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Elli S, Raffaini G, Guerrini M, Kosakovsky Pond S, Matrosovich M. Molecular modeling and phylogenetic analyses highlight the role of amino acid 347 of the N1 subtype neuraminidase in influenza virus host range and interspecies adaptation. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1309156. [PMID: 38169695 PMCID: PMC10758481 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1309156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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The N1 neuraminidases (NAs) of avian and pandemic human influenza viruses contain tyrosine and asparagine, respectively, at position 347 on the rim of the catalytic site; the biological significance of this difference is not clear. Here, we used molecular dynamics simulation to model the effects of amino acid 347 on N1 NA interactions with sialyllacto-N-tetraoses 6'SLN-LC and 3'SLN-LC, which represent NA substrates in humans and birds, respectively. Our analysis predicted that Y347 plays an important role in the NA preference for the avian-type substrates. The Y347N substitution facilitates hydrolysis of human-type substrates by resolving steric conflicts of the Neu5Ac2-6Gal moiety with the bulky side chain of Y347, decreasing the free energy of substrate binding, and increasing the solvation of the Neu5Ac2-6Gal bond. Y347 was conserved in all N1 NA sequences of avian influenza viruses in the GISAID EpiFlu database with two exceptions. First, the Y347F substitution was present in the NA of a specific H6N1 poultry virus lineage and was associated with the substitutions G228S and/or E190V/L in the receptor-binding site (RBS) of the hemagglutinin (HA). Second, the highly pathogenic avian H5N1 viruses of the Gs/Gd lineage contained sporadic variants with the NA substitutions Y347H/D, which were frequently associated with substitutions in the HA RBS. The Y347N substitution occurred following the introductions of avian precursors into humans and pigs with N/D347 conserved during virus circulation in these hosts. Comparative evolutionary analysis of site 347 revealed episodic positive selection across the entire tree and negative selection within most host-specific groups of viruses, suggesting that substitutions at NA position 347 occurred during host switches and remained under pervasive purifying selection thereafter. Our results elucidate the role of amino acid 347 in NA recognition of sialoglycan substrates and emphasize the significance of substitutions at position 347 as a marker of host range and adaptive evolution of influenza viruses.
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- Stefano Elli
- Istituto di Ricerche Chimiche e Biochimiche ‘G. Ronzoni’, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Ricerche Chimiche e Biochimiche ‘G. Ronzoni’, Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Kaveh K, Tazarghi A, Hosseini P, Fotouhi F, Ajorloo M, Rabiei Roodsari M, Razavi Nikoo H. Molecular characterization of the neuraminidase gene of influenza B virus in Northern Iran. Virusdisease 2023; 34:21-28. [PMID: 37009253 PMCID: PMC10050514 DOI: 10.1007/s13337-022-00806-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Neuraminidase inhibitors are the only FDA-approved class of antiviral agents against influenza B viruses. Resistance to these drugs has been reported from different parts of the world; however, there seems to be not enough information about this issue in Iran. We aimed to study the genetic evolution of these viruses as well as the presence of possible mutations concerning drug resistance in northern Iran. RNA was extracted from naso- and oropharyngeal swabs and amplified by one-step RT-PCR for detection and sequencing of the neuraminidase gene. All the data were edited and assembled utilizing BioEdit DNASequence Alignment Editor Software, and the phylogenetic tree was constructed via MEGA software version 10. Finally, resistance-associated mutations and B-cell epitopes substitutions were assessed by comparing our sequences with the counterparts in the reference strains. Comparing our sequences with reference strains revealed that the analyzed isolates of influenza B pertained to the B-Yamagata lineage, had a few B-cell epitopes alterations, and contained no particular mutations concerning resistance against neuraminidase inhibitors, such as oseltamivir. Our findings suggest that all the strains circulating in northern Iran and hopefully other parts of the country can be considered sensitive to this class of drugs. Although it is promising, we strongly recommend additional investigations to evaluate the impact of such drug-resistant mutations in other regions, which in turn will assist the public health agencies in taking immediate and effective therapeutic measures into account when needed.
