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ArticleVeterinary research2021

Identification of a new amino acid mutation in the HN protein of NDV involved in pathogenicity.

Xi Chen, Yanqing Jia, Ning Wei, Chao Ye, Huafang Hao, Sa Xiao, Xinglong Wang, Haijin Liu, Zengqi Yang

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Article in Veterinary research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xi ChenCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Yanqing JiaDepartment of Animal Engineering, Yangling Vocational & Technical College, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Ning WeiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Chao YeCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Huafang HaoCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Sa XiaoCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Xinglong WangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Haijin LiuCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China. liuhai132jin@163.com.
Zengqi YangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China. yzq8162@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4569-8145
Northwest A&F University · CNNorth West Agriculture and Forestry University · CNSouthwest Minzu University · CNYangzhou Vocational University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31572538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fusion (F) and haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) proteins of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) are viral entry proteins and are recognized as the major virulence determinants. Previously, a lentogenic NDV virus (CE16) was derived from a mesogenic strain (CI10) through sequential passages in chick embryos. Whole-genome sequence analysis revealed that the two homologous strains shared the same F protein but differed in HN with two amino acid (aa) substitutions (A215G and T430A). To elucidate the molecular reasons for virulence attenuation, two original plasmids (HN-CI10 and HN-CE16) and two single-point mutants (G215A and A430T) reverse-mutated from HN-CE16 were constructed to analyse the known biological functions of HN. The results showed that the A430T substitution significantly weakened the haemadsorption (HAd) activity, increased the neuraminidase (NA) activity, improved the fusion-promoting activity, and enhanced the cleavage-promoting activity of HN-CE16. However, G215A failed to induce obvious functional changes. Therefore, the aa residue HN430 may play a key role in determining virulence. To test this hypothesis, further studies on A430T were conducted through reverse genetics using an infectious cDNA clone. At the viral level, the A430T-mutated virus showed dramatic promotion of viral plaque formation, propagation, and pathogenicity in vitro and in vivo. This study demonstrates a new virulence site associated with HN protein functions, viral propagation, and pathogenicity. All these findings could lay a foundation for illuminating the molecular mechanism of NDV virulence.

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Amino AcidsHN ProteinNewcastle DiseaseNewcastle disease virusVirulenceAnimalsChick EmbryoChickensMutationAmino AcidsHN Proteinamino acid mutationchimeric virusesHN proteinmembrane fusionNewcastle disease viruspathogenicityviral propagation

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PMID34930432
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