Correlation of Redondovirus and Entamoeba gingivalis Detections in the Human Oral Cavity Suggests That This Amoeba Is Possibly the Redondovirus Host

Autor: Marine Makoa-Meng, Rayan Semmar, Angéline Antezack, Gwilherm Penant, Bernard La Scola, Virginie Monnet-Corti, Philippe Colson
Přispěvatelé: Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections (MEPHI), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection (IHU Marseille), Aix-Marseille Université - Faculté d'odontologie (AMU ODONTO), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), ANR-10-IAHU-0003,Méditerranée Infection,I.H.U. Méditerranée Infection(2010)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, 24 (7), pp.6303. ⟨10.3390/ijms24076303⟩
International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Volume 24; Issue 7; Pages: 6303
ISSN: 1661-6596
1422-0067
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076303⟩
Popis: International audience; The virome of the human oral cavity and the relationships between viruses and diseases such as periodontitis are scarcely deciphered. Redondoviruses were reported in the human oral cavity in 2019, including in periodontitis patients. Here, we aimed at detecting redondoviruses and at searching for a potential viral host in human saliva. Non-stimulated saliva was collected between December 2020 and June 2021. These samples were tested using real-time PCR regarding the presence of redondovirus and Entamoeba gingivalis DNA. Similarity searches were performed using BLAST against eukaryotic and prokaryotic sequences from GenBank. The redondovirus DNA was detected in 46% of the 28 human saliva samples. In addition, short fragments of redondovirus genomes were detected in silico within Entamoeba sequences. Finally, Entamoeba gingivalis DNA was detected in 46% of the 28 saliva samples, with a strong correlation between redondovirus DNA and E. gingivalis DNA detections, in 93% of the cases. Regarded together, these findings and previous ones strongly support the presence of redondoviruses in the human oral cavity and their association to E. gingivalis as their likely host.
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