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Antibiotics (Basel) ; 12(3)2023 Mar 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36978372

RESUMEN

Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of the disease melioidosis, has been isolated from the environment in 45 countries. The treatment of melioidosis is complex, requiring lengthy antibiotic regimens, which can result in the relapse of the disease following treatment cessation. It is important that novel therapies to treat infections with B. pseudomallei be assessed in appropriate animal models, and discussions regarding the different protocols used between laboratories are critical. A 'deep dive' was held in October 2020 focusing on the use of the BALB/c mouse model and the inhalational route of infection to evaluate new antibiotic therapies.

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Viruses ; 14(5)2022 05 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35632755

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The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the subsequent pandemic has highlighted the need for animal models that faithfully replicate the salient features of COVID-19 disease in humans. These models are necessary for the rapid selection, testing, and evaluation of potential medical countermeasures. Here, we performed a direct comparison of two distinct routes of SARS-CoV-2 exposure-combined intratracheal/intranasal and small particle aerosol-in two nonhuman primate species, rhesus and cynomolgus macaques. While all four experimental groups displayed very few outward clinical signs, evidence of mild to moderate respiratory disease was present on radiographs and at necropsy. Cynomolgus macaques exposed via the aerosol route also developed the most consistent fever responses and had the most severe respiratory disease and pathology. This study demonstrates that while all four models produced suitable representations of mild COVID-like illness, aerosol exposure of cynomolgus macaques to SARS-CoV-2 produced the most severe disease, which may provide additional clinical endpoints for evaluating therapeutics and vaccines.


Asunto(s)
COVID-19 , Aerosoles , Animales , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Macaca fascicularis , SARS-CoV-2 , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad
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Nutrients ; 14(9)2022 Apr 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35565748

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Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), an inflammatory disease of the intestine, is a common gastrointestinal emergency among preterm infants. Intestinal barrier dysfunction, hyperactivation of the premature immune system, and dysbiosis are thought to play major roles in the disease. Human milk (HM) is protective, but the mechanisms underpinning formula feeding as a risk factor in the development of NEC are incompletely understood. Hyaluronic acid 35 kDa (HA35), a bioactive glycosaminoglycan of HM, accelerates intestinal development in murine pups during homeostasis. In addition, HA35 prevents inflammation-induced tissue damage in pups subjected to murine NEC, incorporating Paneth cell dysfunction and dysbiosis. We hypothesized HA35 treatment would reduce histological injury and mortality in a secondary mouse model of NEC incorporating formula feeding. NEC-like injury was induced in 14-day mice by dithizone-induced disruption of Paneth cells and oral gavage of rodent milk substitute. Mortality and histological injury, serum and tissue cytokine levels, stool bacterial sequencing, and bulk RNA-Seq comparisons were analyzed. HA35 significantly reduced the severity of illness in this model, with a trend toward reduced mortality, while RNA-Seq analysis demonstrated HA35 upregulated genes associated with goblet cell function and innate immunity. Activation of these critical protective and reparative mechanisms of the small intestine likely play a role in the reduced pathology and enhanced survival trends of HA-treated pups subjected to intestinal inflammation in this secondary model of NEC, providing potentially interesting translational targets for the human preterm disease.


Asunto(s)
Enterocolitis Necrotizante , Enfermedades del Recién Nacido , Animales , Animales Recién Nacidos , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Disbiosis , Enterocolitis Necrotizante/microbiología , Humanos , Ácido Hialurónico/farmacología , Recién Nacido , Recien Nacido Prematuro , Inflamación , Ratones
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Microorganisms ; 10(3)2022 Feb 27.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35336095

RESUMEN

Increasing evidence suggests that prolonged antibiotic therapy in preterm infants is associated with increased mortality and morbidities, such as necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a devastating gastrointestinal pathology characterized by intestinal inflammation and necrosis. While a clinical correlation exists between antibiotic use and the development of NEC, the potential causality of antibiotics in NEC development has not yet been demonstrated. Here, we tested the effects of systemic standard-of-care antibiotic therapy for ten days on intestinal development in neonatal mice. Systemic antibiotic treatment impaired the intestinal development by reducing intestinal cell proliferation, villi height, crypt depth, and goblet and Paneth cell numbers. Oral bacterial challenge in pups who received antibiotics resulted in NEC-like intestinal injury in more than half the pups, likely due to a reduction in mucous-producing cells affecting microbial-epithelial interactions. These data support a novel mechanism that could explain why preterm infants exposed to prolonged antibiotics after birth have a higher incidence of NEC and other gastrointestinal disorders.

