PMID- 32474688 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200720 LR - 20200720 IS - 1432-8798 (Electronic) IS - 0304-8608 (Linking) VI - 165 IP - 8 DP - 2020 Aug TI - Generation of a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus expressing a marker gene inserted between ORF4 and ORF5a. PG - 1803-1813 LID - 10.1007/s00705-020-04679-3 [doi] AB - In recent years, the availability of reverse genetics systems for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) has created new perspectives for the use of recombinant viruses as expression vectors. Most of these recombinant PRRSV vectors express foreign genes through either an independent transcription unit inserted in ORF1b and ORF2, or in ORF7 and the 3' UTR. The aim of this study was to find an alternative site for foreign gene insertion into the PRRSV genome. Here, we constructed an infectious cDNA clone for a cell-adapted PRRSV strain, GXNN1396-P96. This cDNA-clone-derived recombinant virus (rGXAM) was comparable in its growth kinetics in MARC-145 cells to the parental virus, GX1396-P96. Using the infectious cDNA-clone, we inserted an independent transcription unit in ORF4 and ORF5a to generate a novel PRRSV-based recombinant virus expressing the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene. Biological characterization of the recombinant virus, rGX45BSTRS-GFP, showed that it maintained similar growth characteristics but produced fewer infectious virions than the parental PRRSV. These data demonstrate that the ORF4 and ORF5a site is able to tolerate the insertion of foreign genes. FAU - Wang, Yuxu AU - Wang Y AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. FAU - He, Wei AU - He W AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. FAU - Li, Qingqing AU - Li Q AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. FAU - Xie, Xin AU - Xie X AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. FAU - Qin, Nian AU - Qin N AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. FAU - Wang, Hao AU - Wang H AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. FAU - Huang, Jiabin AU - Huang J AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. FAU - Lin, Siyuan AU - Lin S AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. FAU - Ouyang, Kang AU - Ouyang K AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. FAU - Chen, Ying AU - Chen Y AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. FAU - Huang, Weijian AU - Huang W AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. FAU - Wei, Zuzhang AU - Wei Z AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6317-2315 AD - Laboratory of Animal infectious Diseases and molecular Immunology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004, China. zuzhangwei@gxu.edu.cn. LA - eng GR - 31660716/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 31372444/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 2018GXNSFDA281021/Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200530 PL - Austria TA - Arch Virol JT - Archives of virology JID - 7506870 RN - 0 (Genetic Markers) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Genetic Markers/*genetics MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics MH - Open Reading Frames/*genetics MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/*virology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*genetics MH - Swine MH - Virus Replication/genetics EDAT- 2020/06/01 06:00 MHDA- 2020/07/21 06:00 CRDT- 2020/06/01 06:00 PHST- 2020/01/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/07/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/01 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00705-020-04679-3 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00705-020-04679-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Virol. 2020 Aug;165(8):1803-1813. doi: 10.1007/s00705-020-04679-3. Epub 2020 May 30.