Variation in the Nucleotide Sequence of Cottontail Rabbit Papillomavirus a and b Subtypes Affects Wart Regression and Malignant Transformation and Level of Viral Replication in Domestic Rabbits
| Autor: | Sandrine Cazé, Françoise Breitburd, Gérard Orth, Patricia Flamant, Odile Croissant, Jérôme Salmon, Mathieu Nonnenmacher |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Immunology Molecular Sequence Data Biology medicine.disease_cause Virus Replication Microbiology Cottontail rabbit papillomavirus chemistry.chemical_compound Virology Genetic variation medicine Animals Cloning Molecular Gene Genetics Mutation Base Sequence fungi Papillomavirus Infections Nucleic acid sequence virus diseases Genetic Variation Oncogene Proteins Viral Stop codon Tumor Virus Infections Viral replication chemistry Insect Science DNA Viral Pathogenesis and Immunity Rabbits Warts DNA |
| Popis: | We previously reported the partial characterization of two cottontail rabbit papillomavirus (CRPV) subtypes with strikingly divergent E6 and E7 oncoproteins. We report now the complete nucleotide sequences of these subtypes, referred to as CRPVa4 (7,868 nucleotides) and CRPVb (7,867 nucleotides). The CRPVa4 and CRPVb genomes differed at 238 (3%) nucleotide positions, whereas CRPVa4 and the prototype CRPV differed by only 5 nucleotides. The most variable region (7% nucleotide divergence) included the long regulatory region (LRR) and the E6 and E7 genes. A mutation in the stop codon resulted in an 8-amino-acid-longer CRPVb E4 protein, and a nucleotide deletion reduced the coding capacity of the E5 gene from 101 to 25 amino acids. In domestic rabbits homozygous for a specific haplotype of the DRA and DQA genes of the major histocompatibility complex, warts induced by CRPVb DNA or a chimeric genome containing the CRPVb LRR/E6/E7 region showed an early regression, whereas warts induced by CRPVa4 or a chimeric genome containing the CRPVa4 LRR/E6/E7 region persisted and evolved into carcinomas. In contrast, most CRPVa, CRPVb, and chimeric CRPV DNA-induced warts showed no early regression in rabbits homozygous for another DRA-DQA haplotype. Little, if any, viral replication is usually observed in domestic rabbit warts. When warts induced by CRPVa and CRPVb virions and DNA were compared, the number of cells positive for viral DNA or capsid antigens was found to be greater by 1 order of magnitude for specimens induced by CRPVb. Thus, both sequence variation in the LRR/E6/E7 region and the genetic constitution of the host influence the expression of the oncogenic potential of CRPV. Furthermore, intratype variation may overcome to some extent the host restriction of CRPV replication in domestic rabbits. |
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