Molecular stability of a vaccine strain of Canine coronavirus after serial passages in A72 cells

Molecular stability of a vaccine strain of Canine coronavirus after serial passages in A72 cells

Iracema Nunes de Barros, Sheila Oliveira de Souza Silva, Sueli Akemi Tanikawi, Paulo Eduardo Brandão

Canine coronavirus (CCoV) exists in types I and II and infects dogs leading mainly to enteritis, though type II has already been associated with generalized and highly lethal infection. A CCoV-type II inactivated vaccine produced in A72 canine cells is available worldwide and largely used, though the molecular stability after serial passages of vaccine seeds is unknown. This article reports the evolution of the CCoV-II vaccine strain 1-71 in A72 cells based on partial S gene sequencing, showing the predominance of neutral evolution and the occurrence of four sites under purifying selection. Thus, cell-adapted strains of CCoV-II may be genetically stable after serial passages in a same cell line due to a stable virus-host relationship.

2017

evolution, vaccine, Canine coronavirus, passages, A72 cells

10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2017.111310

Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science

Universidade de São Paulo

Animal culture