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Tamzali Y, Pourcher V, Azoyan L, Ouali N, Barrou B, Conti F, Coutance G, Gay F, Tourret J, Boutolleau D. Factors Associated With Genotypic Resistance and Outcome Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients With Refractory Cytomegalovirus Infection. Transpl Int 2023; 36:11295. [PMID: 37398559 PMCID: PMC10307959 DOI: 10.3389/ti.2023.11295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
Abstract
Genotypically resistant cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with increased morbi-mortality. We herein aimed at understanding the factors that predict CMV genotypic resistance in refractory infections and disease in the SOTR (Solid Organ Transplant Recipients) population, and the factors associated with outcomes. We included all SOTRs who were tested for CMV genotypic resistance for CMV refractory infection/disease over ten years in two centers. Eighty-one refractory patients were included, 26 with genotypically resistant infections (32%). Twenty-four of these genotypic profiles conferred resistance to ganciclovir (GCV) and 2 to GCV and cidofovir. Twenty-three patients presented a high level of GCV resistance. We found no resistance mutation to letermovir. Age (OR = 0.94 per year, IC95 [0.089-0.99]), a history of valganciclovir (VGCV) underdosing or of low plasma concentration (OR= 5.6, IC95 [1.69-20.7]), being on VGCV at infection onset (OR = 3.11, IC95 [1.18-5.32]) and the recipients' CMV negative serostatus (OR = 3.40, IC95 [0.97-12.8]) were independently associated with CMV genotypic resistance. One year mortality was higher in the resistant CMV group (19.2 % versus 3.6 %, p = 0.02). Antiviral drugs severe adverse effects were also independently associated with CMV genotypic resistance. CMV genotypic resistance to antivirals was independently associated with a younger age, exposure to low levels of GCV, the recipients' negative serostatus, and presenting the infection on VGCV prophylaxis. This data is of importance, given that we also found a poorer outcome in the patients of the resistant group.
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- Yanis Tamzali
- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Medicosurgical Unit of Kidney Transplantation, Paris, France
- INSERM UMR 1146, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, INSERM UMR, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Department of Nephrology Unité SINRA, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Medicosurgical Unit of Kidney Transplantation, Paris, France
- INSERM UMR 1038, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Department of Hepatogastroenterlogy, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Liver Transplantation Unit, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Department of Cardiosurgery, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Fédération de Cardiologie, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Medicosurgical Unit of Kidney Transplantation, Paris, France
- INSERM UMR 1146, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, INSERM UMR, Paris, France
- Department of Virology, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Centre National de Référence Herpèsvirus (Laboratoire Associé), Paris, France
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Tamura S, Osawa S, Ishida N, Miyazu T, Tani S, Yamade M, Iwaizumi M, Hamaya Y, Kosugi I, Furuta T, Sugimoto K. Prevalence of UL97 gene mutations and polymorphisms in cytomegalovirus infection in the colon associated with or without ulcerative colitis. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13676. [PMID: 34211066 PMCID: PMC8249415 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93168-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation in the colon is common in patients with severe ulcerative colitis (UC). Ganciclovir (GCV) resistance conferring CMV UL97 gene mutations have been reported in recent years. However, the prevalence of UL97 gene mutations in GCV-naive CMV infection in the colon remains unknown. We investigated the prevalence of CMV UL97 gene mutations in patients with colonic CMV infection associated with or without UC. Twenty-two GCV-naive patients with colonic CMV infection, 15 with UC and 7 with other diseases, were enrolled. Frozen biopsy samples or formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples were used for nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the UL97 gene. Sanger DNA sequencing was performed. In comparison with AD169 reference strain, natural polymorphisms were frequently detected in codons N68D (100%), I244V (100%), and D605E (86.4%). Seven polymorphisms were detected infrequently (< 10%) outside the kinase domain. However, no known GCV resistance mutations were found. There seemed to be no difference between the ratio of polymorphisms in patients with and without UC. In conclusions, we did not detect UL97 gene mutations associated with GCV resistance in GCV-naive patients with or without UC. Consistent with previous reports, D605E polymorphism may be used as a genetic marker for CMV in East Asian countries.
