A new sturgeon herpesvirus from juvenile lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens displaying epithelial skin lesions
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Abstract
Herpesvirus infections of sturgeon pose a potential threat to sturgeon culture efforts worldwide. A new epitheliotropic herpesvirus named Acipenser herpesvirus 3 (AciHV-3) was detected in hatchery-reared Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens displaying skin lesions in central Canada. The growths were discovered in the fall, reached average prevalence levels of 0.2–40% and eventually regressed. No unusual mortality was observed. The cellular changes within the lesions included epithelial hyperplasia and were reminiscent of other herpesvirus infections. The virus was not evident in lesions examined by electron microscopy. Skin tissue homogenates from symptomatic sturgeon produced atypical cytopathic effects on a primary Lake Sturgeon cell line, and next-generation sequence analysis of the DNA samples revealed the presence of an alloherpesvirus. A new genotyping PCR assay targeting the major capsid protein sequence detected AciHV-3 in symptomatic Lake Sturgeon as well as other apparently healthy sturgeon species. Bayesian inference of phylogeny reconstructed with a concatenation of five alloherpesvirus core proteins revealed a new Alloherpesviridae lineage isomorphic with a new genus. The presence of AciHV-3 homologs in cell lines and sturgeon sequence datasets, low sequence divergence among these homologs and branching patterns within the genotyping phylogeny provide preliminary evidence of an endogenous virus lifestyle established in an ancestral sturgeon.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A new sturgeon herpesvirus from juvenile Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens displaying epithelial skin lesions |
| Series title | Pathogens |
| DOI | 10.3390/pathogens12091115 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Year Published | 2023 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Fisheries Research Center |
| Description | 1115, 26 p. |
| Larger Work Title | Emerging infections in aquatic animals |
| Country | Canada |
| State | Manitoba |
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