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- Kimia Kaveh
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Influenza Research Lab, Department of Virology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute of Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
- Infectious Disease Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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Wilson D, Rogers JD. Evaluating Compression-Based Phylogeny Estimation in the Presence of Incomplete Lineage Sorting. J Comput Biol 2023; 30:250-260. [PMID: 36848254 DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2022.0197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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This study assesses characteristics of the normalized compression distance (NCD) technique for building phylogenetic trees from molecular data. We examined results from a mammalian biological data set as well as a collection of simulated data with varying levels of incomplete lineage sorting. The implementation of NCD we analyze is a concatenation-based, distance-based, alignment-free, and model-free phylogeny estimation method, which takes concatenated unaligned sequence data as input and outputs a matrix of distances. We compare the NCD phylogeny estimation method with various other methods, including coalescent- and concatenation-based methods.
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- Deangelo Wilson
- School of Computing, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- School of Computing, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Perveen N, Muzaffar SB, Al-Deeb MA. Exploring human-animal host interactions and emergence of COVID-19: Evolutionary and ecological dynamics. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:1417-1425. [PMID: 33281479 PMCID: PMC7708805 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.11.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that emerged in December 2019 had caused substantial morbidity and mortality at the global level within few months. It affected economies, stopped travel, and isolated individuals and populations around the world. Wildlife, especially bats, serve as reservoirs of coronaviruses from which the variant Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged that causes COVID-19. In this review, we describe the current knowledge on COVID-19 and the significance of wildlife hosts in its emergence. Mammalian and avian coronaviruses have diverse host ranges with distinct lineages of coronaviruses. Recombination and reassortments occur more frequently in mixed-animal markets where diverse viral genotypes intermingle. Human coronaviruses have evolved through gene gains and losses primarily in interfaces where wildlife and humans come in frequent contact. There is a gap in our understanding of bats as reservoirs of coronaviruses and there is a misconception that bats periodically transmit coronaviruses to humans. Future research should investigate bat viral diversity and loads at interfaces between humans and bats. Furthermore, there is an urgent need to evaluate viral strains circulating in mixed animal markets, where the coronaviruses circulated before becoming adapted to humans. We propose and discuss a management intervention plan for COVID-19 and raise questions on the suitability of current containment plans. We anticipate that more virulent coronaviruses could emerge unless proper measures are taken to limit interactions between diverse wildlife and humans in wild animal markets.
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- Nighat Perveen
- Department of Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates
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Allele-specific nonstationarity in evolution of influenza A virus surface proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:21104-21112. [PMID: 31578251 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1904246116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Influenza A virus (IAV) is a major public health problem and a pandemic threat. Its evolution is largely driven by diversifying positive selection so that relative fitness of different amino acid variants changes with time due to changes in herd immunity or genomic context, and novel amino acid variants attain fitness advantage. Here, we hypothesize that diversifying selection also has another manifestation: the fitness associated with a particular amino acid variant should decline with time since its origin, as the herd immunity adapts to it. By tracing the evolution of antigenic sites at IAV surface proteins, we show that an amino acid variant becomes progressively more likely to become replaced by another variant with time since its origin-a phenomenon we call "senescence." Senescence is particularly pronounced at experimentally validated antigenic sites, implying that it is largely driven by host immunity. By contrast, at internal sites, existing variants become more favorable with time, probably due to arising contingent mutations at other epistatically interacting sites. Our findings reveal a previously undescribed facet of adaptive evolution and suggest approaches for prediction of evolutionary dynamics of pathogens.
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Jones S, Nelson-Sathi S, Wang Y, Prasad R, Rayen S, Nandel V, Hu Y, Zhang W, Nair R, Dharmaseelan S, Chirundodh DV, Kumar R, Pillai RM. Evolutionary, genetic, structural characterization and its functional implications for the influenza A (H1N1) infection outbreak in India from 2009 to 2017. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14690. [PMID: 31604969 PMCID: PMC6789102 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51097-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Influenza A (H1N1) continues to be a major public health threat due to possible emergence of a more virulent H1N1 strain resulting from dynamic changes in virus adaptability consequent to functional mutations and antigenic drift in the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) surface proteins. In this study, we describe the genetic and evolutionary characteristics of H1N1 strains that circulated in India over a period of nine years from 2009 to 2017 in relation to global strains. The finding is important from a global perspective since previous phylogenetic studies have suggested that the tropics contributed substantially to the global circulation of influenza viruses. Bayesian phylogenic analysis of HA sequences along with global strains indicated that there is a temporal pattern of H1N1 evolution and clustering of Indian isolates with globally circulating strains. Interestingly, we observed four new amino acid substitutions (S179N, I233T, S181T and I312V) in the HA sequence of H1N1 strains isolated during 2017 and two (S181T and I312V) were found to be unique in Indian isolates. Structurally these two unique mutations could lead to altered glycan specificity of the HA gene. Similarly, sequence and structural analysis of NA domain revealed that the presence of K432E mutation in H1N1 strains isolated after 2015 from India and in global strains found to induce a major loop shift in the vicinity of the catalytic site. The findings presented here offer an insight as to how these acquired mutations could be associated to an improved adaptability of the virus for efficient human transmissibility.
