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Wayha S, Koiwai K, Sano M, Hirono I, Kondo H. Application of nervous necrosis virus capsid protein-based antigen-presenting particles for vaccine development. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2024; 152:109803. [PMID: 39096980 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2024] [Revised: 07/31/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/05/2024]
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Nervous necrosis virus (NNV) capsid protein plays an important role in producing viral particles without any genetic elements. Thus, NNV is a promising candidate for vaccine development and is widely used for constructing vaccines, including DNA, recombinant proteins, and virus-like particles (VLPs). Our study aimed to investigate the potential of NNV capsid protein (NNV) and NNV capsid protein fused to enhanced green fluorescent protein (NNV-EGFP) through VLP formation and whether their application can induce specific antibody responses against certain antigens. We focused on producing DNA and recombinant protein vaccines consisting of the genes for NNV, EGFP, and NNV-EGFP. The approach using NNV-EGFP allowed NNV to act as a carrier or inducer while EGFP was incorporated as part of the capsid protein, thereby enhancing the immune response. In vitro studies demonstrated that all DNA vaccines expressed in HINAE cells resulted in varying protein expression levels, with particularly low levels observed for pNNV and pNNV-EGFP. Consequently, structural proteins derived from HINAE cells could not be observed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In contrast, recombinant proteins of NNV and NNV-EGFP were expressed through the Escherichia coli expression system. TEM revealed that rNNV was assembled into VLPs with an approximate size of 30 nm, whereas rNNV-EGFP presented particles ranging from 10 nm to 50 nm in size. For the vaccination test, DNA vaccination marginally induced specific antibody responses in Japanese flounder compared to unvaccinated fish. Meanwhile, NNV and NNV-EGFP recombinant vaccines enhanced a greater anti-NNV antibody response than the others, whereas antibody responses against EGFP were also marginal. These results indicate that NNV capsid protein-based antigens, presenting as particles, play an important role in eliciting a specific anti-NNV antibody response and have the potential to improve fish immune responses.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sajee Wayha
- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan
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- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan
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- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan
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- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan
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- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan.
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Feng Z, Cheng W, Ma M, Yu C, Zhang Y, Lu L, Wang H, Gui L, Xu D, Dong C. Generation and Characterization of ORF55/ORF57-Deleted Recombinant Cyprinid herpesvirus 2 Mutants with Chimeric Capsid Protein Gene of Grouper Nervous Necrosis Virus. Vaccines (Basel) 2023; 12:43. [PMID: 38250856 PMCID: PMC10820899 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines12010043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Cyprinid herpesvirus 2 (CyHV-2) is a pathogen that causes significant losses to the global aquaculture industry due to mass mortality in crucian carp and goldfish. This study demonstrates that the ORF55/ORF57 deletion mutants CyHV-2-Δ55-CP and CyHV-2-Δ57-CP obtained through homologous recombination replicate effectively within the caudal fin of Carassius auratus gibelio (GiCF) cells and exhibit morphologies similar to the CyHV-2 wild-type strain. Both mutants demonstrated a decrease in virulence, with CyHV-2-Δ57-CP exhibiting a more significant reduction. This serves as a reference for the subsequent development of recombinant attenuated vaccines against CyHV-2. Additionally, both mutants expressed the inserted RGNNV-CP (capsid protein of Redspotted grouper nervous necrosis virus) fusion protein gene, and inoculation with CyHV-2-Δ57-CP-infected GiCF cell lysates elicited an antibody response in the grouper. These results indicate that, while ORF55 and ORF57 genes of CyHV-2 are not required for viral replication in vitro, they do play a role in virulence in vivo. Additionally, expression of foreign protein in CyHV-2 suggests that the fully attenuated mutant of CyHV-2 could potentially function as a viral vector for developing subunit vaccines or multivalent recombinant attenuated vaccines.
