title: Role of a single amino acid substitution of VP3 H142D for increased acid resistance of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A.
abstract: Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) particles lose infectivity due to their dissociation into pentamers at pH value below 6.5. After the uptake of FMDV by receptor-mediated endocytosis, the acid-dependent dissociation process is required for the release of FMDV genome inside endosomes. Nevertheless, dissociation of FMDV particles in mildly acidic conditions renders the inactivated FMD vaccine less effective. To improve the acid stability of inactivated FMD vaccine during the manufacturing process, a serotype A IND 40/2000 (in-use vaccine strain) mutant with increased resistance to acid inactivation was generated through reverse genetics approach. Based upon the earlier reports, the crucial amino acid residue, H142 of VP3 capsid protein was substituted separately to various amino acid residues Arg (R), Phe (F), Ala (A), and Asp (D) on the full-genome length cDNA clone. While the H142 → R or H142 → F or H142 → A substitutions resulted in non-infectious FMDV, H142 → D mutation on VP3 protein (H3142D) resulted in the generation of mutant virus with enhanced resistance to acid-induced inactivation. In addition, H3142D substitution did not alter the replication ability and antigenicity of mutant as compared to the parental virus. However, the virus competition experiments revealed that the H3142D substitution conferred a loss of fitness for the mutant virus. Results from this study demonstrate that the H3142D substitution is the molecular determinant of acid-resistant phenotype in FMDV serotype A.
authors.affiliation: ICAR-Project Directorate on Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Mukteswar, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 263138, India. jkubiswal@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jitendra K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Biswal
authors.affiliation: ICAR-Project Directorate on Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Mukteswar, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 263138, India.
authors.forename: Biswajit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: ICAR-Project Directorate on Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Mukteswar, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 263138, India.
authors.forename: Gaurav K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: ICAR-Project Directorate on Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Mukteswar, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 263138, India.
authors.forename: Sagar A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Khulape
authors.affiliation: ICAR-Project Directorate on Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Mukteswar, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 263138, India. pattnaikb@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bramhadev
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pattnaik
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D002460:Cell Line; D003062:Codon; D011992:Endosomes / Q000821:virology; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000821:virology; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics*; D056084:Genetic Fitness; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009154:Mutation; D055550:Protein Stability; D065288:Serogroup; D014775:Virus Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D003062:Codon; C442460:VP3 protein, Foot-and-mouth disease virus
keywords: Acid resistance; FMD virus; Mutant; Reverse genetics; Virus fitness