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  1. Article ; Online: Bias at the third nucleotide of codon pairs in virus and host genomes.

    Plant, Ewan P / Ye, Zhiping

    Scientific reports

    2022  Volume 12, Issue 1, Page(s) 4522

    Abstract: Genomes of different sizes and complexity can be compared using common features. Most genomes contain open reading frames, and most genomes use the same genetic code. Redundancy in the genetic code means that different biases in the third nucleotide ... ...

    Abstract Genomes of different sizes and complexity can be compared using common features. Most genomes contain open reading frames, and most genomes use the same genetic code. Redundancy in the genetic code means that different biases in the third nucleotide position of a codon exist in different genomes. However, the nucleotide composition of viruses can be quite different from host nucleotide composition making it difficult to assess the relevance of these biases. Here we show that grouping codons of a codon-pair according to the GC content of the first two nucleotide positions of each codon reveals patterns in nucleotide usage at the third position of the 1st codon. Differences between the observed and expected biases occur predominantly when the first two nucleotides of the 2nd codon are both S (strong, G or C) or both W (weak, A or T), not a mixture of strong and weak. The data indicates that some codon pairs are preferred because of the strength of the interactions between the codon and anticodon, the adjacent tRNAs and the ribosome. Using base-pairing strength and third position bias facilitates the comparison of genomes of different size and nucleotide composition and reveals patterns not previously described.
    MeSH term(s) Bias ; Codon/genetics ; DNA Viruses/genetics ; Genetic Code ; Nucleotides/genetics
    Chemical Substances Codon ; Nucleotides
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-16
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-022-08570-w
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  2. Article ; Online: Bias at the third nucleotide of codon pairs in virus and host genomes

    Ewan P. Plant / Zhiping Ye

    Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2022  Volume 13

    Abstract: Abstract Genomes of different sizes and complexity can be compared using common features. Most genomes contain open reading frames, and most genomes use the same genetic code. Redundancy in the genetic code means that different biases in the third ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Genomes of different sizes and complexity can be compared using common features. Most genomes contain open reading frames, and most genomes use the same genetic code. Redundancy in the genetic code means that different biases in the third nucleotide position of a codon exist in different genomes. However, the nucleotide composition of viruses can be quite different from host nucleotide composition making it difficult to assess the relevance of these biases. Here we show that grouping codons of a codon-pair according to the GC content of the first two nucleotide positions of each codon reveals patterns in nucleotide usage at the third position of the 1st codon. Differences between the observed and expected biases occur predominantly when the first two nucleotides of the 2nd codon are both S (strong, G or C) or both W (weak, A or T), not a mixture of strong and weak. The data indicates that some codon pairs are preferred because of the strength of the interactions between the codon and anticodon, the adjacent tRNAs and the ribosome. Using base-pairing strength and third position bias facilitates the comparison of genomes of different size and nucleotide composition and reveals patterns not previously described.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article: Research Updates for Influenza Virus and Vaccine Development.

    Plant, Ewan P / Xie, Hang

    Vaccines

    2021  Volume 9, Issue 4

    Abstract: While the scientific community has been focusing on combating novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that is responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic, we also want to draw your attention to this Special Issue ... ...

    Abstract While the scientific community has been focusing on combating novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that is responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic, we also want to draw your attention to this Special Issue of
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-14
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 2703319-3
    ISSN 2076-393X
    ISSN 2076-393X
    DOI 10.3390/vaccines9040383
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  4. Article ; Online: 5' copyback defective viral genomes are major component in clinical and non-clinical influenza samples.

    Li, Xing / Ye, Zhiping / Plant, Ewan P

    Virus research

    2023  Volume 339, Page(s) 199274

    Abstract: Clinical samples from people with influenza disease have been analyzed to assess the presence and abundance of Defective Viral Genomes (DVGs), but these have not been assessed using the same bioinformatic pipeline. The type of DVG most described for ... ...

    Abstract Clinical samples from people with influenza disease have been analyzed to assess the presence and abundance of Defective Viral Genomes (DVGs), but these have not been assessed using the same bioinformatic pipeline. The type of DVG most described for influenza infections (deletion DVGs) differs from the most commonly described DVGs from non-segmented negative stranded viruses (5' copyback). This could be attributed to either differences between viruses or the tools used to detect and characterize DVGs. Here we analyze several NGS datasets from people infected with different types of influenza virus using the same bioinformatic pipeline. We observe that 5' copyback DVGs are prevalent in all human clinical samples but not in the cultured samples. To address this discrepancy between clinical and laboratory cultures, we infected cell culture and ferrets with an H5N8 influenza A virus (FLUAV) and analyzed the DVG composition. The results demonstrate that the DVG population is skewed toward 5' copyback DVGs in the in vivo infections and deletion DVGs in the in vitro infections. This demonstrates that there are differences in vivo genome production and in vitro genome production, and this has implications for how the role of DVGs in clinical disease is studied. We also investigate the role the host cofactor ANP32B has in DVG production.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Animals ; Influenza, Human/genetics ; Virus Replication/genetics ; Ferrets ; Influenza A virus/genetics ; Genome, Viral
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-21
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605780-9
    ISSN 1872-7492 ; 0168-1702
    ISSN (online) 1872-7492
    ISSN 0168-1702
    DOI 10.1016/j.virusres.2023.199274
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  5. Article: A Codon-Pair Bias Associated With Network Interactions in Influenza A, B, and C Genomes.

