title: Cytotoxicity of ORF3 proteins from a nonpathogenic and a pathogenic porcine circovirus.
abstract: Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection is associated with significant and serious swine diseases worldwide, while PCV1 appears to be a nonpathogenic virus. Previous studies demonstrated that the ORF3 protein of PCV2 (PCV2ORF3) was involved in PCV2 pathogenesis via its proapoptotic capability (J. Liu, I. Chen, Q. Du, H. Chua, and J. Kwang, J. Virol. 80:5065-5073, 2006). If PCV2ORF3-induced apoptosis is a determinant of virulence, PCV1ORF3 is hypothesized to lack this ability. The properties of PCV1 and PCV2 ORF3, expressed as fusion proteins to an enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP), were characterized with regard to their ability to cause cellular morphological changes, detachment, death, and apoptosis. PCV1ORF3 significantly induced more apoptotic cell death and was toxic to more different cell types than PCV2ORF3 was. PCV1ORF3-associated cell death was caspase dependent. PCV1ORF3 also induced poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP) cleavage; however, whether PARP was involved in cell death requires further studies. Truncation of PCV1 and elongation of PCV2 ORF3 proteins revealed that the first 104 amino acids contain a domain capable of inducing cell death, whereas the C terminus of PCV1ORF3 contains a domain possibly responsible for enhancing cell death. These results suggest that the pathogenicity of PCV2 for pigs is either not determined or not solely determined by the ORF3 protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaiyakul
authors.forename: Karolynn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Rkia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dardari
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czub
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D002460:Cell Line; D048430:Cell Shape; D018173:Circoviridae Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D017925:Circovirus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000821:virology; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins
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