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Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36935840

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Maternal consumption of a high-fat, Western-style diet (WD) disrupts the maternal/infant microbiome and contributes to developmental programming of the immune system and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the offspring. Epigenetic changes, including non-coding miRNAs in the fetus and/or placenta may also underlie this risk. We previously showed that obese nonhuman primates fed a WD during pregnancy results in the loss of beneficial maternal gut microbes and dysregulation of cellular metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction in the fetal liver, leading to a perturbed postnatal immune response with accelerated NAFLD in juvenile offspring. Here, we investigated associations between WD-induced maternal metabolic and microbiome changes, in the absence of obesity, and miRNA and gene expression changes in the placenta and fetal liver. After ~8-11 months of WD feeding, dams were similar in body weight but exhibited mild, systemic inflammation (elevated CRP and neutrophil count) and dyslipidemia (increased triglycerides and cholesterol) compared with dams fed a control diet. The maternal gut microbiome was mainly comprised of Lactobacillales and Clostridiales, with significantly decreased alpha diversity (P = 0.0163) in WD-fed dams but no community-wide differences (P = 0.26). At 0.9 gestation, mRNA expression of IL6 and TNF in maternal WD (mWD) exposed placentas trended higher, while increased triglycerides, expression of pro-inflammatory CCR2, and histological evidence for fibrosis were found in mWD-exposed fetal livers. In the mWD-exposed fetus, hepatic expression levels of miR-204-5p and miR-145-3p were significantly downregulated, whereas in mWD-exposed placentas, miR-182-5p and miR-183-5p were significantly decreased. Notably, miR-1285-3p expression in the liver and miR-183-5p in the placenta were significantly associated with inflammation and lipid synthesis pathway genes, respectively. Blautia and Ruminococcus were significantly associated with miR-122-5p in liver, while Coriobacteriaceae and Prevotellaceae were strongly associated with miR-1285-3p in the placenta; both miRNAs are implicated in pathways mediating postnatal growth and obesity. Our findings demonstrate that mWD shifts the maternal microbiome, lipid metabolism, and inflammation prior to obesity and are associated with epigenetic changes in the placenta and fetal liver. These changes may underlie inflammation, oxidative stress, and fibrosis patterns that drive NAFLD and metabolic disease risk in the next generation.

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Front Fungal Biol ; 3: 1022761, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37746204

RESUMEN

This study assess the population diversity and temporal variability of caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (FOV) races/genotypes infecting cotton cultivars with either FOV or Meloidogyne incognita resistance. All plants sampled demonstrated typical symptoms of FOV including wilting, chlorosis and necrosis of the leaves, and discoloration of the vascular tissue in the stem. A diverse population of FOV was characterized. Eight races/genotypes of FOV were collected throughout the three site years. FOV race 1 was the most predominant in all tests (AUDPC=101.1); statistically higher numbers of isolates from LA-108 (AUDPC=59.9), race 8 (AUDPC=47.5), and race 2 (AUDPC=38.6) were also found compared to other races and genotypes collected. FOV race 1, race 2, race 8, and 108 were the most virulent races identified. The genotypes MDS-12, LA-110, and LA-127/140 were found in all tests but at a low incidence, and LA-112 was only found in trace amounts. MDS-12, LA-110, LA-112, and LA-127/140 produced less disease pressure. FOV race 4 which is highly virulent and present in California and Texas was not found in Alabama. A positive correlation was observed between the accumulation of growing degree days and FOV race 1, race 2, race 8, LA-108, and LA-110. Later symptom expression influenced by seasonal heat partially mitigates damage allowing cotton to produce bolls though they may be reduced in number and lint quality. Plant resistance to the FOV as expressed in these cultivars appears to provide better protection than M. incognita resistance. PhytoGen 72, which is resistant to FOV races/genotypes had low levels of FOV infection even though it sustained a high level of M. incognita root population density. The M. incognita resistant cultivars Deltapine 1558NR B2RF and PhytoGen 480 W3FE supported a lower nematode population density, however, FOV disease incidence was not reduced. FOV races/genotypes did not vary significantly between the nematode resistant and nematode susceptible cultivars.

