50[/SUB]). Further, the W452[SUB]W149PB2[/SUB] virus also induced the highest virus titers in lungs at all time points and the highest levels of inflammatory cytokine responses among all viruses tested. This high virulence phenotype was also confirmed by high viral titers in the respiratory tracts of infected ferrets. Further, a mini-genome assay revealed that W452[SUB]W149PB2[/SUB] has significantly increased polymerase activity (p < 0.001). Taken together, our study demonstrates that a single gene substitution from other avian influenza viruses can alter the pathogenicity of recent H5N8 viruses, and therefore emphasizes the need for intensive monitoring of reassortment events among co-circulating avian and mammalian viruses.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H5N8; HPAI influenza virus; PB2; reassortment; virulence
PMID: 28873012 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1366408
[h=1]Altered virulence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N8 reassortant viruses in mammalian models.[/h] Park SJ[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kim EH[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kwon HI[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Song MS[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kim SM[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kim YI[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Si YJ[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Lee IW[SUP]1[/SUP], Nguyen HD[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Shin OS[SUP]3[/SUP], Kim CJ[SUP]4[/SUP], Choi YK[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Recently identified highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 viruses (clade 2.3.4.4) are relatively low to moderately pathogenic in mammalian hosts compared to HPAI H5N1 viruses. In this study, we generated reassortant viruses comprised of A/MD/Korea/W452/2014(H5N8) with substitution of individual genes from A/EM/Korea/W149/2006(H5N1) to understand the contribution of each viral gene to virulence in mammals. Substituting the PB2 gene segment or the NA gene segment of the H5N8 virus by that from the H5N1 virus resulted in significantly enhanced pathogenicity compared with the parental H5N8 virus in mice. Of note, substitution of the PB2 gene segment of the H5N8 virus by that from the H5N1 virus resulted in a 1000-fold increase in virulence for mice compared to the parental virus (MLD[SUB]50[/SUB] decreased from 10[SUP]5.8[/SUP] to 10[SUP]2.5[/SUP] EID[SUB]50[/SUB]). Further, the W452[SUB]W149PB2[/SUB] virus also induced the highest virus titers in lungs at all time points and the highest levels of inflammatory cytokine responses among all viruses tested. This high virulence phenotype was also confirmed by high viral titers in the respiratory tracts of infected ferrets. Further, a mini-genome assay revealed that W452[SUB]W149PB2[/SUB] has significantly increased polymerase activity (p < 0.001). Taken together, our study demonstrates that a single gene substitution from other avian influenza viruses can alter the pathogenicity of recent H5N8 viruses, and therefore emphasizes the need for intensive monitoring of reassortment events among co-circulating avian and mammalian viruses.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H5N8; HPAI influenza virus; PB2; reassortment; virulence
PMID: 28873012 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1366408