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- Sara Jones
- Pathogen Biology Program, Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695014, India
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- Interdiciplinary Biology Program, Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695014, India
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Pathogen Biology Program, Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695014, India
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- Interdiciplinary Biology Program, Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695014, India
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- Interdiciplinary Biology Program, Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695014, India
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Gen Read Technology, Shenzhen, 518000, China
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- Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695014, India
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- Cancer Research Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695014, India
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- Cancer Research Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695014, India.
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Du W, Guo H, Nijman VS, Doedt J, van der Vries E, van der Lee J, Li Z, Boons GJ, van Kuppeveld FJM, de Vries E, Matrosovich M, de Haan CAM. The 2nd sialic acid-binding site of influenza A virus neuraminidase is an important determinant of the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase-receptor balance. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007860. [PMID: 31181126 PMCID: PMC6586374 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Revised: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Influenza A virus (IAV) neuraminidase (NA) receptor-destroying activity and hemagglutinin (HA) receptor-binding affinity need to be balanced with the host receptor repertoire for optimal viral fitness. NAs of avian, but not human viruses, contain a functional 2nd sialic acid (SIA)-binding site (2SBS) adjacent to the catalytic site, which contributes to sialidase activity against multivalent substrates. The receptor-binding specificity and potentially crucial contribution of the 2SBS to the HA-NA balance of virus particles is, however, poorly characterized. Here, we elucidated the receptor-binding specificity of the 2SBS of N2 NA and established an important role for this site in the virion HA-NA-receptor balance. NAs of H2N2/1957 pandemic virus with or without a functional 2SBS and viruses containing this NA were analysed. Avian-like N2, with a restored 2SBS due to an amino acid substitution at position 367, was more active than human N2 on multivalent substrates containing α2,3-linked SIAs, corresponding with the pronounced binding-specificity of avian-like N2 for these receptors. When introduced into human viruses, avian-like N2 gave rise to altered plaque morphology and decreased replication compared to human N2. An opposite replication phenotype was observed when N2 was combined with avian-like HA. Specific bio-layer interferometry assays revealed a clear effect of the 2SBS on the dynamic interaction of virus particles with receptors. The absence or presence of a functional 2SBS affected virion-receptor binding and receptor cleavage required for particle movement on a receptor-coated surface and subsequent NA-dependent self-elution. The contribution of the 2SBS to virus-receptor interactions depended on the receptor-binding properties of HA and the identity of the receptors used. We conclude that the 2SBS is an important and underappreciated determinant of the HA-NA-receptor balance. The rapid loss of a functional 2SBS in pandemic viruses may have served to balance the novel host receptor-repertoire and altered receptor-binding properties of the corresponding HA protein.
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- Wenjuan Du
- Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Virology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Virology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (MM); (CAMdH)
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- Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- * E-mail: (MM); (CAMdH)
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Antiviral Activity of Fermented Ginseng Extracts against a Broad Range of Influenza Viruses. Viruses 2018; 10:v10090471. [PMID: 30200514 PMCID: PMC6164659 DOI: 10.3390/v10090471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ginseng products used as herb nutritional supplements are orally consumed and fermented to ginsenoside compounds by the intestinal microbes. In this study, we investigated antiviral protective effects of fermented ginseng extracts against different strains of influenza viruses in genetically diverse mouse models. Intranasal coinoculation of mice with fermented ginseng extract and influenza virus improved survival rates and conferred protection against H1N1, H3N2, H5N1, and H7N9 strains, with the efficacy dependent on the dose of ginseng samples. Antiviral protection by fermented ginseng extract was observed in different genetic backgrounds of mice and in the deficient conditions of key adaptive immune components (CD4, CD8, B cell, MHCII). The mice that survived primary virus inoculation with fermented ginseng extract developed immunity against the secondary infection with homologous and heterosubtypic viruses. In vitro cell culture experiments showed moderate virus neutralizing activity by fermented ginseng extract, probably by inhibiting hemagglutination and neuraminidase activity. This study suggests that fermented ginseng extracts might provide a means to treat influenza disease regardless of virus strains.
