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Blackard JT, Davies SM, Laskin BL. BK polyomavirus diversity-Why viral variation matters. Rev Med Virol 2020; 30:e2102. [PMID: 32128960 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.2102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BK polyomavirus (BKPyV or BKV) is a non-enveloped, circular double-stranded DNA virus that may exceed 80% seroprevalence in adults. BKV infection typically occurs during childhood, and the majority of adults are latently infected. While BKV infection is rarely associated with clinical disease in most individuals, in immunosuppressed individuals, reactivation may cause kidney (BK-associated nephropathy) or bladder (hemorrhagic cystitis and ureteral stenosis) injury. No antiviral therapies have been approved for the treatment of BKV infection. Reducing immunosuppression is the most effective therapy, although this is not feasible in many patients. Thus, a robust understanding of viral pathogenesis and viral diversity remains important for the development of future therapeutic strategies. Studies of BKV diversity are quite sparse compared to other common viral infections; thus, much of our understanding of BVK variability and evolution relies heavily analogous studies of other viruses such as HIV or viral hepatitis. We provide a comprehensive review of BKV diversity at the population and individual level with careful consideration of how viral variability may impact viral replication, pathogenesis, tropism, and protein function. We also discuss a number of outstanding questions related to BK virus diversity that should be explored rigorously in future studies.
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- Jason T Blackard
- Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Nephrology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Sudderuddin H, Kinloch NN, Jin SW, Miller RL, Jones BR, Brumme CJ, Joy JB, Brockman MA, Brumme ZL. Longitudinal within-host evolution of HIV Nef-mediated CD4, HLA and SERINC5 downregulation activity: a case study. Retrovirology 2020; 17:3. [PMID: 31918727 PMCID: PMC6953280 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-019-0510-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The HIV accessory protein Nef downregulates the viral entry receptor CD4, the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-A and -B molecules, the Serine incorporator 5 (SERINC5) protein and other molecules from the infected cell surface, thereby promoting viral infectivity, replication and immune evasion. The nef locus also represents one of the most genetically variable regions in the HIV genome, and nef sequences undergo substantial evolution within a single individual over the course of infection. Few studies however have simultaneously characterized the impact of within-host nef sequence evolution on Nef protein function over prolonged timescales. Here, we isolated 50 unique Nef clones by single-genome amplification over an 11-year period from the plasma of an individual who was largely naïve to antiretroviral treatment during this time. Together, these clones harbored nonsynonymous substitutions at 13% of nef’s codons. We assessed their ability to downregulate cell-surface CD4, HLA and SERINC5 and observed that all three Nef functions declined modestly over time, where the reductions in CD4 and HLA downregulation (an average of 0.6% and 2.0% per year, respectively) achieved statistical significance. The results from this case study support all three Nef activities as being important to maintain throughout untreated HIV infection, but nevertheless suggest that, despite nef’s mutational plasticity, within-host viral evolution can compromise Nef function, albeit modestly, over prolonged periods.
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- Hanwei Sudderuddin
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada.,BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada.,BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada.,BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada. .,BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Mates JM, Kumar SB, Bazan J, Mefford M, Voronkin I, Handelman S, Mwapasa V, Ackerman W, Janies D, Kwiek JJ. Genotypic and phenotypic heterogeneity in the U3R region of HIV type 1 subtype C. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2014; 30:102-12. [PMID: 23826737 PMCID: PMC3887403 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2013.0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Approximately 20% of all HIV-1 mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) occurs in utero (IU). In a chronic HIV infection, HIV-1 exists as a complex swarm of genetic variants, and following IU MTCT, viral genomic diversity is restricted through a mechanism that remains to be described. The 5' U3R region of the HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR) contains multiple transcription factor (TF) binding sites and regulates viral transcription. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that sequence polymorphisms in the U3R region of LTR are associated with IU MTCT. To this end, we used single template amplification to isolate 517 U3R sequences from maternal, placental, and infant plasma derived from 17 HIV-infected Malawian women: eight whose infants remained HIV uninfected (NT) and nine whose infants became HIV infected IU. U3R sequences show pairwise diversities ranging from 0.2% to 2.3%. U3R sequences from one participant contained two, three, or four putative NF-κB binding sites. Phylogenetic reconstructions indicated that U3R sequences from eight of nine IU participants were consistent with placental compartmentalization of HIV-1 while only one of eight NT cases was consistent with such compartmentalization. Specific TF sequence polymorphisms were not significantly associated with IU MTCT. To determine if replication efficiency of the U3R sequences was associated with IU MTCT, we cloned 90 U3R sequences and assayed promoter activity in multiple cell lines. Although we observed significant, yet highly variable promoter activity and TAT induction of promoter activity in the cell lines tested, there was no association between measured promoter activity and MTCT status. Thus, we were unable to detect a promoter genotype or phenotype associated with IU MTCT.
