Frontiers in Microbiology (Jul 2024)

Isolation and identification of a novel porcine-related recombinant mammalian orthoreovirus type 3 strain from cattle in Guangxi Province, China

  • Yuhang Luo,
  • Yuhang Luo,
  • Yuhang Luo,
  • Yuhang Luo,
  • Yanglin Wang,
  • Yanglin Wang,
  • Yanglin Wang,
  • Wenfei Tang,
  • Wenfei Tang,
  • Wenfei Tang,
  • Cui Wang,
  • Cui Wang,
  • Cui Wang,
  • Cui Wang,
  • Huanghao Liu,
  • Huanghao Liu,
  • Huanghao Liu,
  • Xiaoling Wang,
  • Jiang Xie,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Kang Ouyang,
  • Kang Ouyang,
  • Kang Ouyang,
  • Ying Chen,
  • Ying Chen,
  • Ying Chen,
  • Zuzhang Wei,
  • Zuzhang Wei,
  • Zuzhang Wei,
  • Yifeng Qin,
  • Yifeng Qin,
  • Yifeng Qin,
  • Yan Pan,
  • Weijian Huang,
  • Weijian Huang,
  • Weijian Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1419691
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15

Abstract

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The Mammalian orthoreovirus (MRV) infects various mammals, including humans, and is linked to gastrointestinal, respiratory, and neurological diseases. A recent outbreak in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China, led to the isolation of a new MRV strain, GXLZ2301, from fecal samples. This strain replicates in multiple cell lines and forms lattice-like structures. Infected cells exhibit single-cell death and syncytia formation. The virus’s titers peaked at 107.2 TCID50/0.1 mL in PK-15 and BHK cells, with the lowest at 103.88 TCID50/0.1 mL in A549 cells. Electron microscopy showed no envelope with a diameter of about 70 nm. Genetic analysis revealed GXLZ2301 as a recombinant strain with gene segments from humans, cows, and pigs, similar to type 3 MRV strains from Italy (2015-2016). Pathogenicity tests indicated that while the bovine MRV strain did not cause clinical symptoms in mice, it caused significant damage to the gut, lungs, liver, kidneys, and brain. The emergence of this MRV strain may pose a threat to the health of animals and humans, and it is recommended that its epidemiology and recombination be closely monitored.

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