The degree of HIV-1 amino acid variability is strictly related to different disease progression rates

Virus Genes
Rossana ScutariStefano Aquaro

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the amino acid variability of HIV-1 Gp41, C2-V3, and Nef in a group of patients characterized by different disease progression rates. HIV-1 sequences were collected from 19 Long term non progressor patients (LTNPs), 9 slow progressors (SPs), and 11 rapid progressors (RPs). Phylogenetic trees were estimated by MEGA 6. Differences in amino acid variability among sequences belonging to the 3 groups have been evaluated by amino acid divergence, Shannon entropy analysis, and the number of amino acid mutations (defined as amino acid variations compared with HxB2). The involvement of amino acid mutations on epitope rich regions was also investigated. The population was mainly composed of males (74.3%) and HIV-1 subtype B strains (B: 92.32%, CRF_12BF, A1, C: 2.56% each). Viral load (log10 copies/mL) and CD4+T cell count (cells/mm3) were 3.9 (3.5-4.2) and 618 (504-857) in LTNPs, 3.3 (2.8-4.7) and 463 (333-627) in SPs, and 4.6 (4.3-5.3) and 201 (110-254) in RPs. Gp41 and C2-V3 amino acid divergence was lower in LTNP and SP strains compared to RPs (median value: 0.085 and 0.091 vs. 0.114, p = 0.005 and 0.042) and a trend of lower variability was observed for Nef (p = 0.198). A lower entropy value was o...Continue Reading

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Jun 30, 2019·Current Opinion in Virology·Cecilio Lopez-GalindezRamon Lorenzo-Redondo

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Datasets Mentioned

BETA
K03455.1

Software Mentioned

MEGA
Bioedit
Entropy - Two

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