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Guo Y, Xu Z, Chao Y, Cao X, Jiang H, Li H, Li T, Wan Z, Shao H, Qin A, Xie Q, Ye J. An efficient double-fluorescence approach for generating fiber-2-edited recombinant serotype 4 fowl adenovirus expressing foreign gene. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1160031. [PMID: 37065110 PMCID: PMC10102364 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1160031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Recently, the infection of serotype 4 fowl adenovirus (FAdV-4) in chicken flocks has become endemic in China, which greatly threatens the sustainable development of poultry industry. The development of recombinant FAdV-4 expressing foreign genes is an efficient strategy for controlling both FAdV-4 and other important poultry pathogens. Previous reverse genetic technique for generating the recombinant fowl adenovirus is generally inefficient. In this study, a recombinant FAdV-4 expressing enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP), FA4-EGFP, was used as a template virus and directly edited fiber-2 gene to develop an efficient double-fluorescence approach to generate recombinant FAdV-4 through CRISPR/Cas9 and Cre-Loxp system. Moreover, using this strategy, a recombinant virus FAdV4-HA(H9) stably expressing the HA gene of H9N2 influenza virus was generated. Chicken infection study revealed that the recombinant virus FAdV4-HA(H9) was attenuated, and could induce haemagglutination inhibition (HI) titer against H9N2 influenza virus at early time points and inhibit the viral replication in oropharynx. All these demonstrate that the novel strategy for constructing recombinant FAdV-4 expressing foreign genes developed here paves the way for rapidly developing attenuated FAdV-4-based recombinant vaccines for fighting the diseases caused by both FAdV-4 and other pathogens.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yiwen Guo
- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- *Correspondence: Quan Xie,
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jianqiang Ye,
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Wang L, Zheng L, Jiang S, Li X, Lu C, Zhang L, Ren W, Li C, Tian X, Li F, Yan M. Isolation, identification and genetic characterization analysis of a fowl aviadenovirus serotype 4 strain from Tianjin, China. Infect Genet Evol 2021; 96:105078. [PMID: 34508884 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.105078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A fowl aviadenovirus serotype 4 (FAdV-4), Y17215-1, was isolated from the liver of chickens with Hydropericardium-hepatitissyndrome(HHS) in a chicken farm of Tianjin, China. Obvious cytopathic effects were observed in the infected chicken liver hepatocellular carcinoma cell line (LMH cells) at 24 h post infection (hpi), which consisted of enlarger and rounder shape of cells. The typical and specific green fluorescence was observed by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA). Tissue Culture Infectious Dose50 (TCID50) of it measured after five stable passage in LMH cells reached 106.5TCID50/0.1 mL. The strain was inoculated through allantoic membrane of 10-day specific pathogen free(SPF) Chick embryos, the thicker allantoic membranes were observed at 120 hpi. 7-day-old SPF chickens were inoculated with the strain via intramuscular (i.m.) or intranasal (i.n.) injection which resulted in 100% mortality of test chickens. Additionally, the sickness and death of cohabitation chickens in the test group were observed which indicated that the virus can infect healthy chickens by horizontal transmission. The sick chickens showed depression, anorexia and diarrhea with green watery feces. Y17215-1-inoculated chickens mainly presented swollen liver with blood spot, and the enhancement of effusion or yellow gel like effusion that were observed in the pericardium through necropsy. Histopathological examination showed focal necrosis of hepatocytes and characteristic eosinophilic inclusion bodies in the cytoplasm. The results showed that the Y17215-1 isolate had high pathogenicity to SPF chickens. The phylogenetic analysis of the major structural proteins including hexon, fiber-1 and fiber-2 revealed that Y17215-1 strain belongs to C species of fowl aviadenovirus of aviadenovirus family, and has high homology with other Chinese strains isolated in recent years, but was distinct from ON1、MX-SHP95、KR5 and other foreign isolates. This study laid a foundation for further study of epidemiological investigation, pathogenic mechanism as well as the diagnosis and control technology of FAdV-4.
