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- Title
Relación entre apoptosis y secuencia del dominio BH2 del peptido VP5 del virus de la necrosis pancreatica infecciosa.
- Authors
Ortega S., Cesar; Rodríguez S., Sylvia; Espinoza, Juan Carlos; Kuznar, Juan; Romero, Alex; Enríquez, Ricardo
- Abstract
Objective. To determine whether the level of apoptosis induced by infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is related to the amino acid sequence of the BH2 domain of the VP5 protein and the level of infectivity. Materials and methods. Three IPNV strains were used, the VP2 protein gene was amplified for genotyping and the VP5 sequence was also obtained. The infectivity of the strains was calculated using the viral titer obtained at 12, 24, 36 and 45 hpi in CHSE-214 cells. The percentage of apoptosis in infected cells was visualized by TUNEL assay and immunohistochemistry (caspase 3 detection). Results. The V70/06 and V33/98 strains corresponded to genotype Sp, while V112/06 to VR-299; the amino acid analysis of the V70/06 strain allows its classification as middle virulent strain and V33/98 and V112/06 strains as low virulent ones; infection with the V112/06 strain produced a lower viral titer (p<0.05). The VP5 gene of the 3 strains showed four homologous domains to Bcl-2, however, the BH2 domain was truncated in V70/06 and V33/98 (12 kDa), being complete (15kDa) in V112/06, which also showed the Trp155 residue, equivalent to Trp188 considered as a critical factor for the function of Bcl-2. The average apoptosis was below 12%, showing no differences between strains (p>0.05). Conclusions. The results showed that the differences in the BH2 sequence of the VP5 protein, infectivity and the VP2 sequence are not associated with the modulation of apoptosis.
- Subjects
APOPTOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE sequence; INFECTIOUS pancreatic necrosis virus; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN genetics; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY
- Publication
Revista MVZ Córdoba, 2014, Vol 19, Issue 1, p3990
- ISSN
0122-0268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21897/rmvz.119