Construction and manipulation of a full-length infectious bacterial artificial chromosome clone of equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3)

Equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3) is the causal agent of equine coital exanthema, a disease characterizedby pox-like lesions on the penis of stallions and the vulva of mares. Although the complete genomicsequence of EHV-3 has been recently made available, its genomic content remains poorly character...

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Autores principales: Akhmedzhanov, Maksat, Scrochi, Mariela, Barrandeguy, Maria Edith, Vissani, Maria Aldana, Osterrieder, Nikolaus, Damiani, Armando Mario
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1361
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168170216305536?via%3Dihub
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2016.11.012
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author Akhmedzhanov, Maksat
Scrochi, Mariela
Barrandeguy, Maria Edith
Vissani, Maria Aldana
Osterrieder, Nikolaus
Damiani, Armando Mario
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Damiani, Armando Mario
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Vissani, Maria Aldana
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Vissani, Maria Aldana
Osterrieder, Nikolaus
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description Equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3) is the causal agent of equine coital exanthema, a disease characterizedby pox-like lesions on the penis of stallions and the vulva of mares. Although the complete genomicsequence of EHV-3 has been recently made available, its genomic content remains poorly characterizedand the molecular mechanisms of disease development not yet elucidated. In an attempt to facilitategenetic manipulation of EHV-3, we describe here the construction of a full-length infectious bacterialartificial chromosome (BAC) clone of EHV-3. Mini-F vector sequences were inserted into the intergenicregion between ORF19 and ORF20 (UL41 and UL40, respectively) of EHV-3 strain C175 by homologousrecombination in equine dermal cells (NBL-6). DNA of the resulting recombinant virus was electroporatedinto E. coli and a full-length EHV-3 BAC clone was recovered. Virus reconstituted after transfection of theEHV-3 BAC into NBL-6 cells showed growth properties in vitro that were indistinguishable from thoseof the parental virus. To assess the feasibility of mutagenesis of the cloned EHV-3 genome, recombinantviruses targeting the glycoprotein E (gE) gene were generated using Red recombination in E. coli andin vitro growth properties of the recombinant viruses were evaluated. We first repaired the gE (ORF74)coding region, since the parental virus used for BAC cloning specifies a truncated version of the gene,and then created gE-tagged and gE-null versions of the virus. Our results demonstrated that: (i) EHV-3 can be efficiently cloned as a BAC allowing easy manipulation of its genome; (ii) gE is dispensablefor EHV-3 growth in vitro and is expressed as a product of approximately 110-kDa in infected cells;(iii) viruses having a deletion compromising gE expression or with a truncation of the cytoplasmic andtransmembrane domains are significantly compromised with regard cell-to-cell spread. The cloning ofEHV-3 as a BAC simplifies future studies to identify the role of its coding genes in viral pathogenesis andhost immune responses.
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spelling INTA13612023-04-12T14:37:47Z Construction and manipulation of a full-length infectious bacterial artificial chromosome clone of equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3) Akhmedzhanov, Maksat Scrochi, Mariela Barrandeguy, Maria Edith Vissani, Maria Aldana Osterrieder, Nikolaus Damiani, Armando Mario Enfermedades de los Animales Genética Herpes Virus Equino Cromosomas Animal Diseases Genetics Equine Herpesvirus Chromosomes Equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3) is the causal agent of equine coital exanthema, a disease characterizedby pox-like lesions on the penis of stallions and the vulva of mares. Although the complete genomicsequence of EHV-3 has been recently made available, its genomic content remains poorly characterizedand the molecular mechanisms of disease development not yet elucidated. In an attempt to facilitategenetic manipulation of EHV-3, we describe here the construction of a full-length infectious bacterialartificial chromosome (BAC) clone of EHV-3. Mini-F vector sequences were inserted into the intergenicregion between ORF19 and ORF20 (UL41 and UL40, respectively) of EHV-3 strain C175 by homologousrecombination in equine dermal cells (NBL-6). DNA of the resulting recombinant virus was electroporatedinto E. coli and a full-length EHV-3 BAC clone was recovered. Virus reconstituted after transfection of theEHV-3 BAC into NBL-6 cells showed growth properties in vitro that were indistinguishable from thoseof the parental virus. To assess the feasibility of mutagenesis of the cloned EHV-3 genome, recombinantviruses targeting the glycoprotein E (gE) gene were generated using Red recombination in E. coli andin vitro growth properties of the recombinant viruses were evaluated. We first repaired the gE (ORF74)coding region, since the parental virus used for BAC cloning specifies a truncated version of the gene,and then created gE-tagged and gE-null versions of the virus. Our results demonstrated that: (i) EHV-3 can be efficiently cloned as a BAC allowing easy manipulation of its genome; (ii) gE is dispensablefor EHV-3 growth in vitro and is expressed as a product of approximately 110-kDa in infected cells;(iii) viruses having a deletion compromising gE expression or with a truncation of the cytoplasmic andtransmembrane domains are significantly compromised with regard cell-to-cell spread. The cloning ofEHV-3 as a BAC simplifies future studies to identify the role of its coding genes in viral pathogenesis andhost immune responses. Inst.de Virología Fil: Scrochi, Mariela Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Cátedra de Virología; Argentina Fil: Barrandeguy, Maria Edith. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Virología; Argentina Fil: Vissani, Aldana. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Virología; Argentina Fil: Akhmedzhanov, Maksat. Freie Universität Berlin. Institut für Virologie. Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin Robert von Ostertag-Haus; Alemania Fil: Osterrieder, Nikolaus. Freie Universität Berlin. Institut für Virologie. Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin Robert von Ostertag-Haus; Alemania Fil: Damiani, Armando Mario. Freie Universität Berlin. Institut für Virologie. Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin Robert von Ostertag-Haus; Alemania 2017-09-29T15:00:36Z 2017-09-29T15:00:36Z 2017-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1361 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168170216305536?via%3Dihub 0168-1702 (Print) 1872-7492 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2016.11.012 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Virus research 228 : 30-38. (January 2017)
spellingShingle Enfermedades de los Animales
Genética
Herpes Virus Equino
Cromosomas
Animal Diseases
Genetics
Equine Herpesvirus
Chromosomes
Akhmedzhanov, Maksat
Scrochi, Mariela
Barrandeguy, Maria Edith
Vissani, Maria Aldana
Osterrieder, Nikolaus
Damiani, Armando Mario
Construction and manipulation of a full-length infectious bacterial artificial chromosome clone of equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3)
title Construction and manipulation of a full-length infectious bacterial artificial chromosome clone of equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3)
title_full Construction and manipulation of a full-length infectious bacterial artificial chromosome clone of equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3)
title_fullStr Construction and manipulation of a full-length infectious bacterial artificial chromosome clone of equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3)
title_full_unstemmed Construction and manipulation of a full-length infectious bacterial artificial chromosome clone of equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3)
title_short Construction and manipulation of a full-length infectious bacterial artificial chromosome clone of equine herpesvirus type 3 (EHV-3)
title_sort construction and manipulation of a full length infectious bacterial artificial chromosome clone of equine herpesvirus type 3 ehv 3
topic Enfermedades de los Animales
Genética
Herpes Virus Equino
Cromosomas
Animal Diseases
Genetics
Equine Herpesvirus
Chromosomes
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2016.11.012
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