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- Jessica M. Mates
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- College of Veterinary Biosciences and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- The Division of Infectious Diseases, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
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- Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Community Health, Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Laboratory of Perinatal Research), The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
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- Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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Templeton AR. Cladistic approaches to identifying determinants of variability in multifactorial phenotypes and the evolutionary significance of variation in the human genome. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 197:259-77; discussion 277-83. [PMID: 8827378 DOI: 10.1002/9780470514887.ch14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Genetic surveys based on detailed restriction site mapping or DNA sequencing allow one to identify many different classes of mutational change at the molecular level and to estimate the evolutionary history of the genetic variation (a haplotype tree). These two sources of information can be combined in a powerful fashion to test hypotheses about the evolutionary significance of genetic variation and to identify mutations that are associated with diseases. Hypotheses about selection on various classes of genetic variation can be tested by examining the distribution patterns of different mutational classes upon the haplotype tree. The power of this procedure can be enhanced if it is coupled with comparative data from other, closely related species. With respect to disease associations, all mutations that affect phenotypic variation in a population occurred at some point in the evolutionary history of the region of the gene containing the mutations. Even if this evolutionary history is estimated from mutations other than those causing phenotypic effects, the phenotypically important mutations are imbedded in this same evolutionary history. Hence, whole branches (clades) of the haplotype tree should display homogeneous phenotypic effects and this fact is utilized to search for phenotypic associations of haplotypes by using nested clades in a haplotype tree. This procedure has more power than alternatives that do not use evolutionary history, and it avoids several statistical and interpretative problems associated with single-marker analyses. All of these methods could be used more extensively if more human genetic surveys concentrated on greater genetic resolution in small DNA regions and included non-human apes.
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- A R Templeton
- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA
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Stebbing J, Bourboulia D, Johnson M, Henderson S, Williams I, Wilder N, Tyrer M, Youle M, Imami N, Kobu T, Kuon W, Sieper J, Gotch F, Boshoff C. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus cytotoxic T lymphocytes recognize and target Darwinian positively selected autologous K1 epitopes. J Virol 2003; 77:4306-14. [PMID: 12634388 PMCID: PMC150628 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.7.4306-4314.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the infectious cause of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and certain lymphoproliferations particularly in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1-induced immunosuppression. The introduction of effective therapies to treat HIV has led to a decline in the incidence of KS, suggesting that immune responses may play a role in controlling KSHV infection and pathogenesis. Cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte (CTL) activity against KSHV proteins has been demonstrated; however, the identification of KSHV CTL epitopes remains elusive and problematic. Although the herpesvirus genomic layout is generally conserved, KSHV encodes a unique hypervariable protein, K1, with intense biological selection pressure at specific amino acid sites. To investigate whether this variability is partly driven by cellular immunity, we designed K1 peptides that match only the unique viral sequence for every individual studied here (autologous peptides). We identified functional CTL epitopes within K1's most variable areas, and we show that a given individual responds only to autologous peptides and not to peptides from other individuals. Furthermore, these epitopes are highly conserved sequences within KSHV isolates from a specific strain but are not conserved between different strains. We conclude that CTL recognition contributes to K1, and therefore to KSHV, evolution.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigenic Variation
