Comparative genome analysis of Korean field strains of infectious laryngotracheitis virus

PLoS One. 2019 Feb 7;14(2):e0211158. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211158. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

Attenuated live infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) virus (ILTV) vaccines have been used to prevent and control the outbreak of ILT worldwide. Recent studies using high-throughput sequencing technology have increased the number of complete genome sequences of ILTVs, enabling comparative genome analysis. Although 37 complete genome sequences of ILTV, including vaccine strains, have been reported, the complete genome sequence of any field strain of ILTV in South Korea is yet to be published. In this study, we determined and analyzed the complete genome sequences of three virulent Korean field strains of ILTV (40798/10/Ko, 0206/14/Ko, and 30678/14/Ko). Two of the Korean field strains (40798/10/Ko and 0206/14/Ko) displayed fewer non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms than those of the Serva vaccine strain, indicating that these Korean field strains of ILTV most likely originated from the vaccine strain. The third ILTV strain, 307678/14/Ko, had two regions in the genome showing recombination between the Serva vaccine-like strain and the Australian A20 vaccine-like strain. Comparative genome analysis of ILTV using the Korean field strains with variable virulence can shed light on the recent trend of the emergence of virulent ILTV strains in the field. A few amino acid changes in the genome of ILTV vaccines could enhance the virulence in the vaccine strain, and natural recombination should be considered one of the major risks for the generation of revertant strains of ILTV under field conditions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chickens / virology*
  • Comparative Genomic Hybridization
  • DNA, Viral / genetics
  • Genome, Viral
  • Herpesviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Herpesviridae Infections / virology
  • Herpesvirus 1, Gallid / genetics*
  • Herpesvirus 1, Gallid / isolation & purification
  • Herpesvirus 1, Gallid / pathogenicity
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Poultry Diseases / virology*
  • Recombination, Genetic
  • Republic of Korea
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Vaccines, Attenuated / adverse effects
  • Vaccines, Attenuated / genetics
  • Viral Vaccines / adverse effects
  • Viral Vaccines / genetics
  • Virulence / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • Vaccines, Attenuated
  • Viral Vaccines

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry(IPET) through Agri-Bio industry Technology Development Program funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs(MAFRA)(314012-3) http://www.fris.go.kr/. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.