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- Satoshi Tamura
- Department of Endoscopic and Photodynamic Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
- First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopic and Photodynamic Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan.
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- First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative and Infectious Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- Center for Clinical Research, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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- First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan
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Guermouche H, Burrel S, Mercier-Darty M, Kofman T, Rogier O, Pawlotsky JM, Boutolleau D, Rodriguez C. Characterization of the dynamics of human cytomegalovirus resistance to antiviral drugs by ultra-deep sequencing. Antiviral Res 2019; 173:104647. [PMID: 31706899 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2019.104647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Prophylactic or preemptive treatment strategies are required to prevent human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in transplant recipients. However, treatment failure occurs when CMV resistant-associated variants (RAVs) are selected. Although the diversity of CMV is lower than that of RNA viruses, CMV appears to show some genetic instability, with possible minor emerging resistance that may be undetectable by Sanger sequencing. We aimed to examine CMV-resistance mutations over time by ultra-deep sequencing (UDS) and Sanger sequencing in a kidney transplant recipient experiencing CMV infection. This patient showed a transient response to three different antiviral drugs (valganciclovir, foscarnet, and maribavir) and four episodes of CMV resistance over two years. The full-length UL97 (2.3kpb) and partial UL54 (2.4kpb) CMV genes were studied by UDS and Sanger sequencing and linkage mutations calculated to determine RAVs. We detected four major and five minor resistance mutations. Minor resistant variants (2-20%) were detected by UDS, whereas major resistance substitutions (>20%) were identified by both UDS and Sanger method. We detected cross-resistance to three drugs, despite high CMV loads, suggesting that the fitness of the viral mutants was not impaired. In conclusion, CMV showed complex dynamic of resistance under antiviral drug pressure, as described for highly variable viruses. The emergence of successive RAVs constitutes a clinically challenging complication and contributes to the difficulty of therapeutic management of patients.
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- Hélène Guermouche
- Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU Henri Mondor (AP-HP), INSERM U955 Eq18, Plateforme « Génomiques », IMRB, UPEC, Créteil, France
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- Centre National de Référence Herpèsvirus (laboratoire associé), Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Universitaire La Pitié-Salpêtrière, GHU AP-PH. Sorbonne Université (AP-HP), INSERM U1136, iPLESP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU Henri Mondor (AP-HP), INSERM U955 Eq18, Plateforme « Génomiques », IMRB, UPEC, Créteil, France
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- Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital Universitaire Henri Mondor (AP-HP), Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU Henri Mondor (AP-HP), INSERM U955 Eq18, Plateforme « Génomiques », IMRB, UPEC, Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU Henri Mondor (AP-HP), INSERM U955 Eq18, Plateforme « Génomiques », IMRB, UPEC, Créteil, France
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- Centre National de Référence Herpèsvirus (laboratoire associé), Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Universitaire La Pitié-Salpêtrière, GHU AP-PH. Sorbonne Université (AP-HP), INSERM U1136, iPLESP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU Henri Mondor (AP-HP), INSERM U955 Eq18, Plateforme « Génomiques », IMRB, UPEC, Créteil, France.
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Javid N, Talkhabifard M, Tabarraei A, Moradi A. Human cytomegalovirus UL54 and UL97 mutations for detection of ganciclovir resistance in congenital infection. Future Virol 2017. [DOI: 10.2217/fvl-2017-0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Aim: Ganciclovir (GCV) is used as an antiviral drug for the treatment of human cytomegalovirus infection. The aim of this study was to demonstrate GCV-resistant human cytomegalovirus in congenitally infected neonates. Patients & methods: DNA of CMV positive newborn samples was extracted and UL97 and UL54 genes were amplified by PCR and real-time PCR. Sequencing of UL97 and UL54 genes were performed and analyzed. Results: UL97 GCV resistance mutation C603W was detected in one newborn. D605E was the most common polymorphism in UL97 observed in 7/13 (53.8%) of samples. N685S, A688V, A885T and N898D were four known common UL54 polymorphisms. Conclusion: The rate of GCV resistance in congenital CMV is low. Common polymorphisms in UL97 and UL54 genes are also reported as new mutations.