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- Lili Wang
- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Scientific Observation Experiment Station for Veterinary Medicine and Diagnosis Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Engineering Research Center for Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding, Tianjin, China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Scientific Observation Experiment Station for Veterinary Medicine and Diagnosis Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Engineering Research Center for Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding, Tianjin, China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Scientific Observation Experiment Station for Veterinary Medicine and Diagnosis Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Engineering Research Center for Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding, Tianjin, China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Scientific Observation Experiment Station for Veterinary Medicine and Diagnosis Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Engineering Research Center for Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding, Tianjin, China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Scientific Observation Experiment Station for Veterinary Medicine and Diagnosis Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Engineering Research Center for Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding, Tianjin, China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Scientific Observation Experiment Station for Veterinary Medicine and Diagnosis Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Engineering Research Center for Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding, Tianjin, China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Scientific Observation Experiment Station for Veterinary Medicine and Diagnosis Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Engineering Research Center for Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding, Tianjin, China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Scientific Observation Experiment Station for Veterinary Medicine and Diagnosis Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Engineering Research Center for Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding, Tianjin, China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Scientific Observation Experiment Station for Veterinary Medicine and Diagnosis Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Engineering Research Center for Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding, Tianjin, China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Scientific Observation Experiment Station for Veterinary Medicine and Diagnosis Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Engineering Research Center for Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding, Tianjin, China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Scientific Observation Experiment Station for Veterinary Medicine and Diagnosis Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tianjin 300381, China; Tianjin Engineering Research Center for Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding, Tianjin, China.
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Yuan F, Hou L, Wei L, Quan R, Wang J, Liu H, Liu J. Fowl Adenovirus Serotype 4 Induces Hepatic Steatosis via Activation of Liver X Receptor-α. J Virol 2021; 95:e01938-20. [PMID: 33361420 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01938-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Fowl adenovirus serotype 4 (FAdV-4) is a hepatotropic virus that causes severe hepatic damage characterized by basophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies, vacuolar degeneration, and multifocal necrosis in hepatocytes. Many aspects of FAdV-4 infection and pathogenesis, however, remain unknown. Here, we found that FAdV-4-induced hepatic injury is accompanied by the accumulation of oil droplets (triglycerides) in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes, a typical indicator of steatosis, in FAdV-4-infected chickens. Significant upregulation of adipose synthesis-related genes, such as liver X receptor-α (LXR-α), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ), and sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c), and significant downregulation of low-density lipoprotein secretion-related genes and lipid oxidation- and lipid decomposition-related genes were observed in the infected chickens. FAdV-4 infection in cultured leghorn male hepatoma (LMH) cells caused similar signs of steatosis, with alterations in various lipogenesis-related genes. We eliminated the effect of LXR-α activation on FAdV-4-induced steatosis and found that treatment with an LXR-α antagonist (SR9243) and RNA interference (small interfering RNA targeting LXR-α [Si-LXR-α]) decreased the number of oil droplets and the accumulation of lipogenic genes, but treatment with an LXR-α agonist (T0901317) increased the number of oil droplets and the accumulation of lipogenic genes in the cells. Additionally, SR9243 treatment or Si-LXR-α transfection led to significant reductions in viral DNA level, protein expression, and virus production, whereas T0901317 treatment caused significant increases in viral DNA level, protein expression, and virus production. However, inhibition of SREBP-1c activity had no significant effect on virus production. Collectively, these results indicated that FAdV-4-induced steatosis involves activation of the LXR-α signaling pathway, which might be a molecular mechanism underlying the hepatic injury associated with FAdV-4 infection.IMPORTANCE Fowl adenovirus serotype 4 (FAdV-4) is an important hepatotropic adenovirus in chicken, but the underlying mechanism of FAdV-4-induced hepatic injury remains unclear. We report here that infection with FAdV-4 induced the accumulation of oil droplets (triglycerides) in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes, a typical indicator of steatosis, in the livers of chickens. FAdV-4-induced steatosis might be caused by a disrupted balance of fat metabolism, as evidenced by differential regulation of various lipase genes. The significant upregulation of liver X receptor-α (LXR-α) prompted us to investigate the interplay between LXR-α activation and FAdV-4-induced steatosis. Treatment with an agonist, an antagonist, or RNA interference targeting LXR-α in cultured leghorn male hepatoma (LMH) cells indicated that FAdV-4-induced steatosis was dependent upon LXR-α activation, which contributed to virus replication. These results provide important mechanistic insights, revealing that FAdV-4 induces hepatic steatosis by activating the LXR-α signaling pathway and highlighting the therapeutic potential of strategies targeting the LXR-α pathway for the treatment of FAdV-4 infection.
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