Introduction of the Program - Dr. Jack Dekkers,Iowa State University, and Dr. Bob Rowland, Kansas State University, from the 2017 North American PRRS/National Swine Improvement Federation Joint Meeting, December 1‐3, 2017, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Dr. Jack Dekkers and Dr. Bob Rowland - Introduction of the Program
1. Sponsored by NIFA grant # 2013-68004-20362
Genetically Improving Resistance of Pigs to
PRRS Virus Infection 2013-2017
Dr. Margo Holland, NIFA Program Leader
Translational Research:
The Genetics of Disease Resistance;
Updates on Current Progress
and a Vision for the Future
2. Use genomics to identify genes / genomic regions associated
with resistance / susceptibility to PRRS virus infection
Led by
Joan Lunney – USDA – ARS Beltsville
Bob Rowland – Kansas State University
Jim Reecy – Iowa State University
Jack Dekkers – Iowa State University
Strong Industry Participation
PHGC Breeding Companies
Fast Genetics, Genesus, Choice Genetics
PIC/Genus, TOPIGS, PigGen Canada
60 k SNP chip
Illumina
GeneSeek
2007
3. Evolution of PRRS
Host Genetics Research
1. Experimental infection of nursery pigs with NVSL
1. Experimental infection of nursery pigs with KS06
1. Experimental co-infection of nursery pigs: PRRS + PCV2 (incl. PRRS vaccination)
1. Field trials
2. Natural Challenge Model
NIFA
NIFA
NIFA
Trial Number n Breed PRRSv Isolate
1-3 530 LW x LR
NVSL
4 195 Duroc x LW/LR
5 184 Duroc x LR/LW
6 123 LR x LR
7 194 Pietran x LW/LR
8 188 Duroc x LW/LR
15 184 LR x LW
10 176 LR x LW
KS06
11 176 LW x LR
12 174 LR x LW
14 180 Duroc x LR/LW
4. Funding Industry Partners
NIFA
Thanks to all Partners
Iowa State University
Nick Serao
Jim Reecy Chris Tuggle
Susan Carpenter
Kansas State University
Bob Rowland PRRS group
USDA-ARS
Joan Lunney group
University of Alberta
Graham Plastow group
Univ. Saskatchewan
John Harding group
Roslin Institute
Steve Bishop
Andrea Doeschl-Wilson
Univ. Minnesota
Monserat Torremorrell
Scientific
Collaborators
5. PRRS overview and description of disease phenotypes
and models for genetic research Bob Rowland – Kansas State University
Probing mechanisms of PRRS resistance Joan Lunney – USDA ARS BARC
New PRRS disease phenotypes as vaccine and genetic improvement targets
Andrea Wilson – Roslin Institute
Resilience and PRRS in a natural disease challenge model
Graham Plastow – University of Alberta
Viral genetics and application to vaccine development
Jay Calvert – Zoetis
PRRS genetic resistance: an online class at destination of swine experts
and professionals Perle Boyer – University of Minnesota
Using genetic selection and genomics to combat infectious disease
Jack Dekkers – Iowa State University
The Genetics of Disease Resistance
Updates on Current Progress and a Vision for the Future
6. PRRS overview and description of
disease phenotypes and models for
genetic research
Raymond (Bob) Rowland
December 1-3, 2017
Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile
7. Guest Editors:
Raymond (Bob) Rowland
Joan Lunney
Editor: X.J. Meng
Alternative Strategies for the Control of PRRS
9. Changes in Weight Distribution after Infection
“Reproductive Failure of Unknown
Etiology”
Kerry K. Keffaber, 1989, AASP
1. Influenza-like clinical signs
2. Mid- to late-term abortions
3. Pre-weaning mortality
4. Poor growth performance
Porcine reproductive
and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)
$14 billion in losses ($600million/year)
10. PRRS is a production system disease
Endemic phase with outbreaks of severe disease
2003-Eric Neumann
Stealthy
Easily transmitted
Persistent
Participates in polymicrobial diseases
Viremia
Day after infection
Persistence in a
production system
Persistence in a
population and
within a pig
11. Corn Prices
The greatest cost of PRRSV is wasted feed
Sick and dead pigs, Slow growing pigs
Secondary infections
Nutritional, Environmental and Social
Impacts
14. PRRS vaccines
• Modified live virus (MLV) vaccine introduced in the U.S.1994-
approved for use in PRRSV-infected herds
• MLV limitations-virus shedding, persistent infection, incomplete
immune protection, inability to differentiate infected from vaccinated
animals (DIVA), potential for reversion to virulence
• Killed vaccines are not effective
• Subversion of host immunity and antigenic variation have made
further advances in vaccines difficult to achieve
15. The application of genetics for improving animal
health
•Marker selected breeding to improve response to infection
