Isolation and whole protein characterization of species A and B bovine rotaviruses from Chinese calves

Gehad Elkady, Jie Zhu, Qingjie Peng, Ming Chen, Xin Liu, Yingyu Chen, Changmin Hu, Huanchun Chen, Aizhen Guo

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Abstract

Rotaviruses (RVs) account for severe diarrhea in children and young animals globally. In the current study, the fecal samples of diarrheic calves from a beef farm in Inner Mongolia were screened for RVA by ELISA and RT-PCR, followed by culture of three positive RVA samples in the MA-104 cell line. After 10 blind passages, cytopathic effects (CPE) appeared as detachment, granulation, and clustering of the inoculated cells. The virus isolates were identified by RT-PCR (VP6 gene RVA) and ESI-LC-MS/MS for whole protein sequencing. The protein sequences demonstrated the presence of two strains from species A rotavirus and one RVB strain; RVA/Cow-tc/CHN/35333/2019/G6P[5] was mixed with one RVB strain (RVB/Cow-tc/CHN/35334/2019/G5P[3]) in two samples, and RVA/Cow-tc/CHN/10927/2019/G8P[7] was found in one sample. They are of genotype constellations (G6-P[5]-I2-R2-C2-M2-A3-N2-T6-E2-H3), (G8-P[7]-I5-R1-C1- M2-A1-N1-T1-E1-H1), and (G5-P[3]-I3-R5-C5-A5-N4-H5), respectively. Besides, phylogenetic analysis of the obtained sequences demonstrated viral evolution.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number104715
JournalInfection, Genetics and Evolution
Volume89
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2021
Externally publishedYes

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Funding Information:
This study was supported by The National Key Research and Development Program of China (# 2018YFD0501802 ), the Special Fund for Chinese Agricultural Research System (Beef/yaks) ( #CARS-37 ), and the Special Fund for National Distinguished Scholars in Agricultural Research and Technical Innovative Team.

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Keywords

  • Bovine rotavirus
  • Calf diarrhea
  • ESI-LC-MS/MS genome constellation
  • Isolation
  • RVA
  • RVB

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