PHDtools : A platform for pathogen detection and multi-dimensional genetic signatures decoding to realize pathogen genomics data analyses online

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OBJECTIVES: Facing the emerging diseases, rapid identification of the pathogen and multi-dimensional characterization of the genomic features at both isolate-level and population-level through high-throughput sequencing data can provide invaluable information to guide the development of antiviral agents and strategies. However, a user-friendly program is in urgent need for clinical laboratories without bioinformatics background to decode the complex big genomics data.

METHODS: In this study, we developed an interactive online platform named PHDtools with a total of 15 functions to analyze metagenomics data to identify the potential pathogen and decode multi-dimensional genetic signatures including intra-/inter-host variations and lineage-level variations. The platform was applied to analyze the meta-genomic data of the samples collected from the 172 imported COVID-19 cases.

RESULTS: According to the analytical results of mNGS, 27 patients were found to have the co-infections of SARS-CoV-2 with either influenza virus (n = 9) or human picobirnavirus (n = 19). Enough coverages of all the assembled SARS-CoV-2 genomes provided the sub-lineages of Omicron variant, and the number of mutations in the non-structural genes and M gene was increased, as well as the intra-host variations occurred in E and M gene were under positive selection (Ka/Ks > 1). These findings of increased or changed mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome characterized the current adaptive evolution patterns of Omicron sub-lineages, and revealed the evolution speed of these sub-lineages might increase.

CONCLUSIONS: Consequently, the application of PHDtools has proved that this platform is accurate, user-friendly and convenient for clinical users who are deficient in bioinformatics, and the clinical monitor of SARS-CoV-2 genomes by PHDtools also highlighted the potential evolution features of current SARS-CoV-2 and indicated that the development of anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents and new-designed vaccines should incorporate the gene variations other than S gene.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:909

Enthalten in:

Gene - 909(2024) vom: 30. März, Seite 148306

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xiong, Dongyan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiaoxu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Bohan [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Mengjuan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Min [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Zhuo [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Chang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ji [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Hongping [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Junping [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Genomics
Journal Article
Multi-dimensional
NGS
Pathogen detection
Variation identification

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Date Completed 26.03.2024

Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.gene.2024.148306

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368985792