N-pro of classical swine fever virus contributes to pathogenicity in pigs by preventing type I interferon induction at local replication sites

• Tamura, Tomokazu

• Nagashima, Naofumi

• Ruggli, Nicolas

• Summerfield, Artur

• Kida, Hiroshi

• Sakoda, Yoshihiro

抄録

Classical swine fever (CSF) caused by CSF virus (CSFV) is a highly contagious disease of pigs. The viral protein N-pro of CSFV interferes with alpha-and beta-interferon (IFN-alpha/beta) induction by promoting the degradation of interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3). During the establishment of the live attenuated CSF vaccine strain GPE(-), N-pro acquired a mutation that abolished its capacity to bind and degrade IRF3, rendering it unable to prevent IFN-alpha/beta induction. In a previous study, we showed that the GPE(-) vaccine virus became pathogenic after forced serial passages in pigs, which was attributed to the amino acid substitutions T830A in the viral proteins E2 and V2475A and A2563V in NS4B. Interestingly, during the re-adaptation of the GPE(-) vaccine virus in pigs, the IRF3-degrading function of N-pro was not recovered. Therefore, we examined whether restoring the ability of N-pro to block IFN-alpha/beta induction of both the avirulent and moderately virulent GPE(-)-derived virus would enhance pathogenicity in pigs. Viruses carrying the N136D substitution in N-pro regained the ability to degrade IRF3 and suppress IFN-alpha/beta induction in vitro. In pigs, functional N-pro significantly reduced the local IFN-alpha mRNA expression in lymphoid organs while it increased quantities of IFN-alpha/beta in the circulation, and enhanced pathogenicity of the moderately virulent virus. In conclusion, the present study demonstrates that functional N-pro influences the innate immune response at local sites of virus replication in pigs and contributes to pathogenicity of CSFV in synergy with viral replication.

収録刊行物

• Veterinary Research

  Veterinary Research 45 1-11, 2014-04-17

  BioMed Central

詳細情報

• CRID: 1050001202677767808
• NII論文ID: 120005446631
• NII書誌ID: AA00529689
• HANDLE: 2115/56413
• ISSN: 09284249
• 本文言語コード: en
• 資料種別: journal article
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