Escape from HLA-B*08-restricted CD8 T cells by hepatitis C virus is associated with fitness costs.
The inherent sequence diversity of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) represents a major hurdle for the adaptive immune system to control viral replication. Mutational escape within targeted CD8 epitopes during acute HCV infection has been well documented and is one possible mechanism for T-cell failure. H...
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| author | Salloum, S Oniangue-Ndza, C Neumann-Haefelin, C Hudson, L Giugliano, S aus dem Siepen, M Nattermann, J Spengler, U Lauer, G Wiese, M Klenerman, P Bright, H Scherbaum, N Thimme, R Roggendorf, M Viazov, S Timm, J |
| author_facet | Salloum, S Oniangue-Ndza, C Neumann-Haefelin, C Hudson, L Giugliano, S aus dem Siepen, M Nattermann, J Spengler, U Lauer, G Wiese, M Klenerman, P Bright, H Scherbaum, N Thimme, R Roggendorf, M Viazov, S Timm, J |
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| description | The inherent sequence diversity of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) represents a major hurdle for the adaptive immune system to control viral replication. Mutational escape within targeted CD8 epitopes during acute HCV infection has been well documented and is one possible mechanism for T-cell failure. HLA-B*08 was recently identified as one HLA class I allele associated with spontaneous clearance of HCV replication. Selection of escape mutations in the immunodominant HLA-B*08-restricted epitope HSKKKCDEL(1395-1403) was observed during acute infection. However, little is known about the impact of escape mutations in this epitope on viral replication capacity. Their previously reported reversion back toward the consensus residue in patients who do not possess the B*08 allele suggests that the consensus sequence in this epitope is advantageous for viral replication in the absence of immune pressure. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of mutational escape from this immunodominant epitope on viral replication. We analyzed it with a patient cohort with chronic HCV genotype 1b infection and in a single-source outbreak (genotype 1b). Sequence changes in this highly conserved region are rare and selected almost exclusively in the presence of the HLA-B*08 allele. When tested in the subgenomic replicon (Con1), the observed mutations reduce viral replication compared with the prototype sequence. The results provide direct evidence that escape mutations in this epitope are associated with fitness costs and that the antiviral effect of HLA-B*08-restricted T cells is sufficiently strong to force the virus to adopt a relatively unfavorable sequence. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:347e9aae-faf0-4a1e-ba70-85024a25602a2022-03-26T13:26:14ZEscape from HLA-B*08-restricted CD8 T cells by hepatitis C virus is associated with fitness costs.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:347e9aae-faf0-4a1e-ba70-85024a25602aEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Salloum, SOniangue-Ndza, CNeumann-Haefelin, CHudson, LGiugliano, Saus dem Siepen, MNattermann, JSpengler, ULauer, GWiese, MKlenerman, PBright, HScherbaum, NThimme, RRoggendorf, MViazov, STimm, JThe inherent sequence diversity of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) represents a major hurdle for the adaptive immune system to control viral replication. Mutational escape within targeted CD8 epitopes during acute HCV infection has been well documented and is one possible mechanism for T-cell failure. HLA-B*08 was recently identified as one HLA class I allele associated with spontaneous clearance of HCV replication. Selection of escape mutations in the immunodominant HLA-B*08-restricted epitope HSKKKCDEL(1395-1403) was observed during acute infection. However, little is known about the impact of escape mutations in this epitope on viral replication capacity. Their previously reported reversion back toward the consensus residue in patients who do not possess the B*08 allele suggests that the consensus sequence in this epitope is advantageous for viral replication in the absence of immune pressure. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of mutational escape from this immunodominant epitope on viral replication. We analyzed it with a patient cohort with chronic HCV genotype 1b infection and in a single-source outbreak (genotype 1b). Sequence changes in this highly conserved region are rare and selected almost exclusively in the presence of the HLA-B*08 allele. When tested in the subgenomic replicon (Con1), the observed mutations reduce viral replication compared with the prototype sequence. The results provide direct evidence that escape mutations in this epitope are associated with fitness costs and that the antiviral effect of HLA-B*08-restricted T cells is sufficiently strong to force the virus to adopt a relatively unfavorable sequence. |
| spellingShingle | Salloum, S Oniangue-Ndza, C Neumann-Haefelin, C Hudson, L Giugliano, S aus dem Siepen, M Nattermann, J Spengler, U Lauer, G Wiese, M Klenerman, P Bright, H Scherbaum, N Thimme, R Roggendorf, M Viazov, S Timm, J Escape from HLA-B*08-restricted CD8 T cells by hepatitis C virus is associated with fitness costs. |
| title | Escape from HLA-B*08-restricted CD8 T cells by hepatitis C virus is associated with fitness costs. |
| title_full | Escape from HLA-B*08-restricted CD8 T cells by hepatitis C virus is associated with fitness costs. |
| title_fullStr | Escape from HLA-B*08-restricted CD8 T cells by hepatitis C virus is associated with fitness costs. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Escape from HLA-B*08-restricted CD8 T cells by hepatitis C virus is associated with fitness costs. |
| title_short | Escape from HLA-B*08-restricted CD8 T cells by hepatitis C virus is associated with fitness costs. |
| title_sort | escape from hla b 08 restricted cd8 t cells by hepatitis c virus is associated with fitness costs |
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