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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2014;385:243–274. doi: 10.1007/82_2014_388

Table 1.

Summary of influenza virus variants and mutations that affect replication and virulence in mice

Protein Virus Mouse Mutation Effect Reference(s)
HA A/Vietnam/1203/2004(H5N1) BALB/c Deletion of polybasic cleavage site Reduced respiratory and systemic replication. Reduced proinflammatory cytokines in lungs Suguitan et al. (2012)
A/Hong Kong/156/97(H5N1) ddY P211T Decreased virulence Hiromoto et al. (2000)
Reassortant WSN-HA + A/Hong Kong/1/68(H1N1xH3N2) BALB/c T160N, P162S Increased virulence Keleta et al. (2008)
A/Aichi/2/68(H3N2) BALB/c G218E Increased virulence Narasaraju et al. (2009)
A/Mallard duck/Pennsylvania/10218/84(H5N2) S203F, E273G, L320P Adaptation and virulence Smirnov et al. (2000)
A/California/04/09(H1N1pdm09), A/Tennessee/1-560/09(H1N1pdm09) BALB/c D222G Mouse adaptation and virulence Ilyushina et al. (2010)
A/Brisbane/59/2007(H1N1) BALB/c T89I, N125T, D221G Mouse adaptation and virulence Xu et al. (2011a)
A/Hamburg/04/09(H1N1pdm09) BALB/c D222G K163E Mouse adaptation and pathogenicity Seyer et al. (2012)
A/Hong Kong/1/68(H3N2) CD-1 G218W Mouse adaptation and virulence Ping et al. (2010)
A/Hong Kong/1/68(H3N2) CD-1 T156N Mouse adaptation and virulence Ping et al. (2010)
Reassortant WSN-HA + A/Hong Kong/1/68(H1N1xH3N2) BALB/c N154S Mouse adaptation Keleta et al. (2008)
A/Vietnam/1203/2004(H5N1) NS1-deleted Outbred K58I Increased immunogenicity Krenn et al. (2011)
A/black duck/New Jersey/1580/78(H2N3) E216D, K307R, T318I Mice adaptation and virulence Govorkova et al. (2000)
A/JapanxBellamy/57(H2N1) K25T, S203F
M1 A/black duck/New Jersey/1580/78(H2N3) N30D, Q214H Mice adaptation and virulence Govorkova et al. (2000)
A/JapanxBellamy/57(H2N1) M179K
A/Wisconsin/33 A41V + T139A Mice adaptation neurovirulence Ward (1995)
A/FM/1/47(H1N1) T139A Mice adaptation and virulence Brown and Bailly (1999)
A/duck/Guangxi/53/2002(H5N1) BALB/c N30D + T215A Increased virulence Fan et al. (2009)
M2 A/black duck/New Jersey/1580/78(H2N3), A/JapanxBellamy/57(H2N1) N93S Mice adaptation and virulence Govorkova et al. (2000)
NS1 Reassortant A/Hong Kong/1/68(H3N2) x PR8 BALB/c F103L + M106I Increased infectivity and virulence Dankar et al. (2011)
A/Puerto Rico/8/34(H1N1) PKR KO, IFNAR/IL28R KO R184G Increased replication in mice lungs Steidle et al. (2010)
A/Aichi/2/68(H3N2) BALB/c D125G Increased virulence Narasaraju et al. (2009)
A/Hong Kong/156/97(H5N1) ddY D101N Increased virulence Hiromoto et al. (2000)
A/Duck/Guangxi/12/03(H5N1) BALB/c P42S Increased virulence Jiao et al. (2008)
A/Duck/Guangxi/27/03(H5N1) BALB/c S42P Attenuation
A/Duck/Shandong/093/2004(H5N1) BALB/c E92D Decreased virulence Long et al. (2008)
PA A/Hong Kong/156/97(H5N1) ddY G631S Increased virulence Hiromoto et al. (2000)
