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Benjamin J Burwitz1, Helen L Wu, Jason S Reed, Katherine B Hammond, Laura P Newman, Benjamin N Bimber, Francesca A Nimiyongskul, Enrique J Leon, Nicholas J Maness, Thomas C Friedrich, Masaru Yokoyama, Hironori Sato, Tetsuro Matano, David H O'Connor, Jonah B Sacha.
Abstract
Compensatory mutations offset fitness defects resulting from CD8(+) T lymphocyte (CD8(TL))-mediated escape, but their impact on viral evolution following transmission to naive hosts remains unclear. Here, we investigated the reversion kinetics of Gag(181-189)CM9 CD8(TL) escape-associated compensatory mutations in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected macaques. Preexisting compensatory mutations did not result in acute-phase escape of the SIVmac239 CD8(TL) epitope Gag(181-189)CM9 and instead required a tertiary mutation for stabilization in the absence of Gag(181-189)CM9 escape mutations. Therefore, transmitted compensatory mutations do not necessarily predict rapid CD8(TL) escape.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24371068 PMCID: PMC3957937 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.03304-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103