Genetic Compatibility of Reassortants between Avian H5N1 and H9N2 Influenza Viruses with Higher Pathogenicity in Mammals

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Arai, Yasuha [1 ,5 ]
Ibrahim, Madiha S. [2 ]
Elgendy, Emad M. [2 ]
Daidoji, Tomo [1 ]
Ono, Takao [3 ,5 ]
Suzuki, Yasuo [4 ,5 ]
Nakaya, Takaaki [1 ]
Matsumoto, Kazuhiko [3 ,5 ]
Watanabe, Yohei [1 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Kyoto Prefectural Univ Med, Dept Infect Dis, Kyoto, Japan
[2] Damanhour Univ, Fac Vet Med, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Damanhour, Egypt
[3] Osaka Univ, Inst Sci & Ind Res, Osaka, Japan
[4] Chubu Univ, Coll Life & Hlth Sci, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
[5] Japan Sci & Technol Agcy, CREST, Saitama, Japan
基金
日本科学技术振兴机构;
关键词
H5N1; H9N2; influenza reassortants; pathogenicity; public health risk; INTERNAL GENES; A VIRUSES; EVOLUTION; PROTEIN; IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE;
D O I
10.1128/JVI.01969-18
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The cocirculation of H5N1 and H9N2 avian influenza viruses in birds in Egypt provides reassortment opportunities between these two viruses. However, little is known about the emergence potential of reassortants derived from Egyptian H5N1 and H9N2 viruses and about the biological properties of such reassortants. To evaluate the potential public health risk of reassortants of these viruses, we used reverse genetics to generate the 63 possible reassortants derived from contemporary Egyptian H5N1 and H9N2 viruses, containing the H5N1 surface gene segments and combinations of the H5N1 and H9N2 internal gene segments, and analyzed their genetic compatibility, replication ability, and virulence in mice. Genes in the reassortants showed remarkably high compatibility. The replication of most reassortants was higher than the parental H5N1 virus in human cells. Six reassortants were thought to emerge in birds under neutral or positive selective pressure, and four of them had higher pathogenicity in vivo than the parental H5N1 and H9N2 viruses. Our results indicated that H5N1-H9N2 reassortants could be transmitted efficiently to mammals with significant public health risk if they emerge in Egypt, although the viruses might not emerge frequently in birds. IMPORTANCE Close interaction between avian influenza (AI) viruses and humans in Egypt appears to have resulted in many of the worldwide cases of human infections by both H5N1 and H9N2 AI viruses. Egypt is regarded as a hot spot of AI virus evolution. Although no natural reassortant of H5N1 and H9N2 AI viruses has been reported so far, their cocirculation in Egypt may allow emergence of reassortants that may present a significant public health risk. Using reverse genetics, we report here the first comprehensive data showing that H5N1-N9N2 reassortants have fairly high genetic compatibility and possibly higher pathogenicity in mammals, including humans, than the parental viruses. Our results provide insight into the emergence potential of avian H5N1-H9N2 reassortants that may pose a high public health risk.
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