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ArticleJournal of virology2012

N-linked glycosylation of GP5 of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus is critically important for virus replication in vivo.

Zuzhang Wei, Tao Lin, Lichang Sun, Yanhua Li, Xiaoming Wang, Fei Gao, Runxia Liu, Chunyan Chen, Guangzhi Tong, Shishan Yuan

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zuzhang WeiDepartment of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Tao Lin
Lichang Sun
Yanhua Li
Xiaoming Wang
Fei Gao
Runxia Liu
Chunyan Chen
Guangzhi Tong
Shishan Yuan
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNShanghai Veterinary Research Institute · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been proposed that the N-linked glycan addition at certain sites in GP5 of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is important for production of infectious viruses and viral infectivity. However, such specific N-linked glycosylation sites do not exist in some field PRRSV isolates. This implies that the existence of GP5-associated glycan per se is not vital to the virus life cycle. In this study, we found that mutation of individual glycosylation sites at N30, N35, N44, and N51 in GP5 did not affect virus infectivity in cultured cells. However, the mutants carrying multiple mutations at N-linked glycosylation sites in GP5 had significantly reduced virus yields compared with the wild-type (wt) virus. As a result, no viremia and antibody response were detected in piglets that were injected with a mutant without all N-linked glycans in GP5. These results suggest that the N-linked glycosylation of GP5 is critically important for virus replication in vivo. The study also showed that removal of N44-linked glycan from GP5 increased the sensitivity of mutant virus to convalescent-phase serum samples but did not elicit a high-level neutralizing antibody response to wt PRRSV. The results obtained from the present study have made significant contributions to better understanding the importance of glycosylation of GP5 in the biology of PRRSV.

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Amino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralBase SequenceBinding SitesCell LineDNA, ViralGlycosylationMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPorcine Reproductive and Respiratory SyndromePorcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virusSwineViral Envelope ProteinsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralDNA, Viralglycoprotein 5, PRRSVViral Envelope Proteins

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PMID22761373
PMCPMC3446624
OpenAlexW2121467811

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