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Contribution of recombination to the evolution of human immunodeficiency viruses expressing resistance to antiretroviral treatment.

Abstract：

:Viral recombination has been postulated to play two roles in the development of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) resistance to antiretroviral drugs. First, recombination has the capacity to associate resistance mutations expressed by distinct viruses, thereby contributing to the development of viruses with improved drug resistance. In addition, recombination could preserve diversity in regions outside those subject to strong selective pressure. In this study, we sought direct evidence for the occurrence of these processes in vivo by evaluating clonal virus populations obtained from the same patient before and after a treatment change that, while unsuccessful in controlling viral replication, led to the emergence of viruses expressing a different profile of resistance mutations. Phylogenetic studies supported the conclusion that the genotype arising after the treatment change resulted from the emergence of recombinant viruses carrying previously existing resistance mutations in novel combinations, whereas alternative explanations, including convergent evolution, were not consistent with observed genotypic changes. Despite evidence for a strong loss of genetic diversity in genomic regions coding for the protease and reverse transcriptase, diversity in regions coding for Gag and envelope was considerably higher, and recombination between the emerging viruses expressing the new pattern of resistance mutations and viral quasispecies in the previously dominant population contributed to this preservation of diversity in the envelope gene. These findings emphasize that recombination can participate in the adaptation of HIV to changing selective pressure, both by generating novel combinations of resistance mutations and by maintaining diversity in genomic regions outside those implicated in a selective sweep.

journal_name

J Virol

journal_title

Journal of virology

authors

Nora T,Charpentier C,Tenaillon O,Hoede C,Clavel F,Hance AJ

doi

10.1128/JVI.00083-07

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-07-01 00:00:00

pages

7620-8

issue

eissn

0022-538X

issn

1098-5514

pii

JVI.00083-07

journal_volume

pub_type

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Contribution of recombination to the evolution of human immunodeficiency viruses expressing resistance to antiretroviral treatment.