Polyomaviruses KI and WU in Immunocompromised Patients with Respiratory Disease

Mourez, Thomas; Bergeron, Anne; Ribaud, Patricia; Scieux, Catherine; Latour, Régis Peffault de; Tazi, Abdellatif; Socié, Gérard; Simon, François; Jerôme, Legoff

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“…Little is known about the cell tropism of this virus, but viral sequences are predominantly found in respiratory tract secretions, with prevalence ranging between 0.5 and 6.5 % (Babakir-Mina et al, 2013). KIPyV DNA has occasionally been amplified from paranasal tissue (Babakir-Mina et al, 2009b), tonsil (Babakir-Mina et al, 2009b;Astegiano et al, 2010), lymphoid tissue (Sharp et al, 2009), lung tissue (Babakir-Mina et al, 2009c;Teramoto et al, 2011), stool (Allander et al, 2007;Babakir-Mina et al, 2009a;Bialasiewicz et al, 2009;Kantola et al, 2009;Mourez et al, 2009;Li et al, 2013), brain (Barzon et al, 2009b), eyebrow hair (Hampras et al, 2015), normal skin (Hampras et al, 2015) and blood and plasma (Barzon et al, 2009a;Babakir-Mina et al, 2010;Csoma et al, 2012;Touinssi et al, 2013). Immunohistochemical assay of spleen tissue from a 42-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive male with a monoclonal antibody against the capsid protein VP1 of KIPyV stained positive, but the identity of the KIPyV VP1-positive cell type could not be determined (Siebrasse et al, 2014).…”

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Characterization of the non-coding control region of polyomavirus KI isolated from nasopharyngeal samples from patients with respiratory symptoms or infection and from blood from healthy blood donors in Norway

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Ludvigsen

et al. 2016

Journal of General Virology

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Seroepidemiological studies showed that the human polyomavirus KI (KIPyV) is common in the human population, with age-specific seroprevalence ranging from 40-90 %. Genome epidemiological analyses demonstrated that KIPyV DNA is predominantly found in respiratory tract samples of immunocompromised individuals and children suffering from respiratory diseases, but viral sequences have also been detected in brain, tonsil, lymphoid tissue studies, plasma, blood and faeces. Little is known about the sequence variation in the non-coding control region of KIPyV variants residing in different sites of the human body and whether specific strains dominate in certain parts of the world. In this study, we sequenced the non-coding control region (NCCR) of naturally occurring KIPyV variants in nasopharyngeal samples from patients with respiratory symptoms or infection and in blood from healthy donors in Norway. In total 86 sequences were obtained, 44 of which were identical to the original isolated Stockholm 60 variant. The remaining NCCRs contained one or several mutations, none of them previously reported. The same mutations were detected in NCCRs amplified from blood and nasopharyngeal samples. Some patients had different variants in their specimens. Transient transfection studies in HEK293 cells with a luciferase reporter plasmid demonstrated that some single mutations had a significant effect on the relative early and late promoter strength compared with the Stockholm 60 promoter. The effect of the NCCR mutations on viral replication and possible virulence properties remains to be established. INTRODUCTIONPolyomaviruses are non-enveloped viruses with a circular dsDNA genome of approximately 5000 bp. These viruses are common in birds and mammals, and recently the first complete fish polyomavirus genome has been published (Johne et al., 2011;Peretti et al., 2015). Their genome can †These authors contributed equally to this work.The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the sequences of the mutant NCCRs are KU564911-564952. ã 2016 The Authors Printed in Great Britain 1647Journal of General Virology (2016), 97, 1647-1657 DOI 10.1099 be divided into three functional regions: the early region, encoding regulatory proteins required for transcription and viral DNA replication; the late region, encoding the capsid proteins; and interspersed between these the non-coding control region (NCCR), encompassing the origin of replication and the promoters controlling transcription of the early and late genes, respectively (DeCaprio & Garcea, 2013). The first human polyomaviruses, BK and JC, were detected using histology or cytology followed by electron microscopy, and their existence was reported in 1971 (Gardner et al., 1971; Padgett et al., 1971). The development of new techniques such as high-throughput sequencing, rolling circle amplification and polymerase chain reaction with degenerate primers has led in recent years to the discovery of new polyomaviruses that can infect humans. KI polyomavirus, named after the researchers' instit...

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Characterization of the non-coding control region of polyomavirus KI isolated from nasopharyngeal samples from patients with respiratory symptoms or infection and from blood from healthy blood donors in Norway

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Ghelue

Ludvigsen

et al. 2016

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“…They have been detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the respiratory samples of patients from all continents with reported detection rates ranging from 1% to 16.4% for WUPyV (23,24) and 0.5% to 8% for KIPyV (23,25,26).…”

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“…Following this finding, other body compartments and specimen types have been screened: stool (6,17,23,(46)(47)(48), whole blood (45,48), plasma (18,49,50), serum (49), cerebrospinal fluid (51), lymphoid tissue (16,40,47), urine (6,7,48), and lung tissue (24,52). Detection rates of KIPyV and WUPyV in biological specimens are reported in Tables 1 and 2.…”

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The human polyomaviruses KI and WU: virological background and clinical implications

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Ciccozzi²,

Perno

et al. 2013

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Babakir-Mina M, Ciccozzi M, Perno CF, Ciotti M. The human polyomaviruses KI and WU: virological background and clinical implications. APMIS 2013; 121: 746-54. In 2007, two novel polyomaviruses KI and WU were uncovered in the respiratory secretions of children with acute respiratory symptoms. Seroepidemiological studies showed that infection by these viruses is widespread in the human population. Following these findings, different biological specimens and body compartments have been screened by real-time PCR in the attempt to establish a pathogenetic role for KI polyomavirus (KIPyV) and WU polyomavirus (WUPyV) in human diseases. Although both viruses have been found mainly in respiratory tract samples of immunocompromised patients, a clear causative link with the respiratory disease has not been established. Indeed, the lack of specific clinical or radiological findings, the frequent co-detection with other respiratory pathogens, the detection in subjects without signs or symptoms of respiratory disease, and the variability of the viral loads measured did not allow drawing a definitive conclusion. Prospective studies carried out on a large sample size including both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients with and without respiratory symptoms are needed. Standardized quantitative real-time PCR methods, definition of a clear clinical cutoff value, timing in the collection of respiratory samples, are also crucial to understand the pathogenic role, if any, of KIPyV and WUPyV in human pathology.

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“…Serological investigations show a high prevalence of antibodies in humans similarly to the other polyomaviruses: 55% according to Kean et al (15); 55.3%, to Neske et al (17); and 66.3%, to Nguyen et al (18). The main susceptible groups are children aged 3 years or younger (13), immunocompromised and transplanted patients at a wide age range (16). there is still scarce information about the tropism of Ki PyV.…”

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