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- Naeme Javid
- Department of Microbiology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IR Iran
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- Faculty of Medical Advance technology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Science, Gorgan, IR Iran
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- Infectious Diseases Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IR Iran
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- Infectious Diseases Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IR Iran
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Campos AB, Ribeiro J, Pinho Vaz C, Campilho F, Branca R, Campos A, Baldaque I, Medeiros R, Boutolleau D, Sousa H. Genotypic resistance of cytomegalovirus to antivirals in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients from Portugal: A retrospective study. Antiviral Res 2017; 138:86-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2016.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Zarrouk K, Piret J, Boivin G. Herpesvirus DNA polymerases: Structures, functions and inhibitors. Virus Res 2017; 234:177-192. [PMID: 28153606 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Revised: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Human herpesviruses are large double-stranded DNA viruses belonging to the Herpesviridae family. These viruses have the ability to establish lifelong latency into the host and to periodically reactivate. Primary infections and reactivations of herpesviruses cause a large spectrum of diseases and may lead to severe complications in immunocompromised patients. The viral DNA polymerase is a key enzyme in the lytic phase of the infection by herpesviruses. This review focuses on the structures and functions of viral DNA polymerases of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). DNA polymerases of HSV (UL30) and HCMV (UL54) belong to B family DNA polymerases with which they share seven regions of homology numbered I to VII as well as a δ-region C which is homologous to DNA polymerases δ. These DNA polymerases are multi-functional enzymes exhibiting polymerase, 3'-5' exonuclease proofreading and ribonuclease H activities. Furthermore, UL30 and UL54 DNA polymerases form a complex with UL42 and UL44 processivity factors, respectively. The mechanisms involved in their polymerisation activity have been elucidated based on structural analyses of the DNA polymerase of bacteriophage RB69 crystallized under different conformations, i.e. the enzyme alone or in complex with DNA and with both DNA and incoming nucleotide. All antiviral agents currently used for the prevention or treatment of HSV and HCMV infections target the viral DNA polymerases. However, long-term administration of these antivirals may lead to the emergence of drug-resistant isolates harboring mutations in genes encoding viral enzymes that phosphorylate drugs (i.e., nucleoside analogues) and/or DNA polymerases.
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- Karima Zarrouk
- Research Center in Infectious Diseases, CHU de Québec and Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Center in Infectious Diseases, CHU de Québec and Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Center in Infectious Diseases, CHU de Québec and Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
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Campos AB, Ribeiro J, Boutolleau D, Sousa H. Human cytomegalovirus antiviral drug resistance in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: current state of the art. Rev Med Virol 2016; 26:161-82. [DOI: 10.1002/rmv.1873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Revised: 01/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Ana Bela Campos
- Molecular Oncology and Viral Pathology Group (CI-IPOP); Porto Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine; University of Porto; Porto Portugal
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- Molecular Oncology and Viral Pathology Group (CI-IPOP); Porto Portugal
- Virology Service; Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto; Porto Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine; University of Porto; Porto Portugal
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- Sorbonne Universités; UPMC Université Paris 06, CR7, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI-Paris); Paris France
- INSERM, U1135, CIMI-Paris; Paris France
- AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié-Salpêtrière - Charles Foix; Service de Virologie; Paris France
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- Molecular Oncology and Viral Pathology Group (CI-IPOP); Porto Portugal
- Virology Service; Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto; Porto Portugal
