Molecular characterization of two isolates of human T cell leukaemia virus type II from Italian drug abusers and comparison of genome structure with other isolates

The Journal of General Virology
D ZellaU Bertazzoni

Abstract

The human T cell leukaemia virus type II (HTLV-II), whose pathogenicity is as yet unclear, was recently found to be associated with intravenous drug abuse in North America and Europe. HTLV-II was isolated from two Italian drug abusers belonging to the same cohort and coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Two new isolates, HTLV-II Gu and Va, were established in a culture of BJAB cells, a continuous B cell line (Epstein-Barr virus-negative), and characterized by nucleotide sequence analysis of the long terminal repeat (LTR) and portions of the gag, env and X regions. These sequences were compared to those of the HTLV-II Mo isolate reported in the literature. No major variations were observed in important regulatory elements of LTR nor in the stem-bulge-loop configuration known to be essential for binding of rex protein. The results obtained from the sequence of the 1988 nucleotides examined indicated a 1.6% variability between the Gu and Va isolates and about 6% with respect to Mo. Notable differences were found in the structure of putative open reading frames of the X region when compared to those reported for the Mo isolate. Restriction analysis of proviral DNA of two isolates and comparison with the physical map...Continue Reading

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