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Sci Rep ; 11(1): 23800, 2021 12 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34893687

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy of non-thermal atmospheric plasma (NTAP) against Streptococcus mutans biofilms. Resin discs were fabricated, wet-polished, UV sterilized, and immersed in water for monomer extraction (37 °C, 24 h). Biofilms of bioluminescent S. mutans strain JM10 was grown on resin discs in anaerobic conditions for (37 °C, 24 h). Discs were divided into seven groups: control (CON), 2% chlorhexidine (CHX), only argon gas 150 s (ARG) and four NTAP treatments (30 s, 90 s, 120 s, 150 s). NTAP was applied using a plasma jet device. After treatment, biofilms were analyzed through the counting of viable colonies (CFU), bioluminescence assay (BL), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). All NTAP-treated biofilm yielded a significant CFU reduction when compared to ARG and CON. BL values showed that NTAP treatment for 90 s, 120 s or 150 s resulted in statistically significantly lower metabolic activity when compared to the other groups. CHX displayed the lowest means of CFU and BL. SEM showed significant morphological changes in NTAP-treated biofilm. PCR indicated damage to the DNA structure after NTAP treatment. NTAP treatment was effective in lowering the viability and metabolism of S. mutans in a time-dependent manner, suggesting its use as an intraoral surface-decontamination strategy.


Asunto(s)
Antibacterianos/farmacología , Biopelículas/efectos de los fármacos , Resinas Compuestas , Gases em Plasma/farmacología , Streptococcus mutans/efectos de los fármacos , Mediciones Luminiscentes/métodos , Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana , Viabilidad Microbiana/efectos de los fármacos , Streptococcus mutans/ultraestructura , Propiedades de Superficie , Factores de Tiempo
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Viruses ; 13(11)2021 11 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34835103

RESUMEN

Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a serious global health concern because case fatality rates are approximately 50% due to recent widespread outbreaks in Africa. Well-defined nonhuman primate (NHP) models for different routes of Ebola virus exposure are needed to test the efficacy of candidate countermeasures. In this natural history study, four rhesus macaques were challenged via aerosol with a target titer of 1000 plaque-forming units per milliliter of Ebola virus. The course of disease was split into the following stages for descriptive purposes: subclinical, clinical, and decompensated. During the subclinical stage, high levels of venous partial pressure of carbon dioxide led to respiratory acidemia in three of four of the NHPs, and all developed lymphopenia. During the clinical stage, all animals had fever, viremia, and respiratory alkalosis. The decompensatory stage involved coagulopathy, cytokine storm, and liver and renal injury. These events were followed by hypotension, elevated lactate, metabolic acidemia, shock and mortality similar to historic intramuscular challenge studies. Viral loads in the lungs of aerosol-exposed animals were not distinctly different compared to previous intramuscularly challenged studies. Differences in the aerosol model, compared to intramuscular model, include an extended subclinical stage, shortened clinical stage, and general decompensated stage. Therefore, the shortened timeframe for clinical detection of the aerosol-induced disease can impair timely therapeutic administration. In summary, this nonhuman primate model of aerosol-induced EVD characterizes early disease markers and additional details to enable countermeasure development.


Asunto(s)
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Ebolavirus/patogenicidad , Fiebre Hemorrágica Ebola/etiología , Aerosoles , Animales , Femenino , Fiebre Hemorrágica Ebola/inmunología , Fiebre Hemorrágica Ebola/patología , Fiebre Hemorrágica Ebola/virología , Macaca mulatta , Masculino , ARN Viral/sangre , Carga Viral
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Nutrients ; 13(6)2021 Jun 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34204790

