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Main Authors: Zhang, Wenchao, Pan, Lixia, Huang, Yongqi, Dong, Qinting, Liu, Teng, Du, Yanjie, Lu, Lifei, Yang, Dengfeng, Liu, Jinsong, Ouyang, Kang, Chen, Ying, Wei, Zuzhang, Liu, Huan, Huang, Weijian
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Published: Veterinary microbiology 2025
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40505338/
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author Zhang, Wenchao
Pan, Lixia
Huang, Yongqi
Dong, Qinting
Liu, Teng
Du, Yanjie
Lu, Lifei
Yang, Dengfeng
Liu, Jinsong
Ouyang, Kang
Chen, Ying
Wei, Zuzhang
Liu, Huan
Huang, Weijian
author_facet Zhang, Wenchao
Pan, Lixia
Huang, Yongqi
Dong, Qinting
Liu, Teng
Du, Yanjie
Lu, Lifei
Yang, Dengfeng
Liu, Jinsong
Ouyang, Kang
Chen, Ying
Wei, Zuzhang
Liu, Huan
Huang, Weijian
Zhang, Wenchao
Pan, Lixia
Huang, Yongqi
Dong, Qinting
Liu, Teng
Du, Yanjie
Lu, Lifei
Yang, Dengfeng
Liu, Jinsong
Ouyang, Kang
Chen, Ying
Wei, Zuzhang
Liu, Huan
Huang, Weijian
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Proteolytic processing of the capsid precursor by trypsin is essential for porcine astrovirus infectivity and isolation in vitro. Zhang, Wenchao Pan, Lixia Huang, Yongqi Dong, Qinting Liu, Teng Du, Yanjie Lu, Lifei Yang, Dengfeng Liu, Jinsong Ouyang, Kang Chen, Ying Wei, Zuzhang Liu, Huan Huang, Weijian Animals Swine Trypsin Mamastrovirus Capsid Proteins Cell Line Virus Replication Proteolysis Astroviridae Infections Swine Diseases Capsid Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral Porcine astroviruses (PAstV) have been prevalent worldwide, causing asymptomatic, intestinal or neurological clinical symptoms. However, the maturation mechanism and elements of the PAstV life cycle remains largely unknown, which poses an obstacle for PAstV isolation and pathogenic study. Previous studies have reported that PAstV's isolation and replication in PK-15 cells requires the addition of trypsin, yet the detailed role of this protease has not been revealed. In this study, we found that trypsin could enhance the cytopathic effects and RNA replication of PAstV. The capsid precursor, of ∼90 kDa (VP90), could directly release into the extracellular culture media and subsequently processed by trypsin into four terminal products of about 25 (VP25), 27 (VP27), 30 (VP30) and 34 (VP34) kDa. This cleavage process was found to be essential for the infectivity of PAstV, as progeny viruses assembled from un-cleaved or incomplete processed capsid precursor protein lost its infectivity. Moreover, non-infectious progeny viruses regain infectivity after trypsin treatment. Unlike human astrovirus, which undergoes a "VP90-VP70" cleavage process, intracellular caspases were found to promote but are not required for PAstV-GX1 viral release. Virus purification confirmed that the VP34, VP30 and VP27 constitute mature, infectious viral particles. Importantly, sufficient processing under trypsin concentration, which produce VP27, VP30 and VP34, were proved to be components of PAstV mature virions. In general, PAstV's infectivity strictly depends on extracellular trypsin cleavage of its capsid precursor VP90 into VP25/27/30/34, bypassing the intracellular "VP90-VP70" pathway seen in Human Astrovirus-a novel maturation strategy in astroviruses.
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spellingShingle Proteolytic processing of the capsid precursor by trypsin is essential for porcine astrovirus infectivity and isolation in vitro.
Zhang, Wenchao
Pan, Lixia
Huang, Yongqi
Dong, Qinting
Liu, Teng
Du, Yanjie
Lu, Lifei
Yang, Dengfeng
Liu, Jinsong
Ouyang, Kang
Chen, Ying
Wei, Zuzhang
Liu, Huan
Huang, Weijian
Animals
Swine
Trypsin
Mamastrovirus
Capsid Proteins
Cell Line
Virus Replication
Proteolysis
Astroviridae Infections
Swine Diseases
Capsid
Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral
Proteolytic processing of the capsid precursor by trypsin is essential for porcine astrovirus infectivity and isolation in vitro. Zhang, Wenchao Pan, Lixia Huang, Yongqi Dong, Qinting Liu, Teng Du, Yanjie Lu, Lifei Yang, Dengfeng Liu, Jinsong Ouyang, Kang Chen, Ying Wei, Zuzhang Liu, Huan Huang, Weijian Animals Swine Trypsin Mamastrovirus Capsid Proteins Cell Line Virus Replication Proteolysis Astroviridae Infections Swine Diseases Capsid Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral Porcine astroviruses (PAstV) have been prevalent worldwide, causing asymptomatic, intestinal or neurological clinical symptoms. However, the maturation mechanism and elements of the PAstV life cycle remains largely unknown, which poses an obstacle for PAstV isolation and pathogenic study. Previous studies have reported that PAstV's isolation and replication in PK-15 cells requires the addition of trypsin, yet the detailed role of this protease has not been revealed. In this study, we found that trypsin could enhance the cytopathic effects and RNA replication of PAstV. The capsid precursor, of ∼90 kDa (VP90), could directly release into the extracellular culture media and subsequently processed by trypsin into four terminal products of about 25 (VP25), 27 (VP27), 30 (VP30) and 34 (VP34) kDa. This cleavage process was found to be essential for the infectivity of PAstV, as progeny viruses assembled from un-cleaved or incomplete processed capsid precursor protein lost its infectivity. Moreover, non-infectious progeny viruses regain infectivity after trypsin treatment. Unlike human astrovirus, which undergoes a "VP90-VP70" cleavage process, intracellular caspases were found to promote but are not required for PAstV-GX1 viral release. Virus purification confirmed that the VP34, VP30 and VP27 constitute mature, infectious viral particles. Importantly, sufficient processing under trypsin concentration, which produce VP27, VP30 and VP34, were proved to be components of PAstV mature virions. In general, PAstV's infectivity strictly depends on extracellular trypsin cleavage of its capsid precursor VP90 into VP25/27/30/34, bypassing the intracellular "VP90-VP70" pathway seen in Human Astrovirus-a novel maturation strategy in astroviruses.
title Proteolytic processing of the capsid precursor by trypsin is essential for porcine astrovirus infectivity and isolation in vitro.
topic Animals
Swine
Trypsin
Mamastrovirus
Capsid Proteins
Cell Line
Virus Replication
Proteolysis
Astroviridae Infections
Swine Diseases
Capsid
Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40505338/