Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (7): 1677-1687.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2020.07.020

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Genetic Characteristics of a Recombinant Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus between NADC30-like and JXA1-like

GUO Zhenhua1, RUAN Haiyu2, GENG Rui2, CHEN Xinxin1, QIAO Songlin1, DENG Ruiguang1, ZHANG Gaiping1,2*   

  1. 1. Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology/Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China;
    2. Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
  • Received:2019-12-18 Online:2020-07-25 Published:2020-07-22

Abstract: To investigate the genetic characteristics of a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) strain isolated in Henan Province in 2017, the complete genome was sequenced and further analyzed by bioinformatics. The results showed that the length of the genome is 15 054 bp, and the whole genome shared 84.5%, 93.4%, 84.2%, 83.9%, and 82.1% nucleotide similarities with VR-2332, NADC30, CH-1a, JXA1, and QYYZ, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis displayed that the isolate was clustered into the same branch with NADC30-like strains (lineage 1). For GP5 protein of the isolated strain, the N glycosylation sites were identified at 34, 44, and 51 sites. The linear epitope (37-45 aa) was conserved during NADC30-like strains while the other two linear epitopes (27-30 aa, 37-45 aa) have specific amino acid mutations. The Nsp2 of the isolate has 131 discontinuous amino acid deletion(323-433,483,504-522)which was a genetic marker of NADC30-like strains. Furthermore, the results of recombination analysis showed that the isolate was a mosaic virus between the major parent strain NADC30-like and minor parent strain JXA1-like. The recombinant region was in Nsp2 (1 340-2 082 nt). Our studies described the genetic characteristics of a NADC30-like strain and confirmed the recombinant events that happened in the Nsp2 region. It suggests that PRRSV undergoes genetic evolution through recombination and it is important to continuous monitoring of PRRSV prevalence and genetic variation.

Key words: porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, homological analysis, phylogenetic tree, genetic variation, gene recombination

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