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Jeon MS, Jeong DM, Doh H, Kang HA, Jung H, Eyun SI. A practical comparison of the next-generation sequencing platform and assemblers using yeast genome. Life Sci Alliance 2023; 6:e202201744. [PMID: 36746534 PMCID: PMC9902641 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Assembling fragmented whole-genomic information from the sequencing data is an inevitable process for further genome-wide research. However, it is intricate to select the appropriate assembly pipeline for unknown species because of the species-specific genomic properties. Therefore, our study focused on relatively more static proclivities of sequencing platforms and assembly algorithms than the fickle genome sequences. A total of 212 draft and polished de novo assemblies were constructed under the different sequencing platforms and assembly algorithms with the repetitive yeast genome. Our comprehensive data indicated that sequencing reads from Oxford Nanopore with R7.3 flow cells generated more continuous assemblies than those derived from the PacBio Sequel, although the homopolymer-based assembly errors and chimeric contigs exist. In addition, the comparison between two second-generation sequencing platforms showed that Illumina NovaSeq 6000 provides more accurate and continuous assembly in the second-generation-sequencing-first pipeline, but MGI DNBSEQ-T7 provides a cheap and accurate read in the polishing process. Furthermore, our insight into the relationship among the computational time, read length, and coverage depth provided clues to the optimal pipelines of yeast assembly.
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- Min-Seung Jeon
- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
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D'Souza C, Kishore U, Tsolaki AG. The PE-PPE Family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Proteins in Disguise. Immunobiology 2023; 228:152321. [PMID: 36805109 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2022.152321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis has thrived in parallel with humans for millennia, and despite our efforts, M. tuberculosis continues to plague us, currently infecting a third of the world's population. The success of M. tuberculosis has recently been attributed, in part, to the PE-PPE family; a unique collection of 168 proteins fundamentally involved in the pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis. The PE-PPE family proteins have been at the forefront of intense research efforts since their discovery in 1998 and whilst our knowledge and understanding has significantly advanced over the last two decades, many important questions remain to be elucidated. This review consolidates and examines the vast body of existing literature regarding the PE-PPE family proteins, with respect to the latest developments in elucidating their evolution, structure, subcellular localisation, function, and immunogenicity. This review also highlights significant inconsistencies and contradictions within the field. Additionally, possible explanations for these knowledge gaps are explored. Lastly, this review poses many important questions, which need to be addressed to complete our understanding of the PE-PPE family, as well as highlighting the challenges associated with studying this enigmatic family of proteins. Further research into the PE-PPE family, together with technological advancements in genomics and proteomics, will undoubtedly improve our understanding of the pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis, as well as identify key targets/candidates for the development of novel drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines.
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- Christopher D'Souza
- Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, United Kingdom.
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A comprehensive update to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv reference genome. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7068. [PMID: 36400796 PMCID: PMC9673877 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34853-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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H37Rv is the most widely used Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain, and its genome is globally used as the M. tuberculosis reference sequence. Here, we present Bact-Builder, a pipeline that uses consensus building to generate complete and accurate bacterial genome sequences and apply it to three independently cultured and sequenced H37Rv aliquots of a single laboratory stock. Two of the 4,417,942 base-pair long H37Rv assemblies are 100% identical, with the third differing by a single nucleotide. Compared to the existing H37Rv reference, the new sequence contains ~6.4 kb additional base pairs, encoding ten new regions that include insertions in PE/PPE genes and new paralogs of esxN and esxJ, which are differentially expressed compared to the reference genes. New sequencing and de novo assemblies with Bact-Builder confirm that all 10 regions, plus small additional polymorphisms, are also present in the commonly used H37Rv strains NR123, TMC102, and H37Rv1998. Thus, Bact-Builder shows promise as an improved method to perform accurate and reproducible de novo assemblies of bacterial genomes, and our work provides important updates to the primary M. tuberculosis reference genome.
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Ju Y, Pu M, Sun K, Song G, Geng J. Nanopore Electrochemistry for Pathogen Detection. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200774. [PMID: 36069587 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Pathogen infections have seriously threatened human health, and there is an urgent demand for rapid and efficient pathogen identification to provide instructions in clinical diagnosis and therapeutic intervention. Recently, nanopore technology, a rapidly maturing technology which delivers ultrasensitive sensing and high throughput in real-time and at low cost, has achieved success in pathogen detection. Furthermore, the remarkable development of nanopore sequencing, for example, the MinION sequencer from Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) as a competitive sequencing technology, has facilitated the rapid analysis of disease-related microbiomes at the whole-genome level and on a large scale. Here, we highlighted recent advances in nanopore approaches for pathogen detection at the single-molecule level. We also overviewed the applications of nanopore sequencing in pathogenic bacteria identification and diagnosis. In the end, we discussed the challenges and future developments of nanopore technology as promising tools for the management of infections, which may be helpful to aid understanding as well as decision-making.