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Correia V, Abecasis AB, Rebelo-de-Andrade H. Molecular footprints of selective pressure in the neuraminidase gene of currently circulating human influenza subtypes and lineages. Virology 2018; 522:122-130. [PMID: 30029011 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Influenza neuraminidase (NA) is under selective pressure (SP) of both host immune system and drug use. Here, we assembled large datasets of NA sequences of worldwide circulating viruses to estimate the global and site-specific SP acting on all current subtypes/lineages of human influenza NA. An overall negative SP of similar magnitude and a prevalence of negatively selected sites were observed for all subtypes/lineages. Positively selected sites varied according to the subtype/lineage, including N1-NA sites 247 and 275, N2-NA sites 148 and 151, and B/Victoria-NA site 395 associated with drug-resistance or reduced susceptibility. These results evidenced a potential role of positive selection in the low-level spread of A(H1N1)pdm09-H275Y drug-resistant viruses, and alerted for a potential higher risk of spread of a synergistic A(H1N1)pdm09 drug-resistant variant (H275Y/S247N). The positive selection detected at N2-NA sites 148 and 151 was probably an artefact from cell-culture. Overall mapping revealed six potential new druggable regions.
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- Vanessa Correia
- Infectious Diseases Department, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IP, Av. Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal; Host-Pathogen Interaction Unit, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Professor Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IP, Av. Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal; Host-Pathogen Interaction Unit, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Professor Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal.
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Influenza is an acute respiratory disease caused by influenza viruses. Evolutionarily, all influenza viruses are zoonoses, arising in the animal reservoir and spilling over into the human population. Several times a century, one of these zoonotic events results in a new influenza virus lineage becoming established in humans and circulating for years or decades as an endemic strain. The worldwide pandemic that occurs shortly after the nascent virus becomes established can have a profound impact on morbidity and mortality. Because influenza viruses continually evolve and the illness they engender can vary considerably based on characteristics of the strain, the weather, other circulating or endemic pathogens, as well as the number of susceptible hosts, the impact of each season on human health is unpredictable. Over time, the general pattern is for pandemic strains to adapt and gradually take on characteristics of seasonal strains with lower virulence and a diminished synergism with bacterial pathogens. Study of this punctuated evolution yields a number of insights into the overall pathogenicity of influenza viruses.
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Antigenic Drift Defines a New D4 Subgenotype of Measles Virus. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.00209-17. [PMID: 28356529 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00209-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The measles virus hemagglutinin (MeV-H) protein is the main target of protective neutralizing antibodies. Using a panel of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) that recognize known major antigenic sites in MeV-H, we identified a D4 genotype variant that escapes neutralization by MAbs targeting the neutralizing epitope (NE) antigenic site. By site-directed mutagenesis, L249P was identified as the critical mutation disrupting the NE in this genotype D4 variant. Forty-two available D4 genotype gene sequences were subsequently analyzed and divided into 2 groups according to the presence or absence of the L249P MeV-H mutation. Further analysis of the MeV-N gene sequences of these 2 groups confirmed that they represent clearly definable, sequence-divergent D4 subgenotypes, which we named subgenotypes D4.1 and D4.2. The subgenotype D4.1 MeVs were isolated predominantly in Kenya and Ethiopia, whereas the MAb-resistant subgenotype D4.2 MeVs were isolated predominantly in France and Great Britain, countries with higher vaccine coverage rates. Interestingly, D4.2 subgenotype viruses showed a trend toward diminished susceptibility to neutralization by human sera pooled from approximately 60 to 80 North American donors. Escape from MAb neutralization may be a powerful epidemiological surveillance tool to monitor the evolution of new MeV subgenotypes.IMPORTANCE Measles virus is a paradigmatic RNA virus, as the antigenic composition of the vaccination has not needed to be updated since its discovery. The vaccine confers protection by inducing neutralizing antibodies that interfere with the function of the hemagglutinin protein. Viral strains are indistinguishable serologically, although characteristic nucleotide sequences differentiate 24 genotypes. In this work, we describe a distant evolutionary branch within genotype D4. Designated subgenotype D4.2, this virus is distinguishable by neutralization with vaccine-induced monoclonal antibodies that target the neutralizing epitope (NE). The subgenotype D4.2 viruses have a higher predominance in countries with intermediary levels of vaccine coverage. Our studies demonstrate that subgenotype D4.2 lacks epitopes associated with half of the known antigenic sites, which significantly impacts our understanding of measles virus evolution.
