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Nunes DR, Braconi CT, Ludwig-Begall LF, Arns CW, Durães-Carvalho R. Deep phylogenetic-based clustering analysis uncovers new and shared mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants as a result of directional and convergent evolution. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0268389. [PMID: 35609034 PMCID: PMC9129020 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Nearly two decades after the last epidemic caused by a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 quickly spread in 2020 and precipitated an ongoing global public health crisis. Both the continuous accumulation of point mutations, owed to the naturally imposed genomic plasticity of SARS-CoV-2 evolutionary processes, as well as viral spread over time, allow this RNA virus to gain new genetic identities, spawn novel variants and enhance its potential for immune evasion. Here, through an in-depth phylogenetic clustering analysis of upwards of 200,000 whole-genome sequences, we reveal the presence of previously unreported and hitherto unidentified mutations and recombination breakpoints in Variants of Concern (VOC) and Variants of Interest (VOI) from Brazil, India (Beta, Eta and Kappa) and the USA (Beta, Eta and Lambda). Additionally, we identify sites with shared mutations under directional evolution in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike-encoding protein of VOC and VOI, tracing a heretofore-undescribed correlation with viral spread in South America, India and the USA. Our evidence-based analysis provides well-supported evidence of similar pathways of evolution for such mutations in all SARS-CoV-2 variants and sub-lineages. This raises two pivotal points: (i) the co-circulation of variants and sub-lineages in close evolutionary environments, which sheds light onto their trajectories into convergent and directional evolution, and (ii) a linear perspective into the prospective vaccine efficacy against different SARS-CoV-2 strains.
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Affiliation(s)
- Danilo Rosa Nunes
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- * E-mail: (CTB); (RDC)
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Veterinary Virology and Animal Viral Diseases, FARAH Research Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Virology, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- * E-mail: (CTB); (RDC)
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Barbosa MRF, Garcia SC, Bruni ADC, Machado FS, de Oliveira RX, Dropa M, da Costa AC, Leal E, Brandão CJ, da Silva RLO, Iko BY, Kondo VKM, de Araújo RS, da Silveira VB, de Andrade TM, Nunes DR, Janini LMR, Braconi CT, Maricato JT, Sato MIZ. One-year surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater from vulnerable urban communities in metropolitan São Paulo, Brazil. J Water Health 2022; 20:471-490. [PMID: 36366999 DOI: 10.2166/wh.2022.210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The current COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the vulnerability of communities living in the urban outskirts and informal settlements. The lack of reliable COVID-19 case data highlights the importance and application of wastewater-based epidemiology. This study aimed to monitor the COVID-19 trends in four vulnerable urban communities (slums and low-income neighborhoods) in metropolitan São Paulo by assessing the SARS-CoV-2 RNA viral load in wastewater. We analyzed 160 samples from May 2020 to June 2021 with weekly or fortnightly samplings. The samples were ultracentrifuged with glycine elution and quantified by N1/N2 SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR. The results of positivity were 100% (Paraisópolis, Heliópolis and Cidade Tiradentes) and 76.9% (Vila Brasilândia). The new case numbers of COVID-19, counted from the onset of symptoms, positively correlated with SARS-CoV-2 N1 viral loads from the two largest communities (p<0.001). SARS-CoV-2 infectivity was tested in Vero E6 cells after concentration with the two techniques, ultrafiltration (Centricon® Plus-70 10 kDa) and sucrose cushion ultracentrifugation, but none of the evaluated samples presented positive results. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis from samples collected in March and August 2021 revealed the presence of the clade 20 J (lineage P.1) belonging to the most prevalent circulating variant in the country. Our results showed that wastewater surveillance data can be used as complementary indicators to monitor the dynamics and temporal trends of COVID-19. The infectivity test results strengthened the evidence of low risk of infection associated with SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.