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- Zizhao Feng
- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Z.F.); (W.C.); (M.M.); (C.Y.); (Y.Z.); (L.L.); (H.W.); (L.G.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Z.F.); (W.C.); (M.M.); (C.Y.); (Y.Z.); (L.L.); (H.W.); (L.G.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Z.F.); (W.C.); (M.M.); (C.Y.); (Y.Z.); (L.L.); (H.W.); (L.G.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Z.F.); (W.C.); (M.M.); (C.Y.); (Y.Z.); (L.L.); (H.W.); (L.G.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Z.F.); (W.C.); (M.M.); (C.Y.); (Y.Z.); (L.L.); (H.W.); (L.G.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Z.F.); (W.C.); (M.M.); (C.Y.); (Y.Z.); (L.L.); (H.W.); (L.G.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Z.F.); (W.C.); (M.M.); (C.Y.); (Y.Z.); (L.L.); (H.W.); (L.G.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Z.F.); (W.C.); (M.M.); (C.Y.); (Y.Z.); (L.L.); (H.W.); (L.G.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- National Pathogen Collection Center for Aquatic Animals, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Z.F.); (W.C.); (M.M.); (C.Y.); (Y.Z.); (L.L.); (H.W.); (L.G.)
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Nakahira Y, Mizuno K, Yamashita H, Tsuchikura M, Takeuchi K, Shiina T, Kawakami H. Mass Production of Virus-Like Particles Using Chloroplast Genetic Engineering for Highly Immunogenic Oral Vaccine Against Fish Disease. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:717952. [PMID: 34497627 PMCID: PMC8419230 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.717952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Nervous necrosis virus (NNV) is the causative agent of viral nervous necrosis (VNN), which is one of the most serious fish diseases leading to mass mortality in a wide range of fish species worldwide. Although a few injectable inactivated vaccines are commercially available, there is a need for more labor-saving, cost-effective, and fish-friendly immunization methods. The use of transgenic plants expressing pathogen-derived recombinant antigens as edible vaccines is an ideal way to meet these requirements. In this study, chloroplast genetic engineering was successfully utilized to overexpress the red-spotted grouper NNV capsid protein (RGNNV-CP). The RGNNV-CP accumulated at high levels in all young, mature, and old senescent leaves of transplastomic tobacco plants (averaging approximately 3 mg/g leaf fresh weight). The RGNNV-CP efficiently self-assembled into virus-like particles (RGNNV-VLPs) in the chloroplast stroma of the transgenic lines, which could be readily observed by in situ transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, intraperitoneal injection and oral administration of the crudely purified protein extract containing chloroplast-derived RGNNV-VLPs provided the sevenband grouper fish with sufficient protection against RGNNV challenge, and its immunogenicity was comparable to that of a commercial injectable vaccine. These findings indicate that chloroplast-derived VLP vaccines may play a promising role in the prevention of various diseases, not only in fish but also in other animals, including humans.
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- Yoichi Nakahira
- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami, Japan
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan
- *Correspondence: Yoichi Nakahira,
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Division of Basic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Japan
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Li C, Liu J, Zhang X, Yu Y, Huang X, Wei J, Qin Q. Red grouper nervous necrosis virus (RGNNV) induces autophagy to promote viral replication. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 98:908-916. [PMID: 31770643 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.11.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved cellular degradation process that is essential for homeostasis. As a cell steward, autophagy is thought to be a process that may have evolved to combat intracellular pathogens. However, some virus can subvert or utilize autophagy-related membrane structures to increase viral replication. The red-spotted grouper nervous necrosis virus (RGNNV) is a fish pathogen which leads to disastrous viral nervous necrosis in larvae and juvenile groupers and other marine fishes. To better comprehend the pathogenesis and replication mechanism of RGNNV, we investigated the relationship between RGNNV and autophagy. Here, we demonstrated that RGNNV induced autophagy in grouper spleen (GS) cells, as the significant increase in ultrastructural autophagosome-like vesicles, fluorescent punctate pattern of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3), and the conversion of LC3-I to LC3-II. Additionally, ultraviolet-inactivated RGNNV and the capsid protein also triggered autophagy. Enhancement of autophagy contributed to RGNNV replication, whereas blocked autophagy decreased RGNNV replication. Moreover, impeded fusion of autophagosomes and lysosomes also reduced RGNNV replication, indicating that RGNNV utilized the different steps of autophagy pathway to facilitate viral replication. The further study showed that RGNNV induced autophagy through activating the phosphorylation of eIF2α and inhibiting the phosphorylation of mTOR. These results will assist the search for novel drugs targets and vaccine design against RGNNV from the perspective of downregulating autophagy.
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- Chen Li
- Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China
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- Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China.
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- Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266000, PR China.