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- Yuan Ju
- Sichuan University, Sichuan University Library, CHINA
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- Sichuan University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, CHINA
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- Sichuan University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, CHINA
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- North Sichuan Medical College [Search North Sichuan Medical College]: North Sichuan Medical University, Shool of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, CHINA
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- Sichuan University, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, No 17 Section 3 of South Renmin Rd, 610040, Chengdu, CHINA
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Mariner-Llicer C, Goig GA, Zaragoza-Infante L, Torres-Puente M, Villamayor L, Navarro D, Borras R, Chiner-Oms Á, Comas I. Accuracy of an amplicon-sequencing nanopore approach to identify variants in tuberculosis drug-resistance-associated genes. Microb Genom 2021; 7:000740. [PMID: 34919513 PMCID: PMC8767343 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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A rapid and accurate diagnostic assay represents an important means to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis, identify drug-resistant strains and ensure treatment success. Currently employed techniques to diagnose drug-resistant tuberculosis include slow phenotypic tests or more rapid molecular assays that evaluate a limited range of drugs. Whole-genome-sequencing-based approaches can detect known drug-resistance-conferring mutations and novel variations; however, the dependence on growing samples in culture, and the associated delays in achieving results, represents a significant limitation. As an alternative, targeted sequencing strategies can be directly performed on clinical samples at high throughput. This study proposes a targeted sequencing assay to rapidly detect drug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis using the Nanopore MinION sequencing platform. We designed a single-tube assay that targets nine genes associated with drug resistance to seven drugs and two phylogenetic-determining regions to determine strain lineage and tested it in nine clinical isolates and six sputa. The study's main aim is to calibrate MinNION variant calling to detect drug-resistance-associated mutations with different frequencies to match the accuracy of Illumina (the current gold-standard sequencing technology) from both culture and sputum samples. After calibrating Nanopore MinION variant calling, we demonstrated 100% agreement between Illumina WGS and our MinION set up to detect known drug resistance and phylogenetic variants in our dataset. Importantly, other variants in the amplicons are also detected, decreasing the recall. We identify minority variants and insertions/deletions as crucial bioinformatics challenges to fully reproduce Illumina WGS results.
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Applied Biosciences Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Hospital Clínico Universitario de València, València, Spain,Department of Microbiology and Ecology, School of Medicine, University of València, València, Spain
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- Hospital Clínico Universitario de València, València, Spain,Department of Microbiology and Ecology, School of Medicine, University of València, València, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de València (CSIC), València, Spain,CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health, València, Spain,*Correspondence: Iñaki Comas,
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Nucleotide amplification and sequencing of the GC-rich region between matrix and fusion protein genes of peste des petits ruminants virus. J Virol Methods 2021; 300:114390. [PMID: 34848280 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes a highly devastating disease of sheep and goats, that threatens the conservation of small wild ruminants. The development of PPRV vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics, greatly depends on in-depth genomic data. Yet, high guanine-cytosine (GC) content between matrix (M) and fusion (F) genes of PPRV poses difficulty for both primer design and nucleotide amplification. In turn, this has led into absence or low nucleotide sequence coverage in this region. This poses a risk of missing important part of the genome that could help to infer viral evolution. Here, an overlapping long-read primer-based amplification strategy was developed to amplify the GC-rich fragments between M-F gene junction using nexus gradient polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The resulting amplicons were sequenced by dideoxynucleotide cycle sequencing and compared with other PPRV nucleotide sequences available at GenBank. Our findings indicate clear PCR amplification products with expected size of the GC-rich fragments on agarose gel electrophoresis. The sequencing results of these fragments indicate 99.5 % nucleotide identity with PPRV strain KY628761. An extremely difficult PCR target of 67.4 % GC contents was successfully amplified and sequenced using this long-read primer approach. The long-read primer set may be used in tiling multiplex PCR for complete genome sequencing of PPRV.
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Peker N, Schuele L, Kok N, Terrazos M, Neuenschwander SM, de Beer J, Akkerman O, Peter S, Ramette A, Merker M, Niemann S, Couto N, Sinha B, Rossen JWA. Evaluation of whole-genome sequence data analysis approaches for short- and long-read sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microb Genom 2021; 7:000695. [PMID: 34825880 PMCID: PMC8743536 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates can be used to get an accurate diagnosis, to guide clinical decision making, to control tuberculosis (TB) and for outbreak investigations. We evaluated the performance of long-read (LR) and/or short-read (SR) sequencing for anti-TB drug-resistance prediction using the TBProfiler and Mykrobe tools, the fraction of genome recovery, assembly accuracies and the robustness of two typing approaches based on core-genome SNP (cgSNP) typing and core-genome multi-locus sequence typing (cgMLST). Most of the discrepancies between phenotypic drug-susceptibility testing (DST) and drug-resistance prediction were observed for the first-line drugs rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol, mainly with LR sequence data. Resistance prediction to second-line drugs made by both TBProfiler and Mykrobe tools with SR- and LR-sequence data were in complete agreement with phenotypic DST except for one isolate. The SR assemblies were more accurate than the LR assemblies, having significantly (P <0.05) fewer indels and mismatches per 100 kbp. However, the hybrid and LR assemblies had slightly higher genome fractions. For LR assemblies, Canu followed by Racon, and Medaka polishing was the most accurate approach. The cgSNP approach, based on either reads or assemblies, was more robust than the cgMLST approach, especially for LR sequence data. In conclusion, anti-TB drug-resistance prediction, particularly with only LR sequence data, remains challenging, especially for first-line drugs. In addition, SR assemblies appear more accurate than LR ones, and reproducible phylogeny can be achieved using cgSNP approaches.
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- Nilay Peker
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Bern, Institute for Infectious Diseases, Bern, Switzerland
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonary diseases and Tuberculosis, Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, TB Center Beatrixoord, Haren, The Netherlands
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- University of Tübingen, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Tübingen, Germany
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- University of Bern, Institute for Infectious Diseases, Bern, Switzerland
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- Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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- Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, The Netherlands
- The Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- IDbyDNA Inc., San Carlos, CA, USA
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Dohál M, Porvazník I, Solovič I, Mokrý J. Whole Genome Sequencing in the Management of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infections. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9112237. [PMID: 34835363 PMCID: PMC8621650 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9112237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been a public health problem in recent decades and contribute significantly to the clinical and economic burden globally. The diagnosis of infections is difficult and time-consuming and, in addition, the conventional diagnostics tests do not have sufficient discrimination power in species identification due to cross-reactions and not fully specific probes. However, technological advances have been made and the whole genome sequencing (WGS) method has been shown to be an essential part of routine diagnostics in clinical mycobacteriology laboratories. The use of this technology has contributed to the characterization of new species of mycobacteria, as well as the identification of gene mutations encoding resistance and virulence factors. Sequencing data also allowed to track global outbreaks of nosocomial NTM infections caused by M. abscessus complex and M. chimaera. To highlight the utility of WGS, we summarize recent scientific studies on WGS as a tool suitable for the management of NTM-induced infections in clinical practice.