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Construction of Multilevel Structure for Avian Influenza Virus System Based on Granular Computing. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 2017:5404180. [PMID: 28191464 PMCID: PMC5278516 DOI: 10.1155/2017/5404180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2016] [Revised: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Exploring the genetic structure of influenza viruses attracts the attention in the field of molecular ecology and medical genetics, whose epidemics cause morbidity and mortality worldwide. The rapid variations in RNA strand and changes of protein structure of the virus result in low-accuracy subtyping identification and make it difficult to develop effective drugs and vaccine. This paper constructs the evolutionary structure of avian influenza virus system considering both hemagglutinin and neuraminidase protein fragments. An optimization model was established to determine the rational granularity of the virus system for exploring the intrinsic relationship among the subtypes based on the fuzzy hierarchical evaluation index. Thus, an algorithm was presented to extract the rational structure. Furthermore, to reduce the systematic and computational complexity, the granular signatures of virus system were identified based on the coarse-grained idea and then its performance was evaluated through a designed classifier. The results showed that the obtained virus signatures could approximate and reflect the whole avian influenza virus system, indicating that the proposed method could identify the effective virus signatures. Once a new molecular virus is detected, it is efficient to identify the homologous virus hierarchically.
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Zeng LY, Yang J, Liu S. Investigational hemagglutinin-targeted influenza virus inhibitors. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2016; 26:63-73. [PMID: 27918208 DOI: 10.1080/13543784.2017.1269170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Seasonal influenza and pandemic outbreaks typically result in high mortality and morbidity associated with severe economic burdens. Vaccines and anti-influenza drugs have made great contributions to control the infection. However, antigenic drifts and shifts allow influenza viruses to easily escape immune neutralization and antiviral drug activity. Hemagglutinin (HA)is an important envelope protein for the entry of influenza viruses into host cells, thus, HA-targeted agents may be potential anti-influenza drugs. Areas covered: In this review, we describe arbidol, a unique licensed drug targeting HA; discuss and summarize HA-targeted anti-influenza agents been tested before or being tested currently in clinical trials, including monoclonal antibodies, small molecule inhibitors, proteins and peptides. Other small molecule inhibitors are also briefly introduced. Expert opinion: Exploring new clinical applications for existing drugs can provide additional anti-influenza candidates with promising safety and bioavailability, and largely shortened time and costs. To enhance therapeutic efficacy and avoid drug-resistance, combination therapy involving in HA-targeted anti-influenza agent is reasonable and attractive. For drug discovery, it is helpful to keep an eye on the development of methodology in organic synthesis and probe into the co-crystal structure of HA in complex with small molecule.
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- Li-Yan Zeng
- a Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Southern Medical University , Guangzhou , China
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- a Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Southern Medical University , Guangzhou , China
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- a Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Southern Medical University , Guangzhou , China.,b State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Guangdong Provincial Institute of Nephrology , Southern Medical University , Guangzhou , China
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Wei K, Tang X, Li Y. Genome-scale phylodynamics and evolution analysis of global H7N7 influenza viruses. Vet Microbiol 2016; 193:83-92. [PMID: 27599934 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Revised: 07/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Previous studies lacked of comprehensive analysis about the evolutionary history and phylogeography of global H7N7 viruses. In this study, it is essential to undertake a genome-scale analysis to investigate the evolutionary processes in a global perspective. There was local phylogenetic divergence among eight trees based on individual segments of 132 strains. We detected four reassortments between four distinct groups of viruses divided by HA gene, suggesting intrasubtype reassortment could accelerate the emergence of highly pathogenic virus. The molecular clock estimated that H7N7 virus evolved at a slower evolutionary rate ranged from 1.03E-03 to 2.81E-03subs/site/year. And we also showed that all gene segments of the virus were under strong purifying selection. A total of 11 positively selected sites were detected by at least two out of three methods. We reconstructed the population dynamics of global H7N7 viruses spanning over a century, revealing that temporal trends of the effective population size were consistent with the major epidemics previously reported. Our study adopt a Bayesian phylogeographic approach to investigate the geographic spread of H7N7 viruses, which combined with temporal and spatial information of all sequences. We have confirmed several migration events between different geographic locations supported by higher values of Bayes factor. The diffusion patterns of H7N7 viruses reveal that the virus is more likely to evolve to expand their host ranges even cross the species.
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- Kaifa Wei
- School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou 363000, China.
