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Poxviruses Bearing DNA Polymerase Mutations Show Complex Patterns of Cross-Resistance
Despite the eradication of smallpox four decades ago, poxviruses continue to be a threat to humans and animals. The arsenal of anti-poxvirus agents is very limited and understanding mechanisms of resistance to agents targeting viral DNA polymerases is fundamental for the development of antiviral the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8945813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35327382 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10030580 |
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author | Andrei, Graciela Fiten, Pierre Krečmerová, Marcela Opdenakker, Ghislain Topalis, Dimitrios Snoeck, Robert |
author_facet | Andrei, Graciela Fiten, Pierre Krečmerová, Marcela Opdenakker, Ghislain Topalis, Dimitrios Snoeck, Robert |
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description | Despite the eradication of smallpox four decades ago, poxviruses continue to be a threat to humans and animals. The arsenal of anti-poxvirus agents is very limited and understanding mechanisms of resistance to agents targeting viral DNA polymerases is fundamental for the development of antiviral therapies. We describe here the phenotypic and genotypic characterization of poxvirus DNA polymerase mutants isolated under selective pressure with different acyclic nucleoside phosphonates, including HPMPC (cidofovir), cHPMPC, HPMPA, cHPMPA, HPMPDAP, HPMPO-DAPy, and PMEO-DAPy, and the pyrophosphate analogue phosphonoacetic acid. Vaccinia virus (VACV) and cowpox virus drug-resistant viral clones emerging under drug pressure were characterized phenotypically (drug-susceptibility profile) and genotypically (DNA polymerase sequencing). Different amino acid changes in the polymerase domain and in the 3′-5′ exonuclease domain were linked to drug resistance. Changes in the 3′-5′ domain emerged earlier than in the polymerase domain when viruses acquired a combination of mutations. Our study highlights the importance of poxvirus DNA polymerase residues 314, 613, 684, 688, and 851, previously linked to drug resistance, and identified several novel mutations in the 3′-5′ exonuclease domain (M313I, F354L, D480Y) and in the DNA polymerase domain (A632T, T831I, E856K, L924F) associated with different drug-susceptibility profiles. Furthermore, a combination of mutations resulted in complex patterns of cross-resistance. Modeling of the VACV DNA polymerase bearing the newly described mutations was performed to understand the effects of these mutations on the structure of the viral enzyme. We demonstrated the emergence of drug-resistant DNA polymerase mutations in complex patterns to be considered in case such mutations should eventually arise in the clinic. |
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spelling | pubmed-89458132022-03-25 Poxviruses Bearing DNA Polymerase Mutations Show Complex Patterns of Cross-Resistance Andrei, Graciela Fiten, Pierre Krečmerová, Marcela Opdenakker, Ghislain Topalis, Dimitrios Snoeck, Robert Biomedicines Article Despite the eradication of smallpox four decades ago, poxviruses continue to be a threat to humans and animals. The arsenal of anti-poxvirus agents is very limited and understanding mechanisms of resistance to agents targeting viral DNA polymerases is fundamental for the development of antiviral therapies. We describe here the phenotypic and genotypic characterization of poxvirus DNA polymerase mutants isolated under selective pressure with different acyclic nucleoside phosphonates, including HPMPC (cidofovir), cHPMPC, HPMPA, cHPMPA, HPMPDAP, HPMPO-DAPy, and PMEO-DAPy, and the pyrophosphate analogue phosphonoacetic acid. Vaccinia virus (VACV) and cowpox virus drug-resistant viral clones emerging under drug pressure were characterized phenotypically (drug-susceptibility profile) and genotypically (DNA polymerase sequencing). Different amino acid changes in the polymerase domain and in the 3′-5′ exonuclease domain were linked to drug resistance. Changes in the 3′-5′ domain emerged earlier than in the polymerase domain when viruses acquired a combination of mutations. Our study highlights the importance of poxvirus DNA polymerase residues 314, 613, 684, 688, and 851, previously linked to drug resistance, and identified several novel mutations in the 3′-5′ exonuclease domain (M313I, F354L, D480Y) and in the DNA polymerase domain (A632T, T831I, E856K, L924F) associated with different drug-susceptibility profiles. Furthermore, a combination of mutations resulted in complex patterns of cross-resistance. Modeling of the VACV DNA polymerase bearing the newly described mutations was performed to understand the effects of these mutations on the structure of the viral enzyme. We demonstrated the emergence of drug-resistant DNA polymerase mutations in complex patterns to be considered in case such mutations should eventually arise in the clinic. MDPI 2022-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8945813/ /pubmed/35327382 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10030580 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Andrei, Graciela Fiten, Pierre Krečmerová, Marcela Opdenakker, Ghislain Topalis, Dimitrios Snoeck, Robert Poxviruses Bearing DNA Polymerase Mutations Show Complex Patterns of Cross-Resistance |
title | Poxviruses Bearing DNA Polymerase Mutations Show Complex Patterns of Cross-Resistance |
title_full | Poxviruses Bearing DNA Polymerase Mutations Show Complex Patterns of Cross-Resistance |
title_fullStr | Poxviruses Bearing DNA Polymerase Mutations Show Complex Patterns of Cross-Resistance |
title_full_unstemmed | Poxviruses Bearing DNA Polymerase Mutations Show Complex Patterns of Cross-Resistance |
title_short | Poxviruses Bearing DNA Polymerase Mutations Show Complex Patterns of Cross-Resistance |
title_sort | poxviruses bearing dna polymerase mutations show complex patterns of cross-resistance |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8945813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35327382 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10030580 |
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