Safety and Efficacy upon Infection in Sheep with Rift Valley Fever Virus ZH548-rA2, a Triple Mutant Rescued Virus
2024
Moreno, Sandra | Lorenzo, Gema | López Valiñas, Álvaro | de la Losa, Nuria | Alonso, Celia | Charro, Elena | Núñez, José I. | Sánchez-Cordón, Pedro J. | Borrego, Belén | Brun, Alejandro | Producció Animal | Sanitat Animal
The introduction of three single nucleotide mutations into the genome of the virulent RVFV ZH548 strain allows for the rescue of a fully attenuated virus in mice (ZH548-rA2). These mutations are located in the viral genes encoding the RdRp and the non-structural protein NSs. This paper shows the results obtained after the subcutaneous inoculation of ZH548-rA2 in adult sheep and the subsequent challenge with the parental virus (ZH548-rC1). Inoculation with the ZH548-rA2 virus caused no detectable clinical or pathological effect in sheep, whereas inoculation of the parental rC1 virus caused lesions compatible with viral infection characterised by the presence of scattered hepatic necrosis. Viral infection was confirmed via immunohistochemistry, with hepatocytes within the necrotic foci appearing as the main cells immunolabelled against viral antigen. Furthermore, the inoculation of sheep with the rA2 virus prevented the liver damage expected after rC1 virus inoculation, suggesting a protective efficacy in sheep which correlated with the induction of both humoral and cell-mediated immune responses.
Show more [+] Less [-]This research was funded by grants AGL2017-83226-R and PID2021-122567OB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by ERDF “A way of making Europe”.
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