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The beneficial effects of human milk suppressing the development of intestinal pathologies such as necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants are widely known. Human milk (HM) is rich in a multitude of bioactive factors that play major roles in promoting postnatal maturation, differentiation, and the development of the microbiome. Previous studies showed that HM is rich in hyaluronan (HA) especially in colostrum and early milk. This study aims to determine the role of HA 35 KDa, a HM HA mimic, on intestinal proliferation, differentiation, and the development of the intestinal microbiome. We show that oral HA 35 KDa supplementation for 7 days in mouse pups leads to increased villus length and crypt depth, and increased goblet and Paneth cells, compared to controls. We also show that HA 35 KDa leads to an increased predominance of Clostridiales Ruminococcaceae, Lactobacillales Lactobacillaceae, and Clostridiales Lachnospiraceae. In seeking the mechanisms involved in the changes, bulk RNA seq was performed on samples from the terminal ileum and identified upregulation in several genes essential for cellular growth, proliferation, and survival. Taken together, this study shows that HA 35 KDa supplemented to mouse pups promotes intestinal epithelial cell proliferation, as well as the development of Paneth cells and goblet cell subsets. HA 35 KDa also impacted the intestinal microbiota; the implications of these responses need to be determined.


Asunto(s)
Suplementos Dietéticos , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/efectos de los fármacos , Ácido Hialurónico/farmacología , Intestino Delgado/crecimiento & desarrollo , Animales , Animales Recién Nacidos , Diferenciación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Células Caliciformes/citología , Mucosa Intestinal/efectos de los fármacos , Intestino Delgado/citología , Intestinos/citología , Intestinos/crecimiento & desarrollo , Ratones , Células de Paneth/citología
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PLoS One ; 16(2): e0246366, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33529233

RESUMEN

Airborne transmission is predicted to be a prevalent route of human exposure with SARS-CoV-2. Aside from African green monkeys, nonhuman primate models that replicate airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 have not been investigated. A comparative evaluation of COVID-19 in African green monkeys, rhesus macaques, and cynomolgus macaques following airborne exposure to SARS-CoV-2 was performed to determine critical disease parameters associated with disease progression, and establish correlations between primate and human COVID-19. Respiratory abnormalities and viral shedding were noted for all animals, indicating successful infection. Cynomolgus macaques developed fever, and thrombocytopenia was measured for African green monkeys and rhesus macaques. Type II pneumocyte hyperplasia and alveolar fibrosis were more frequently observed in lung tissue from cynomolgus macaques and African green monkeys. The data indicate that, in addition to African green monkeys, macaques can be successfully infected by airborne SARS-CoV-2, providing viable macaque natural transmission models for medical countermeasure evaluation.


Asunto(s)
COVID-19/fisiopatología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Macaca mulatta , SARS-CoV-2/fisiología , Animales , COVID-19/patología , COVID-19/transmisión , Chlorocebus aethiops , Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa , Femenino , Pulmón/patología , Macaca fascicularis , Masculino , Esparcimiento de Virus
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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 103(5): 2024-2025, 2020 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32930089

RESUMEN

We modeled the stability of SARS-CoV-2 on apples, tomatoes, and jalapeño peppers at two temperatures following a low-dose aerosol exposure designed to simulate an airborne transmission event involving droplet nuclei. Infectious virus was not recovered postexposure.


Asunto(s)
Betacoronavirus/aislamiento & purificación , Contaminación de Alimentos/análisis , Frutas/virología , Verduras/virología , Aerosoles , Fómites/virología , SARS-CoV-2 , Temperatura
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Emerg Infect Dis ; 26(12): 2835-2843, 2020 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32744989

RESUMEN

Emerging coronaviruses are a global public health threat because of the potential for person-to-person transmission and high mortality rates. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged in 2012, causing lethal respiratory disease in ¼35% of cases. Primate models of coronavirus disease are needed to support development of therapeutics, but few models exist that recapitulate severe disease. For initial development of a MERS-CoV primate model, 12 African green monkeys were exposed to 103, 104, or 105 PFU target doses of aerosolized MERS-CoV. We observed a dose-dependent increase of respiratory disease signs, although all 12 monkeys survived for the 28-day duration of the study. This study describes dose-dependent effects of MERS-CoV infection of primates and uses a route of infection with potential relevance to MERS-CoV transmission. Aerosol exposure of African green monkeys might provide a platform approach for the development of primate models of novel coronavirus diseases.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedades Transmisibles Emergentes/virología , Infecciones por Coronavirus/virología , Coronavirus del Síndrome Respiratorio de Oriente Medio/fisiología , Animales , COVID-19 , Chlorocebus aethiops/virología , Infecciones por Coronavirus/patología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Coronavirus del Síndrome Respiratorio de Oriente Medio/patogenicidad , SARS-CoV-2/patogenicidad
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Emerg Infect Dis ; 26(9)2020 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32568661

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We aerosolized severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and determined that its dynamic aerosol efficiency surpassed those of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and Middle East respiratory syndrome. Although we performed experiment only once across several laboratories, our findings suggest retained infectivity and virion integrity for up to 16 hours in respirable-sized aerosols.


