PMID- 18977502 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090116 LR - 20200423 IS - 1096-0341 (Electronic) IS - 0042-6822 (Print) IS - 0042-6822 (Linking) VI - 383 IP - 1 DP - 2009 Jan 5 TI - Reverse genetic manipulation of the overlapping coding regions for structural proteins of the type II porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. PG - 22-31 LID - 10.1016/j.virol.2008.09.013 [doi] AB - The overlapping genomic regions coding for structural proteins of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) poses problems for molecular dissection of the virus replication process. We constructed five mutant full-length cDNA clones with the overlapping regions unwound and 1 to 3 restriction sites inserted between two adjacent ORFs (ORF1/2, ORF4/5, ORF5/6, ORF 6/7 and ORF7/3' UTR), which generated the recombinant viruses. Our findings demonstrated that 1) the overlapping structural protein ORFs can be physically separated, and is dispensable for virus viability; 2) such ORF separations did not interrupt the subgenomic RNA synthesis; 3) the plaque morphology, growth kinetics, and antigenicity of these mutant viruses were virtually indistinguishable from those of the parental virus in cultured cells; and 4) these mutant viruses remained genetic stable in vitro. This study lays a foundation for further molecular dissection of PRRSV replication process, and development of genetically tagged vaccines against PRRS. FAU - Yu, Dandan AU - Yu D AD - Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai 200241, China. FAU - Lv, Jian AU - Lv J FAU - Sun, Zhi AU - Sun Z FAU - Zheng, Haihong AU - Zheng H FAU - Lu, Jiaqi AU - Lu J FAU - Yuan, Shishan AU - Yuan S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20081105 PL - United States TA - Virology JT - Virology JID - 0110674 RN - 0 (Antigens, Viral) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) RN - 0 (Viral Structural Proteins) SB - IM MH - Antigens, Viral/immunology MH - Genome, Viral MH - Microbial Viability MH - Models, Molecular MH - Molecular Biology/methods MH - Nucleic Acid Conformation MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*genetics/physiology MH - RNA, Viral/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Recombination, Genetic MH - Viral Plaque Assay MH - Viral Structural Proteins/*genetics MH - Virus Replication PMC - PMC7172853 EDAT- 2008/11/04 09:00 MHDA- 2009/01/17 09:00 PMCR- 2008/11/05 CRDT- 2008/11/04 09:00 PHST- 2008/05/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/06/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2008/09/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/11/04 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/01/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/11/04 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/11/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0042-6822(08)00594-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.virol.2008.09.013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virology. 2009 Jan 5;383(1):22-31. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.09.013. Epub 2008 Nov 5.