In turkeys, unlike chickens, the non-structural NS1 protein does not play a significant role in the replication and tissue tropism of the H7N1 avian influenza virus
Abstract
The economic losses caused by high pathogenicity (HP) avian influenza viruses (AIV) in poultry industry worldwide are enormous. Although chickens and turkeys are two closely related Galliformes, turkeys are thought to be a bridging host for the adaptation of AIV from wild birds to poultry because of their high susceptibility to AIV infections. HPAIV evolve from low pathogenicity (LP) AIV after circulation in poultry through mutations in different viral proteins, including the non-structural protein (NS1), a major interferon (IFN) antagonist of AIV. At present, it is largely unknown whether the virulence determinants of HPAIV are the same in turkeys and chickens. Previously, we showed that mutations in the NS1 of HPAIV H7N1 significantly reduced viral replication in chickens in vitro and in vivo. Here, we investigated the effect of NS1 on the replication and virulence of HPAIV H7N1 in turkeys after inoculation with recombinant H7N1 carrying a naturally truncated wild-type NS1 (with 224 amino-acid “aa” in length) or an extended NS1 with 230-aa similar to the LP H7N1 ancestor. There were no significant differences in multiple-cycle viral replication or in the efficiency of NS1 to block IFN induction in cell culture. Similarly, all viruses were highly virulent in turkeys and replicated at similar levels in various organs and swabs collected from inoculated turkeys. These results suggest that NS1 does not play a role in the virulence or replication of HPAIV H7N1 in turkeys and further indicate that the genetic determinants of HPAIV differ in these two closely related galliform species.
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- Journal article: 10.1101/2024.01.29.577768 (DOI)
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2024-01-31https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.29.577768v1