1College
of Veterinary Medicines, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin,
China; 2Sinovet (Jiangsu) Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.,
Taizhou, China;
3International
Department of Taizhou High School in Jiangsu Province, Taizhou,
China
*Corresponding author:
tanglijie@163.com
Abstract
In order to investigate the prevalence of
swine influenza virus (SIV) in
Shandong, China, a pig farm in Binzhou, Shandong, was investigated. Nasal swab samples suspected of containing SIV
were collectedand inoculated into Specific Pathogen Free (SPF)
chicken embryos for virus isolation.Subsequently, the
isolated virus underwent
whole-genome sequencing, genetic evolution analysis, protein key amino acid
mutations analysis, and evaluation of
pathogenicity to piglets. The results showed that a strain of SIV H1N1 subtype
was successfully isolated and
named as
A/swine/Shandong/BZ03/2022 (H1N1),knownasSIVH1N1SDBZstrain. Sequence alignment
analysis indicated
that the HA and NA gene of the
isolate exhibited the highest homology with
A/swine/Liaoning/DL1007/2020 (H1N1) in GenBank, with similarities of 99.41 and 99.57%, respectively.The
amino acid sequence of the HA protein cleavage site was
identified as PSIQSR$GLF, displaying low
pathogenic molecular characteristics. The pathogenicity experiment
demonstrated that infected
piglets exhibited influenza symptoms such as fever,
runny nose, and sneezing. SIV was consistently detected in nasal swabs of piglets, andled to meat-like
consolidation in the lungs. Pathological examinations
revealed parenchymal lungs with disappeared alveoli. Therefore, this
study successfully isolated a H1N1 subtype SIV strain in Shandong Province,
elucidating its genetic evolution, molecular
characteristics, and pathogenicity. This work
providessome
important references for the monitoring and prevention and
surveillance of SIV in China.
To Cite This Article:
Chen C,
Tian C, Xu S, Zhang Yand Tang L, 2024. Molecular
characterization and pathogenicity evaluation of a H1N1 subtype swine influenza
virus. Pak Vet J, 44(3): 868-874. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2024.230