Tzipi Braun1, Antonio V Bordería2, Cyril Barbezange2, Marco Vignuzzi2, Yoram Louzoun3. 1. Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. 2. Institut Pasteur, Viral Populations and Pathogenesis, CNRS UMR 3569, Paris, France. 3. Department of Mathematics and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Abstract
MOTIVATION: RNA viruses generate a cloud of genetic variants within each host. This cloud contains high-frequency genotypes, and many rare variants. The dynamics of these variants is crucial to understand viral evolution and their effect on their host. RESULTS: We use an experimental evolution system to show that the genetic cloud surrounding the Coxsackie virus master sequence slowly, but steadily, evolves over hundreds of generations. This movement is determined by strong context-dependent mutations, where the frequency and type of mutations are affected by neighboring positions, even in silent mutations. This context-dependent mutation pattern serves as a spearhead for the viral population's movement within the adaptive landscape and affects which new dominant variants will emerge. The non-local mutation patterns affect the mutated dinucleotide distribution, and eventually lead to a non-uniform dinucleotide distribution in the main viral sequence. We tested these results on other RNA viruses with similar conclusions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
MOTIVATION: RNA viruses generate a cloud of genetic variants within each host. This cloud contains high-frequency genotypes, and many rare variants. The dynamics of these variants is crucial to understand viral evolution and their effect on their host. RESULTS: We use an experimental evolution system to show that the genetic cloud surrounding the Coxsackie virus master sequence slowly, but steadily, evolves over hundreds of generations. This movement is determined by strong context-dependent mutations, where the frequency and type of mutations are affected by neighboring positions, even in silent mutations. This context-dependent mutation pattern serves as a spearhead for the viral population's movement within the adaptive landscape and affects which new dominant variants will emerge. The non-local mutation patterns affect the mutated dinucleotide distribution, and eventually lead to a non-uniform dinucleotide distribution in the main viral sequence. We tested these results on other RNA viruses with similar conclusions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Authors: Brenda Martínez-González; Lucía Vázquez-Sirvent; María E Soria; Pablo Mínguez; Llanos Salar-Vidal; Carlos García-Crespo; Isabel Gallego; Ana I de Ávila; Carlos Llorens; Beatriz Soriano; Ricardo Ramos-Ruiz; Jaime Esteban; Ricardo Fernandez-Roblas; Ignacio Gadea; Carmen Ayuso; Javier Ruíz-Hornillos; Concepción Pérez-Jorge; Esteban Domingo; Celia Perales Journal: J Clin Invest Date: 2022-05-02 Impact factor: 19.456