China Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (7): 3264-3275.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2025.07.027

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Genetic Variation and Codon Usage Bias Analysis of Porcine Pseudorabies Virus gE Gene

CHEN Zhian1,2,3, ZHANG Beiwen1,2,3, HE Minjia1,2,3, CHEN Meichun1, WENG Chengzhen1,2,3, HUANG Xinxin1,2,3, LI Hongxi1,2,3, ZENG Zhongwen4, CHEN Baoliang5, QIU Longxin1,2, CHEN Hongbo1,2, LI Xiaobing1,2   

  1. 1. School of Life Sciences, Longyan University, Longyan 364000, China;
    2. Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Biotechnology, Longyan 364000, China;
    3. College of Animal Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China;
    4. Zhangzhou Dabei Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Technology Co., Ltd., Zhangzhou 363000, China;
    5. Xiamen Funong Juntong Management Consulting Service Co., Ltd., Xiamen 361024, China
  • Received:2024-11-17 Online:2025-07-05 Published:2025-07-01

Abstract: 【Objective】 The purpose of this experiment was to understand the current epidemic status of Porcine pseudorabies virus (PRV) in China,the genetic status of the epidemic strain,the codon usage bias of PRV gE gene and the influencing factors. 【Method】 In this study,a phylogenetic tree was constructed using Mega 7.0 software for 106 PRV gE gene sequences isolated in China from 2019 to 2023.Launch DnaSP 6.0 software was used for gene selection pressure analysis and gene flow analysis.CodonW 1.4.2 and SPSS 27.0.1 software were used for codon analysis. 【Result】 The results of genetic evolution analysis showed that the PRV strains prevalent in China were genotype Ⅱ,which could be further divided into genotypes 2.1 and 2.2.Gene flow analysis showed that the nucleotide diversity (Pi) of genotypes 2.1 and 2.2 in genotype Ⅱ was 0.006 and 0.002,respectively.The coefficient of genetic differentiation (Fst) was 0.381,the synonymous substitution rate (Ks) and the quantitative index of gene flow (Z) were 1.353 and 6.637,respectively.Gene selection pressure analysis showed that the non-synonymous mutation to synonymous mutation ratio (dN/dS) of genotypes 2.1 and 2.2 was 1.808 and 1.362,respectively.The results of codon base analysis showed that the content of GC3 was more than 50% in the two subtypes of genotype Ⅱ,and the ENC values of different gene coding regions of genotypes 2.1 and 2.2 was 30.04 and 30.06,respectively.Codon usage bias analysis showed that the correlation coefficients of genotypes 2.1 and 2.2 was 0.115 and 0.173,respectively.Relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) analysis showed that the third codon of high expression in genotypes 2.1 and 2.2 was G/C base,and the third codon of low expression was mainly A/U base.A total of 25 codons with RSCU >1 were used as preferred codons,of which 13 had high GC content and 16 ended with base C. 【Conclusion】 Genotype Ⅱ was the dominant PRV strain in China,which had a unique base composition,high GC content and relatively low AU content,showing a low preference.Codon usage was influenced by both mutation pressure and natural selection,in which natural selection played a dominant role.The results of this study provided scientific basis and technical support for the study of the epidemic trend of porcine pseudorabies in China and the formulation of prevention and control strategies.

Key words: Porcine pseudorabies virus (PRV); gE gene; genetic diversity; codon; bias

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