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- Matúš Dohál
- Biomedical Center Martin, Department of Pharmacology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +42-19-0252-4199
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- National Institute of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, 059 81 Vyšné Hágy, Slovakia; (I.P.); (I.S.)
- Faculty of Health, Catholic University, 034 01 Ružomberok, Slovakia
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- National Institute of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, 059 81 Vyšné Hágy, Slovakia; (I.P.); (I.S.)
- Faculty of Health, Catholic University, 034 01 Ružomberok, Slovakia
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- Biomedical Center Martin, Department of Pharmacology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia;
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Castro RAD, Borrell S, Gagneux S. The within-host evolution of antimicrobial resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2021; 45:fuaa071. [PMID: 33320947 PMCID: PMC8371278 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuaa071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis (TB) has been responsible for the greatest number of human deaths due to an infectious disease in general, and due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in particular. The etiological agents of human TB are a closely-related group of human-adapted bacteria that belong to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). Understanding how MTBC populations evolve within-host may allow for improved TB treatment and control strategies. In this review, we highlight recent works that have shed light on how AMR evolves in MTBC populations within individual patients. We discuss the role of heteroresistance in AMR evolution, and review the bacterial, patient and environmental factors that likely modulate the magnitude of heteroresistance within-host. We further highlight recent works on the dynamics of MTBC genetic diversity within-host, and discuss how spatial substructures in patients' lungs, spatiotemporal heterogeneity in antimicrobial concentrations and phenotypic drug tolerance likely modulates the dynamics of MTBC genetic diversity in patients during treatment. We note the general characteristics that are shared between how the MTBC and other bacterial pathogens evolve in humans, and highlight the characteristics unique to the MTBC.
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- Rhastin A D Castro
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4001 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4001 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4001 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Bainomugisa A, Meumann EM, Rajahram GS, Ong RTH, Coin L, Paul DC, William T, Coulter C, Ralph AP. Genomic epidemiology of tuberculosis in eastern Malaysia: insights for strengthening public health responses. Microb Genom 2021; 7:000573. [PMID: 33945455 PMCID: PMC8209721 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis is a leading public health priority in eastern Malaysia. Knowledge of the genomic epidemiology of tuberculosis can help tailor public health interventions. Our aims were to determine tuberculosis genomic epidemiology and characterize resistance mutations in the ethnically diverse city of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, located at the nexus of Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Brunei. We used an archive of prospectively collected Mycobacterium tuberculosis samples paired with epidemiological data. We collected sputum and demographic data from consecutive consenting outpatients with pulmonary tuberculosis at the largest tuberculosis clinic from 2012 to 2014, and selected samples from tuberculosis inpatients from the tertiary referral centre during 2012-2014 and 2016-2017. Two hundred and eight M. tuberculosis sequences were available for analysis, representing 8 % of cases notified during the study periods. Whole-genome phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that most strains were lineage 1 (195/208, 93.8 %), with the remainder being lineages 2 (8/208, 3.8 %) or 4 (5/208, 2.4 %). Lineages or sub-lineages were not associated with patient ethnicity. The lineage 1 strains were diverse, with sub-lineage 1.2.1 being dominant (192, 98 %). Lineage 1.2.1.3 isolates were geographically most widely distributed. The greatest diversity occurred in a border town sub-district. The time to the most recent common ancestor for the three major lineage 1.2.1 clades was estimated to be the year 1966 (95 % HPD 1948-1976). An association was found between failure of culture conversion by week 8 of treatment and infection with lineage 2 (4/6, 67 %) compared with lineage 1 strains (4/83, 5 %) (P<0.001), supporting evidence of greater virulence of lineage 2 strains. Eleven potential transmission clusters (SNP difference ≤12) were identified; at least five included people living in different sub-districts. Some linked cases spanned the whole 4-year study period. One cluster involved a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis strain matching a drug-susceptible strain from 3 years earlier. Drug resistance mutations were uncommon, but revealed one phenotype-genotype mismatch in a genotypically multidrug-resistant isolate, and rare nonsense mutations within the katG gene in two isolates. Consistent with the regionally mobile population, M. tuberculosis strains in Kota Kinabalu were diverse, although several lineage 1 strains dominated and were locally well established. Transmission clusters - uncommonly identified, likely attributable to incomplete sampling - showed clustering occurring across the community, not confined to households or sub-districts. The findings indicate that public health priorities should include active case finding and early institution of tuberculosis management in mobile populations, while there is a need to upscale effective contact investigation beyond households to include other contacts within social networks.