Asunto(s)
Aerosoles/aislamiento & purificación , Betacoronavirus/aislamiento & purificación , Infecciones por Coronavirus/transmisión , Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa , Neumonía Viral/transmisión , Suspensiones/aislamiento & purificación , COVID-19 , Infecciones por Coronavirus/virología , Humanos , Coronavirus del Síndrome Respiratorio de Oriente Medio/aislamiento & purificación , Pandemias , Neumonía Viral/virología , SARS-CoV-2
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Cladistics ; 36(4): 358-373, 2020 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34618969

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With the advent of high-resolution and cost-effective genomics and bioinformatics tools and methods contributing to a large database of both human (HAdV) and simian (SAdV) adenoviruses, a genomics-based re-evaluation of their taxonomy is warranted. Interest in these particular adenoviruses is growing in part due to the applications of both in gene transfer protocols, including gene therapy and vaccines, as well in oncolytic protocols. In particular, the re-evaluation of SAdVs as appropriate vectors in humans is important as zoonosis precludes the assumption that human immune system may be naïve to these vectors. Additionally, as important pathogens, adenoviruses are a model organism system for understanding viral pathogen emergence through zoonosis and anthroponosis, particularly among the primate species, along with recombination, host adaptation, and selection, as evidenced by one long-standing human respiratory pathogen HAdV-4 and a recent re-evaluation of another, HAdV-76. The latter reflects the insights on amphizoonosis, defined as infections in both directions among host species including "other than human", that are possible with the growing database of nonhuman adenovirus genomes. HAdV-76 is a recombinant that has been isolated from human, chimpanzee, and bonobo hosts. On-going and potential impacts of adenoviruses on public health and translational medicine drive this evaluation of 174 whole genome sequences from HAdVs and SAdVs archived in GenBank. The conclusion is that rather than separate HAdV and SAdV phylogenetic lineages, a single, intertwined tree is observed with all HAdVs and SAdVs forming mixed clades. Therefore, a single designation of "primate adenovirus" (PrAdV) superseding either HAdV and SAdV is proposed, or alternatively, keeping HAdV for human adenovirus but expanding the SAdV nomenclature officially to include host species identification as in ChAdV for chimpanzee adenovirus, GoAdV for gorilla adenovirus, BoAdV for bonobo adenovirus, and ad libitum.


Asunto(s)
Adenovirus Humanos/genética , Adenovirus de los Simios/genética , Genoma Viral , Infecciones por Adenoviridae , Adenovirus Humanos/clasificación , Adenovirus de los Simios/clasificación , Animales , Evolución Molecular , Genómica , Humanos , Filogenia , Zoonosis
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FEBS Lett ; 593(24): 3583-3608, 2019 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31769017

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Human adenovirus commonly causes infections of respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and ocular surface mucosae. Although most adenovirus eye infections are mild and self-limited, specific viruses within human adenovirus species D are associated with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC), a severe and highly contagious ocular surface infection, which can lead to chronic and/or recurrent, visually disabling keratitis. In this review, we discuss the links between adenovirus ontogeny, genomics, immune responses, and corneal pathogenesis, for those viruses that cause EKC.


