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. 2013;8(3):e58705.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058705. Epub 2013 Mar 19.

The molecular characterization of bovine leukaemia virus isolates from Eastern Europe and Siberia and its impact on phylogeny

Marzena Rola-Łuszczak  1 , Aneta Pluta, Monika Olech, Irina Donnik, Maxim Petropavlovskiy, Anton Gerilovych, Irina Vinogradova, Bhudipa Choudhury, Jacek Kuźmak
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The molecular characterization of bovine leukaemia virus isolates from Eastern Europe and Siberia and its impact on phylogeny

Marzena Rola-Łuszczak et al. PLoS One. 2013.

Abstract

Recent studies have shown that bovine leukemia virus (BLV) sequences can be classified into seven distinct genotypes based on full gp51 sequence. This classification was based on available sequence data that mainly represented the BLV population that is circulating in cattle from the US and South America. In order to aid with a global perspective inclusion of data from Eastern Europe is required. In this study we examined 44 BLV isolates from different geographical regions of Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. Phylogenetic analysis based on a 444bp fragment of env gene revealed that most of isolates belonged to genotypes 4 and 7. Furthermore, we confirmed the existence of a new genotype, genotype 8, which was highly supported by phylogenetic computations. A significant number of amino acid substitutions were found in the sequences of the studied Eastern European isolates, of which 71% have not been described previously. The substitutions encompassed mainly the C-part of the CD4+ epitope, zinc binding peptide region, CD8+ T cell epitope, and overlapping linear epitope E. These observations highlight the use of sequence data to both elucidate phylogenetic relationships and the potential effect on serological detection of geographically diverse isolates.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 400 bp of env gene sequences of BLV isolates.
Euroasian isolates are shown by name. Remaining strains in the tree are shown by accession number and country of origin. Numbers at the branches show bootstrap support. Genotypes are indicated by vertical line.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Bayesian phylogenetic tree based on 400 bp of env gene sequences of BLV isolates.
Euroasian isolates are shown by name. Remaining strains in the tree are shown by accession number and country of origin. Numbers on nodes indicate posterior probabilities. Genotypes are indicated by vertical line.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Alignment of the partial amino acid env sequences from 44 BLV isolates.
All newly found substitutions are marked with light grey fields. The labeled rectangles in the upper part of figure refer to the coding sequences of antigenic determinants and the black frame on alignment refer to the Zinc-binding peptide. The localization of 4, 7 and 8 BLV genotypes is represented by the black bars in the right part of figure. Dots indicate identity with BLV_FLK (M35242.1), which was used as reference in this work.
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