A/Hamburg/04/09(H1N1pdm09) BALB/c F35L Mouse adaptation and pathogenicity Seyer et al. (2012)
PB1 A/Hong Kong/156/97(H5N1) ddY H456Y, S712P Increased virulence Hiromoto et al. (2000)
A/Cambodia/P0322095/2005(H5N1) BALB/c 473L + 598L Decrease in mouse infectivity Xu et al. (2012)
A/Wisconsin/33(H1N1) PB2K627E BALB/c L473V + L598P Restore mouse infection/replication
Reassortant A/California/07/2009(H1N1pdm09) + WSN BALB/c 473L Decrease in mouse infectivity
PB1-F2 A/Viet Nam/1203/2004(H5N1) C57BL/6/A N66S Increased virulence Schmolke et al. (2011)
No effect
Reassortant A/WSN/33(H1N1) + A/HK/156/97(H5N1) PB1, A/Brevig Mission/1918(H1N1) C57BL/6 N66S Increased virulence Conenello et al. (2007)
Reassortant A/Puerto Rico/8/34(H1N1) + A/Wuhan/359/95(H3N2) PB1 DBA/2 P62L + H75R + S82L Increased virulence Alymova et al. (2011)
A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (H1N1) BALB/c I68T + L69Q + V70G Reduced primary viral infectivity and secondary bacterial pneumonia Alymova et al. (2014)
PB2 A/Hong Kong/1/68(H3N2) CD-1 K482R, D701N, D740N Increased mouse virulence Ping et al. (2011)
A/Hong Kong/1/68 (H3N2) CD-1 D701N Mouse adaptation and virulence Ping et al. (2010)
A/Hong Kong/156/97(H5N1) ddY N701D Increased virulence Hiromoto et al. (2000)
A/Seal/Massachussetts/1/80(H7N7) BALB/c D701N Increased virulence Gabriel et al. (2005)
A/duck/Guangxi/22/2001(H5N1) BALB/c D701N Adaptation and increased virulence Li et al. (2005)
A/New York/1682/2009(H1N1pdm09) BALB/c D701N Increased virulence Zhou et al. (2013)
A/chicken/Netherlands/621557/03(H7N7) BALB/c E627K Mouse adaptation and increased virulence de Jong et al. (2013)
A/chicken/Guangdong/Ts/2004(H9N2), A/chicken/Guangdong/V/2008(H9N2) BALB/c E627K Reduced host antiviral response Tian et al. (2012)
A/chicken/Shandong/16/05(H9N2) BALB/c M147L + E627K Increased virulence Wang et al. (2012)
A/Hong Kong/483/97(H5N1) A/Hong Kong/486/97(H5N1) BALB/c 627K Increased virulence Chen et al. (2007), Hatta et al. (2001)
A/Netherlands/33/03(H7N7) A/Netherlands/219/03(H7N7) BALB/c 627K Increased virulence Munster et al. (2007)
A/Shanghai/2/2013(H7N9) BALB/c E627K Increased virulence Mok et al. (2014)
A/Anhui/1/2013(H7N9) BALB/c E627K Increased replication and virulence Zhang et al. (2014)
Reassortant 1918 H1N1 x avian H1N1 BALB/c E627K Increased mouse virulence Qi et al. (2012)
A/equine/London/1416/73(H7N7) BALB/c E627K Adaptation and increased neuronal invasion Shinya et al. (2007)
NP A/Hong Kong/1/68(H3N2) CD-1 D34N, D290N, D480N Increased mouse virulence Adaptation Ping et al. (2010)
A/Hong Kong/156/97(H5N1) ddY E127K Increased virulence Hiromoto et al. (2000)
A/Seal/Massachussetts/1/80(H7N7) BALB/c N319K Mouse adaptation Gabriel et al. (2005, 2008)
NA r A/Lyon/969/2009(H1N1pdm09) +/− NA from A/Lyon/1337/2007(H1N1) Balb/cByJ H275Y Increased infectivity Ferraris et al. (2012)
A/California/04/09(H1N1pdm09) Balb/c H275Y Increased virulence Song et al. (2013b)