Genotyping and sequence characterization of the NSP4 gene of human group A rotavirus strains in Northern Iran

Khalkhali, Parinaz and Ajorloo, Mehdi and Khavandegar, Armin and Mozhgani, Sayed-Hamidreza and Teimoori, Ali (2021) Genotyping and sequence characterization of the NSP4 gene of human group A rotavirus strains in Northern Iran. Journal of Medical Virology.

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Abstract

Rotavirus is known to be responsible for remarkable numbers of severe diarrheal episodes and even death in infants and young children. In this study, we aimed to survey genetic diversity and variation analysis of viroporin which is encoded by the rotavirus NSP4 segment. Thirty-five rotavirus positive specimens were obtained, and RNA extraction and PCR amplification were performed. After the sequencing process, four specimens were excluded, and the final 31 samples remained for genetic diversity and variation analysis. The predominant single G/P combination was G1P[8] (~78%), followed by G2P[8] (~13%), and equal percentages (3%) of G2P[4], G3P[8], and G-non-typeable-P[8]. Further analyses revealed that variations could be found in the three regions of NSP4 including VP4 binding site (aa 112 to 146), double-layered particle binding site (aa 161 to 175), and finally, in the predicted amphipathic alpha-helix. Phylogenic tree analysis demonstrated that the mentioned samples clustered with genotype E1 and E2 reference sequences. As previously reported in the literature, in this study, it was revealed that no apparent correlation exists in the deduced amino acid sequences corresponding to this region between the rotaviruses collected from patients with and without diarrhea. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RB Pathology
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine
Depositing User: samira sepahvandy
Date Deposited: 13 Apr 2021 04:40
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2021 04:40
URI: http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/2712

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