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- School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou 363000, China
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- School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou 363000, China
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Yatsyshina S, Renteeva A, Deviatkin A, Vorobyeva N, Minenko A, Valdokhina A, Elkina M, Kuleshov K, Shipulin G. Molecular genetic analysis of the Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus from lethal and recovered cases in Russia from 2009 to 2014: Deletions in the nucleoprotein. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2015; 34:160-72. [PMID: 26190451 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus caused about 2000 laboratory confirmed lethal cases in Russia during 2009-2010 and 1302, 135 and 29 cases in the 2010-2011, 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 seasons respectively. The on average short duration (7.8±5 days) of lethal cases of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infections in Russia suggests primary viral rather than secondary bacterial pneumonia. Hemorrhagic syndrome was recorded in 36.6% of patients. An examination of 221 lung samples from lethal influenza cases for the presence of bacterial DNA that could cause pneumonia did not reveal bacterial superinfections in 86% of cases. Molecular-genetic analyses of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses from lethal and recovered cases were performed. Amino acids G and N at position 222 of the influenza virus hemagglutinin, which increase the affinity for the lower respiratory tract receptors, were detected more often in the lungs of patients who died than in respiratory swabs collected from recovered patients (p<0.0001 and p=0.007). Viruses harboring various mutations (222D/G/N/S) was significantly associated with lung samples compared with respiratory swabs from recovered patients (p<0.0001). Amino acid 222E, which increases the affinity for upper respiratory tract receptors, was found more frequently in recovered patients than in patients with lethal disease (27% versus 3%, p=0.005). Phylogenetic analysis identified an isolated cluster of viruses in the 2009-2010 season that harbored amino acid 222E, which could explain the high transmissibility of the virus at the beginning of the pandemic. Bayesian skyline plot implied a decline in the effective population size of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses in Russia from 2010-2011 to 2011-2012, followed by an increase in 2012-2013; this trend was accompanied by the increased genetic diversity of the hemagglutinin antigenic sites. Mutations of viral RNA leading to oseltamivir resistance were found in 2.8% of tested patients during only 2010-2011 season. Deletions in the nucleoprotein cDNA were found in influenza viruses from two patients.
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- Svetlana Yatsyshina
- The Central Research Institute for Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (CRIE), Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology, 3A Novogireyevskaya Str., Moscow 111123, Russian Federation.
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- The Central Research Institute for Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (CRIE), Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology, 3A Novogireyevskaya Str., Moscow 111123, Russian Federation.
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- The Central Research Institute for Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (CRIE), Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology, 3A Novogireyevskaya Str., Moscow 111123, Russian Federation.
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- The Central Research Institute for Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (CRIE), Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology, 3A Novogireyevskaya Str., Moscow 111123, Russian Federation.
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- The Central Research Institute for Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (CRIE), Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology, 3A Novogireyevskaya Str., Moscow 111123, Russian Federation.
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- The Central Research Institute for Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (CRIE), Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology, 3A Novogireyevskaya Str., Moscow 111123, Russian Federation.
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- The Central Research Institute for Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (CRIE), Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology, 3A Novogireyevskaya Str., Moscow 111123, Russian Federation.
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- The Central Research Institute for Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (CRIE), Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology, 3A Novogireyevskaya Str., Moscow 111123, Russian Federation.
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- The Central Research Institute for Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor (CRIE), Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Epidemiology, 3A Novogireyevskaya Str., Moscow 111123, Russian Federation.
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Ferrara F, Molesti E, Temperton N. The application of pseudotypes to influenza pandemic preparedness. Future Virol 2015. [DOI: 10.2217/fvl.15.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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ABSTRACT Human and animal populations are constantly exposed to multiple influenza strains due to zoonotic spillover and rapid viral evolution driven by intrinsic error-prone replication and immunological pressure. In this context, antibody responses directed against the hemagglutinin protein on the surface of the virus are of importance since they have been shown to correlate with protective immunity. Serological techniques, detecting these responses, play a critical role in influenza pandemic preparedness in particular with regard to the measurement of vaccine immunogenicity. As the recent human pandemics (H1N1) and avian influenza outbreaks (H5 and H7) have demonstrated, there is an urgent need to be better prepared to assess the contribution of the antibody response to protection against newly emerged viruses and to evaluate the extent of pre-existing heterosubtypic immunity in populations. This review compares pseudotype-based assays with wild-type and virus-like particle virus assays and discusses their place in the pandemic preparedness against the influenza virus. It additionally addresses the state-of-the-art developments of pseudotype-based assays (chimeric hemagglutinins, multiplex and post-attachment) including the development and future deployment of assay kits and approaches toward standardization to both preclinical and clinical endpoints. Progress toward the development of an influenza pseudotype library for the purposes of pandemic preparedness is also outlined and discussed.
