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Journal of Virology, September 2004, p. 8971-8982, Vol. 78, No. 17
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.17.8971-8982.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Characterization of a Highly Pathogenic Molecular Clone of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Clade C

Sohela de Rozières,1 Candace K. Mathiason,2 Matthew R. Rolston,1 Udayan Chatterji,1 Edward A. Hoover,2 and John H. Elder1*

Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California,1 Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biological Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado2

Received 4 February 2004/ Accepted 13 April 2004

We have derived and characterized a highly pathogenic molecular isolate of feline immunodeficiency virus subtype C (FIV-C) CABCpady00C. Clone FIV-C36 was obtained by lambda cloning from cats that developed severe immunodeficiency disease when infected with CABCpady00C (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada). Clone FIV-C36 Env is 96% identical to the noninfectious FIV-C isolate sequence deposited in GenBank (FIV-Cgb; GenBank accession number AF474246) (A. Harmache et al.) but is much more divergent in Env when compared to the subgroup A clones Petaluma (34TF10) and FIV-PPR (76 and 78% divergence, respectively). Clone FIV-C36 was able to infect freshly isolated feline peripheral blood mononuclear cells and primary T-cell lines but failed to productively infect CrFK cells, as is typical of FIV field isolates. Two-week-old specific-pathogen-free cats infected with FIV-C36 tissue culture supernatant became PCR positive and developed severe acute immunodeficiency disease similar to that caused by the uncloned CABCpady00C parent. At 4 to 5 weeks postinfection (PI), 3 of 4 animals developed CD4+-T-cell depletion, fever, weight loss, diarrhea, and opportunistic infections, including ulcerative stomatitis and tonsillitis associated with abundant bacterial growth, pneumonia, and pyelonephritis, requiring euthanasia. Histopathology confirmed severe thymic and systemic lymphoid depletion. Interestingly, the dam also became infected with a high viral load at 5 weeks PI of the kittens and developed a similar disease syndrome, requiring euthanasia at 11 weeks PI of the kittens. This constitutes the first report of a replication-competent, infectious, and pathogenic molecular clone of FIV-C. Clone FIV-C36 will facilitate dissection of the pathogenic determinants of FIV.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037. Phone: (858) 784-8270. Fax: (858) 784-2750. E-mail: jelder{at}scripps.edu.

Journal of Virology, September 2004, p. 8971-8982, Vol. 78, No. 17
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.17.8971-8982.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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