- Antigens, Viral/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Epitopes/genetics
- HIV Infections/complications
- Herpesvirus 8, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 8, Human/immunology
- Herpesvirus 8, Human/pathogenicity
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Sarcoma, Kaposi/complications
- Sarcoma, Kaposi/immunology
- Sarcoma, Kaposi/virology
- Selection, Genetic
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- Viral Proteins/genetics
- Viral Proteins/immunology
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- Justin Stebbing
- Cancer Research U.K. Viral Oncology Group, The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, United Kingdom
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Rabson AB, Lin HC. NF-kappa B and HIV: linking viral and immune activation. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 2001; 48:161-207. [PMID: 10987091 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(00)48006-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- A B Rabson
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854, USA
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Krebs FC, Mehrens D, Pomeroy S, Goodenow MM, Wigdahl B. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeat quasispecies differ in basal transcription and nuclear factor recruitment in human glial cells and lymphocytes. J Biomed Sci 2000; 5:31-44. [PMID: 9570512 DOI: 10.1007/bf02253354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The generation of genomic diversity during the course of infection has the potential to affect all aspects of HIV-1 replication, including expression of the proviral genome. To gain a better understanding of the impact of long terminal repeat (LTR) sequence diversity on LTR-directed gene expression in cells of the central nervous system (CNS) and immune system, we amplified and cloned LTRs from proviral DNA in HIV-1-infected peripheral blood. Sequence analysis of nineteen LTRs cloned from 2 adult and 3 pediatric patients revealed an average of 33 nucleotide changes (with respect to the sequence of the LAI LTR) within the 455-bp U3 region. Transient expression analyses in cells of neuroglial and lymphocytic origin demonstrated that some of these LTRs had activities which varied significantly from the LAI LTR in U-373 MG cells (an astrocytoma cell line) as well as in Jurkat cells (a CD4-positive lymphocyte cell line). While LTRs which demonstrated the highest activities in U-373 MG cells also yielded high activities in Jurkat cells, the LTRs were generally more active in Jurkat cells when compared to the LAI LTR. Differences in LTR sequence also resulted in differences in transcription factor recruitment to cis-acting sites within the U3 region of the LTR, as demonstrated by electrophoretic mobility shift assays. In particular, naturally occurring sequence variation impacted transcription factor binding to an activating transcription factor/cAMP response element binding (ATF/CREB) binding site (located between the LEF-1 and distal NF-kappaB transcription factor binding sites) that we identified in previous studies of the HIV-1 LTR. These findings suggest that LTR sequence changes can significantly affect basal LTR function and transcription factor recruitment, which may, in turn, alter the course of viral replication in cells of CNS and immune system origin.
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- F C Krebs
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033, USA
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Blackard JT, Renjifo B, Chaplin B, Msamanga G, Fawzi W, Essex M. Diversity of the HIV-1 long terminal repeat following mother-to-child transmission. Virology 2000; 274:402-11. [PMID: 10964782 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A study of the human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 (HIV-1) 5' long terminal repeat (LTR) was performed to determine the extent of variation found within the LTR from 19 mother-infant pairs in Tanzania and to assess whether the LTR is useful in distinguishing maternal sequences that were transmitted to infants. HIV-1 subtypes A, C, and D as well as intersubtype recombinant LTR sequences were detected in mothers and infants. The LTR subtype was 100% concordant between mothers and their infants. Diversity calculations showed a significant reduction in LTR variation in infants compared to their mothers. However, the overall magnitude of LTR variation was less than that found in the env gene from the same individuals. These data suggest a selective constraint active upon the 5' long terminal repeat that is distinct from immune selective pressure(s) directed against HIV-1 structural genes. Detection of maternal LTR variants that were transmitted to infants may yield important information concerning nonstructural determinants of HIV-1 transmission from mother to infant.