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- Francesca Ferrara
- Viral Pseudotype Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Kent, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK
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- Viral Pseudotype Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Kent, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK
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- Viral Pseudotype Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Kent, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK
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Wohlbold TJ, Krammer F. In the shadow of hemagglutinin: a growing interest in influenza viral neuraminidase and its role as a vaccine antigen. Viruses 2014; 6:2465-94. [PMID: 24960271 PMCID: PMC4074938 DOI: 10.3390/v6062465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Revised: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Despite the availability of vaccine prophylaxis and antiviral therapeutics, the influenza virus continues to have a significant, annual impact on the morbidity and mortality of human beings, highlighting the continued need for research in the field. Current vaccine strategies predominantly focus on raising a humoral response against hemagglutinin (HA)—the more abundant, immunodominant glycoprotein on the surface of the influenza virus. In fact, anti-HA antibodies are often neutralizing, and are used routinely to assess vaccine immunogenicity. Neuraminidase (NA), the other major glycoprotein on the surface of the influenza virus, has historically served as the target for antiviral drug therapy and is much less studied in the context of humoral immunity. Yet, the quest to discern the exact importance of NA-based protection is decades old. Also, while antibodies against the NA glycoprotein fail to prevent infection of the influenza virus, anti-NA immunity has been shown to lessen the severity of disease, decrease viral lung titers in animal models, and reduce viral shedding. Growing evidence is intimating the possible gains of including the NA antigen in vaccine design, such as expanded strain coverage and increased overall immunogenicity of the vaccine. After giving a tour of general influenza virology, this review aims to discuss the influenza A virus neuraminidase while focusing on both the historical and present literature on the use of NA as a possible vaccine antigen.
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- Teddy John Wohlbold
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1124, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1124, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Xu J, Zhong HA, Madrahimov A, Helikar T, Lu G. Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary dynamics of influenza A nonstructural (NS) gene. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 22:192-200. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2013] [Revised: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Swaminathan K, Downard KM. Evolution of Influenza Neuraminidase and the Detection of Antiviral Resistant Strains Using Mass Trees. Anal Chem 2013; 86:629-37. [DOI: 10.1021/ac402892m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Kavya Swaminathan
- School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales NSW 2006, Australia
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Kamali A, Holodniy M. Influenza treatment and prophylaxis with neuraminidase inhibitors: a review. Infect Drug Resist 2013; 6:187-98. [PMID: 24277988 PMCID: PMC3838482 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s36601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Influenza virus is a pathogen that causes morbidity and mortality worldwide. Whereas vaccination is important for prevention of disease, given its limitations, antiviral therapy is at the forefront of treatment and also plays a role in prevention. Currently, two classes of antiviral medications, the adamantanes and the neuraminidase inhibitors, are approved for treatment. Given the resistance patterns of circulating influenza, adamantanes are not recommended. Within the US, two neuraminidase inhibitors are currently approved for both treatment and prevention, while worldwide there are four available. In this review, we will briefly discuss the epidemiology and pathology of influenza and then discuss neuraminidase inhibitors: their mechanism of action, resistance, development, and future applications.
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- Amanda Kamali
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Gerhardt GJL, Takeda AAS, Andrighetti T, Sartor ITS, Echeverrigaray SL, de Avila E Silva S, Dos Santos L, Rybarczyk-Filho JL. Triplet entropy analysis of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase sequences measures influenza virus phylodynamics. Gene 2013; 528:277-81. [PMID: 23850726 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.06.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2013] [Revised: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The influenza virus has been a challenge to science due to its ability to withstand new environmental conditions. Taking into account the development of virus sequence databases, computational approaches can be helpful to understand virus behavior over time. Furthermore, they can suggest new directions to deal with influenza. This work presents triplet entropy analysis as a potential phylodynamic tool to quantify nucleotide organization of viral sequences. The application of this measure to segments of hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) of H1N1 and H3N2 virus subtypes has shown some variability effects along timeline, inferring about virus evolution. Sequences were divided by year and compared for virus subtype (H1N1 and H3N2). The nonparametric Mann-Whitney test was used for comparison between groups. Results show that differentiation in entropy precedes differentiation in GC content for both groups. Considering the HA fragment, both triplet entropy as well as GC concentration show intersection in 2009, year of the recent pandemic. Some conclusions about possible flu evolutionary lines were drawn.