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- Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Infectious Diseases Society Sabah-Menzies School of Health Research Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
- Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
- Clinical Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Infectious Diseases Society Sabah-Menzies School of Health Research Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
- Clinical Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Sabah, Malaysia
- Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Queensland Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Brisbane, Australia
- Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Australia
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Systematic Review of Mutations Associated with Isoniazid Resistance Points to Continuing Evolution and Subsequent Evasion of Molecular Detection, and Potential for Emergence of Multidrug Resistance in Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2021; 65:AAC.02091-20. [PMID: 33361298 DOI: 10.1128/aac.02091-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Molecular testing is rapidly becoming an integral component of global tuberculosis (TB) control. Uncommon mechanisms of resistance escape detection by these platforms and undermine our ability to contain outbreaks. This article is a systematic review of published articles that reported isoniazid (INH) resistance-conferring mutations between September 2013 and December 2019. The genes katG, inhA, and fabG1, and the intergenic region oxyR'-ahpC were considered in this review. Fifty-two articles were included that described 9,306 clinical isolates (5,804 INH resistant [INHr] and 3,502 INH susceptible [INHs]) from 31 countries. The three most frequently mutated loci continue to be locus 315 of katG (katG315; n = 4,271), locus -15 of inhA (inhA-15; n = 787), and locus -8 of inhA (inhA-8; 106). However, the diagnostic value of inhA-8 is far lower than previously thought, as it only appears in 25 (0.4%) of the INHr isolates lacking the first two mutations. I catalogued 45 new loci (29 katG, nine inhA, and seven ahpC) associated with INH resistance and identified 59 loci (common to this and previous reviews) as a reliable basis for molecular diagnostics. Including all observed mutations provides a cumulative sensitivity of 85.6%. In 14.4% of resistant isolates, no mechanism of resistance was detected, making them likely to escape molecular detection, and in the case of INH monoresistance, likely to convert to multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). Integrating the information cataloged in this study into current diagnostic tools is essential for combating the emergence of MDR-TB, and its exclusion can lead to an unintended selection against common mechanisms and to diversifying evolution. Observation of many low-frequency resistance-conferring mutations points to an advantage of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) for diagnostics. Finally, I provide five recommendations for future diagnostic platforms.
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Zhu X, Yan S, Yuan F, Wan S. The Applications of Nanopore Sequencing Technology in Pathogenic Microorganism Detection. THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES & MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY = JOURNAL CANADIEN DES MALADIES INFECTIEUSES ET DE LA MICROBIOLOGIE MEDICALE 2020; 2020:6675206. [PMID: 33488885 PMCID: PMC7790562 DOI: 10.1155/2020/6675206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Infectious diseases are major threats to human health and lead to a serious public health burden. The emergence of new pathogens and the mutation of known pathogens challenge our ability to diagnose and control infectious diseases. Nanopore sequencing technology exhibited versatile applications in pathogenic microorganism detection due to its flexible data throughput. This review article introduced the applications of nanopore sequencing in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases management, including the monitoring of emerging infectious diseases outbreak, identification of pathogen drug resistance, and disease-related microbial communities characterization.
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- Xiaojian Zhu
- Center for Molecular Pathology, Department of Basic Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases of Ministry of Education, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China
- Department of Publication Health and Health Management, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Center for Molecular Pathology, Department of Basic Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Center for Molecular Pathology, Department of Basic Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China
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Wei PL, Hung CS, Kao YW, Lin YC, Lee CY, Chang TH, Shia BC, Lin JC. Characterization of Fecal Microbiota with Clinical Specimen Using Long-Read and Short-Read Sequencing Platform. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197110. [PMID: 32993155 PMCID: PMC7582668 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Accurate and rapid identification of microbiotic communities using 16S ribosomal (r)RNA sequencing is a critical task for expanding medical and clinical applications. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is widely considered a practical approach for direct application to communities without the need for in vitro culturing. In this report, a comparative evaluation of short-read (Illumina) and long-read (Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT)) platforms toward 16S rRNA sequencing with the same batch of total genomic DNA extracted from fecal samples is presented. Different 16S gene regions were amplified, bar-coded, and sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq and ONT MinION sequencers and corresponding kits. Mapping of the sequenced amplicon using MinION to the entire 16S rRNA gene was analyzed with the cloud-based EPI2ME algorithm. V3–V4 reads generated using MiSeq were aligned by applying the CLC genomics workbench. More than 90% of sequenced reads generated using distinct sequencers were accurately classified at the genus or species level. The misclassification of sequenced reads at the species level between the two approaches was less substantial as expected. Taken together, the comparative results demonstrate that MinION sequencing platform coupled with the corresponding algorithm could function as a practicable strategy in classifying bacterial community to the species level.
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- Po-Li Wei
- Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan;
- Cancer Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
- Translational Laboratory, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
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- PhD Program in Medical Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan;
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 116, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Business Administration, College of Management. Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242062, Taiwan;
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- Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan;
- Department of Family Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 116, Taiwan
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- Office of Information Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 106, Taiwan;
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 106, Taiwan;
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- Graduate Institute of Business Administration, College of Management. Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242062, Taiwan;
- Correspondence: (B.-C.S.); (J.-C.L.)
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- PhD Program in Medical Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan;
- School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
- Pulmonary Research Center, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 116, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (B.-C.S.); (J.-C.L.)
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Application of Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Assay on a Portable Sequencing Platform for Culture-Free Detection of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis from Clinical Samples. J Clin Microbiol 2020; 58:JCM.00632-20. [PMID: 32727827 PMCID: PMC7512157 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00632-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) has emerged as a comprehensive alternative to existing methods for drug susceptibility testing (DST) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patient sputum samples for clinical diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). However, the complexity of sequencing platforms has limited their uptake in low-resource settings. The goal of this study was to evaluate the use of the tNGS-based DST solution Genoscreen Deeplex Myc-TB, for use on the compact, low-cost Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION sequencer. One hundred four DNA samples extracted from smear-positive sputum sediments, previously sequenced using the Deeplex assay on an Illumina MiniSeq, were resequenced on MinION after applying a custom library preparation. MinION read quality, mapping statistics, and variant calling were computed using an in-house pipeline and compared to the reference MiniSeq data. The average percentage of MinION reads mapped to an H37RV reference genome was 90.8%, versus 99.5% on MiniSeq. The mean depths of coverage were 4,151× and 4,177× on MinION and MiniSeq, respectively, with heterogeneous distribution across targeted genes. Composite reference coverage breadth was >99% for both platforms. We observed full concordance between technologies in reporting the clinically relevant drug-resistant markers, including full gene deletions. In conclusion, we demonstrated that the workflow and sequencing data obtained from Deeplex on MinION are comparable to those for the MiniSeq, despite the higher raw error rates on MinION, with the added advantage of MinION's portability, versatility, and low capital costs. Targeted NGS on MinION is a promising DST solution for rapidly providing clinically relevant data to manage complex DR-TB cases.