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- Mikaela Renata Funada Barbosa
- Department of Environmental Analysis, Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, Environmental Company of the São Paulo State (CETESB), Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr., 345, São Paulo, CEP 05459-900, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Analysis, Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, Environmental Company of the São Paulo State (CETESB), Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr., 345, São Paulo, CEP 05459-900, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Analysis, Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, Environmental Company of the São Paulo State (CETESB), Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr., 345, São Paulo, CEP 05459-900, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Analysis, Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, Environmental Company of the São Paulo State (CETESB), Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr., 345, São Paulo, CEP 05459-900, Brazil E-mail:
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- School of Public Health, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Belém, Brazil
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- Department of Environmental Analysis, Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, Environmental Company of the São Paulo State (CETESB), Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr., 345, São Paulo, CEP 05459-900, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Analysis, Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, Environmental Company of the São Paulo State (CETESB), Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr., 345, São Paulo, CEP 05459-900, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Analysis, Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, Environmental Company of the São Paulo State (CETESB), Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr., 345, São Paulo, CEP 05459-900, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Analysis, Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, Environmental Company of the São Paulo State (CETESB), Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr., 345, São Paulo, CEP 05459-900, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Environmental Analysis, Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, Environmental Company of the São Paulo State (CETESB), Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr., 345, São Paulo, CEP 05459-900, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Environmental Analysis, Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, Environmental Company of the São Paulo State (CETESB), Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr., 345, São Paulo, CEP 05459-900, Brazil E-mail:
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Rosa Nunes D, Reche-Tamayo M, Ressouche E, Raynal M, Isare B, Foury-Leylekian P, Albouy PA, Brocorens P, Lazzaroni R, Bouteiller L. Organogel Formation Rationalized by Hansen Solubility Parameters: Shift of the Gelation Sphere with the Gelator Structure. Langmuir 2019; 35:7970-7977. [PMID: 31117733 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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To rationalize how the gelation ability of a low molecular weight gelator is influenced by its molecular structure, we performed extensive solubility tests of a group of thiazole-based gelators and made use of Hansen solubility parameter formalism. We observe that the increase of a linear alkyl chain in these gelators promotes an increase of the radius of the gelation sphere as well as a gradual shift of its center to lower values of the polar (δP) and hydrogen bonding (δH) components. The molecular packing within the fibers and the crystal habit were determined by a combination of X-ray diffraction and molecular modeling. We attribute the gradual and linear shift of the gelation sphere to the fact that all of the studied gelators share the same molecular packing, so that an increasing length of the alkyl chain reduces the proportion of polar groups at the surface, resulting in a gradual increase in the contact between apolar parts of the fiber and the solvent.
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- Danilo Rosa Nunes
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Equipe Chimie des Polymères , F-75005 Paris , France
- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91400 Orsay , France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Equipe Chimie des Polymères , F-75005 Paris , France
- Service de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveaux, Institut de Recherche en Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux , Université de Mons , Place du Parc, 20 , B-7000 Mons , Belgium
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- Department of Applied Physics , Aalto University , P.O. Box 15100, FIN-00076 Aalto , Espoo , Finland
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Equipe Chimie des Polymères , F-75005 Paris , France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Equipe Chimie des Polymères , F-75005 Paris , France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91400 Orsay , France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91400 Orsay , France
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- Service de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveaux, Institut de Recherche en Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux , Université de Mons , Place du Parc, 20 , B-7000 Mons , Belgium
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- Service de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveaux, Institut de Recherche en Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux , Université de Mons , Place du Parc, 20 , B-7000 Mons , Belgium
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Equipe Chimie des Polymères , F-75005 Paris , France
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Pontes da Costa A, Nunes DR, Tharaud M, Oble J, Poli G, Rieger J. Palladium(0) Nanoparticles Embedded in Core-shell Nanogels as Recoverable Catalysts for the Mizoroki-Heck Reaction. ChemCatChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201601645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- André Pontes da Costa
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS; Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), UMR 8232; 4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS; Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), UMR 8232; 4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris France
- The Research Institute for Medicines (iMed. ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy; University of Lisbon; Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 1649-003 Lisboa Portugal
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- Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Sorbonne Paris Cité, Univ Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS; 1 rue Jussieu 75005 Paris France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS; Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), UMR 8232; 4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS; Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), UMR 8232; 4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS; Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), UMR 8232; 4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris France
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