A replicating recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus model for dairy cattle H5N1 influenza virus glycoprotein evolution.

• Tác giả: Valerie Le Sage, Kevin R McCarthy, Lindsey R Robinson-McCarthy, Holly C Simmons, Kylie E Zirckel
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 702.9 Commercial miscellany
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 682779

Tóm tắt

A panzootic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses from clade 2.3.4.4b has triggered a multistate outbreak in United States dairy cattle and an unknown number of human infections. HPAI viruses are handled in specialized biocontainment facilities. Ethical considerations limit certain experimental evolution experiments aimed at assessing viral resistance to potential therapeutics. We have developed a replicating recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (rVSV) where we replaced its glycoprotein with the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes of a 2.3.4.4b H5N1 virus (rVSV-H5N1dc2024), which is free of these constraints. This virus grows to high titers and encodes a fluorescent reporter to track infection. We demonstrate the utility of rVSV-H5N1dc2024 in neutralization experiments, evaluating antibody escape and characterization of resistance mutations to NA inhibitors. rVSV-H5N1dc2024 or similar viruses may accelerate efforts to develop and evaluate interventions against this emerging threat to human and animal health.