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- J T Blackard
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, 651 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-6017, USA
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Gómez-Román VR, Vázquez JA, del Carmen Basualdo M, Estrada FJ, Ramos-Kuri M, Soler C. nef/long terminal repeat quasispecies from HIV type 1-infected Mexican patients with different progression patterns and their pathogenesis in hu-PBL-SCID mice. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2000; 16:441-52. [PMID: 10772530 DOI: 10.1089/088922200309106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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To examine the genetic features of the long terminal repeat (LTR) derived from six HIV-1-infected individuals enrolled in the Mexico City Cohort, we cloned and sequenced a 505-bp fragment of the proviral LTR from their peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). All patients harbored HIV-1 LTR quasispecies corresponding to the B subtype. Three patients with high CD4+ T cell counts (>500/mm3) presented LTR sequences with point mutations in the TAR bulge. The LTR sequence from a patient classified as a long-term nonprogressor (LTNP) presented the most frequent naturally occurring length polymorphism (MFNLP) and two substitutions in the TAR region that were predicted to result in two alternative secondary RNA structures. A novel 18-bp deletion, which eliminates part of the putative binding site for the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT-1), was identified in the overlapping nef/LTR sequence derived from a patient progressing to AIDS. This deletion coincides with the ability of this virus to consistently replicate at low levels in vivo (viral load <500 RNA copies/ml) and in vitro (unsuccessful virus isolation). On one occasion, when virus isolation was successful, the 18-bp deletion was no longer evident and LTR sequences with intact NFAT-1-binding sites were observed. Inoculation of hu-PBL-SCID mice with viruses from several Mexican patients resulted in differential CD4+ T cell depletion patterns 15 days postinfection, which agree with the in vivo CD4+ T cell count data from each patient.
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- V R Gómez-Román
- Unidad de Investigación en Retrovirus Humanos, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, DF Mexico
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Brambilla A, Turchetto L, Gatti A, Bovolenta C, Veglia F, Santagostino E, Gringeri A, Clementi M, Poli G, Bagnarelli P, Vicenzi E. Defective nef alleles in a cohort of hemophiliacs with progressing and nonprogressing HIV-1 infection. Virology 1999; 259:349-68. [PMID: 10388660 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Deletion of the nef gene results in viral attenuation and confers protection against challenge with wild-type simian immunodeficiency virus in macaques. Regarding HIV-1 infection, a few long-term nonprogressors (LTNP) with nef deletions have been described. In this study, the nef genes of a group of seven LTNP and eight progressors, all belonging to the same cohort of infected hemophiliacs, were analyzed by cloning and sequencing from both virion RNA and peripheral blood mononuclear cell-associated proviral DNA. Defective nef sequences coexisted with full-length nef open reading frames in five of seven LTNP and two of eight progressors. The proportion of disrupted nef sequences within each individual was significantly higher in LTNP (ranging from 10 to 63%) than in progressors (ranging from 9 to 21%) (P = 0.013). Moreover, in-frame small deletions predicting to encode Nef were found in all RNA- and DNA-derived clones from one LTNP and four progressors. A chimeric virus in which the nef gene of NL4.3 was substituted with the nef allele containing the deletion of two alanines at position 49-50 found in two progressors showed a defective replicative capacity compared to NL4.3 virus. In summary, hemophiliacs with either progressing or nonprogressing HIV-1 infection are characterized by the presence of defective nef variants.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cohort Studies
- DNA, Viral/analysis
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Disease Progression
- Gene Products, nef/chemistry
- Gene Products, nef/genetics
- Genes, nef
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Infections/complications
- HIV Infections/virology
- HIV Long-Term Survivors
- HIV-1/genetics
- HIV-1/immunology
- Hemophilia A/complications
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/virology
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Viral/analysis
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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Affiliation(s)
- A Brambilla
- AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, 20132, Italy
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Kirchhoff F, Easterbrook PJ, Douglas N, Troop M, Greenough TC, Weber J, Carl S, Sullivan JL, Daniels RS. Sequence variations in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Nef are associated with different stages of disease. J Virol 1999; 73:5497-508. [PMID: 10364298 PMCID: PMC112607 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.7.5497-5508.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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nef alleles derived from a large number of individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were analyzed to investigate the frequency of disrupted nef genes and to elucidate whether specific amino acid substitutions in Nef are associated with different stages of disease. We confirm that deletions or gross abnormalities in nef are rarely present. However, a comparison of Nef consensus sequences derived from 41 long-term nonprogressors and from 50 individuals with progressive HIV-1 infection revealed that specific variations are associated with different stages of infection. Five amino acid variations in Nef (T15, N51, H102, L170, and E182) were more frequently observed among nonprogressors, while nine features (an additional N-terminal PxxP motif, A15, R39, T51, T157, C163, N169, Q170, and M182) were more frequently found in progressors. Strong correlations between the frequency of these variations in Nef and both the CD4(+)-cell count and the viral load were observed. Moreover, analysis of sequential samples obtained from two progressors revealed that several variations in Nef, which were more commonly observed in patients with low CD4(+)-T-cell counts, were detected only during or after progression to immunodeficiency. Our results indicate that sequence variations in Nef are associated with different stages of HIV-1 infection and suggest a link between nef gene function and the immune status of the infected individual.