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Betanodavirus and VER Disease: A 30-year Research Review. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9020106. [PMID: 32050492 PMCID: PMC7168202 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9020106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The outbreaks of viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (VER), caused by nervous necrosis virus (NNV), represent one of the main infectious threats for marine aquaculture worldwide. Since the first description of the disease at the end of the 1980s, a considerable amount of research has gone into understanding the mechanisms involved in fish infection, developing reliable diagnostic methods, and control measures, and several comprehensive reviews have been published to date. This review focuses on host–virus interaction and epidemiological aspects, comprising viral distribution and transmission as well as the continuously increasing host range (177 susceptible marine species and epizootic outbreaks reported in 62 of them), with special emphasis on genotypes and the effect of global warming on NNV infection, but also including the latest findings in the NNV life cycle and virulence as well as diagnostic methods and VER disease control.
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Epidemiological characterization of VNNV in hatchery-reared and wild marine fish on Hainan Island, China, and experimental infection of golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) juveniles. Arch Virol 2015; 160:2979-89. [PMID: 26350771 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-015-2590-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The current epidemiological situation of viral nervous necrosis virus (VNNV) on Hainan Island was investigated. A total of 490 hatchery-reared fish and 652 wild fish were sampled for VNNV detection from March 2013 to May 2014. Positive detection rates of 84.53% (153/181) and 0.97 % (3/309) were obtained in diseased and healthy hatchery-reared samples, respectively, by conventional RT-PCR. However, using more-sensitive nested RT-PCR, the positive detection rates in healthy hatchery-reared fish reached up to 64.08% (198/309), suggesting that asymptomatic VNNV carriers commonly exist among larvae and juveniles breeding on Hainan Island. In wild-fish samples, 2.6% (17/652) and 34.2% (223/652) positive detection rates were observed using RT-PCR and nested RT-PCR, respectively, indicating that wild fish may be a potential reservoir for VNNV. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all 52 VNNV isolates from cultured fish belong to the RGNNV genotype, but 2 out of 48 VNNV isolates from wild fish samples were found to be of the SJNNV genotype. This study is the first to confirm the existence of SJNNV-genotype VNNV in China. Golden pompano, an important fish species for culture, was selected as a fish model to investigate the optimal conditions for RGNNV disease progression in artificial infection experiments. The effects of temperature, salinity, and fish size were evaluated. Results showed that 28 °C and 20 ‰ are the optimal infection temperature and salinity, respectively, and golden pompano juveniles with small body sizes are more susceptible to RGNNV. These findings are highly consistent with those conditions involved in the natural outbreak of RGNNV.
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Hick P, Gore K, Whittington R. Molecular epidemiology of betanodavirus—Sequence analysis strategies and quasispecies influence outbreak source attribution. Virology 2013; 436:15-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2012] [Revised: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Haddad-Boubaker S, Bigarré L, Bouzgarou N, Megdich A, Baud M, Cabon J, Chéhida NB. Molecular epidemiology of betanodaviruses isolated from sea bass and sea bream cultured along the Tunisian coasts. Virus Genes 2013; 46:412-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s11262-012-0869-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chérif N, Gagné N, Groman D, Kibenge F, Iwamoto T, Yason C, Hammami S. Complete sequencing of Tunisian redspotted grouper nervous necrosis virus betanodavirus capsid gene and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2010; 33:231-240. [PMID: 19912455 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01116.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Finfish nodaviruses (betanodaviruses) can cause highly destructive infections in numerous species of farmed marine fish larvae and juveniles worldwide. The betanodavirus genome consists of two single-stranded positive-sense RNA molecules (RNA1 and RNA2). The virus can be classified into four genotypes based on the partial sequences of the coat protein (CP) gene (T2 and T4 regions). Currently, genomic sequence information for RNA1 regions of RNA2 outside of T2 and T4 is less well documented. This study reports on the characterization of the full RNA2 sequence of a Tunisian betanodavirus with a length of 1433 nt, containing a 339 amino acid open-reading frame encoding the CP, and typing to the redspotted grouper nervous necrosis virus Ia genotype following phylogenetic analysis. The homology of the capsid protein to other betanodaviruses or alphanodaviruses was compared. In addition, a full length RNA1 sequence of 3104 nt encoding a 982 amino acid RNA-dependent RNA polymerase was obtained.
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- N Chérif
- Virology laboratory, Institut de la Recherche Vétérinaire de Tunisie, La Rabta, Tunisia.
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