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Cervantes J, Yokobori N, Hong BY. Genetic Identification and Drug-Resistance Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using a Portable Sequencing Device. A Pilot Study. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9:antibiotics9090548. [PMID: 32867304 PMCID: PMC7559383 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9090548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Clinical management of tuberculosis (TB) in endemic areas is often challenged by a lack of resources including laboratories for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) culture. Traditional phenotypic drug susceptibility testing for Mtb is costly and time consuming, while PCR-based methods are limited to selected target loci. We herein utilized a portable, USB-powered, long-read sequencing instrument (MinION), to investigate Mtb genomic DNA from clinical isolates to determine the presence of anti-TB drug-resistance conferring mutations. Data analysis platform EPI2ME and antibiotic-resistance analysis using the real time ARMA workflow, identified Mtb species as well as extensive resistance gene profiles. The approach was highly sensitive, being able to detect almost all described drug resistance conferring mutations based on previous whole genome sequencing analysis. Our findings are supportive of the practical use of this system as a suitable method for the detection of antimicrobial resistance genes, and effective in providing Mtb genomic information. Future improvements in the error rate through statistical analysis, drug resistance prediction algorithms and reference databases would make this a platform suited for the clinical setting. The small size, relatively inexpensive cost of the device, as well as its rapid and simple library preparation protocol and analysis, make it an attractive option for settings with limited laboratory infrastructure.
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- Jorge Cervantes
- Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-915-215-4672
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- Servicio de Micobacterias, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas (INEI)-ANLIS and CONICET, Buenos Aires C1282AFF, Argentina;
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- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT 06032, USA;
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Mahghani GA, Kargar M, Kafilzadeh F, Davoodi H, Ghaemi EA. Comparison of two molecular diagnostic methods for identifying Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY 2020; 12:209-215. [PMID: 32685117 PMCID: PMC7340603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Beijing family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been identified as a severe pathogen among this species and found in many clinical isolates during the last decade. Early identification of such genotype is important for better prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. The present study performed to compare the efficiency of Real-Time PCR and IS6110-Based Inverse PCR methods to identify the Beijing family. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was carried out on 173 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Golestan Province, northern Iran. DNA extraction performed by boiling and determining the Beijing and non-Beijing strains carried out using Real-Time PCR and IS6110-Based Inverse PCR. RESULTS In both Real-Time PCR and IS6110-Based Inverse PCR method, 24 specimens (13.9%) of the Beijing family were identified and the result of the IS6110-Based Inverse PCR method showed that all the Beijing strains in this region belonged to the Ancient Beijing sub-lineage. CONCLUSION Although the efficacy of the two methods in the diagnosis of the Beijing family is similar, the IS6110-Based Inverse PCR is more applicable to the ability to detect new and old Beijing family.
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- Ghorban Ali Mahghani
- Department of Microbiology, Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom, Iran
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- Infectious Diseases Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Infectious Diseases Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran,Corresponding author: Ezzat Allah Ghaemi, PhD, Infectious Diseases Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Tel: +98-9113711770, Fax: +98-1732235452,
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Guthrie JL, Strudwick L, Roberts B, Allen M, McFadzen J, Roth D, Jorgensen D, Rodrigues M, Tang P, Hanley B, Johnston J, Cook VJ, Gardy J. Comparison of routine field epidemiology and whole genome sequencing to identify tuberculosis transmission in a remote setting. Epidemiol Infect 2020; 148:e15. [PMID: 32014080 PMCID: PMC7019559 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268820000072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Revised: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Yukon Territory (YT) is a remote region in northern Canada with ongoing spread of tuberculosis (TB). To explore the utility of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for TB surveillance and monitoring in a setting with detailed contact tracing and interview data, we used a mixed-methods approach. Our analysis included all culture-confirmed cases in YT (2005-2014) and incorporated data from 24-locus Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units-Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (MIRU-VNTR) genotyping, WGS and contact tracing. We compared field-based (contact investigation (CI) data + MIRU-VNTR) and genomic-based (WGS + MIRU-VNTR + basic case data) investigations to identify the most likely source of each person's TB and assessed the knowledge, attitudes and practices of programme personnel around genotyping and genomics using online, multiple-choice surveys (n = 4) and an in-person group interview (n = 5). Field- and genomics-based approaches agreed for 26 of 32 (81%) cases on likely location of TB acquisition. There was less agreement in the identification of specific source cases (13/22 or 59% of cases). Single-locus MIRU-VNTR variants and limited genetic diversity complicated the analysis. Qualitative data indicated that participants viewed genomic epidemiology as a useful tool to streamline investigations, particularly in differentiating latent TB reactivation from the recent transmission. Based on this, genomic data could be used to enhance CIs, focus resources, target interventions and aid in TB programme evaluation.