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- F Kirchhoff
- Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander University, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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Quiñones-Mateu ME, Domingo E. Nucleotide diversity in three different genomic regions of Venezuelan HIV type 1 isolates: a subtyping update. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1999; 15:73-9. [PMID: 10024056 DOI: 10.1089/088922299311745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- M E Quiñones-Mateu
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain
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Estable MC, Bell B, Hirst M, Sadowski I. Naturally occurring human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeats have a frequently observed duplication that binds RBF-2 and represses transcription. J Virol 1998; 72:6465-74. [PMID: 9658089 PMCID: PMC109809 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.8.6465-6474.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/1997] [Accepted: 04/15/1998] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Approximately 38% of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients within the Vancouver Lymphadenopathy-AIDS Study have proviruses bearing partial 15- to 34-nucleotide duplications upstream of the NF-kappaB binding sites within the 5' long terminal repeat (LTR). This most frequent naturally occurring length polymorphism (MFNLP) of the HIV-1 5' LTR encompasses potential binding sites for several candidate transcription factors, including TCF-1alpha/hLEF, c-Ets, AP-4, and Ras-responsive binding factor 2 (RBF-2) (M. C. Estable et al., J. Virol. 70:4053-4062, 1996). RBF-2 and an apparently related factor, RBF-1, bind to at least four cis elements within the LTR which are required for full transcriptional responsiveness to protein-tyrosine kinases and v-Ras (B. Bell and I. Sadowski, Oncogene 13:2687-2697, 1996). Here we demonstrate that representative MFNLPs from two patients specifically bind RBF-2. In both cases, deletion of the MFNLP caused elevated LTR-directed transcription in cells expressing RBF-2 but not in cells with undetectable RBF-2. RBF-1, but not RBF-2, appears to contain the Ets transcription factor family member GABPalpha/GABPbeta1. Taken together with the fact that every MFNLP from a comparative study of over 500 LTR sequences from 42 patients contains a predicted binding site for RBF-2, our data suggest that the MFNLP is selected in vivo because it provides a duplicated RBF-2 cis element, which may limit transcription in monocytes and activated T cells.
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- M C Estable
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Salvi R, Garbuglia AR, Di Caro A, Pulciani S, Montella F, Benedetto A. Grossly defective nef gene sequences in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-seropositive long-term nonprogressor. J Virol 1998; 72:3646-57. [PMID: 9557645 PMCID: PMC109585 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.5.3646-3657.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We have been investigating a long-term nonprogressor who was found to be human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) seropositive in 1985 and has survived with stable CD4+ T-cell counts (>1,000 CD4 cells/microl) without any AIDS-related illness. We have previously reported that repeated attempts to measure HIV-1 RNA in the peripheral mononuclear cells obtained from this subject have invariably failed. In the present study, we have analyzed the molecular nature of the HIV-1 quasispecies infecting this patient by PCR amplification of two proviral regions, the 5' long terminal repeat (5'LTR)/gag leader and the nef gene, directly from fresh uncultured peripheral mononuclear cells, followed by length polymorphism analysis (with 1994, 1995, and 1996 samples) and sequencing (with a 1996 sample). Only proviral forms with nef deletions were revealed by length polymorphism analysis in samples from all three time points. Sequence analysis of the nef gene from the 1996 sample confirmed the presence of similar proviral quasispecies characterized by the presence of several deletions located in the nef-alone and the nef/U3 overlapping regions. Length polymorphism analysis of the 5'LTR/gag leader region suggested the existence of two major quasispecies populations, one characterized by the presence of forms carrying deletions in the U3 region and the other showing a completely intact, full-length 5'LTR. Evidence of the role of nef gene defects in long-term survival of HIV-1-infected patients has been provided so far in two independent investigations involving patients infected with HIV through blood transfusion. Here we show the existence of a similar condition in a subject who acquired HIV-1 seropositivity through the sexual route.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Conserved Sequence
