Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23063288
Keywords
porcine circovirus type 4 (PCV4); three-dimensional (3D) structures modeling; epitope; homology; mink circovirus (MiCV); evolution
Funding
- Changchun Science and Technology Bureau project [21ZGN18]
- Jilin Province Science and Technology Development Projects [20200402043NC]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31772747]
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This study analyzed the genetic relationship between PCV4 and other circoviruses, and found that PCV4 is more similar to MiCV, suggesting a potential common origin or derivation from MiCV. This raises concerns about the potential threat of PCV4 to animals and even humans. Therefore, continuous monitoring of PCV4 infection and variation, as well as the establishment of prevention and treatment methods, is necessary.
Porcine circovirus type 4 (PCV4) is a newly identified porcine circovirus (PCV) belonging to the Circovirus genus Circoviridae family. Although several groups have conducted epidemiological investigations on PCV4 and found that PCV4 also exists widely in pigs, there are few reports on the origin and evolution of PCV4. In this study, the genetic relationship between PCV4, mink circovirus (MiCV), bat circovirus (BtCV), PCV1, PCV2, and PCV3 was analyzed, and the consistency of viral proteins in three-dimensional (3D) structure and epitopes was predicted. We found that the genome and protein structure of PCV4 was relatively stable among current circulating PCV4 strains. Furthermore, PCV4 was more similar to MiCV in terms of its genome, protein structure, and epitope levels than other PCVs and BtCVs, suggesting that PCV4 may be derived from MiCV or have a common origin with MiCV, or mink may be an intermediate host of PCV4, which may pose a great threat to other animals and/or even human beings. Therefore, it is necessary to continuously monitor the infection and variation of PCV4, analyze the host spectrum of PCV4, and establish the prevention and treatment methods of PCV4 infection in advance.
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