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Huo C, Huang D, Ma Z, Li G, Li T, Lin W, Jiang N, Xing W, Xu G, Yu H, Luo L, Sun H. Specificity of DNA Vaccines against the Genogroup J and U Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus Strains Prevalent in China. Viruses 2022; 14:v14122707. [PMID: 36560709 PMCID: PMC9780822 DOI: 10.3390/v14122707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) is the most important pathogen threatening the aquaculture of salmonid fish in China. In addition to the common genogroup J IHNV, genogroup U has been newly discovered in China. However, there is no effective DNA vaccine to fight against this emerging genogroup U IHNV in China. In this study, DNA vaccines encoding the IHNV viral glycoprotein (G) gene of the GS2014 (genogroup J) and BjLL (genogroup U) strains isolated from northern China were successfully developed, which were identified by restriction analysis and IFA. The expression of the Mx-1 gene and G gene in the spleens and muscles of the injection site as well as the titers of the serum antibodies were measured to evaluate the vaccine efficacy by RT-qPCR and ELISA. We found that DNA vaccine immunization could activate Mx1 gene expression and upregulate G gene expression, and the mRNA levels of the Mx1 gene in the muscles were significantly higher than those in the spleens. Notably, DNA vaccine immunization might not promote the serum antibody in fish at the early stage of immunization. Furthermore, the efficacy of the constructed vaccines was tested in intra- and cross-genogroup challenges by a viral challenge in vivo. It seemed that the DNA vaccines were able to provide great immune protection against IHNV infection. In addition, the genogroup J IHNV-G DNA vaccine showed better immune efficacy than the genogroup U IHNV-G or divalent vaccine, which could provide cross-immune protection against the genogroup U IHNV challenge. Therefore, this is the first study to construct an IHNV DNA vaccine using the G gene from an emerging genogroup U IHNV strain in China. The results provide great insight into the advances of new prophylactic strategies to fight both the genogroup J and U IHNV in China.
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- Caiyun Huo
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 9 Shuguang Huayuan Zhonglu, Haidian District, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 9 Shuguang Huayuan Zhonglu, Haidian District, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 18 Jiaomen Road, Fengtai District, Beijing 100068, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 9 Shuguang Huayuan Zhonglu, Haidian District, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 18 Jiaomen Road, Fengtai District, Beijing 100068, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 9 Shuguang Huayuan Zhonglu, Haidian District, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 18 Jiaomen Road, Fengtai District, Beijing 100068, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 18 Jiaomen Road, Fengtai District, Beijing 100068, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 18 Jiaomen Road, Fengtai District, Beijing 100068, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 18 Jiaomen Road, Fengtai District, Beijing 100068, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 18 Jiaomen Road, Fengtai District, Beijing 100068, China
- Correspondence: (L.L.); (H.S.)
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, No. 9 Shuguang Huayuan Zhonglu, Haidian District, Beijing 100097, China
- Correspondence: (L.L.); (H.S.)
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Huo C, Ma Z, Li F, Xu F, Li T, Zhang Y, Jiang N, Xing W, Xu G, Luo L, Sun H. First isolation and pathogenicity analysis of a genogroup U strain of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus from rainbow trout in China. Transbound Emerg Dis 2021; 69:337-348. [PMID: 33417745 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13983] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) is a major fish viral pathogen causing acute clinical disease and death in a variety of salmonids. IHNV isolates have been classified into five major genogroups according to the phylogenetic analysis of partial G gene fragments or the complete G gene sequence: U, M, E, L and J. Genogroup U strains have been reported in North America and Japan prior to 1982, and genogroup J is the only genogroup that has been reported in China. Here, one of IHNV strain (BjLL) was isolated from a local farm in China and were characterized in this study. The homogenate tissues of infected fry induced IHNV-positive cytopathic effects in epithelioma papulosum cyprinid (EPC) cells that were confirmed by RT-PCR and sequencing. The complete genome sequence of BjLL comprised 11,129 nucleotides, which had been submitted to GenBank (accession no. MF509592). By the sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis for the G gene sequence of BjLL with 51 reference sequences in GenBank, we confirmed that this Chinese isolate belonged to genogroup U. Furthermore, virus exposure experiments with juvenile rainbow trout were conducted to assess the virulence and pathogenicity of BjLL. Compared with GS-2014 of genogroup J, BjLL was an obviously less virulent strain that could result in lower mortality. Besides, typical clinical symptoms and pathological damages could be seen in fish following infection of BjLL. The present study is the first report of genogroup U IHNV infection in China and will provide essential information for future studies on pathogenesis of IHNV BjLL and development of efficient control strategies.
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- Caiyun Huo
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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