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- Günther J L Gerhardt
- Departamento de Física e Química da Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Rua Francisco Getulio Vargas 1130, 95001-970 Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil.
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Interspecies transmission and emergence of novel viruses: lessons from bats and birds. Trends Microbiol 2013; 21:544-55. [PMID: 23770275 PMCID: PMC7126491 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 345] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Revised: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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As exemplified by coronaviruses and influenza viruses, bats and birds are natural reservoirs for providing viral genes during evolution of new virus species and viruses for interspecies transmission. These warm-blooded vertebrates display high species biodiversity, roosting and migratory behavior, and a unique adaptive immune system, which are favorable characteristics for asymptomatic shedding, dissemination, and mixing of different viruses for the generation of novel mutant, recombinant, or reassortant RNA viruses. The increased intrusion of humans into wildlife habitats and overcrowding of different wildlife species in wet markets and farms have also facilitated the interspecies transmission between different animal species.
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Cuthill JH, Charleston MA. A simple model explains the dynamics of preferential host switching among mammal RNA viruses. Evolution 2013; 67:980-90. [PMID: 23550750 PMCID: PMC7202234 DOI: 10.1111/evo.12064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A growing number of studies support a tendency toward preferential host switching, by parasites and pathogens, over relatively short phylogenetic distances. This suggests that a host switch is more probable if a potential host is closely related to the original host than if it is a more distant relative. However, despite its importance for the health of humans, livestock, and wildlife, the detailed dynamics of preferential host switching have, so far, been little studied. We present an empirical test of two theoretical models of preferential host switching, using observed phylogenetic distributions of host species for RNA viruses of three mammal orders (primates, carnivores, and ungulates). The analysis focuses on multihost RNA virus species, because their presence on multiple hosts and their estimated ages of origin indicate recent host switching. Approximate Bayesian computation was used to compare observed phylogenetic distances between hosts with those simulated under the theoretical models. The results support a decreasing sigmoidal model of preferential host switching, with a strong effect from increasing phylogenetic distance, on all three studied host phylogenies. This suggests that the dynamics of host switching are fundamentally similar for RNA viruses of different mammal orders and, potentially, a wider range of coevolutionary systems.
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- Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill
- School of Information Technologies, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
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Ocadiz-Delgado R, Albino-Sanchez ME, Garcia-Villa E, Aguilar-Gonzalez MG, Cabello C, Rosete D, Mejia F, Manjarrez-Zavala ME, Ondarza-Aguilera C, Rivera-Rosales RM, Gariglio P. In situ molecular identification of the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Neuraminidase in patients with severe and fatal infections during a pandemic in Mexico City. BMC Infect Dis 2013; 13:20. [PMID: 23327529 PMCID: PMC3552683 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background In April 2009, public health surveillance detected an increased number of influenza-like illnesses in Mexico City’s hospitals. The etiological agent was subsequently determined to be a spread of a worldwide novel influenza A (H1N1) triple reassortant. The purpose of the present study was to demonstrate that molecular detection of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 strains is possible in archival material such as paraffin-embedded lung samples. Methods In order to detect A (H1N1) virus sequences in archived biological samples, eight paraffin-embedded lung samples from patients who died of pneumonia and respiratory failure were tested for influenza A (H1N1) Neuraminidase (NA) RNA using in situ RT-PCR. Results We detected NA transcripts in 100% of the previously diagnosed A (H1N1)-positive samples as a cytoplasmic signal. No expression was detected by in situ RT-PCR in two Influenza-like Illness A (H1N1)-negative patients using standard protocols nor in a non-related cervical cell line. In situ relative transcription levels correlated with those obtained when in vitro RT-PCR assays were performed. Partial sequences of the NA gene from A (H1N1)-positive patients were obtained by the in situ RT-PCR-sequencing method. Sequence analysis showed 98% similarity with influenza viruses reported previously in other places. Conclusions We have successfully amplified specific influenza A (H1N1) NA sequences using stored clinical material; results suggest that this strategy could be useful when clinical RNA samples are quantity limited, or when poor quality is obtained. Here, we provide a very sensitive method that specifically detects the neuraminidase viral RNA in lung samples from patients who died from pneumonia caused by Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak in Mexico City.
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Antony H, Schaeffer PM. A GFP-tagged nucleoprotein-based aggregation assay for anti-influenza drug discovery and antibody development. Analyst 2013; 138:6073-80. [DOI: 10.1039/c3an01041d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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