›› 2012, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (11): 13-17.

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Mutations of ORF3 and ORF5 Gene of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus under Antibody Selective Pressure

HU Jing1, JIANG Ai-xiang1, NIU Xiao-yun1, SU Dan-ping1, CHEN Rui-ai1,2, HE Dong-sheng1,2   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine,South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou 510642,China;
    2. Guangdong Dahuanong Animal Health Products Co.,Ltd.,Xinxing 527400,China
  • Received:2012-03-30 Online:2012-11-20 Published:2012-11-22

Abstract: To study the mutants of a highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), HPPRRSV-JXA1 strain was continuously passed in Marc-145 cell cultures with or without anti-JXA1 pig sera for 30 passagesand named JXA1-Abf30 and JXA1-f30 respectively. Infected cells were collected for extraction of viral RNA every 10 passages,ORF3 and ORF5 genes were amplified,cloned and sequenced. Sequence analysis indicated that numbers of nucleotide mutations on ORF3 and ORF5 genes in JXA1-Abf30 and JXA1-f30 strain were 18 and 9, numbers of amino acids mutations were 15 and 3 respectively. The ratio of nucleotide mutative speed between the two strains was 186% , The ratio of amino acid mutative speed of two strains was 500%, non-synonymous VS synonymous mutation ratios (NS/S) of ORF3 and ORF5 genes in two strains were 5.0 and 0.5. Besides,there were 4 stable NS mutations in ORF5 gene and two of them (related to AA31 and AA190) were related to the known epitopes during passages with anti-PRRSV sera,which were not detected in passages without specific antibody. It indicated that mutations in PRRSV under antibody immune selection pressure were significantly faster than PRRSV without antibody immune selection pressure, anti-PRRSV sera had strong immune selective pressures on viral evolution in its ORF5 genes, but for ORF3 gene, mutation influence was less than ORF5 genes.

Key words: PRRSV; ORF3; ORF5; immune selection pressure; genetic mutations

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