    Plant, Ewan P / Ye, Zhiping

    Frontiers in genetics

    2021  Volume 12, Page(s) 699141

    Abstract: A new codon-pair bias present in the genomes of different types of influenza virus is described. Codons with fewer network interactions are more frequency paired together than other codon-pairs in influenza A, B, and C genomes. A shared feature among ... ...

    Abstract A new codon-pair bias present in the genomes of different types of influenza virus is described. Codons with fewer network interactions are more frequency paired together than other codon-pairs in influenza A, B, and C genomes. A shared feature among three different influenza types suggests an evolutionary bias. Codon-pair preference can affect both speed of protein translation and RNA structure. This newly identified bias may provide insight into drivers of virus evolution.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-06
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2606823-0
    ISSN 1664-8021
    ISSN 1664-8021
    DOI 10.3389/fgene.2021.699141
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  6. Article ; Online: Research Updates for Influenza Virus and Vaccine Development

    Ewan P. Plant / Hang Xie

    Vaccines, Vol 9, Iss 383, p

    2021  Volume 383

    Abstract: While the scientific community has been focusing on combating novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that is responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic, we also want to draw your attention to this Special Issue of Vaccines ... ...

    Abstract While the scientific community has been focusing on combating novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that is responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic, we also want to draw your attention to this Special Issue of Vaccines entitled “Influenza Virus and Vaccine Development” [.]
    Keywords n/a ; Medicine ; R
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  7. Article ; Online: Post-vaccination serum cytokines levels correlate with breakthrough influenza infections.

    Tang, Weichun / Xie, Hang / Ye, Zhiping / Eick-Cost, Angelia A / Scheckelhoff, Mark / Gustin, Courtney E / Bream, Jay H / Plant, Ewan P

    Scientific reports

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 1174

    Abstract: Post-vaccination cytokine levels from 256 young adults who subsequently suffered breakthrough influenza infections were compared with matched controls. Modulation within the immune system is important for eliciting a protective response, and the optimal ... ...

    Abstract Post-vaccination cytokine levels from 256 young adults who subsequently suffered breakthrough influenza infections were compared with matched controls. Modulation within the immune system is important for eliciting a protective response, and the optimal response differs according to vaccine formulation and delivery. For both inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) and live attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIV) lower levels of IL-8 were observed in post-vaccination sera. Post-vaccination antibody levels were higher and IFN-γ levels were lower in IIV sera compared to LAIV sera. Subjects who suffered breakthrough infections after IIV vaccination had higher levels of sCD25 compared to the control group. There were differences in LAIV post-vaccination interleukin levels for subjects who subsequently suffered breakthrough infections, but these differences were masked in subjects who received concomitant vaccines. Wide variances, sex-based differences and confounders such as concomitant vaccines thwart the establishment of specific cytokine responses as a correlate of protection, but our results provide real world evidence that the status of the immune system following vaccination is important for successful vaccination and subsequent protection against disease.
    MeSH term(s) Young Adult ; Humans ; Influenza Vaccines ; Influenza, Human/prevention & control ; Cytokines ; Vaccination/methods ; Vaccines, Attenuated ; Vaccines, Inactivated ; Antibodies, Viral
    Chemical Substances Influenza Vaccines ; Cytokines ; Vaccines, Attenuated ; Vaccines, Inactivated ; Antibodies, Viral
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-20
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-28295-8
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  8. Article ; Online: Insights from the comparison of genomic variants from two influenza B viruses grown in the presence of human antibodies in cell culture.

    Plant, Ewan P / Manukyan, Hasmik / Laassri, Majid / Ye, Zhiping

    PloS one

    2020  Volume 15, Issue 9, Page(s) e0239015

    Abstract: Understanding the extent and limitation of viral genome evolution can provide insight about potential drug and vaccine targets. Influenza B Viruses (IBVs) infect humans in a seasonal manner and causes significant morbidity and mortality. IBVs are ... ...

