Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T178 |
0-124 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In the present study, the first pair of cDNA clones of a virulent G2b PEDV and its derived attenuated strain were generated. |
T179 |
125-364 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Since these two viruses were closely related to each other, this established platform would allow for easier manipulate in studying the effect of single nucleotide polymorphism for identifying potential virulent/attenuating determinate(s). |
T180 |
365-498 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In the present study, we demonstrated that reversion of virulence or attenuation occurred after the S gene was reciprocally replaced. |
T181 |
499-768 |
Sentence |
denotes |
However, this finding is in disagreement with previously published results by Wang et al. [17], indicating that there was an absence of virulence reversion after S gene substitution between the highly virulent G2b strain, BJ2011C, and the avirulent G1a strain, CHM2013. |
T182 |
769-868 |
Sentence |
denotes |
There could be a few reasons for the discrepancy between our observations that of previous studies. |
T183 |
869-917 |
Sentence |
denotes |
First, the autonomy of the viruses is different. |
T184 |
918-1167 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Viral attenuation in serial cell-culture or animal passage is a progressive process that involves a series of gene mutations and the subsequent alternated cooperative interplay between gene products and mechanisms influencing cell-virus interaction. |
T185 |
1168-1399 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Although the patterns of attenuating mutation are similar among G2b PEDV strains, the asynchronous mutations between different PEDV strains could lead to loss of the cooperative or complementary function(s) for other gene products. |
T186 |
1400-1487 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In the previous study, the used viral strains belonged to different genogroups [17,28]. |
T187 |
1488-1587 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Efficient viral assembly requires proper signaling and interaction between each structural protein. |
T188 |
1588-1884 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Since the BJ2011C virus belonged to genogroup 2b, we speculated that the reason a singular S gene exchange failed to reverse the virulence of the avirulent G1a CHM2013 strain might be due to, at least in part, the suboptimal cooperation between structural proteins in terms of PEDV morphogenesis. |
T189 |
1885-1975 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Second, the degree of attenuation differed between the CHM2013 virus and PEDVPT-P96 virus. |
T190 |
1976-2255 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Comparing to the avirulent CHM2013 virus that induced no detectable viral shedding in two-day-old piglets, iPEDVPT-P96 virus retained some levels of virulence as it caused viral shedding, observable clinical symptoms, and even mortality in the seven-day-old conventional piglets. |
T191 |
2256-2486 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Besides the S gene [17,28], the abolishment of the function of non-structural proteins (NSPs) alone has been demonstrated to attenuate highly virulent PEDVs by disrupting the antagonistic ability of host interferons (IFN) [16,27]. |
T192 |
2487-2606 |
Sentence |
denotes |
That means, when the function of certain NSP was abated, PEDVs lose its virulence, regardless of the S gene they carry. |
T193 |
2607-2821 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Therefore, variations of NSPs in the CHM2013 virus might have a critical effect on its virulence, and the effect might be stronger than that contributed by the S gene derived from the highly virulent BJ2011C virus. |
T194 |
2822-3098 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Similarly, we also speculated that the IFN-suppressive function provided by NSP(s) might also contribute to virulent differences between the iPEDVPT-P5-96S and iPEDVPT-P96 since nine mutations were identified in NSPs in the iPEDVPT-P96 as compared with that of PEDVPT-P5 [18]. |
T195 |
3099-3180 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Regardless, further studies are needed to clarify the hypotheses mentioned above. |