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Altered virulence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N8 reassortant viruses in mammalian models

Authors
Park, Su-JinKim, Eun-HaKwon, Hyeok-IlSong, Min-SukKim, Se MiKim, Young-IlSi, Young-JaeLee, In-WonHiep Dinh NguyenShin, Ok SarahKim, Chul-JoongChoi, Young Ki
Issue Date
2018
Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Keywords
H5N8; HPAI influenza virus; PB2; reassortment; virulence
Citation
VIRULENCE, v.9, no.1, pp.133 - 148
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SCIE
SCOPUS
Journal Title
VIRULENCE
Volume
9
Number
1
Start Page
133
End Page
148
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/80843
DOI
10.1080/21505594.2017.1366408
ISSN
2150-5594
Abstract
Recently identified highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 viruses (clade 2.3.4.4) are relatively low to moderately pathogenic in mammalian hosts compared with HPAI H5N1 viruses. In this study, we generated reassortant viruses comprised of A/MD/Korea/W452/2014(H5N8) with substitution of individual genes from A/EM/Korea/W149/2006(H5N1) to understand the contribution of each viral gene to virulence in mammals. Substituting the PB2 gene segment or the NA gene segment of the H5N8 virus by that from the H5N1 virus resulted in significantly enhanced pathogenicity compared with the parental H5N8 virus in mice. Of note, substitution of the PB2 gene segment of the H5N8 virus by that from the H5N1 virus resulted in a 1000-fold increase in virulence for mice compared with the parental virus (MLD50 decreased from 10(5.8) to 10(2.5) EID50). Further, the W452(W149PB2) virus also induced the highest virus titers in lungs at all time points and the highest levels of inflammatory cytokine responses among all viruses tested. This high virulence phenotype was also confirmed by high viral titers in the respiratory tracts of infected ferrets. Further, a mini-genome assay revealed that W452(W149PB2) has significantly increased polymerase activity (p < 0.001). Taken together, our study demonstrates that a single gene substitution from other avian influenza viruses can alter the pathogenicity of recent H5N8 viruses, and therefore emphasizes the need for intensive monitoring of reassortment events among co-circulating avian and mammalian viruses.
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