    Abstract Understanding the extent and limitation of viral genome evolution can provide insight about potential drug and vaccine targets. Influenza B Viruses (IBVs) infect humans in a seasonal manner and causes significant morbidity and mortality. IBVs are negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses with a segmented genome and can be divided into two antigenically distinct lineages. The two lineages have been circulating and further evolving for almost four decades. The immune response to IBV infection can lead to antibodies that target the strain causing the infection. Some antibodies are cross-reactive and are able to bind strains from both lineages but, because of antigenic drift and immunodominance, both lineages continue to evolve and challenge human health. Here we investigate changes in the genomes of an IBVs from each lineage after passage in tissue culture in the presence of human sera containing polyclonal antibodies directed toward antigenically and temporally distinct viruses. Our previous analysis of the fourth segment, which encodes the major surface protein HA, revealed a pattern of change in which signature sequences from one lineage mutated to the signature sequences of the other lineage. Here we analyze genes from the other genomic segments and observe that most of the quasispecies' heterogeneity occurs at the same loci in each lineage. The nature of the variants at these loci are investigated and possible reasons for this pattern are discussed. This work expands our understanding of the extent and limitations of genomic change in IBV.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antibodies, Viral/blood ; Antigenic Variation/genetics ; Dogs ; Epitopes/genetics ; Genome, Viral/genetics ; Genomics ; Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/immunology ; Humans ; Influenza B virus/genetics ; Influenza B virus/growth & development ; Influenza, Human/virology ; Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Viral ; Epitopes ; Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-09-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0239015
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  9. Article ; Online: Insights from the comparison of genomic variants from two influenza B viruses grown in the presence of human antibodies in cell culture.

    Ewan P Plant / Hasmik Manukyan / Majid Laassri / Zhiping Ye

    PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 9, p e

    2020  Volume 0239015

    Abstract: Understanding the extent and limitation of viral genome evolution can provide insight about potential drug and vaccine targets. Influenza B Viruses (IBVs) infect humans in a seasonal manner and causes significant morbidity and mortality. IBVs are ... ...

    Abstract Understanding the extent and limitation of viral genome evolution can provide insight about potential drug and vaccine targets. Influenza B Viruses (IBVs) infect humans in a seasonal manner and causes significant morbidity and mortality. IBVs are negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses with a segmented genome and can be divided into two antigenically distinct lineages. The two lineages have been circulating and further evolving for almost four decades. The immune response to IBV infection can lead to antibodies that target the strain causing the infection. Some antibodies are cross-reactive and are able to bind strains from both lineages but, because of antigenic drift and immunodominance, both lineages continue to evolve and challenge human health. Here we investigate changes in the genomes of an IBVs from each lineage after passage in tissue culture in the presence of human sera containing polyclonal antibodies directed toward antigenically and temporally distinct viruses. Our previous analysis of the fourth segment, which encodes the major surface protein HA, revealed a pattern of change in which signature sequences from one lineage mutated to the signature sequences of the other lineage. Here we analyze genes from the other genomic segments and observe that most of the quasispecies' heterogeneity occurs at the same loci in each lineage. The nature of the variants at these loci are investigated and possible reasons for this pattern are discussed. This work expands our understanding of the extent and limitations of genomic change in IBV.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 572
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
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  10. Article: Immune Pressure on Polymorphous Influenza B Populations Results in Diverse Hemagglutinin Escape Mutants and Lineage Switching.

    Plant, Ewan P / Manukyan, Hasmik / Sanchez, Jose L / Laassri, Majid / Ye, Zhiping

    Vaccines

    2020  Volume 8, Issue 1

    Abstract: Mutations arise in the genomes of progeny viruses during infection. Mutations that occur in epitopes targeted by host antibodies allow the progeny virus to escape the host adaptive, B-cell mediated antibody immune response. Major epitopes have been ... ...

    Abstract Mutations arise in the genomes of progeny viruses during infection. Mutations that occur in epitopes targeted by host antibodies allow the progeny virus to escape the host adaptive, B-cell mediated antibody immune response. Major epitopes have been identified in influenza B virus (IBV) hemagglutinin (HA) protein. However, IBV strains maintain a seasonal presence in the human population and changes in IBV genomes in response to immune pressure are not well characterized. There are two lineages of IBV that have circulated in the human population since the 1980s, B-Victoria and B-Yamagata. It is hypothesized that early exposure to one influenza subtype leads to immunodominance. Subsequent seasonal vaccination or exposure to new subtypes may modify subsequent immune responses, which, in turn, results in selection of escape mutations in the viral genome. Here we show that while some mutations do occur in known epitopes suggesting antibody escape, many mutations occur in other parts of the HA protein. Analysis of mutations outside of the known epitopes revealed that these mutations occurred at the same amino acid position in viruses from each of the two IBV lineages. Interestingly, where the amino acid sequence differed between viruses from each lineage, reciprocal amino acid changes were observed. That is, the virus from the Yamagata lineage become more like the Victoria lineage virus and vice versa. Our results suggest that some IBV HA sequences are constrained to specific amino acid codons when viruses are cultured in the presence of antibodies. Some changes to the known antigenic regions may also be restricted in a lineage-dependent manner. Questions remain regarding the mechanisms underlying these results. The presence of amino acid residues that are constrained within the HA may provide a new target for universal vaccines for IBV.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-03-11
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2703319-3
    ISSN 2076-393X
    ISSN 2076-393X
    DOI 10.3390/vaccines8010125
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