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Title: | Cancer, Warts, or Asymptomatic Infections: Clinical Presentation Matches Codon Usage Preferences in Human Papillomaviruses |
Author: | Félez Sánchez-Ocaña, Marta Trösemeier, Jan-Hendrik Bedhomme, Stéphanie González Bravo, Maria Isabel Kamp, Christel Bravo, Ignacio G. |
Keywords: | Papil·lomavirus Sistema immunològic Papillomaviruses Immune system |
Issue Date: | 1-Aug-2015 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Abstract: | Viruses rely completely on the hosts' machinery for translation of viral transcripts. However, for most viruses infecting humans, codon usage preferences (CUPrefs) do not match those of the host. Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are a showcase to tackle this paradox: they present a large genotypic diversity and a broad range of phenotypic presentations, from asymptomatic infections to productive lesions and cancer. By applying phylogenetic inference and dimensionality reduction methods, we demonstrate first that genes in HPVs are poorly adapted to the average human CUPrefs, the only exception being capsid genes in viruses causing productive lesions. Phylogenetic relationships between HPVs explained only a small proportion of CUPrefs variation. Instead, the most important explanatory factor for viral CUPrefs was infection phenotype, as orthologous genes in viruses with similar clinical presentation displayed similar CUPrefs. Moreover, viral genes with similar spatiotemporal expression patterns also showed similar CUPrefs. Our results suggest that CUPrefs in HPVs reflect either variations in the mutation bias or differential selection pressures depending on the clinical presentation and expression timing. We propose that poor viral CUPrefs may be central to a trade-off between strong viral gene expression and the potential for eliciting protective immune response. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evv129 |
It is part of: | Genome Biology and Evolution, 2015, vol. 7, num. 8, p. 2117-2135 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/126650 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evv129 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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