HIV-1抗体阳性血浆中HIV-1病毒基因分型研究

为了解HIV抗体阳性血浆中的HIV-1病毒基因亚型的情况,应用逆转录PCR和DNA序列测定技术,对6份获自高危人群的抗HIV-1阳性血浆进行序列分析和基因亚型分型的研究,结果表明均属HIV-1B亚型.V3环氨基酸序列分析指出这些HIV-1B亚型病毒株与泰国HIV-1B亚型病毒株核苷酸和氨基酸序列相似;同时发现HIV-1 cDNA和氨基酸序列均相同,推测这6份标本可能来自同时感染同一株HIV病毒的感染者.本研究对了解高危人群中HIV-1流行的遗传变异和HIV-1亚型病毒株的分子流行病分析具有一定的意义.     

1992—1994年HIV—1国际流行株和云南株膜蛋白V3区氨基酸共有序列比较

对１９９２～１９９４年间１６个云南ＨＩＶ１株膜蛋白基因Ｖ３区进行了ＤＮＡ序列测定,经计算机ＤＮＡＳＩＳ及ＰＲＯＳＩＳ软件进行同源性分析,得出其相应的氨基酸共有序列ＹＮＶ３和两组共有序列ＹＮＶ３Ａ和ＹＮＶ３Ｂ,计算了ＹＮＶ３中每个氨基酸的保守性。分别将ＹＮＶ３Ａ和ＹＮＶ３Ｂ与世界各地的ＨＩＶ１代表株的相应序列进行了同源性比较。结果表明,ＨＩＶ１云南株膜蛋白Ｖ３区氨基酸共有序列ＹＮＶ３中每个氨基酸的平均变异度为７．６６％。两组共有序列ＹＮＶ３Ａ和ＹＮＶ３Ｂ,分别与ＨＩＶ１美欧株及泰国流行株Ｂ亚群相应序列有较高同源性。这一结果提示,在进化上云南瑞丽ＨＩＶ１流行毒株间有非常密切的关系,在这一时期该地区的流行毒株以ＨＩＶ１美欧株、泰国株Ｂ亚群及其衍生株为主。     

广西壮族自治区HIV—1流行毒株的基因序列测定和亚型分析

使用ＰＣＲ技术对１４份广西ＨＩＶ－１阳性感染者外周血单核细胞（ＰＢＭＣｓ）样品进行扩增,获得ＨＩＶ－１膜蛋白（ｅｎｖ）基因的核酸片段,并对其Ｃ２－Ｖ３及邻区３５０￣４５０个核苷酸序列进行了测定和分析。结果表明,１４份样品中９份为泰国Ｂ（Ｂ＇）亚型,５份为Ｅ亚型毒株。其中Ｂ＇亚型毒株的基因离散率为４．２％,与Ａ－Ｅ参考亚型及部分Ｂ亚型代表株序列相比较,与包括泰国、缅甸及云南德宏在内的Ｂ亚型毒株序列十     

广西壮族自治区HIV-1流行毒株的基因序列测定和亚型分析

使用ＰＣＲ技术对１４份广西ＨＩＶ－１阳性感染者外周血单核细胞（ＰＢＭＣｓ）样品进行扩增,获得ＨＩＶ－１膜蛋白（ｅｎｖ）基因的核酸片段,并对其Ｃ２－Ｖ３及邻区３５０－４５０个核苷酸序列进行了测定和分析。结果表明,１４份样品中９份为泰国Ｂ（Ｂ′）亚型,５份为Ｅ亚型毒株。其中Ｂ′亚型毒株的基因离散率为４．２％,与Ａ－Ｅ参考亚型及部分Ｂ亚型代表株序列相比较,与包括泰国、缅甸及云南德宏在内的Ｂ亚型毒株序列十分接近,相互之间基因离散率在３．０％－４．４％的范围内;而Ｅ亚型毒株的基因离散率为２．１％,与国际Ｅ亚型毒株的基因离散率最近,为５．６％,与其它国际参考亚型基因离散率很远,在２１．１％－２７．３％。根据以上数据及其它资料提示,广西存在Ｂ′和Ｅ两种亚型的ＨＩＶ－１的流行,且其Ｂ′亚型毒株的传入,与流行在云南德宏州的相同亚型ＨＩＶ－１毒株密切相关,而Ｅ亚型毒株则可能是由泰国经越南传入广西的     

