Title
Whole-genome characterization of a Peruvian alpaca rotavirus isolate expressing a novel VP4 genotype
Date Issued
30 November 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rojas M.
Gonçalves J.L.S.
Dias H.G.
Santos N.
Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
The SA44 isolate of Rotavirus A (RVA) was identified from a neonatal Peruvian alpaca presenting with diarrhea, and the full-length genome sequence of the isolate (designated RVA/Alpaca-tc/PER/SA44/2014/G3P[40]) was determined. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the isolate possessed the genotype constellation G3-P[40]-I8-R3-C3-M3-A9-N3-T3-E3-H6, which differs considerably from those of RVA strains isolated from other species of the order Artiodactyla. Overall, the genetic constellation of the SA44 strain was quite similar to those of RVA strains isolated from a bat in Asia (MSLH14 and MYAS33). Nonetheless, phylogenetic analyses of each genome segment identified a distinct combination of genes. Several sequences were closely related to corresponding gene sequences in RVA strains from other species, including human (VP1, VP2, NSP1, and NSP2), simian (VP3 and NSP5), bat (VP6 and NSP4), and equine (NSP3). The VP7 gene sequence was closely related to RVA strains from a Peruvian alpaca (K'ayra/3368-10; 99.0% nucleotide and 99.7% amino acid identity) and from humans (RCH272; 95% nucleotide and 99.0% amino acid identity). The nucleotide sequence of the VP4 gene was distantly related to other VP4 sequences and was designated as the reference strain for the new P[40] genotype. This unique genetic makeup suggests that the SA44 strain emerged from multiple reassortment events between bat-, equine-, and human-like RVA strains.
Start page
27
End page
35
Volume
196
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria Biología celular, Microbiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84991672393
PubMed ID
Source
Veterinary Microbiology
ISSN of the container
03781135
Sponsor(s)
This study was supported, in part, by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq; Nos. 471063/2012-6 and 303864/2014-1 ), the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), and the Fundação Carlos Chagas de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ; Nos. E-26/103.113/2011 and E-26/201.374/2014 ), Brazil. The funders had no role in study design, data collection, data interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication. We thank Soluza dos Santos Gonçalves for technical assistance.
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