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| العنوان: |
Monkeypox virus genomic accordion strategies. |
| المؤلفون: |
Monzón, Sara, Varona, Sarai, Negredo, Anabel, Vidal-Freire, Santiago, Patiño-Galindo, Juan Angel, Ferressini-Gerpe, Natalia, Zaballos, Angel, Orviz, Eva, Ayerdi, Oskar, Muñoz-Gómez, Ana, Delgado-Iribarren, Alberto, Estrada, Vicente, García, Cristina, Molero, Francisca, Sánchez-Mora, Patricia, Torres, Montserrat, Vázquez, Ana, Galán, Juan-Carlos, Torres, Ignacio, Causse del Río, Manuel |
| المصدر: |
Nature Communications; 4/18/2024, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-18, 18p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
MONKEYPOX, MICROSATELLITE repeats, SHORT tandem repeat analysis, SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
NIGERIA |
| مستخلص: |
The 2023 monkeypox (mpox) epidemic was caused by a subclade IIb descendant of a monkeypox virus (MPXV) lineage traced back to Nigeria in 1971. Person-to-person transmission appears higher than for clade I or subclade IIa MPXV, possibly caused by genomic changes in subclade IIb MPXV. Key genomic changes could occur in the genome's low-complexity regions (LCRs), which are challenging to sequence and are often dismissed as uninformative. Here, using a combination of highly sensitive techniques, we determine a high-quality MPXV genome sequence of a representative of the current epidemic with LCRs resolved at unprecedented accuracy. This reveals significant variation in short tandem repeats within LCRs. We demonstrate that LCR entropy in the MPXV genome is significantly higher than that of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and that LCRs are not randomly distributed. In silico analyses indicate that expression, translation, stability, or function of MPXV orthologous poxvirus genes (OPGs), including OPG153, OPG204, and OPG208, could be affected in a manner consistent with the established "genomic accordion" evolutionary strategies of orthopoxviruses. We posit that genomic studies focusing on phenotypic MPXV differences should consider LCR variability. The 2023 monkeypox outbreak was caused by a subclade IIb monkeypox virus (MPXV). Here, using advanced sequencing techniques, the authors identify variations on low-complexity regions of the MPXV genome and describe their potential as evolutionary drivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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