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A novel I117T substitution in neuraminidase of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus conferring reduced susceptibility to oseltamivir and zanam

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Vet Microbiol. 2019 Jun 5;235:21-24. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.06.005. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]A novel I117T substitution in neuraminidase of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus conferring reduced susceptibility to oseltamivir and zanamivir.[/h] Kode SS[SUP]1[/SUP], Pawar SD[SUP]2[/SUP], Tare DS[SUP]1[/SUP], Keng SS[SUP]1[/SUP], Hurt AC[SUP]3[/SUP], Mullick J[SUP]1[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Occurrence of avian influenza (AI) with Neuraminidase (NA) mutations which confer reduced neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI) susceptibility has remained a cause of concern. The susceptibility to NAIs of 67 highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses isolated during 2006-2012 in India was tested in phenotypic fluorescence-based NA inhibition assay, sequence analysis and in ovo. One isolate showed a novel NA I117T amino acid substitution (N2 numbering) and eight isolates showed previously known NAI-resistance marker mutations (I117V, E119D, N294S, total 9/67). The overall incidence of resistant variants was 13.4%. The novel I117T substitution reduced oseltamivir susceptibility by 18.6-fold and zanamivir susceptibility by 11.8-fold, compared to the wild type AI H5N1virus, thus showed cross-resistance to both oseltamivir and zanamivir in NA inhibition assays. However, the other two isolates with I117V substitution were sensitive to both the NAIs. In addition, the comparison of growth of the I117T and I117V variants in presence of NAI's in the in ovo assays exhibited difference in growth levels. The present study reports the natural occurrence of a novel I117T mutation in AI H5N1 virus conferring cross-resistance to oseltamivir and zanamivir highlighting the urgent need of antiviral surveillance of AI viruses.
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[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Antiviral resistance; H5N1; I117T substitution; In ovo assay; Oseltamivir; Zanamivir

PMID: 31282375 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.06.005
 
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