- DNA, Viral
- Defective Viruses/genetics
- Disease Progression
- Genes, Overlapping
- Genes, gag
- Genes, nef/genetics
- HIV Long Terminal Repeat
- HIV Seropositivity/immunology
- HIV Seropositivity/virology
- HIV-1/classification
- HIV-1/genetics
- HIV-1/immunology
- HIV-1/physiology
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/virology
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Proviruses/genetics
- RNA, Small Nuclear
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Deletion
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Survivors
- Time Factors
- Virus Replication
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- R Salvi
- Center of Virology, L. Spallanzani Institute-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Wei Q, Fultz PN. Extensive diversification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype B strains during dual infection of a chimpanzee that progressed to AIDS. J Virol 1998; 72:3005-17. [PMID: 9525623 PMCID: PMC109748 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.4.3005-3017.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/1997] [Accepted: 12/24/1997] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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A chimpanzee (C-499) infected for more than 9 years with two subtype B isolates of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), one (HIV-1(SF2)) that replicates poorly and one (HIV-1(LAV-1b)) that replicates efficiently in chimpanzees, died of AIDS 11 years after initial infection (F. J. Novembre et al., J. Virol. 71:4086-4091, 1997). Nucleotide sequence and phylogenetic analyses of the C2 to V5 region of env (C2-V5env) in proviral DNA from peripheral blood lymphocytes obtained 22 months before death revealed two distinct virus populations. One of these populations appeared to be a recombinant in env, having the V3 loop from HIV-1(SF2) and the V4-V5 region from HIV-1(LAV-1b); the other population had evolved from HIV-1(LAV-1b). In addition to C2-V5env, the entire p17gag and nef genes were sequenced; however, based on nucleotide sequences and phylogeny, whether the progenitor of the p17gag and nef genes was SF2 or LAV-1b could not be determined. Compared to the two original viruses, the divergence of all clones of C2-V5env ranged from 9.37 to 20.2%, that of p17gag ranged from 3.11 to 9.29%, and that of nef ranged from 4.02 to 7.9%. In contrast, compared to the maximum variation of 20.2% in C2-V5env for C-499, the maximum diversities in C2-V5env in proviruses from two chimpanzees infected with HIV-1(LAV-1b) for 9 and 10 years were 9.65 and 2.48%, respectively. These results demonstrate that (i) two distinct HIV-1 populations can coexist and undergo extensive diversification in chimpanzees with progressive HIV-1-induced disease and (ii) recombination between two subtype B strains occurred even though the second strain was inoculated 15 months after the first one. Furthermore, evaluation of env genes from three chimpanzees infected with the same strain suggests that the magnitude of HIV-1 diversification could be related to higher viral burdens, manifestations of disease, and/or dual infection.
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- Q Wei
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham 35294, USA
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Goodkin K, Shapshak P, Metsch LR, McCoy CB, Crandall KA, Kumar M, Fujimura RK, McCoy V, Zhang BT, Reyblat S, Xin KQ, Kumar AM. Cocaine abuse and HIV-1 infection: epidemiology and neuropathogenesis. J Neuroimmunol 1998; 83:88-101. [PMID: 9610677 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(97)00225-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The epidemiology of cocaine abuse and potential relationships of cocaine withdrawal to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-associated dementia (HAD) are discussed. Neuroendocrinological changes in HIV-1 infection of the central nervous system (CNS) are discussed with the relevant impact of cocaine abuse. HIV-1 load in the brain tissue of infected substance users is described along with possible associations with neuropathology and HAD. Finally, the molecular epidemiology and sequence heterogeneity of HIV-1 and their implications for neuropathogenesis are summarized. The complex context of addressing cocaine abuse in the setting of HIV-1 infection appears more tractable when decomposed into its components.
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- K Goodkin
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA.