1995年云南瑞丽HIV1毒株的基因变异和分析

从１９９５年瑞丽静脉注射毒品者及其配偶２６人的血样中,经ＰＣＲ扩增细胞内ＨＩＶ基因并对其ｅｎｖＣ２－Ｖ３区进行测序,结果发现１８人为Ｂ亚型ＨＩＶ１,８人为Ｃ亚型ＨＩＶ１毒株,在瑞丽以Ｂ亚型毒株为主,与我们以往报告一致,Ｃ亚型毒株的出现曾有报告,我们进一步分析发现,Ｃ亚型毒株感染者多在１９９４和１９９５年被感染,根据其核苷酸序列测定的基因离散率（２．２５％）,远小于Ｂ型毒株（６．７％）,也说明它是近     

我国首次发现的HIV—1和HIV—2双重感染样品中病毒部分基因的序列特 …

上海市卫生检疫局送检了一例ＨＩＶ－１和ＨＩＶ－２抗体检测均呈阳性的双重感染样品,对其感染的ＨＩＶ前病毒的ｇａｇ和ｅｎｖ基因区进行了序列分析,首次阐明我国发现的ＨＩＶ双重感染样品的ＨＩＶ部分基因特征。从ＨＩＶ感染者淋巴细胞（ｐｅｒｉｐｈｅｒａｌ ｂｌｏｏｄ ｍｏｎｏｎｕｃｌｅａｒ ｃｅｌｌｓ,ＰＢＭＣ）中提取前病毒ＤＮＡ,分别使用ＨＩＶ－１和ＨＩＶ－２特异性引特用套式ＰＣＲ扩增ＨＩＶ－１和ＨＩＶ－２     

HIV—1包膜基因变异的体外研究

采用亚型测定、核苷酸和氨基酸序列测定和同源性分析等方法?观察了ＨＩＶ－１ⅢＢ毒株的实验室长期传代过程中包膜基因变异的情况。研究的毒株包括：经过实验室８年多连续使用而获得的毒株、在ＭＴ４细胞长期连续传代而获得的每间隔１０代的毒株样品及多次更换突主细胞伟代而获得的毒株。主要结果有：（１）各种毒株包膜基因变异均不显著,核苷酸序列同源性均大于９２％,变异距离均小于７．５％,且随着传代数增加核苷酸趋于稳定,     

鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒内蒙古毒株VP2基因的克隆和序列分析

以鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒内蒙古毒株（ＩＢＤＶ-ＮＭ）ｄｓＲＮＡ为模板,用ＲＴ-ＰＣＲ法扩增其主要寄主保护抗原ＶＰ２基因的全长ｃＤＮＡ,克隆于ｐＵＣ１９的ＸｂａＩ／ＫｐｎＩ位点,进行了全序列分析。序列比较发现ＩＢＤＶ-ＮＭ毒株ＶＰ２基因与已报道的其它７个ＩＢＤＶＣＪ８０１ｂｋｆ、Ｃｕ１、ＰＢＧ９８、５２／７０、００２—７３、ＳＴＣ及ＶａｒｉａｎｔＥ毒株之间高度同源,其核苷酸序列的同源率为９１.６％～９６．２％,推测的氨基酸序列的同源率为９６.２％～９８．６％。ＩＢＤＶ-ＮＭ毒株ＶＰ２高变异区的第一个亲水区氨基酸序列与ＣＪ８０１ｂｋｆ、Ｃｕ１、ＰＢＧ９８、５２／７０、ＳＴＣ、００２—７３比较,有一个氨基酸差异,第二个亲水区氨基酸序列与上述６个毒株完全相同。而与ＶａｒｉａｎｔＥ比较,两个亲水区内各有两个氨基酸差异。此外,ＩＢＤＶ-ＮＭ毒株ＶＰ２具有强毒株所特有的７肽保守区：ＳＷＳＡＳＧＳ。这些结果表明,ＩＢＤＶ-ＮＭ毒株为标准血清Ⅰ型ＩＢＤＶ强毒株。     

HIV—1长末端重复序列对重组痘苗病毒表达Gag蛋白的影响

将系列缺失的ＨＩＶ１长末端重复序列（ＬＴＲ）和全长的ｇａｇＯＲＦ置于痘苗病毒载体中,经同源重组和血球吸附试验,成功地构建了６株重组痘苗病毒。免疫印迹和免疫酶试验检测均表明,６株重组病毒的Ｇａｇ蛋白表达量因ＬＴＲ不同而有明显差异,表明ＨＩＶ１的ＬＴＲ及其下游基因置于痘病毒启动子控制下,在痘苗病毒中表达时有下述特点：（１）不同的痘苗病毒启动子与全长ＬＴＲ相互作用,对ｇａｇ基因表达有显著不同的调控效果;（２）ＮＲ序列对Ｇａｇ蛋白表达没有明显影响;（３）ＥＮ序列不能被重组痘苗病毒表达系统识别;（４）ＴＡＲ序列可提高Ｇａｇ蛋白的表达量;（５）Ｕ５区及下游非翻译序列不影响Ｇａｇ蛋白的表达。     

