Key result
Phylogeographic analysis of 59 swine viral samples revealed TGEV likely originated in America and PDCoV in Asia, with distinct genotypes and positive selection sites in the spike protein.
Why the study?
TGEV and PDCoV cause significant damage to the pig industry and have potential for cross-species transmission, necessitating analysis of their evolutionary dynamics and phylogeography.
TGEV and PDCoV exhibit distinct evolutionary and transmission characteristics, highlighting the potential for cross-species transmission of swine enteric coronaviruses.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, humans have experienced three coronavirus pandemics, all of which were transmitted to humans via animals. Recent studies have found that porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) can infect humans, so swine enteric coronavirus (SeCoV) may cause harm through cross-species transmission. Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) and PDCoV have caused tremendous damage and loss to the pig industry around the world. Therefore, we analyzed the genome sequence data of these two SeCoVs by evolutionary dynamics and phylogeography, revealing the genetic diversity and spatiotemporal distribution characteristics. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analysis showed that TGEV could be divided into two different genotypes, and PDCoV could be divided into four main lineages. Based on the analysis results inferred by phylogeography, we inferred that TGEV might originate from America, PDCoV might originate from Asia, and different migration events had different migration rates. In addition, we also identified positive selection sites of spike protein in TGEV and PDCoV, indicating that the above sites play an essential role in promoting membrane fusion to achieve adaptive evolution. In a word, TGEV and PDCoV are the past and future of SeCoV, and the relatively smooth transmission rate of TGEV and the increasing transmission events of PDCoV are their respective transmission characteristics. Our results provide new insights into the evolutionary characteristics and transmission diversity of these SeCoVs, highlighting the potential for cross-species transmission of SeCoV and the importance of enhanced surveillance and biosecurity measures for SeCoV in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic.
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Yan et al. (2022) studied Swine enteric coronavirus (SeCoV) infection (n=59). Genome sequence analysis was evaluated on Genetic diversity, spatiotemporal distribution, and evolutionary characteristics. Phylogeographic analysis of 59 swine viral samples revealed TGEV likely originated in America and PDCoV in Asia, with distinct genotypes and positive selection sites in the spike protein.
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