scholarly journals The Requirement of Glycoprotein C for Interindividual Spread Is Functionally Conserved within the Alphaherpesvirus Genus (Mardivirus), but Not the Host (Gallid)

Viruses ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1419
Author(s):  
Widaliz Vega-Rodriguez ◽  
Nagendraprabhu Ponnuraj ◽  
Maricarmen Garcia ◽  
Keith W. Jarosinski

Marek’s disease (MD) in chickens is caused by Gallid alphaherpesvirus 2, better known as MD herpesvirus (MDV). Current vaccines do not block interindividual spread from chicken-to-chicken, therefore, understanding MDV interindividual spread provides important information for the development of potential therapies to protect against MD, while also providing a natural host to study herpesvirus dissemination. It has long been thought that glycoprotein C (gC) of alphaherpesviruses evolved with their host based on their ability to bind and inhibit complement in a species-selective manner. Here, we tested the functional importance of gC during interindividual spread and host specificity using the natural model system of MDV in chickens through classical compensation experiments. By exchanging MDV gC with another chicken alphaherpesvirus (Gallid alphaherpesvirus 1 or infectious laryngotracheitis virus; ILTV) gC, we determined that ILTV gC could not compensate for MDV gC during interindividual spread. In contrast, exchanging turkey herpesvirus (Meleagrid alphaherpesvirus 1 or HVT) gC could compensate for chicken MDV gC. Both ILTV and MDV are Gallid alphaherpesviruses; however, ILTV is a member of the Iltovirus genus, while MDV is classified as a Mardivirus along with HVT. These results suggest that gC is functionally conserved based on the virus genera (Mardivirus vs. Iltovirus) and not the host (Gallid vs. Meleagrid).

Vaccine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (47) ◽  
pp. 7508-7516
Author(s):  
Omid Fakhri ◽  
Joanne M. Devlin ◽  
Glenn F. Browning ◽  
Mauricio J.C. Coppo ◽  
José A. Quinteros ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 847-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Pavlova ◽  
J. Veits ◽  
U. Blohm ◽  
C. Maresch ◽  
T. C. Mettenleiter ◽  
...  

Virus Genes ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Poulsen ◽  
Catherine R. Adams Burton ◽  
Jeffrey J. O'Brian ◽  
Stuart J. Rabin ◽  
Calvin L. Keeler

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