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Plikat U, Nieselt-Struwe K, Meyerhans A. Genetic drift can dominate short-term human immunodeficiency virus type 1 nef quasispecies evolution in vivo. J Virol 1997; 71:4233-40. [PMID: 9151810 PMCID: PMC191638 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.6.4233-4240.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The evolution of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 nef quasispecies in a patient clonally infected with a contaminated batch of blood clotting factor IX was monitored. nef sequences were derived at 11, 25, and 41 months postinfection from infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells after molecular cloning of PCR-amplified proviral DNA. The phylogenetic relationships among a total of 41 informative sequences were established by split decomposition analysis and used as a basis to establish a substitution matrix and to score synonymous (s) and nonsynonymous (ns) substitutions. The number of observed in-phase stop codons within the nef sequences was comparable to that expected on a random basis. Similarly, the numbers of observed s and ns substitutions did not differ significantly from expected values. No codon position was preferentially mutated. The maximum sequence divergence increased in a linear manner, with approximately 4.4 nucleotide and approximately 3.2 amino acid changes per year. It appears that stochastic processes strongly influence short-term HIV nef quasispecies evolution in vivo.
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- U Plikat
- Abteilung Virologie, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Freiburg, Germany
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Zhong Q, Nakaya T, Tateno Y, Fujinaga K, Kameoka M, Tateno M, Ikuta K. A clearer distinction between HIV-1 paired isolates from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of asymptomatic carriers with and without CD8+ T-cells at nef rather than env V3 loci. Vaccine 1997; 15:497-510. [PMID: 9160517 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(97)00223-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In asymptomatic carriers, the vast majority of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is non-productive whilst the clinical stage of disease is associated with significant virus expression. Virus-specific CD8+ T-cell functions are believed to play a major role in the generation of heterogeneous virus populations and in subsequent disease progression. Here, we prepared two types of HIV-1 isolate by culturing whole and CD8+ T cell-depleted peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from five asymptomatic carriers. The former is expected to be escape variant populations, whereas the latter would be mixed populations including the former viruses. The analyses of Nef and Env V3 sequence variations of viruses in a total of 77 and 44 DNA clones, respectively, allowed a direct comparison to be made of the differences between the paired isolates. Comparison of Nef sequences between the paired isolates showed them to be more distinct in two carriers with a relatively stable CD4/CD8 ratio (Nos 68 and 69), than in two other carriers with similar CD4/CD8 ratios (Nos 53 and 57), or in carrier No. 67, which had an extremely lower CD4/CD8 ratio. By contrast, a distinction between the paired isolates by use of the Env V3 sequences was only apparent in the latter three carriers. These results indicate that the predominant populations of HIV-1 in Nos 68 and 69 were sensitive to selective pressure from Nef-specific CD8+ T-cells, while those in Nos 53, 57, and 67 were sensitive to pressure from V3-specific CD8+ T-cells. It is noteworthy that Nos 53 and 57 progressed to an AIDS-related complex shortly and several years after this examination. These data suggest that HIV-1-induced pathogenesis is more strongly associated with the generation of variant nef alleles than with env V3 variants, and that these arise by CD8+ T-cell pressure.
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- Q Zhong
- Section of Serology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Zhang L, Huang Y, Yuan H, Chen BK, Ip J, Ho DD. Identification of a replication-competent pathogenic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 with a duplication in the TCF-1alpha region but lacking NF-kappaB binding sites. J Virol 1997; 71:1651-6. [PMID: 8995694 PMCID: PMC191225 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.2.1651-1656.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Multiple human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) sequences with deletions of NF-kappaB binding sites at both the 5' and 3' long terminal repeats (LTRs) were identified in serial samples collected from an infected individual. The effect of this deletion on the level of transcription was studied by transient transfection of an LTR-driven luciferase reporter gene and by infection with a full-length recombinant HIV-1 containing a luciferase reporter (HIVHXBluc). Detectable levels of gene expression were found in both systems, in the presence or absence of the viral transactivator Tat. Interestingly, a duplication of a putative TCF-1alpha motif was found in place of the NF-kappaB elements in these viruses. Higher transcriptional activity was observed with HXBLTR (NF-kappaB intact) than with the patient's LTR (NF-kappaB deleted), suggesting that the NF-kappaB binding sites may promote optimal levels of viral gene transcription. The ability of these viruses with NF-kappaB deleted to replicate and cause substantial decline in CD4 cell counts demonstrates that the NF-kappaB binding sites are not absolutely required for viral replication or pathogenicity in vivo. These results are consistent with the notion that the HIV-1 LTR possesses functional redundancy which allows it to interact with multiple transcription factors, thereby ensuring viral replication in a variety of cell types.
