PMID- 36983998 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230331 IS - 2075-1729 (Print) IS - 2075-1729 (Electronic) IS - 2075-1729 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 3 DP - 2023 Mar 21 TI - Molecular Characteristics and Pathogenicity of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) 1 in Taiwan during 2019-2020. LID - 10.3390/life13030843 [doi] LID - 843 AB - Two variants of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), PRRSV 1 and PRRSV 2, have caused abortion in pregnant sows and respiratory distress in nursery pigs worldwide. PRRSV 2 has been thoroughly researched in Taiwan since 1993; however, the first case of PRRSV 1 was not reported until late 2018. To decipher the genetic characteristics of PRRSV 1 in Taiwan, open reading frame 5 (ORF5) genes of PRRSV 1 strains collected from 11 individual pig farms in 2019-2020 were successfully sequenced. All Taiwanese ORF5 sequences were closely related to Spanish-like PRRSV strains, which are considered to share a common evolutionary origin with the strain used for the PRRSV 1 vaccine. Analyses of amino acid (aa) and non-synonymous substitutions showed that genetic variations resulted in numerously specific codon mutations scattered across the neutralizing epitopes within the ORF5 gene. The PRRSV 1 challenge experiment disclosed the pathogenetic capability of the NPUST2789 isolate in nursery pigs. These findings provide comprehensive knowledge of the molecular diversity of the PRRSV 1 variant in local Taiwanese fields and facilitate the development of suitable immunization programs against this disease. FAU - Hsueh, Fu-Chun AU - Hsueh FC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4319-6600 AD - Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. FAU - Kuo, Kun-Lin AU - Kuo KL AD - Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. AD - Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. FAU - Hsu, Feng-Yang AU - Hsu FY AD - Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. AD - Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. FAU - Wang, Sheng-Yuan AU - Wang SY AD - Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. FAU - Chiu, Hsien-Jen AU - Chiu HJ AUID- ORCID: 0009-0004-0624-7511 AD - Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. AD - Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. FAU - Wu, Meng-Tien AU - Wu MT AD - Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. FAU - Lin, Chuen-Fu AU - Lin CF AD - Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. AD - Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. FAU - Huang, Yu-Han AU - Huang YH AD - Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. FAU - Chiou, Ming-Tang AU - Chiou MT AD - Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. AD - Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. FAU - Lin, Chao-Nan AU - Lin CN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1911-7535 AD - Animal Disease Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. AD - Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan. LA - eng GR - MOST110-2313-B-020-009-MY2/National Science and Technology Council/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230321 PL - Switzerland TA - Life (Basel) JT - Life (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101580444 PMC - PMC10056585 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PRRSV 1 OT - Taiwan OT - challenge experiment OT - phylogenetic analysis COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/03/30 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/30 06:01 PMCR- 2023/03/21 CRDT- 2023/03/29 01:47 PHST- 2023/02/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/03/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/03/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/03/30 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/29 01:47 [entrez] PHST- 2023/03/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - life13030843 [pii] AID - life-13-00843 [pii] AID - 10.3390/life13030843 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Life (Basel). 2023 Mar 21;13(3):843. doi: 10.3390/life13030843.