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ArticleViruses2025

Guinea Pig X Virus Is a Gammaherpesvirus.

Vy Ngoc Yen Truong, Robert Ellis, Brent A Stanfield

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Vy Ngoc Yen TruongDepartment of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0001-2532-5210
Robert EllisDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Brent A StanfieldDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0966-9662

Funding

Strategic inhibition of EGFR-family signaling using novel peptidomimetic inhibitors of HER-2 for the treatment of osteosarcomaP20GM135000 · NIGMS · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV A&M COL BATON ROUGE · PI CHAMCHEU, JEAN CHRISTOPHER · 2021 to 2025
$11.3M
Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health P2O GM135000-02NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM135000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Guinea Pig X Virus (GPXV), a newly identified gammaherpesvirus, provides an opportunity to study viral evolution and host-virus dynamics. This study characterizes the GPXV genome and investigates its phylogenetic relationships and divergence from related viruses through comparative genomic and phylogenetic analyses. Virus propagation was conducted in Vero cells, followed by genomic DNA extraction and pan-herpesvirus nested PCR. Sanger sequencing filled gaps in the initial genome assembly, and whole-genome sequencing was performed using the Illumina MiSeq platform. Phylogenetic analyses focused on ORF8 (glycoprotein B), ORF9 (DNA polymerase catalytic subunit), ORF50 (RTA: replication and transcription activator), and ORF73 (LANA: latency-associated nuclear antigen). Results showed that GPXV ORFs showed variable evolutionary relationships with other gammaherpesviruses, including divergence from primate-associated viruses and clustering with bovine and rodent viruses. In addition to phylogenetics, a comprehensive comparative analysis of protein-coding genes between GPXV and the previously described Guinea Pig Herpes-Like Virus (GPHLV) revealed divergence. Twenty-four non-ORF genomic features were unique to GPXV, while 62 shared ORFs exhibited low to high sequence divergence. These findings highlight GPXV's distinct evolutionary trajectory and its potential role as a model for studying host-specific adaptations and gammaherpesvirus diversity.

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GammaherpesvirinaeHerpesviridae InfectionsVaricellovirusAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsDNA, ViralEvolution, MolecularGenome, ViralGuinea PigsOpen Reading FramesPhylogenyVero CellsViral ProteinsWhole Genome SequencingDNA, ViralViral ProteinsgammaherpesvirusGuinea Pig X Virusherpesviridaeherpesviruseshost adaptationsequence similarityviral evolutionviral pathogenesis

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PMID40872798
PMCPMC12390642

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