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- J. L. Guthrie
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Yukon Communicable Disease Control, Health and Social Services, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Canada
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- Yukon Communicable Disease Control, Health and Social Services, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Canada
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- Yukon Communicable Disease Control, Health and Social Services, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Canada
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- Yukon Communicable Disease Control, Health and Social Services, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Canada
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- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada
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- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Public Health Laboratory, Vancouver, Canada
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- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Public Health Laboratory, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Sidra Medical and Research Center, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Health and Social Services, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Canada
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- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada
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Ates LS. New insights into the mycobacterial PE and PPE proteins provide a framework for future research. Mol Microbiol 2020; 113:4-21. [PMID: 31661176 PMCID: PMC7028111 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The PE and PPE proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been studied with great interest since their discovery. Named after the conserved proline (P) and glutamic acid (E) residues in their N-terminal domains, these proteins are postulated to perform wide-ranging roles in virulence and immune modulation. However, technical challenges in studying these proteins and their encoding genes have hampered the elucidation of molecular mechanisms and leave many open questions regarding the biological functions mediated by these proteins. Here, I review the shared and unique characteristics of PE and PPE proteins from a molecular perspective linking this information to their functions in mycobacterial virulence. I discuss how the different subgroups (PE_PGRS, PPE-PPW, PPE-SVP and PPE-MPTR) are defined and why this classification of paramount importance to understand the PE and PPE proteins as individuals and or groups. The goal of this MicroReview is to summarize and structure the existing information on this gene family into a simplified framework of thinking about PE and PPE proteins and genes. Thereby, I hope to provide helpful starting points in studying these genes and proteins for researchers with different backgrounds. This has particular implications for the design and monitoring of novel vaccine candidates and in understanding the evolution of the M. tuberculosis complex.
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- Louis S. Ates
- Department of Experimental ImmunologyAmsterdam Infection & Immunity InstituteAmsterdam UMCUniversity of AmsterdamMeibergdreef 9Amsterdamthe Netherlands
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Bouso JM, Planet PJ. Complete nontuberculous mycobacteria whole genomes using an optimized DNA extraction protocol for long-read sequencing. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:793. [PMID: 31666009 PMCID: PMC6822416 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6134-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a major cause of pulmonary and systemic disease in at-risk populations. Gaps in knowledge about transmission patterns, evolution, and pathogenicity during infection have prompted a recent surge in genomic NTM research. Increased availability and affordability of whole genome sequencing (WGS) techniques provide new opportunities to sequence and construct complete bacterial genomes faster and at a lower cost. However, extracting large quantities of pure genomic DNA is particularly challenging with NTM due to its slow growth and recalcitrant cell wall. Here we report a DNA extraction protocol that is optimized for long-read WGS of NTM, yielding large quantities of highly pure DNA with no additional clean-up steps. Results Our DNA extraction method was compared to 6 other methods with variations in timing of mechanical disruption and enzymatic digestion of the cell wall, quantity of matrix material, and reagents used in extraction and precipitation. We tested our optimized method on 38 clinical isolates from the M. avium and M. abscessus complexes, which yielded optimal quality and quantity measurements for Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing. We also present the efficient completion of circularized M. avium subspecies hominissuis genomes using our extraction technique and the long-read sequencing MinION platform, including the identification of a novel plasmid. Conclusions Our optimized extraction protocol and assembly pipeline was both sufficient and efficient for genome closure. We expect that our finely-tuned extraction method will prove to be a valuable tool in long-read sequencing and completion of mycobacterial genomes going forward. Utilization of comprehensive, long-read based approaches will advance the understanding evolution and pathogenicity of NTM infections.
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- Jennifer M Bouso
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. .,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. .,Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.
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Guernier-Cambert V, Diefenbach-Elstob T, Klotoe BJ, Burgess G, Pelowa D, Dowi R, Gula B, McBryde ES, Refrégier G, Rush C, Sola C, Warner J. Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Middle Fly District of Western Province, Papua New Guinea: microbead-based spoligotyping using DNA from Ziehl-Neelsen-stained microscopy preparations. Sci Rep 2019; 9:15549. [PMID: 31664101 PMCID: PMC6820861 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51892-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis remains the world's leading cause of death from an infectious agent, and is a serious health problem in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with an estimated 36,000 new cases each year. This study describes the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among tuberculosis patients in the Balimo/Bamu region in the Middle Fly District of Western Province in PNG, and investigates rifampicin resistance-associated mutations. Archived Ziehl-Neelsen-stained sputum smears were used to conduct microbead-based spoligotyping and assess genotypic resistance. Among the 162 samples included, 80 (49.4%) generated spoligotyping patterns (n = 23), belonging predominantly to the L2 Lineage (44%) and the L4 Lineage (30%). This is consistent with what has been found in other PNG regions geographically distant from Middle Fly District of Western Province, but is different from neighbouring South-East Asian countries. Rifampicin resistance was identified in 7.8% of the successfully sequenced samples, with all resistant samples belonging to the L2/Beijing Lineage. A high prevalence of mixed L2/L4 profiles was suggestive of polyclonal infection in the region, although this would need to be confirmed. The method described here could be a game-changer in resource-limited countries where large numbers of archived smear slides could be used for retrospective (and prospective) studies of M. tuberculosis genetic epidemiology.
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- Vanina Guernier-Cambert
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
- National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, 50010, IA, USA.
