Neogi Ujjwal, Gupta Soham, Sahoo Pravat Nalini, Shet Anita, Rao Shwetha D, Ranga Udaykumar, Prasad Vinayaka R
Clinical Virology, Department of Microbiology, St. John's Medical College, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Sep;28(9):1152-6. doi: 10.1089/aid.2011.0380. Epub 2012 May 2.
The trans-activator of transcription (Tat) of HIV-1 plays an important role in viral infection and pathogenesis. We examined the genetic characteristics of exon 1 of the tat gene derived from 102 seropositive subjects from southern India. Database-derived Indian (n=105) and global (n=413) HIV-1C sequences were also used for viral epidemiological signature pattern analysis in the Tat open reading frame (ORF). We identified HIV-1C as the most predominant genetic subtype (99%) and the presence of a novel A1C recombinant strain in one study participant. After examining all the available HIV-1C Indian sequences from primary clinical isolates and database-derived sequences, we found a high level of sequence conservation (92.6 ± 12%) within Tat amino acid residues. Furthermore, signature pattern analysis identified five amino acid positions in Tat that contained signature residues unique for Indian HIV-1C consisting of 21A, 24N, 29K, 40K, and 60Q. Our data have direct relevance for subunit-based Tat HIV-1 vaccine development.
人类免疫缺陷病毒1型(HIV-1)的转录反式激活因子(Tat)在病毒感染和发病机制中起重要作用。我们检测了来自印度南部102名血清反应阳性受试者的tat基因第1外显子的遗传特征。来源于数据库的印度(n = 105)和全球(n = 413)HIV-1C序列也用于Tat开放阅读框(ORF)中的病毒流行病学特征模式分析。我们确定HIV-1C是最主要的遗传亚型(99%),并且在一名研究参与者中发现了一种新型A1C重组毒株。在检查了来自原发性临床分离株和数据库衍生序列的所有可用HIV-1C印度序列后,我们发现Tat氨基酸残基内存在高水平的序列保守性(92.6 ± 12%)。此外,特征模式分析确定了Tat中的五个氨基酸位置,这些位置包含印度HIV-1C特有的特征残基,即21A、24N、29K、40K和60Q。我们的数据与基于亚单位的Tat HIV-1疫苗开发直接相关。