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- L Zhang
- The Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Saksena NK, Wang B, Ge YC, Chang J, Dwyer DE, Xiang SH, Packham DR, Randle C, Cunningham AL. Region-specific changes, gene duplications, and random deletions in the nef gene from HIV type 1-infected brain tissues and blood of a demented patient. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1997; 13:111-6. [PMID: 8989434 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1997.13.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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- N K Saksena
- Retroviral Genetics Laboratory, Westmead Institutes for Health Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Simm M, Chao W, Pekarskaya O, Sova P, Gupta P, Balachandran R, Volsky DJ. Genetic variability and function of the long terminal repeat from syncytium-inducing and non-syncytium-inducing human immunodeficiency virus type 1. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1996; 12:801-9. [PMID: 8738432 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1996.12.801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We analyzed sequence variability and function of the long terminal repeat (LTR) from syncytium-inducing (SI) and non-syncytium-inducing (NSI) HIV-1. Twenty LTR DNA clones were obtained by polymerase chain reaction amplification and molecular cloning from short-term cultures of SI and NSI viruses from an AIDS patient and two asymptomatic individuals, respectively. All the LTR clones tested contained multiple nucleotide changes (mostly G-to-A transitions), compared to the subtype B consensus sequence, which were clustered within the negative regulatory element, including NF-AT, USF, and TCF-1 alpha binding sites. The core promoter/TAR region sequences were highly conserved. The basal and Tat-mediated transcriptional activities of selected LTR clones tested were 0.1 to 1 and 0.2 to 0.5 times that of the control, respectively, regardless of the SI or NSI origin of the clones. Phylogenetic analysis revealed interi-solate sequence divergence in the LTR that was similar but not identical to previously analyzed vif sequences from the same samples. In particular, the inter-isolate distances from reference sequences differed for the LTR and vif. This raises the possibility that recombination occurred between corresponding LTR and vif loci of the quasi-species present in the isolates described here.
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- M Simm
- Molecular Virology Laboratory, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York, New York 10019, USA
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Estable MC, Bell B, Merzouki A, Montaner JS, O'Shaughnessy MV, Sadowski IJ. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeat variants from 42 patients representing all stages of infection display a wide range of sequence polymorphism and transcription activity. J Virol 1996; 70:4053-62. [PMID: 8648743 PMCID: PMC190286 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.6.4053-4062.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Despite extensive in vitro studies identifying a myriad of cellular transcription factors that bind the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 5' long terminal repeat (LTR), the relative contribution of these factors to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication in infected individuals remains obscure. To address this question, we investigated 478 proviral quasispecies derived from uncultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 42 patients representing all stages of infection. In addition to highly conserved TATA box, SP-1, and NF-kappaB sites, the Ets core and an adjacent 5'-ACYGCTGA-3' motif were extremely conserved. Importantly, the most frequent naturally occurring length polymorphism (MFNLP) duplicated 5'-ACYGCTGA-3' motifs in LTRs in which this same motif was disrupted or in LTRs in which a single point mutation to the Ets core ablated binding of c-Ets 1 and another factor distinct from both c-Ets 1 and Elf 1. The MFNLP's location was precise (position -121) and surprisingly frequent (38% of patients) and demarcated LTR Nef-coding sequences from LTR noncoding sequences that appear to be evolving independently. Aside from these features, we found no definitive clinical or transcription phenotype common to all MFNLP LTRs. We also found previously described and novel point polymorphisms, including some conferring TAR-dependent and TAR- independent Tat unresponsiveness, and showed that differential binding of nuclear factor(s) to a TCTAA TATA box variant may be the mechanism for the latter.
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- M C Estable
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver
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- L Ratner
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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