Amino acid substitutions in the hemagglutinin of H5 influenza virus changing the antigenic specificity and virus virulence


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In our earlier studies, we mapped the hemagglutinin antigenic epitopes of H5 influenza virus by selecting mutants resistant to the neutralizing effect of the antibody (escape mutants). Several escape mutants were shown to have a lowered virulence for mice. The readaptation of low-virulent escape mutants to mice resulted in the restoration of virulence. In the present communication. We present data on the assay of virulence of single-gene reassortants containing HA genes of the wild-type virus, low-virulent escape mutant, or re-adapted variant, and the other genes of a mouse-adapted H9N2 influenza virus. The results demonstrate that the amino acid change S145F (H3 numbering) in the hemagglutinin ensuring the resistance to a monoclonal antibody can be deleterious to virulence, and that the damaging effect on virulence may be compensated for by additional amino acid changes in position 186 in the hemagglutinin arising in the course of virus passaging in mice. The data indicate that the compensational mutations restoring the pathogenic potential of antigenic variants may be regarded as an additional factor in the evolution of influenza virus hemagglutinin.

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