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- Title
Genetic recombination in fast-spreading coxsackievirus A6 variants: a potential role in evolution and pathogenicity.
- Authors
Song, Yang; Zhang, Yong; Han, Zhenzhi; Xu, Wen; Xiao, Jinbo; Wang, Xianjun; Wang, Jianxing; Yang, Jianfang; Yu, Qiuli; Yu, Deshan; Chen, Jianhua; Huang, Wei; Li, Jie; Xie, Tong; Lu, Huanhuan; Ji, Tianjiao; Yang, Qian; Yan, Dongmei; Zhu, Shuangli; Xu, Wenbo
- Abstract
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common global epidemic. From 2008 onwards, many HFMD outbreaks caused by coxsackievirus A6 (CV-A6) have been reported worldwide. Since 2013, with a dramatically increasing number of CV-A6-related HFMD cases, CV-A6 has become the predominant HFMD pathogen in mainland China. Phylogenetic analysis based on the VP1 capsid gene revealed that subtype D3 dominated the CV-A6 outbreaks. Here, we performed a large-scale (near) full-length genetic analysis of global and Chinese CV-A6 variants, including 158 newly sequenced samples collected extensively in mainland China between 2010 and 2018. During the global transmission of subtype D3 of CV-A6, the noncapsid gene continued recombining, giving rise to a series of viable recombinant hybrids designated evolutionary lineages, and each lineage displayed internal consistency in both genetic and epidemiological features. The emergence of lineage –A since 2005 has triggered CV-A6 outbreaks worldwide, with a rate of evolution estimated at 4.17 × 10−3 substitutions site-1 year−1 based on a large number of monophyletic open reading frame sequences, and created a series of lineages chronologically through varied noncapsid recombination events. In mainland China, lineage –A has generated another two novel widespread lineages (–J and –L) through recombination within the enterovirus A gene pool, with robust estimates of occurrence time. Lineage –A, –J, and –L infections presented dissimilar clinical manifestations, indicating that the conservation of the CV-A6 capsid gene resulted in high transmissibility, but the lineage-specific noncapsid gene might influence pathogenicity. Potentially important amino acid substitutions were further predicted among CV-A6 variants. The evolutionary phenomenon of noncapsid polymorphism within the same subtype observed in CV-A6 was uncommon in other leading HFMD pathogens; such frequent recombination happened in fast-spreading CV-A6, indicating that the recovery of deleterious genomes may still be ongoing within CV-A6 quasispecies. CV-A6-related HFMD outbreaks have caused a significant public health burden and pose a great threat to children's health; therefore, further surveillance is greatly needed to understand the full genetic diversity of CV-A6 in mainland China.
- Subjects
CHINA; GENETIC recombination; COXSACKIEVIRUSES; MICROBIAL virulence; VIRAL genomes; CHILDREN'S health; AMINO acids
- Publication
Virus Evolution, 2020, Vol 6, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
2057-1577
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ve/veaa048