Accumulated mutations by 6 months of infection collectively render transmitted/founder HIV-1 significantly less fit
Journal Article
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· Journal of Infection
- Jilin Univ., Jilin Province (China); Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC (United States)
- Jilin Univ., Jilin Province (China); Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC (United States); National Inst. for Food and Drug Control, Beijing (China)
- Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC (United States)
- Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (United States)
- Jilin Univ., Jilin Province (China)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Viral fitness plays an important role in HIV-1 evolution, transmission and pathogenesis. However, how mutations accumulated during early infection affect viral fitness has not been well studied. We generated paired infectious molecular clones (IMCs) for transmitted/founder (T/F) and 6-month (6-mo) viruses post infection from 10 infected individuals to investigate the impact of accumulated mutations on viral fitness by comparing 6-mo viruses to their cognate T/F viruses. We found that all ten 6-mo viruses were less fit than their cognate T/F viruses. Moreover, the fitness losses of the 6-mo viruses correlated with the decrease in viral loads from the peak of viremia. Furthermore, these results show that the mutations accumulated during half a year post infection collectively reduce viral fitness and thereby contribute to lowering viral loads.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH); USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1579704
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--19-30331
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Infection, Journal Name: Journal of Infection Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 80; ISSN 0163-4453
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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