Akabane virus nonstructural protein NSm regulates viral growth and pathogenicity in a mouse model

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  • ISHIHARA Yukari
    Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan
  • SHIODA Chieko
    Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan
  • BANGPHOOMI Norasuthi
    Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan Department of Preclinical and Applied Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Mahidol University, 999 Phutthamonthon Sai 4 Road Salaya, Phutthamonthon Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand
  • SUGIURA Keita
    Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan
  • SAEKI Kohei
    Department of Veterinary Surgery, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan
  • TSUDA Shumpei
    Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan
  • IWANAGA Tatsuya
    Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan
  • TAKENAKA-UEMA Akiko
    Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan
  • KATO Kentaro
    Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan Research Unit for Global Infection Control, National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
  • MURAKAMI Shin
    Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan
  • UCHIDA Kazuyuki
    Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan
  • AKASHI Hiroomi
    Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan
  • HORIMOTO Taisuke
    Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan

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<p>The biological function of a nonstructural protein, NSm, of Akabane virus (AKAV) is unknown. In this study, we generated a series of NSm deletion mutant viruses by reverse genetics and compared their phenotypes. The mutant in which the NSm coding region was almost completely deleted could not be rescued, suggesting that NSm plays a role in virus replication. We next generated mutant viruses possessing various partial deletions in NSm and identified several regions critical for virus infectivity. All rescued mutant viruses produced smaller plaques and grew inefficiently in cell culture, compared to the wild-type virus. Interestingly, although the pathogenicity of NSm deletion mutant viruses varied in mice depending on their deletion regions and sizes, more than half the mice died following infection with any mutant virus and the dead mice exhibited encephalitis as in wild-type virus-inoculated mice, indicating their neuroinvasiveness. Abundant viral antigens were detected in the brain tissues of dead mice, whereas appreciable antigen was not observed in those of surviving mice, suggesting a correlation between virus growth rate in the brain and neuropathogenicity in mice. We conclude that NSm affects AKAV replication in vitro as well as in vivo and that it may function as a virulence factor.</p>

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