鸡传染性支气管炎病毒中国流行株免疫原S1基因的分子克隆、序列分析及其DNA免疫的初步研究

对来源于我国华东地区的鸡传染性支气管炎病毒流行株ＱＤ免疫原Ｓ１基因ｃＤＮＡ进行了克隆、序列分析和ＤＮＡ免疫的初步研究。ＲＴＰＣＲ扩增ＱＤ毒株的Ｓ１基因,将其５′和３′端分别进行分子修饰后插入克隆载体ｐＵＣ１８的ＢａｍＨⅠ／ＨｉｎｄⅢ位点,在大肠杆菌中实现了目的基因的克隆;利用英国ＩＢＶ毒株Ｓ１全基因核酸探针与ＱＤ毒株Ｓ１基因的重组克隆质粒分子杂交后,采用ＨａｅⅢ,ＰｖｕⅡ和ＸｂａⅠ等限制酶对此流行毒株Ｓ１基因ｃＤＮＡ进行了酶切分析;在测定ＱＤ毒株Ｓ１基因５′端高变区核苷酸序列并以此与ＩＢＶＭ４１,Ｈ１２０,６／８２及Ｂｅａｕｄ等参考毒株序列对比分析的基础上,构建了ＱＤ株Ｓ１基因ＤＮＡ免疫表达质粒,肌肉注射免疫小鼠后,鸡胚病毒中和试验的结果表明,ＩＢＶＳ１基因ＤＮＡ免疫表达质粒能诱导小鼠产生病毒特异的中和抗体,具有良好的免疫原性,初步显示基因疫苗在鸡传染性支气管炎防治上应用前景。     

Genetically Related Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Three Adults of a Family with No Identified Risk Factor for Intrafamilial Transmission

A small number of cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have been reported in individuals with no identified risk factors for transmission. We report on the seroconversion of the 61-year-old mother and the subsequent finding of HIV seropositivity in the 66-year-old father of a 31-year-old AIDS patient. Extensive investigation failed to identify any risk factor for intrafamilial transmission. We conducted a genetic analysis and determined the amino acid signature patterns of the V3, V4, and V5 hypervariable domains and flanking regions in the HIV-1 gp120 env gene of 26 clones derived from proviral DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of the members of the family. env sequences of the viruses isolated from the patients were compared with sequences of HIV-1 subtype B viruses from Europe and local field isolates. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the sequences of the viruses isolated from the patients were genetically related and formed an intrafamilial cluster of HIV-1 distinct from other subtype B viruses. Interindividual nucleotide variability in the C2-V3 and V4-C4-V5 domains ranged between 1.2 and 5.0% and between 2.2 and 7.5%, respectively, whereas divergence between HIV strains from the patients and control viral strains ranged from 6.6 to 29.3%. The amino acid signature patterns of viral clones from the three patients were closely related. In the C2-V3 region, two minor clones derived from the son’s virus showed less nucleotide divergence (mean, 3.5 and 3.9%) than did the clones derived from the viruses of both parents or the seven other predominant clones derived from the virus from the son (mean, 5.4%). The top of the V3 loop of the last two clones and of all viral clones from the parents exhibited an unusual GPGG sequence. This is the first report of genotypic relatedness of HIV-1 in three adults of the same family in the absence of identified risk factor for transmission between the members of the family. Our findings suggest that atypical transmission of HIV may occur.     

山东省归国劳务人员中HIV—1感染毒株的序列特征和亚型分析

为了解自1992年以来,山东省归国劳务人员HIV－1感染毒株的分子流行病学特征。我们采集了11份确认为HIV－1感染者的僵血分离单核细胞（PBMC）,提取前病毒DNA,用套式PCR扩增HIV－1膜蛋白（env）基因,并对其envC2－V3区进行序列测定和分析。结果表明：10名归国劳工人员及1名归国劳工配偶的样本经序列测定和基因分析发现了HIV－1的4种基因亚型：A、B、C、E亚型,其中C亚型7名,B亚型2名、A和E亚型各1名。由此可见;山东省归国劳务人员中HIV－1毒株的感染情况较复杂,通过 些毒株间的基因离散率相差较大,提示应加强归国劳务人员的教育、检测和控制以及其它国家毒株传入。     

Identification of three feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) env gene subtypes and comparison of the FIV and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 evolutionary patterns.

Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a lentivirus associated with AIDS-like illnesses in cats. As such, FIV appears to be a feline analog of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A hallmark of HIV infection is the large degree of viral genetic diversity that can develop within an infected individual and the even greater and continually increasing level of diversity among virus isolates from different individuals. Our goal in this study was to determine patterns of FIV genetic diversity by focusing on a 684-nucleotide region encompassing variable regions V3, V4, and V5 of the FIV env gene in order to establish parallels and distinctions between FIV and HIV type 1 (HIV-1). Our data demonstrate that, like HIV-1, FIV can be separated into distinct envelope sequence subtypes (three are described here). Similar to that found for HIV-1, the pairwise sequence divergence within an FIV subtype ranged from 2.5 to 15.0%, whereas that between subtypes ranged from 17.8 to 26.2%. However, the high number of synonymous nucleotide changes among FIV V3 to V5 env sequences may also include a significant number of back mutations and suggests that the evolutionary distances among FIV subtypes are underestimated. Although only a few subtype B viruses were available for examination, the pattern of diversity between the FIV A and B subtypes was found to be significantly distinct; subtype B sequences had proportionally fewer mutations that changed amino acids, compared with silent changes, suggesting a more advanced state of adaptation to the host. No similar distinction was evident for HIV-1 subtypes. The diversity of FIV genomes within individual infected cats was found to be as high as 3.7% yet twofold lower than that within HIV-1-infected people over a comparable region of the env gene. Despite these differences, significant parallels between patterns of FIV evolution and HIV-1 evolution exist, indicating that a wide array of potentially divergent virus challenges need to be considered in FIV vaccine and pathogenesis studies.     

Linkage of Amino Acid Variation and Evolution of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 gp120 Envelope Glycoprotein (Subtype B) with Usage of the Second Receptor

To clarify the relationship between the amino acid variations of the gp120 of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and the chemokine receptors that are used as the second receptor for HIV, we evaluated amino acid site variation of gp120 between the X4 strains (use CXCR4) and the R5 strains (use CCR5) from 21 sequences of subtype B. Our analysis showed that residues 306 and 322 in the V3 loop and residue 440 in the C4 region were associated with usage of the second receptor. The polymorphism at residue 440 is clearly associated with the usage of the second receptor: The amino acid at position 440 was a basic amino acid in the R5 strains, and a nonbasic and smaller amino acid in the X4 strains, while the V3 loop of the X4 strains was more basic than that of the R5 strains. This suggests that residue 440 in the C4 region, which is close to the V3 loop in the three-dimensional structure, is critical in determining which second receptor is used. Analysis of codon frequency suggests that, in almost all cases, the difference at residue 440 between basic amino acids in the R5 strains and nonbasic amino acids in the X4 strains could be due to a single nucleotide change. These findings predict that the evolutionary changes in amino acid residue 440 may be correlated with evolutionary changes in the V3 loop. One possibility is that a change in electric charge at residue 440 compensates for a change in electric charge in the V3 loop. The amino acid polymorphism at position 440 can be useful to predict the cell tropism of a strain of HIV-1 subtype B.     

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 env sequences from Calcutta in eastern India: identification of features that distinguish subtype C sequences in India from other subtype C sequences

India is experiencing a rapid spread of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), primarily through heterosexual transmission of subtype C viruses. To delineate the molecular features of HIV-1 circulating in India, we sequenced the V3-V4 region of viral env from 21 individuals attending an HIV clinic in Calcutta, the most populous city in the eastern part of the country, and analyzed these and the other Indian sequences in the HIV database. Twenty individuals were infected with viruses having a subtype C env, and one had viruses with a subtype A env. Analyses of 192 subtype C sequences that included one sequence for each subject from this study and from the HIV database revealed that almost all sequences from India, along with a small number from other countries, form a phylogenetically distinct lineage within subtype C, which we designate C(IN). Overall, C(IN) lineage sequences were more closely related to each other (level of diversity, 10.2%) than to subtype C sequences from Botswana, Burundi, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe (range, 15.3 to 20.7%). Of the three positions identified as signature amino acid substitution sites for C(IN) sequences (K340E, K350A, and G429E), 56% of the C(IN) sequences contained all three amino acids while 87% of the sequences contained at least two of these substitutions. Among the non-C(IN) sequences, all three amino acids were present in 2%, while 22% contained two or more of these amino acids. These results suggest that much of the current Indian epidemic is descended from a single introduction into the country. Identification of conserved signature amino acid positions could assist epidemiologic tracking and has implications for the development of a vaccine against subtype C HIV-1 in India.     