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Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) susceptibility to currently approved antiviral drugs does not impact on CMV terminase complex polymorphism. Antiviral Res 2014; 111:8-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2014.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Revised: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Differential properties of cytomegalovirus pUL97 kinase isoforms affect viral replication and maribavir susceptibility. J Virol 2014; 88:4776-85. [PMID: 24522923 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00192-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-encoded kinase pUL97 is required for efficient viral replication. Previous studies described two isoforms of pUL97, the full-length isoform (M1) and a smaller isoform likely resulting from translation initiation at codon 74 (M74). Here, we report the detection of a third pUL97 isoform during viral infection resulting from translation initiation at codon 157 (isoform M157). The consistent expression of isoform M157 as a minor component of pUL97 during infection with clinical and laboratory-adapted HCMV strains was suppressed when codon 157 was mutagenized. Viral mutants expressing specific isoforms were generated to compare their growth and drug susceptibility phenotypes, as well as pUL97 intracellular localization patterns and kinase activities. The exclusive expression of isoform M157 resulted in substantially reduced viral growth and resistance to the pUL97 inhibitor maribavir while retaining susceptibility to ganciclovir. Confocal imaging demonstrated reduced nuclear import of amino-terminal deletion isoforms compared to isoform M1. Isoform M157 showed reduced efficiency of various substrate protein interactions and autophosphorylation, whereas Rb phosphorylation was preserved. These results reveal differential properties of pUL97 isoforms that affect viral replication, with implications for the antiviral efficacy of maribavir. IMPORTANCE The HCMV UL97 kinase performs important functions in viral replication that are targeted by the antiviral drug maribavir. Here, we describe a naturally occurring short isoform of the kinase that when expressed by itself in a recombinant virus results in altered intracellular localization, impaired growth, and high-level resistance to maribavir compared to those of the predominant full-length counterpart. This is another factor to consider in explaining why maribavir appears to have variable antiviral activity in cell culture and in vivo.
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Detection of cytomegalovirus drug resistance mutations by next-generation sequencing. J Clin Microbiol 2013; 51:3700-10. [PMID: 23985916 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01605-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Antiviral therapy for cytomegalovirus (CMV) plays an important role in the clinical management of solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. However, CMV antiviral therapy can be complicated by drug resistance associated with mutations in the phosphotransferase UL97 and the DNA polymerase UL54. We have developed an amplicon-based high-throughput sequencing strategy for detecting CMV drug resistance mutations in clinical plasma specimens using a microfluidics PCR platform for multiplexed library preparation and a benchtop next-generation sequencing instrument. Plasmid clones of the UL97 and UL54 genes were used to demonstrate the low overall empirical error rate of the assay (0.189%) and to develop a statistical algorithm for identifying authentic low-abundance variants. The ability of the assay to detect resistance mutations was tested with mixes of wild-type and mutant plasmids, as well as clinical CMV isolates and plasma samples that were known to contain mutations that confer resistance. Finally, 48 clinical plasma specimens with a range of viral loads (394 to 2,191,011 copies/ml plasma) were sequenced using multiplexing of up to 24 specimens per run. This led to the identification of seven resistance mutations, three of which were present in <20% of the sequenced population. Thus, this assay offers more sensitive detection of minor variants and a higher multiplexing capacity than current methods for the genotypic detection of CMV drug resistance mutations.
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Härter G, Michel D. Antiviral treatment of cytomegalovirus infection: an update. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2012; 13:623-7. [DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2012.658775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review assesses recently published data on cytomegalovirus (CMV) antiviral drug resistance. RECENT FINDINGS Resistance is typically encountered after prolonged ganciclovir treatment for posttransplant primary CMV infection and is diagnosed by the detection of characteristic mutations in the viral UL97 kinase and UL54 DNA polymerase genes in clinical specimens. One of seven canonical UL97 mutations is detected in most cases of ganciclovir resistance, but many viral sequence variants of unknown relevance are being reported after drug exposure in vitro and in vivo. Rapid technical advances in recombinant phenotyping have shown that many of these variants confer no detectable drug resistance, whereas some unusual resistance mutations are newly confirmed. All currently marketed CMV antiviral drugs, including foscarnet and cidofovir, target the viral DNA polymerase, and cross-resistance may result from some UL54 mutations. To decrease cross-resistance and toxicity, there is an ongoing effort to develop anti-CMV drugs with different resistance pathways and alternative targets, such as the UL97 kinase or UL56-UL89 terminase enzymes. SUMMARY An increasing volume of information correlating CMV genotypes and drug susceptibility phenotypes is becoming available. This will improve the interpretation of sequence-based assays currently used for clinical diagnosis and guide the development of new antiviral drugs.
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