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J Virol, April 1998, p. 2647-2654, Vol. 72, No. 4
0022-538X/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Generation of a Mutant Infectious Bursal Disease Virus That Does Not Cause Bursal Lesions

Kun Yao,1,2 Mark A. Goodwin,3 and Vikram N. Vakharia1,2,*

Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute,1 and VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine,2 University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, and Georgia Poultry Laboratory, Oakwood, Georgia 305663

Received 29 August 1997/Accepted 16 December 1997

A reverse genetics system for birnavirus, based on synthetic transcripts of the infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) genome, was recently developed (E. Mundt and V. N. Vakharia, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:11131-11136, 1996). To study the function of the 17-kDa nonstructural (NS) protein in viral growth and pathogenesis, we constructed a cDNA clone of IBDV segment A in which the first and only initiation codon (ATG) of NS protein was mutated to a stop codon (TAG). Transfection of Vero cells with combined transcripts of either modified or unmodified segment A, and with segment B, generated viable IBDV progeny. When chicken embryo fibroblast cells infected with transfectant viruses were analyzed by immunofluorescence assays using NS-specific antiserum, the mutant virus did not yield a fluorescence signal, indicating a lack of NS protein expression. Furthermore, replication kinetics and cytotoxic effects of the mutant virus were compared with those of the parental attenuated vaccine strain of IBDV (D78) in vitro. The mutant virus grew to slightly lower titers than D78 virus and exhibited decreased cytotoxic and apoptotic effects in cell culture. To evaluate the characteristics of the recovered viruses in vivo, we inoculated 3-week-old chickens with D78 or mutant virus and analyzed their bursa for histopathological lesions. The recovered D78 virus caused microscopic lesions and atrophy of the bursa, while the mutant virus failed to induce any pathological lesions or clinical signs of disease. In both instances, the virus was recovered from the bursa, and the presence or absence of mutation in these viruses was confirmed by nucleotide sequence analysis of NS gene. Although the mutant virus exhibited a delay in replication in vivo, it induced levels of IBDV neutralizing antibodies that were similar to those of D78 virus. In addition, no reversion of mutation was detected in the mutant virus recovered from inoculated chickens. These results demonstrate that NS protein is dispensable for viral replication in vitro and in vivo and that it plays an important role in viral pathogenesis. Thus, generation of such NS protein-deficient virus will facilitate the study of immunosuppression and aid in the development of live-attenuated vaccines for IBDV.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, 6126 Plant Sciences Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Phone: (301) 405-4777. Fax: (301) 314-9075. E-mail: vakharia{at}umbi.umd.edu.




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