Inheritance of a Single Edited CD46 Allele Is Associated with Reduced Ex Vivo Susceptibility to Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus
- 1USDA, ARS, US Meat Animal Research Center
Abstract
Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) remains an economically important pathogen of cattle despite widespread vaccination. A homozygous CD46-edited Gir heifer (Ginger) was previously shown to have significantly reduced susceptibility to BVDV. The edited allele contains an in-frame six amino acid substitution within the virus-binding domain of the BVDV entry receptor CD46, replacing residues G82QVLAL with A82LPTFS. Here, we investigated whether reduced BVDV susceptibility is maintained when the edited allele is inherited in the heterozygous state. Ginger was artificially inseminated with semen from an unedited Gir bull and produced a healthy heterozygous CD46-edited bull calf (Giraldo). Whole-genome sequencing confirmed the inheritance and structural integrity of Giraldo's edited allele. Compared with Ginger, Giraldo exhibited similarly reduced ex vivo BVDV susceptibility across primary fibroblasts, lymphocytes, and monocytes, despite inheriting a wild-type CD46 allele from the sire. Allele-specific CD46 RNA expression analysis demonstrated expression of both the edited and wild-type CD46 alleles. Thus, the reduced-susceptibility phenotype was not attributable to transcriptional silencing of the wild-type allele. Lentiviral complementation studies in CD46-knockout Madin-Darby bovine kidney (MDBK) cells further demonstrated that this wild-type CD46 allele was competent to support BVDV infection when expressed independently. Together, these findings indicate that the CD46 A82LPTFS allele can confer reduced BVDV susceptibility in the heterozygous state despite expression of a functional wild-type CD46 allele. This result suggests the potential to more rapidly disseminate reduced BVDV susceptibility through conventional breeding using homozygous CD46-edited sires.
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BibTeX
@misc{workman2026inheritance,
title = {{Inheritance of a Single Edited CD46 Allele Is Associated with Reduced Ex Vivo Susceptibility to Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus}},
author = {A. M. Workman and A. C. Krueger and M. P. Heaton and A. P. Snider and K. L. Kuhn and T. S. Sonstegard and B. L. Vander Ley},
howpublished = {bioRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.64898/2026.08.31.748238},
url = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.31.748238v1},
note = {CC0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Inheritance of a Single Edited CD46 Allele Is Associated with Reduced Ex Vivo Susceptibility to Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus
AU - A. M. Workman
AU - A. C. Krueger
AU - M. P. Heaton
AU - A. P. Snider
AU - K. L. Kuhn
AU - T. S. Sonstegard
AU - B. L. Vander Ley
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/31
PB - bioRxiv
DO - 10.64898/2026.08.31.748238
UR - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.31.748238v1
AB - Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) remains an economically important pathogen of cattle despite widespread vaccination. A homozygous CD46-edited Gir heifer (Ginger) was previously shown to have significantly reduced susceptibility to BVDV. The edited allele contains an in-frame six amino acid substitution within the virus-binding domain of the BVDV entry receptor CD46, replacing residues G82QVLAL with A82LPTFS. Here, we investigated whether reduced BVDV susceptibility is maintained when the edited allele is inherited in the heterozygous state. Ginger was artificially inseminated with semen from an unedited Gir bull and produced a healthy heterozygous CD46-edited bull calf (Giraldo). Whole-genome sequencing confirmed the inheritance and structural integrity of Giraldo's edited allele. Compared with Ginger, Giraldo exhibited similarly reduced ex vivo BVDV susceptibility across primary fibroblasts, lymphocytes, and monocytes, despite inheriting a wild-type CD46 allele from the sire. Allele-specific CD46 RNA expression analysis demonstrated expression of both the edited and wild-type CD46 alleles. Thus, the reduced-susceptibility phenotype was not attributable to transcriptional silencing of the wild-type allele. Lentiviral complementation studies in CD46-knockout Madin-Darby bovine kidney (MDBK) cells further demonstrated that this wild-type CD46 allele was competent to support BVDV infection when expressed independently. Together, these findings indicate that the CD46 A82LPTFS allele can confer reduced BVDV susceptibility in the heterozygous state despite expression of a functional wild-type CD46 allele. This result suggests the potential to more rapidly disseminate reduced BVDV susceptibility through conventional breeding using homozygous CD46-edited sires.
ER -