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, Orsay, France
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- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Balimo District Hospital, Balimo, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
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- Balimo District Hospital, Balimo, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
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- Balimo District Hospital, Balimo, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, Orsay, France
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, Orsay, France
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Whole genome sequencing, analyses of drug resistance-conferring mutations, and correlation with transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis carrying katG-S315T in Hanoi, Vietnam. Sci Rep 2019; 9:15354. [PMID: 31653940 PMCID: PMC6814805 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51812-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a serious global problem, and pathogen factors involved in the transmission of isoniazid (INH)-resistant TB have not been fully investigated. We performed whole genome sequencing of 332 clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) isolates collected from patients newly diagnosed with smear-positive pulmonary TB in Hanoi, Vietnam. Using a bacterial genome-wide approach based on linear mixed models, we investigated the associations between 31-bp k-mers and clustered strains harboring katG-S315T, a major INH-resistance mutation in the present cohort and in the second panel previously published in South Africa. Five statistically significant genes, namely, PPE18/19, gid, emrB, Rv1588c, and pncA, were shared by the two panels. We further identified variants of the genes responsible for these k-mers, which are relevant to the spread of INH-resistant strains. Phylogenetic convergence test showed that variants relevant to PPE46/47-like chimeric genes were significantly associated with the same phenotype in Hanoi. The associations were further confirmed after adjustment for the confounders. These findings suggest that genomic variations of the pathogen facilitate the expansion of INH-resistance TB, at least in part, and our study provides a new insight into the mechanisms by which drug-resistant Mtb maintains fitness and spreads in Asia and Africa.
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Liao YC, Cheng HW, Wu HC, Kuo SC, Lauderdale TLY, Chen FJ. Completing Circular Bacterial Genomes With Assembly Complexity by Using a Sampling Strategy From a Single MinION Run With Barcoding. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2068. [PMID: 31551994 PMCID: PMC6737777 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Oxford Nanopore MinION is an affordable and portable DNA sequencer that can produce very long reads (tens of kilobase pairs), which enable de novo bacterial genome assembly. Although many algorithms and tools have been developed for base calling, read mapping, de novo assembly, and polishing, an automated pipeline is not available for one-stop analysis for circular bacterial genome reconstruction. In this paper, we present the pipeline CCBGpipe for completing circular bacterial genomes. Raw current signals are demultiplexed and base called to generate sequencing data. Sequencing reads are de novo assembled several times by using a sampling strategy to produce circular contigs that have a sequence in common between their start and end. The circular contigs are polished by using raw signals and sequencing reads; then, duplicated sequences are removed to form a linear representation of circular sequences. The circularized contigs are finally rearranged to start at the start position of dnaA/repA or a replication origin based on the GC skew. CCBGpipe implemented in Python is available at https://github.com/jade-nhri/CCBGpipe. Using sequencing data produced from a single MinION run, we obtained 48 circular sequences, comprising 12 chromosomes and 36 plasmids of 12 bacteria, including Acinetobacter nosocomialis, Acinetobacter pittii, and Staphylococcus aureus. With adequate quantities of sequencing reads (80×), CCBGpipe can provide a complete and automated assembly of circular bacterial genomes.
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- Yu-Chieh Liao
- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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Yu X, Jiang W, Shi Y, Ye H, Lin J. Applications of sequencing technology in clinical microbial infection. J Cell Mol Med 2019; 23:7143-7150. [PMID: 31475453 PMCID: PMC6815769 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.14624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Infectious diseases are a type of disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms. Although the discovery of antibiotics changed the treatment of infectious diseases and reduced the mortality of bacterial infections, resistant bacterial strains have emerged. Anti‐infective therapy based on aetiological evidence is the gold standard for clinical treatment, but the time lag and low positive culture rate of traditional methods of pathogen diagnosis leads to relative difficulty in obtaining the evidence of pathogens. Compared with traditional methods of pathogenic diagnosis, next‐generation and third‐generation sequencing technologies have many advantages in the detection of pathogenic microorganisms. In this review, we mainly introduce recent progress in research on pathogenic diagnostic technology and the applications of sequencing technology in the diagnosis of pathogenic microorganisms. This review provides new insights into the application of sequencing technology in the clinical diagnosis of microorganisms.
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- Xiaoling Yu
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Apply Genomics, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Apply Genomics, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China.,School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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De Coster W, De Rijk P, De Roeck A, De Pooter T, D'Hert S, Strazisar M, Sleegers K, Van Broeckhoven C. Structural variants identified by Oxford Nanopore PromethION sequencing of the human genome. Genome Res 2019; 29:1178-1187. [PMID: 31186302 PMCID: PMC6633254 DOI: 10.1101/gr.244939.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
We sequenced the genome of the Yoruban reference individual NA19240 on the long-read sequencing platform Oxford Nanopore PromethION for evaluation and benchmarking of recently published aligners and germline structural variant calling tools, as well as a comparison with the performance of structural variant calling from short-read sequencing data. The structural variant caller Sniffles after NGMLR or minimap2 alignment provides the most accurate results, but additional confidence or sensitivity can be obtained by a combination of multiple variant callers. Sensitive and fast results can be obtained by minimap2 for alignment and a combination of Sniffles and SVIM for variant identification. We describe a scalable workflow for identification, annotation, and characterization of tens of thousands of structural variants from long-read genome sequencing of an individual or population. By discussing the results of this well-characterized reference individual, we provide an approximation of what can be expected in future long-read sequencing studies aiming for structural variant identification.
