A Herpes Simplex Virus 1 DNA Polymerase Multidrug Resistance Mutation Identified in a Patient With Immunodeficiency and Confirmed by Gene Editing

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BACKGROUND: Herpes simplex virus 1 can cause severe infections in individuals who are immunocompromised. In these patients, emergence of drug resistance mutations causes difficulties in infection management.

METHODS: Seventeen herpes simplex virus 1 isolates were obtained from orofacial/anogenital lesions in a patient with leaky severe combined immunodeficiency over 7 years, before and after stem cell transplantation. Spatial/temporal evolution of drug resistance was characterized genotypically-with Sanger and next-generation sequencing of viral thymidine kinase (TK) and DNA polymerase (DP)-and phenotypically. CRISPR/Cas9 was used to introduce the novel DP Q727R mutation, and dual infection-competition assays were performed to assess viral fitness.

RESULTS: Isolates had identical genetic backgrounds, suggesting that orofacial/anogenital infections derived from the same virus lineage. Eleven isolates proved heterogeneous TK virus populations by next-generation sequencing, undetectable by Sanger sequencing. Thirteen isolates were acyclovir resistant due to TK mutations, and the Q727R isolate additionally exhibited foscarnet/adefovir resistance. Recombinant Q727R mutant virus showed multidrug resistance and increased fitness under antiviral pressure.

CONCLUSIONS: Long-term follow-up of a patient with severe combined immunodeficiency revealed virus evolution and frequent reactivation of wild-type and TK mutant strains, mostly as heterogeneous populations. The DP Q727R resistance phenotype was confirmed with CRISPR/Cas9, a useful tool to validate novel drug resistance mutations.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:228

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The Journal of infectious diseases - 228(2023), 11 vom: 28. Nov., Seite 1505-1515

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schalkwijk, Hanna Helena [VerfasserIn]
Georgala, Aspasia [VerfasserIn]
Gillemot, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Temblador, Arturo [VerfasserIn]
Topalis, Dimitri [VerfasserIn]
Wittnebel, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Andrei, Graciela [VerfasserIn]
Snoeck, Robert [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acyclovir
Antiviral Agents
CRISPR/Cas9 precise gene editing
DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
Drug resistance
EC 2.7.1.21
EC 2.7.7.7
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Herpes simplex virus 1
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Thymidine Kinase
Viral evolution
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Date Completed 29.11.2023

Date Revised 06.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiad184

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NLM357269101