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ArticleVirology journal2016

Common position of indels that cause deviations from canonical genome organization in different measles virus strains.

Jelena Ivancic-Jelecki, Anamarija Slovic, Maja Šantak, Goran Tešović, Dubravko Forcic

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Jelena Ivancic-JeleckiUniversity of Zagreb, Centre for research and knowledge transfer in biotechnology, Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia. jivancic@unizg.hr.
Anamarija SlovicUniversity of Zagreb, Centre for research and knowledge transfer in biotechnology, Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia.
Maja ŠantakUniversity of Zagreb, Centre for research and knowledge transfer in biotechnology, Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia.
Goran TešovićPediatric infectious diseases department, University hospital for infectious diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljevic", Mirogojska 8, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia.
Dubravko ForcicUniversity of Zagreb, Centre for research and knowledge transfer in biotechnology, Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia.
University of Zagreb · HRUniversity Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr Fran Mihaljevic" · HR

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Abstract

backgroundThe canonical genome organization of measles virus (MV) is characterized by total size of 15 894 nucleotides (nts) and defined length of every genomic region, both coding and non-coding. Only rarely have reports of strains possessing non-canonical genomic properties (possessing indels, with or without the change of total genome length) been published. The observed mutations are mutually compensatory in a sense that the total genome length remains polyhexameric. Although programmed and highly precise pseudo-templated nucleotide additions during transcription are inherent to polymerases of all viruses belonging to family Paramyxoviridae, a similar mechanism that would serve to non-randomly correct genome length, if an indel has occurred during replication, has so far not been described in the context of a complete virus genome.

methodsWe compiled all complete MV genomic sequences (64 in total) available in open access sequence databases. Multiple sequence comparisons and phylogenetic analyses were performed with the aim of exploring whether non-recombinant and non-evolutionary linked measles strains that show deviations from canonical genome organization possess a common genetic characteristic.

resultsIn 11 MV sequences we detected deviations from canonical genome organization due to short indels located within homopolymeric stretches or next to them. In nine out of 11 identified non-canonical MV sequences, a common feature was observed: one mutation, either an insertion or a deletion, was located in a 28 nts long region in F gene 5' untranslated region (positions 5051-5078 in genomic cDNA of canonical strains). This segment is composed of five tandemly linked homopolymeric stretches, its consensus sequence is G6-7C7-8A6-7G1-3C5-6. Although none of the mononucleotide repeats within this segment has fixed length, the total number of nts in canonical strains is always 28. These nine non-canonical strains, as well as the tenth (not mutated in 5051-5078 segment), can be grouped in three clusters, based on their passage histories/epidemiological data/genetic similarities. There are no indications that the 3 clusters are evolutionary linked, other than the fact that they all belong to clade D.

conclusionsA common narrow genomic region was found to be mutated in different, non-related, wild type strains suggesting that this region might have a function in non-random genome length corrections occurring during MV replication.

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Genome, ViralINDEL MutationBase SequenceGenotypeHumansMeaslesMeasles virusMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyGenome editingGenome organizationIndelsMeasles virusM-F UTRMononucleotide repeatsNon-canonical strainsProlonged genome

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