•Genetic modification
Insertion of genes or alleles that promote resistance
Deletion of genes involved in virus susceptibility
16. 2007-PRRS Host Genetics Consortium (PHGC)
Joan Lunney, Bob Rowland, Jack Dekkers, NPB
“Integrating state of the art genomics with state of the art
virology”
• Develop marker-assisted breeding tools
PRRS-resistant pig
PRRS-tolerant or resilient pig
Vaccine-ready pig
• Identify new host response pathways to aid vaccine development
(RNA-Seq)
• Create a community resource of data and sample repositories for
future research
17. Models for the study of genetics (PHGC)
• Nursery pig model (PRRSV infection) -3200 pigs-16 trials
• Field models- 1,000 pigs
• Dual-infection disease model- 1,000 pigs
All pigs and parents are genotyped for >60,000 SNPs using the Porcine
SNP60 BeadChip (Illumina Corp)
Well-characterized PRRSV-2 isolates, NVSL, KS06, KS62
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
18. PHGC data/sample collection timeline
Nursery model
-7 0 7 11 14 21 35 424 28
Acclimation
Weight
Blood,
Tempus (RNA)
Weight
Blood
Tempus
Weight
Blood
Tempus
Weight
Blood
Tempus
Weight
Blood
Tempus
Weight
Blood
Tempus
Weight
Blood
Tempus
TonsilsBlood
Tempus
Blood
Tempus
Infection
Acute Infection
Rebound
Persistence
Oral fluid samples
Fecal samples
20. Phenotypic data
• Reproducible (commercial kits or standard diagnostic tests)
Tetracore PCR
• Transferable (pool data from different studies)
• Cost-effective
Weighing a pigs is cheap, but commercial tests may be expensive
• Collection is non-terminal and “non-invasive”
21. Phenotypic data-types
• Binary- live versus dead
• Qualitative (subjective) – clinical scores
• Quantitative- weight gain, virus load, antibody levels
22. Nursery model-Deep phenotyping for analysis of
disease traits
• Morbidity and mortality
• Viremia, qRT-PCR log PRRSV RNA templates/rxn
• Virus Load in serum, area under the virus PCR curve (AUC) for the
first 21 days
• Weight (weekly) – average weight gain (WG)
• Total antibody and virus neutralizing activity (42 dpi)
• Circulating cytokine levels
• Virus level in tonsil (persistence)
• “Ultra-deep” phenotyping-Transcriptome analysis (whole blood and
tonsil)
24. Viral load-area under the curve (graph)
(AUC)
Quantified as area under the
curve from day 0 to 21
25. Criteria for pigs
• 200 pigs per trial
• ~6 pigs/litter from a limited number of sires
• Mated with 2-3 dams/sire
• Pig sources provide pedigree information and DNA from the
parents for later genotyping analyses
• Weaned pigs are of a “high-health” status and free of PRRSV,
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and swine influenza virus (SIV)
• No pre-selection for a PRRS-associated trait
27. Nursery pig model-The host responses, virus load and
weight gain, are moderately inherited traits
• Approximately 40% of how a pig responds to PRRSV infection is
inherited
• The remaining 60% is dependent on
Maternal effects
Environment
Virus
• Impact- breed pigs for improved disease resistance
28. Nursery pig model-Regions on the swine genome
associated with weight gain and virus load
ProportionofGenetic
Variance
ProportionofGenetic
Variance
5-SNP window ordered by chromosome5-SNP window ordered by chromosome
GWAS Viral Load (AUG) GWAS Weight Gain (WG)
SSC 4
SSC 4
SSC X
SSC 17
SSC 1
Boddicker, et al. 2012. J Anim Sci. 90:1733-1746.
29. Weight gain and virus load
locate to the same marker
on chromosome 4 WUR10000125
30. 5
10
15
20
25
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Weight(kg)
Viremia(Log10Templates/ml,qPCR)
Days Post Infec on
AA AB
WUR SNP GenotypeViremia
Weight
The favorable SSC4 marker, WUR, results in a 10%
increase in weight and a decrease in viremia
Boddicker, et al. 2012. Anim Sci. 90:1733-1746
31. EXON 9 EXON 10
281 bp
The unfavorable genotype is composed of exon 9/10 splice variations
that create premature stop codons
Globular
Domain
Helical Domain CAAX
Stop
Guanylate binding protein 5 (GBP5)
42. The end of a disease
• The absence of CD163 in the dam surrounds the developing
fetus with a protective barrier, preventing infection with
PRRSV
• The piglets are born with normal CD163 levels and are
susceptible to PRRSV
• Still need that miracle vaccine
43. Co-Directors
USDA ARS BARC
Joan Lunney
Kansas State University
RRR (Bob) Rowland
Iowa State University
Jack Dekkers
• NIFA award #2013-68004-20362
• National Pork Board
• Genome Canada
• LLNL
• Genus PIC
The Rowland Lab