Characterization of adaptive mutations in dengue virus serotype 2 (DENV2) cultured in different systems using high-throughput sequencing

• Grant number: 12/15381-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2012
• End date: April 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Microbiology
• Principal Investigator: Camila Malta Romano
• Grantee: Camila Malta Romano
• Host Institution: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (IMT). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: André Luis da Costa da Silva ; Jaime Henrique Amorim Santos ; Luis Carlos de Souza Ferreira ; Margareth de Lara Capurro-Guimarães

Abstract

The accumulation of mutations in arboviruses, dengue included, does not occur as fast as in other RNA viruses like HCV and HIV. Probably the strong selection resulting from the alternation of hosts, coupled with a possible higher fidelity of RNA polymerase keep genetic stability observed in arboviruses. To be effectively transmitted between hosts from different classes, the fitness of an arbovirus has to be similar in both hosts, limiting the level of adaptation of the virus to only one type of host. Therefore, the alternation of host generates generalists viruses, where the neutral or favorable substitutions for replication in both hosts would be more easily selected (trade-off hypothesis). In addition to natural selection impacting the gain variability, the virus can still lose variability by genetic drift. Moreover, it has been shown that certain arboviruses were able to infect new host, enhance their replication capacity or increase their virulence in the vertebrate host by changing one amino acid. Still, little is known about the mechanisms that govern the gain / loss of fitness and pathogenicity in natural conditions. For this reason, models that mimic viral replication in different conditions and micro-environments may help in understanding the evolution of these viruses and the elucidation of immunopathogenic mechanisms of infection by these agents. So the aim of this project is o obtain a better understanding of the mechanisms of acquisition of adaptive substitutions in virus grown in insect cells and mammalian cells, and also in the insect vectors Aedes aegipty. The complete genome of the virus present in different mosquito tissues (midgut and salivary glands) and in cell culture will be achieved through high-throughput sequencing, which will allow a detailed analysis of the viral population. Since our group has generated similar data from the vertebrate host, the results obtained in this study can be analyzed in a comprehensive and comparative way. Thus, these results will contribute to the understanding of the impact of selective pressure exerted by each host in the viral fitness, and consequently, the evolution of these viruses in the short and medium term. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SALVADOR, FELIPE SCASSI; AMORIM, JAIME HENRIQUE; SANTOS ALVES, RUBENS PRINCE; PEREIRA, SARA A.; SOUZA FERREIRA, LUIS CARLOS; ROMANO, CAMILA MALTA. Complete Genome Sequence of an Atypical Dengue Virus Serotype 2 Lineage Isolated in Brazil. MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS, v. 3, n. 4, JUL-AUG 2015. (12/51204-2, 12/15381-7)

VICENTE, C. R.; PANNUTI, C. S.; URBANO, P. R.; FELIX, A. C.; CERUTTI JUNIOR, C.; HERBINGER, K. -H.; FROESCHL, G.; ROMANO, C. M.. First phylogenetic analysis of dengue virus serotype 4 circulating in Espirito Santo state, Brazil, in 2013 and 2014. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION, v. 146, n. 1, p. 100-106, JAN 2018. (12/15381-7)

SANTIAGO E SOUZA, NATHALIA CAROLINE; FELIX, ALVINA CLARA; DE PAULA, ANDERSON VICENTE; LEVI, JOSE EDUARDO; PANNUTI, CLAUDIO SERGIO; ROMANO, CAMILA MALTA. Evaluation of serological cross-reactivity between yellow fever and other flaviviruses. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, v. 81, p. 4-5, APR 2019. (16/16069-8, 12/15381-7)

URBANO, PAULO ROBERTO; SOARES DE OLIVEIRA, ANA CAROLINA; ROMANO, CAMILA MALTA. ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR SEQUENCING FULL TSPyV GENOMES USING SANGER OR NGS. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, v. 58, 2016. (12/15381-7)

NALI, L. H. S.; OLIVEIRA, A. C. S.; ALVES, D. O.; CALEIRO, G. S.; NUNES, C. F.; GERHARDT, D.; SUCCI, R. C. M.; ROMANO, CAMILA M.; MACHADO, D. M.. Expression of human endogenous retrovirus K and W in babies. ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY, v. 162, n. 3, p. 857-861, MAR 2017. (12/15381-7)

GOMES DE SOUSA CARDOZO, FRANCIELLE TRAMONTINI; BAIMUKANOVA, GYULNAR; LANTERI, MARION CHRISTINE; KEATING, SHEILA MARIE; FERREIRA, FREDERICO MORAES; HEITMAN, JOHN; PANNUTI, CLAUDIO SERGIO; PATI, SHIBANI; ROMANO, CAMILA MALTA; SABINO, ESTER CERDEIRA. Serum from dengue virus-infected patients with and without plasma leakage differentially affects endothelial cells barrier function in vitro. PLoS One, v. 12, n. 6, JUN 6 2017. (13/01702-9, 13/01690-0, 12/15381-7)

URBANO, PAULO R.; NALI, LUIZ H. S.; BICALHO, CAMILA S.; PIERROTTI, LIGIA C.; DAVID-NETO, ELIAS; PANNUTI, CLAUDIO S.; ROMANO, CAMILA M.. New findings about trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus (TSPyV)-novel qPCR detects TSPyV-DNA in blood samples. DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE, v. 84, n. 2, p. 123-124, FEB 2016. (12/15381-7)

SALVADOR, FELIPE SCASSI; AMORIM, JAIME HENRIQUE; SANTOS ALVES, RUBENS PRINCE; PEREIRA, SARA A.; SOUZA FERREIRA, LUIS CARLOS; ROMANO, CAMILA MALTA. Complete Genome Sequence of an Atypical Dengue Virus Serotype 2 Lineage Isolated in Brazil. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, v. 3, n. 4, p. 2-pg., 2015-07-01. (12/15381-7, 12/51204-2)

URBANO, PAULO ROBERTO P.; PANNUTI, CLAUDIO SERGIO; PIERROTTI, LIGIA C.; DAVID-NETO, ELIAS; ROMANO, CAMILA MALTA. Rapid Detection of Trichodysplasia Spinulosa-Associated Polyomavirus in Skin Biopsy Specimen. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, v. 2, n. 4, p. 2-pg., 2014-07-01. (12/15381-7)