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- Wouter De Coster
- Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
- Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
- Neuromics Support Facility, Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
- Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
- Neuromics Support Facility, Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
- Neuromics Support Facility, Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
- Neuromics Support Facility, Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
- Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
- Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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Konstantynovska O, Rekrotchuk M, Hrek I, Rohozhyn A, Rudova N, Poteiko P, Gerilovych A, Bortz E, Solodiankin O. Severe Clinical Outcomes of Tuberculosis in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, Are Associated with Beijing Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Pathogens 2019; 8:pathogens8020075. [PMID: 31185670 PMCID: PMC6631893 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens8020075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 06/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Genotypic variation in Beijing lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), has been associated with hyper virulence and the spread of extensively and multiple drug (X/MDR) resistant MTB strains in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and East Asia. The clinical outcomes of 215 new cases of TB among the population of the Kharkiv region of Eastern Ukraine were analyzed to uncover factors associated with severe infection. Infecting MTB strains were profiled by 5 locus exact tandem repeats (ETRs) and 15 locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) genotyping. Among diverse MTB genotypes discovered in Ukraine, the Beijing genotype (MIRU-VNTR 42425) was significantly associated with risk factors for severe outcomes of disease in the study population, including TB/HIV co-infection and treatment failure. Strain replacement (superinfection) was observed in 10 patients, suggesting repeated exposure to novel MTB strains in hospital or community settings. Inclusion of MTB genotyping data may identify at-risk patients and improve treatment adherence to prevent X/MDR development for effective public health response against tuberculosis in Ukraine.
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- National Scientific Center Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine (NSC IECVM), 61023 Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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- Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, 61176 Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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- Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, 61176 Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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- National Scientific Center Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine (NSC IECVM), 61023 Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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- Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, 61176 Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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- National Scientific Center Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine (NSC IECVM), 61023 Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
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- National Scientific Center Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine (NSC IECVM), 61023 Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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Shabardina V, Kischka T, Manske F, Grundmann N, Frith MC, Suzuki Y, Makałowski W. NanoPipe-a web server for nanopore MinION sequencing data analysis. Gigascience 2019; 8:giy169. [PMID: 30689855 PMCID: PMC6377397 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giy169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The fast-moving progress of the third-generation long-read sequencing technologies will soon bring the biological and medical sciences to a new era of research. Altogether, the technique and experimental procedures are becoming more straightforward and available to biologists from diverse fields, even without any profound experience in DNA sequencing. Thus, the introduction of the MinION device by Oxford Nanopore Technologies promises to "bring sequencing technology to the masses" and also allows quick and operative analysis in field studies. However, the convenience of this sequencing technology dramatically contrasts with the available analysis tools, which may significantly reduce enthusiasm of a "regular" user. To really bring the sequencing technology to every biologist, we need a set of user-friendly tools that can perform a powerful analysis in an automatic manner. FINDINGS NanoPipe was developed in consideration of the specifics of the MinION sequencing technologies, providing accordingly adjusted alignment parameters. The range of the target species/sequences for the alignment is not limited, and the descriptive usage page of NanoPipe helps a user to succeed with NanoPipe analysis. The results contain alignment statistics, consensus sequence, polymorphisms data, and visualization of the alignment. Several test cases are used to demonstrate the efficiency of the tool. CONCLUSIONS Freely available NanoPipe software allows effortless and reliable analysis of MinION sequencing data for experienced bioinformaticians, as well for wet-lab biologists with minimum bioinformatics knowledge. Moreover, for the latter group, we describe the basic algorithm necessary for MinION sequencing analysis from the first to last step.
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- Victoria Shabardina
- Institue of Bioinformatics, University of Muenster, Niels-Stensen-Strasse 14, Muenster, 48149, Germany
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- Institue of Bioinformatics, University of Muenster, Niels-Stensen-Strasse 14, Muenster, 48149, Germany
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- Institue of Bioinformatics, University of Muenster, Niels-Stensen-Strasse 14, Muenster, 48149, Germany
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- Institue of Bioinformatics, University of Muenster, Niels-Stensen-Strasse 14, Muenster, 48149, Germany
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- Artificial Intelligence Research Center, AIST, 2-3-26, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0064, Japan
- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562, Japan
- AIST-Waseda University Computational Bio Big Data Open Innovation Laboratory, 3-4-1 Ookubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory of Systems Genomics, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562, Japan
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- Institue of Bioinformatics, University of Muenster, Niels-Stensen-Strasse 14, Muenster, 48149, Germany
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Goldstein S, Beka L, Graf J, Klassen JL. Evaluation of strategies for the assembly of diverse bacterial genomes using MinION long-read sequencing. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:23. [PMID: 30626323 PMCID: PMC6325685 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-5381-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Short-read sequencing technologies have made microbial genome sequencing cheap and accessible. However, closing genomes is often costly and assembling short reads from genomes that are repetitive and/or have extreme %GC content remains challenging. Long-read, single-molecule sequencing technologies such as the Oxford Nanopore MinION have the potential to overcome these difficulties, although the best approach for harnessing their potential remains poorly evaluated. Results We sequenced nine bacterial genomes spanning a wide range of GC contents using Illumina MiSeq and Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencing technologies to determine the advantages of each approach, both individually and combined. Assemblies using only MiSeq reads were highly accurate but lacked contiguity, a deficiency that was partially overcome by adding MinION reads to these assemblies. Even more contiguous genome assemblies were generated by using MinION reads for initial assembly, but these assemblies were more error-prone and required further polishing. This was especially pronounced when Illumina libraries were biased, as was the case for our strains with both high and low GC content. Increased genome contiguity dramatically improved the annotation of insertion sequences and secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters, likely because long-reads can disambiguate these highly repetitive but biologically important genomic regions. Conclusions Genome assembly using short-reads is challenged by repetitive sequences and extreme GC contents. Our results indicate that these difficulties can be largely overcome by using single-molecule, long-read sequencing technologies such as the Oxford Nanopore MinION. Using MinION reads for assembly followed by polishing with Illumina reads generated the most contiguous genomes with sufficient accuracy to enable the accurate annotation of important but difficult to sequence genomic features such as insertion sequences and secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters. The combination of Oxford Nanopore and Illumina sequencing can therefore cost-effectively advance studies of microbial evolution and genome-driven drug discovery. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-018-5381-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Sarah Goldstein
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
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