Evolution of Envelope Sequences from the Genital Tract and Peripheral Blood of Women Infected with Clade A Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

The development of viral diversity during the course of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection may significantly influence viral pathogenesis. The paradigm for HIV-1 evolution is based primarily on studies of male cohorts in which individuals were presumably infected with a single virus variant of subtype B HIV-1. In this study, we evaluated virus evolution based on sequence information of the V1, V2, and V3 portions of HIV-1 clade A envelope genes obtained from peripheral blood and cervical secretions of three women with genetically heterogeneous viral populations near seroconversion. At the first sample following seroconversion, the number of nonsynonymous substitutions per potential nonsynonymous site (dn) significantly exceeded substitutions at potential synonymous sites (ds) in plasma viral sequences from all individuals. Generally, values of dn remained higher than values of ds as sequences from blood or mucosa evolved. Mutations affected each of the three variable regions of the envelope gene differently; insertions and deletions dominated changes in V1, substitutions involving charged amino acids occurred in V2, and sequential replacement of amino acids over time at a small subset of positions distinguished V3. The relationship among envelope nucleotide sequences obtained from peripheral blood mononuclear cells, plasma, and cervical secretions was evaluated for each individual by both phylogenetic and phenetic analyses. In all subjects, sequences from within each tissue compartment were more closely related to each other than to sequences from other tissues (phylogenetic tissue compartmentalization). At time points after seroconversion in two individuals, there was also greater genetic identity among sequences from the same tissue compartment than among sequences from different tissue compartments (phenetic tissue compartmentalization). Over time, temporal phylogenetic and phenetic structure was detectable in mucosal and plasma viral samples from all three women, suggesting a continual process of migration of one or a few infected cells into each compartment followed by localized expansion and evolution of that population.     

Selection for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope glycosylation variants with shorter V1-V2 loop sequences occurs during transmission of certain genetic subtypes and may impact viral RNA levels

Designing an effective human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vaccine will rely on understanding which variants, from among the myriad of circulating HIV-1 strains, are most commonly transmitted and determining whether such variants have an Achilles heel. Here we show that heterosexually acquired subtype A HIV-1 envelopes have signature sequences that include shorter V1-V2 loop sequences and fewer predicted N-linked glycosylation sites relative to the overall population of circulating variants. In contrast, recently transmitted subtype B variants did not, and this was true for cases where the major risk factor was homosexual contact, as well as for cases where it was heterosexual contact. This suggests that selection during HIV-1 transmission may vary depending on the infecting subtype. There was evidence from 23 subtype A-infected women for whom there was longitudinal data that those who were infected with viruses with fewer potential N-linked glycosylation sites in V1-V2 had lower viral set point levels. Thus, our study also suggests that the extent of glycosylation in the infecting virus could impact disease progression.     

HIV-1 nef protein structures associated with brain infection and dementia pathogenesis

The difference between regional rates of HIV-associated dementia (HAD) in patients infected with different subtypes of HIV suggests that genetic determinants exist within HIV that influence the ability of the virus to replicate in the central nervous system (in Uganda, Africa, subtype D HAD rate is 89%, while subtype A HAD rate is 24%). HIV-1 nef is a multifunctional protein with known toxic effects in the brain compartment. The goal of the current study was to identify if specific three-dimensional nef structures may be linked to patients who developed HAD. HIV-1 nef structures were computationally derived for consensus brain and non-brain sequences from a panel of patients infected with subtype B who died due to varied disease pathologies and consensus subtype A and subtype D sequences from Uganda. Site directed mutation analysis identified signatures in brain structures that appear to change binding potentials and could affect folding conformations of brain-associated structures. Despite the large sequence variation between HIV subtypes, structural alignments confirmed that viral structures derived from patients with HAD were more similar to subtype D structures than to structures derived from patient sequences without HAD. Furthermore, structures derived from brain sequences of patients with HAD were more similar to subtype D structures than they were to their own non-brain structures. The potential finding of a brain-specific nef structure indicates that HAD may result from genetic alterations that alter the folding or binding potential of the protein.