PMID- 21411530 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110713 LR - 20211020 IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 85 IP - 11 DP - 2011 Jun TI - Immune evasion of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus through glycan shielding involves both glycoprotein 5 as well as glycoprotein 3. PG - 5555-64 LID - 10.1128/JVI.00189-11 [doi] AB - Passive administration of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) can effectively protect pigs against PRRSV infection. However, after PRRSV infection, pigs typically develop a weak and deferred NAb response. One major reason for such a meager NAb response is the phenomenon of glycan shielding involving GP5, a major glycoprotein carrying one major neutralizing epitope. We describe here a type II PRRSV field isolate (PRRSV-01) that is highly susceptible to neutralization and induces an atypically rapid, robust NAb response in vivo. Sequence analysis shows that PRRSV-01 lacks two N-glycosylation sites, normally present in wild-type (wt) PRRSV strains, in two of its envelope glycoproteins, one in GP3 (position 131) and the other in GP5 (position 51). To determine the influence of these missing N-glycosylation sites on the distinct neutralization phenotype of PRRSV-01, a chimeric virus (FL01) was generated by replacing the structural genes of type II PRRSV strain FL12 cDNA infectious clone with those from PRRSV-01. N-glycosylation sites were reintroduced into GP3 and GP5 of FL01, separately or in combination, by site-directed mutagenesis. Reintroduction of the N-glycosylation site in either GP3 or GP5 allowed recovery of in vivo and in vitro glycan shielding capacity, with an additive effect when these sites were reintroduced into both glycoproteins simultaneously. Although the loss of these glycosylation sites has seemingly occurred naturally (presumably by passage through cell cultures), PRRSV-01 virus quickly regains these glycosylation sites through replication in vivo, suggesting that a strong selective pressure is exerted at these sites. Collectively, our data demonstrate the involvement of an N-glycan moiety located in GP3 in glycan shield interference. FAU - Vu, Hiep L X AU - Vu HL AD - Nebraska Center for Virology and School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA. FAU - Kwon, Byungjoon AU - Kwon B FAU - Yoon, Kyoung-Jin AU - Yoon KJ FAU - Laegreid, William W AU - Laegreid WW FAU - Pattnaik, Asit K AU - Pattnaik AK FAU - Osorio, Fernando A AU - Osorio FA LA - eng SI - GENBANK/JF422072 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20110316 PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Neutralizing) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Polysaccharides) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) RN - 0 (Viral Proteins) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Neutralizing/immunology MH - Antibodies, Viral/immunology MH - Cell Line MH - Glycoproteins/genetics/*immunology MH - *Immune Evasion MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Mutation, Missense MH - Polysaccharides/*metabolism MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*immunology/*pathogenicity MH - RNA, Viral/genetics MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Swine MH - Viral Plaque Assay MH - Viral Proteins/genetics/*immunology PMC - PMC3094951 EDAT- 2011/03/18 06:00 MHDA- 2011/07/14 06:00 PMCR- 2011/12/01 CRDT- 2011/03/18 06:00 PHST- 2011/03/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/03/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/07/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JVI.00189-11 [pii] AID - 0189-11 [pii] AID - 10.1128/JVI.00189-11 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol. 2011 Jun;85(11):5555-64. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00189-11. Epub 2011 Mar 16.