We detected a novel papillomavirus (EaPV1) from healthy skin and from sun associated cutaneous lesions of an Asinara (Sardinia, Italy) white donkey reared in captivity in a wildlife recovery centre. The entire genome of EaPV1 was cloned, sequenced, and characterised. Genome is 7467 bp long, and shows some characteristic elements of horse papillomaviruses, including a small untranslated region between the early and late regions and the lack of the retinoblastoma tumour suppressor binding domain LXCXE in E7. Additionally, a typical E6 ORF is missing. EaPV1 DNA was detected in low copies in normal skin of white and grey donkeys of the Asinara Island, and does not transform rodent fibroblasts in standard transformation assays. Pairwise nucleotide alignments and phylogenetic analyses based on concatenated E1-E2-L1 amino acid sequences revealed the highest similarity with the Equine papillomavirus type 1. The discovery of EaPV1, the prototype of a novel genus and the first papillomavirus isolated in donkeys, confirms a broad diversity in Equidae papillomaviruses. Taken together, data suggest that EaPV1 is a non-malignant papillomavirus adapted to healthy skin of donkeys.

Equus asinus Papillomavirus (EaPV1) provides new insights into equine papillomavirus diversity / Lecis, Roberta; Tore, Gessica; Scagliarini, A; Antuofermo, Elisabetta; Dedola, C; Cacciotto, C; Dore, Gm; Coradduzza, E; Gallina, L; Battilani, M; Anfossi, Antonio Giovanni; Muzzeddu, M; Chessa, Bernardo; Pittau, Marco; Alberti, Alberto. - In: VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0378-1135. - 170:(2014), pp. 213-223. [10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.016]

Equus asinus Papillomavirus (EaPV1) provides new insights into equine papillomavirus diversity

LECIS, Roberta;TORE, Gessica;ANTUOFERMO, Elisabetta;Cacciotto C;ANFOSSI, Antonio Giovanni;CHESSA, Bernardo;PITTAU, Marco;ALBERTI, Alberto
2014-01-01

Abstract

We detected a novel papillomavirus (EaPV1) from healthy skin and from sun associated cutaneous lesions of an Asinara (Sardinia, Italy) white donkey reared in captivity in a wildlife recovery centre. The entire genome of EaPV1 was cloned, sequenced, and characterised. Genome is 7467 bp long, and shows some characteristic elements of horse papillomaviruses, including a small untranslated region between the early and late regions and the lack of the retinoblastoma tumour suppressor binding domain LXCXE in E7. Additionally, a typical E6 ORF is missing. EaPV1 DNA was detected in low copies in normal skin of white and grey donkeys of the Asinara Island, and does not transform rodent fibroblasts in standard transformation assays. Pairwise nucleotide alignments and phylogenetic analyses based on concatenated E1-E2-L1 amino acid sequences revealed the highest similarity with the Equine papillomavirus type 1. The discovery of EaPV1, the prototype of a novel genus and the first papillomavirus isolated in donkeys, confirms a broad diversity in Equidae papillomaviruses. Taken together, data suggest that EaPV1 is a non-malignant papillomavirus adapted to healthy skin of donkeys.
2014
Equus asinus Papillomavirus (EaPV1) provides new insights into equine papillomavirus diversity / Lecis, Roberta; Tore, Gessica; Scagliarini, A; Antuofermo, Elisabetta; Dedola, C; Cacciotto, C; Dore, Gm; Coradduzza, E; Gallina, L; Battilani, M; Anfossi, Antonio Giovanni; Muzzeddu, M; Chessa, Bernardo; Pittau, Marco; Alberti, Alberto. - In: VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0378-1135. - 170:(2014), pp. 213-223. [10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.016]
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