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HLA-associated polymorphisms in the HIV-2 capsid highlight key differences between HIV-1 and HIV-2 immune adaptation.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:HIV-1 frequently adapts in response to immune pressure from cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL). Many HIV-2 infected individuals have robust capsid-specific CTL responses associated with viral control. Despite this CTL pressure, adaptive changes in this key immunogenic HIV-2 protein have not previously been described. We sought to compare selective pressure on HIV-1 and HIV-2 capsids and identify HLA-associated viral polymorphisms in HIV-2. DESIGN AND METHODS:Bioinformatic algorithms to identify sites under positive and negative selective pressure and a statistical model of evolution to identify HLA-associated polymorphisms in HIV-2 was applied to sequences from a community cohort in Guinea-Bissau. IFN-? ELISpots were used to compare T-cell responses to wild-type and variant epitopes. RESULTS:We identified greater purifying selection and less sites under positive selective pressure in HIV-2 compared with HIV-1. Five HIV-2 codons with HLA-associated polymorphisms were detected all within or around known or predicted CTL epitopes. One site was within the HLA-B58 SuperType (ST)-restricted epitope (TSTVEEQIQW), the HIV-2 equivalent of the HIV-1 TW10 epitope. In contrast to HIV-1, where a T?N mutation at position 3 is associated with resulting loss of CTL control, an E?D mutation at position 5 was observed in HIV-2. Robust CTL responses to the variant HIV-2 epitope were seen, suggesting that HIV-2 adaptation may be at the level of T-cell receptor recognition. CONCLUSION:Greater constraints on evolution may exist in HIV-2, resulting in more purifying selection and different immune adaptation pathways in HIV-1 and HIV-2 capsids. This may allow CTL responses to persist in HIV-2.

SUBMITTER: de Silva TI

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5895130 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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HLA-associated polymorphisms in the HIV-2 capsid highlight key differences between HIV-1 and HIV-2 immune adaptation.

de Silva Thushan I TI Leligdowicz Aleksandra A Carlson Jonathan J Garcia-Knight Miguel M Onyango Clayton C Miller Nicholas N Yindom Louis-Marie LM Hué Stephane S Jaye Assan A Dong Tao T Cotten Matthew M Rowland-Jones Sarah L SL

AIDS (London, England) 20180301 6

<h4>Objective</h4>HIV-1 frequently adapts in response to immune pressure from cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL). Many HIV-2 infected individuals have robust capsid-specific CTL responses associated with viral control. Despite this CTL pressure, adaptive changes in this key immunogenic HIV-2 protein have not previously been described. We sought to compare selective pressure on HIV-1 and HIV-2 capsids and identify HLA-associated viral polymorphisms in HIV-2.<h4>Design and methods</h4>Bioinformatic alg ...[more]

PMID: 29369160

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Project description:BACKGROUND: Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte (CTL) response drives the evolution of HIV-1 at a host-level by selecting HLA-restricted escape mutations. Dissecting the dynamics of these escape mutations at a population-level would help to understand how HLA-mediated selection drives the evolution of HIV-1. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We undertook a study of the dynamics of HIV-1 CTL-escape mutations by analyzing through statistical approaches and phylogenetic methods the viral gene gag sequenced in plasma samples collected between the years 1987 and 2006 from 302 drug-naïve HIV-positive patients. By applying logistic regression models and after performing correction for multiple test, we identified 22 potential CTL-escape mutations (p-value<0.05; q-value<0.2); 10 of these associations were confirmed in samples biologically independent by a Bayesian Markov Chain Monte-Carlo method. Analyzing their prevalence back in time we found that escape mutations that are the consensus residue in samples collected after 2003 have actually significantly increased in time in one of either B or F subtype until becoming the most frequent residue, while dominating the other viral subtype. Their estimated prevalence in the viral subtype they did not dominate was lower than 30% for the majority of samples collected at the end of the 80's. In addition, when screening the entire viral region, we found that the 75% of positions significantly changing in time (p<0.05) were located within known CTL epitopes. CONCLUSIONS: Across HIV Gag protein, the rise of polymorphisms from independent origin during the last twenty years of epidemic in our setting was related to an association with an HLA allele. The fact that these mutations accumulated in one of either B or F subtypes have also dominated the other subtype shows how this selection might be causing a convergence of viral subtypes to variants which are more likely to evade the immune response of the population where they circulate.

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HLA-associated polymorphisms in the HIV-2 capsid highlight key differences between HIV-1 and HIV-2 immune adaptation.

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HLA-associated polymorphisms in the HIV-2 capsid highlight key differences between HIV-1 and HIV-2 immune adaptation.

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