Asunto(s)
Adenovirus Humanos/patogenicidad , Evolución Biológica , Proteínas del Ojo/genética , Interacciones Huésped-Patógeno/genética , Queratitis/genética , Queratoconjuntivitis/genética , Proteínas Virales/genética , Adenovirus Humanos/genética , Adenovirus Humanos/inmunología , Animales , Conjuntiva/inmunología , Conjuntiva/metabolismo , Conjuntiva/patología , Conjuntiva/virología , Córnea/inmunología , Córnea/metabolismo , Córnea/patología , Córnea/virología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Proteínas del Ojo/inmunología , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Genómica/métodos , Interacciones Huésped-Patógeno/inmunología , Humanos , Inmunidad Innata , Queratitis/inmunología , Queratitis/patología , Queratitis/virología , Queratoconjuntivitis/inmunología , Queratoconjuntivitis/patología , Queratoconjuntivitis/virología , Filogenia , Proteínas Virales/inmunología , Tropismo Viral/genética , Tropismo Viral/inmunología
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J Virol ; 93(18)2019 09 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31243128

RESUMEN

Genomics analysis of a historically intriguing and predicted emergent human adenovirus (HAdV) pathogen, which caused pneumonia and death, provides insight into a novel molecular evolution pathway involving "ping-pong" zoonosis and anthroponosis. The genome of this promiscuous pathogen is embedded with evidence of unprecedented multiple, multidirectional, stable, and reciprocal cross-species infections of hosts from three species (human, chimpanzee, and bonobo). This recombinant genome, typed as HAdV-B76, is identical to two recently reported simian AdV (SAdV) genomes isolated from chimpanzees and bonobos. Additionally, the presence of a critical adenoviral replication element found in HAdV genomes, in addition to genes that are highly similar to counterparts in other HAdVs, reinforces its potential as a human pathogen. Reservoirs in nonhuman hosts may explain periods of apparent absence and then reemergence of human adenoviral pathogens, as well as present pathways for the genesis of those thought to be newly emergent. The nature of the HAdV-D76 genome has implications for the use of SAdVs as gene delivery vectors in human gene therapy and vaccines, selected to avoid preexisting and potentially fatal host immune responses to HAdV.IMPORTANCE An emergent adenoviral human pathogen, HAdV-B76, associated with a fatality in 1965, shows a remarkable degree of genome identity with two recently isolated simian adenoviruses that contain cross-species genome recombination events from three hosts: human, chimpanzee, and bonobo. Zoonosis (nonhuman-to-human transmission) and anthroponosis (human to nonhuman transmission) may play significant roles in the emergence of human adenoviral pathogens.


Asunto(s)
Adenovirus Humanos/genética , Adenovirus de los Simios/genética , Infecciones por Adenovirus Humanos/virología , Adenovirus Humanos/patogenicidad , Adenovirus de los Simios/patogenicidad , Animales , Biología Computacional/métodos , ADN Viral/genética , Evolución Molecular , Genoma Viral/genética , Genómica/métodos , Humanos , Pan paniscus/virología , Pan troglodytes/virología , Filogenia , Recombinación Genética/genética , Zoonosis
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Viruses ; 11(2)2019 02 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30744049

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Adenovirus E1A is the first viral protein expressed during infection. E1A controls critical aspects of downstream viral gene expression and cell cycle deregulation, and its function is thought to be highly conserved among adenoviruses. Various bioinformatics analyses of E1A from 38 human adenoviruses of species D (HAdV-D), including likelihood clade model partitioning, provided highly significant evidence of divergence of HAdV-Ds into two distinct groups for the conserved region 3 (CR3), present only in the E1A 13S isoform. This variance within E1A 13S of HAdV-Ds was not found in any other human adenovirus (HAdV) species. By protein sequence and structural analysis, the zinc finger motif of E1A CR3, previously shown as critical for transcriptional activation, showed the greatest differences. Subsequent codon usage bias analysis revealed substantial divergence in E1A 13S between the two groups of HAdV-Ds, suggesting that these two sub-groups of HAdV-D evolved under different cellular conditions. Hence, HAdV-D E1A embodies a previously unappreciated evolutionary divergence among HAdVs.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas E1A de Adenovirus/genética , Adenovirus Humanos/genética , Evolución Molecular , Dedos de Zinc , Biología Computacional , Secuencia Conservada , Regulación Viral de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Activación Transcripcional
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Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30643873

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Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Streptococcus pneumoniae EF3030, a pediatric otitis media isolate active in biofilm assays of epithelial colonization. The final draft assembly included 2,209,198 bp; the annotation predicted 2,120 coding DNA sequences (CDSs), 4 complete rRNA operons, 58 tRNAs, 3 noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), and 199 pseudogenes.

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Front Microbiol ; 9: 3005, 2018.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30555456

RESUMEN

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02178.].

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