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Genomic diversity in the regulatory nef gene sequences in Indian isolates of HIV type 1: emergence of a distinct subclade and predicted implications.

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Title Genomic diversity in the regulatory nef gene sequences in Indian isolates of HIV type 1: emergence of a distinct subclade and predicted implications.
 
Creator Kumar, Manoj
Jain, Swatantra Kumar
Pasha, S.T
Chattopadhaya, Debasish
Lal, Shiv
Rai, Arvind
 
Subject R Medicine (General)
 
Description The regulatory functional nef gene is known to mediate a cascade of events during pathogenesis in HIV infection. Variability in the nef gene sequences of HIV-1 A and B subtypes has been well documented. Reasonable data are also available on the pattern of genomic changes in the nef gene of African strains of HIV-1 subtype C, but very little is known about heterogeneity in the nef gene of Indian strains of HIV-1 subtype C, which accounts for 90% of the estimated 5.2 million cases of HIV infection in India. This is a huge number and, therefore, it is important to reveal the extent of sequence variability in the nef gene of HIV-1 subtypes circulating in different parts of India. We carried out full-length nef gene (approximately 620 bp) sequencing on a large number of clinical isolates of HIV-1 circulating in different geographic regions of India. Comparative and phylogenetic analysis revealed 88% (38/43) of cases was HIV-1 subtype C; four cases were diagnosed as subtype A and only one as subtype B. Although most of the crucial functional motifs of the nef gene were conserved, we did observe a few important variations in juxtapositions to functional domains. Interestingly, analyzed nef sequences showed an evolving pattern of segregation away from those reported from other parts of the world, to form a distinct Indian subclade. Deduced amino acid (aa) sequences used to predict HLA binding epitopes for consensus nef gene sequences of Indian strains of HIV-1 revealed two HLA subtype binding domains, GAFDLSFFL (at aa 83) and LTFGWCFKL (at aa 136), in high frequency. The findings from the present study may encourage use of nef gene in molecular diagnostics/genotyping, keeping track of the evolutionary trend and pinpointing the emergence of recombinant strains, and in the future, designing a multiepitope HIV vaccine suitable for the Indian population.
 
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert
 
Date 2006-12
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Relation http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/aid.2006.22.1206
http://crdd.osdd.net/open/1010/
 
Identifier Kumar, Manoj and Jain, Swatantra Kumar and Pasha, S.T and Chattopadhaya, Debasish and Lal, Shiv and Rai, Arvind (2006) Genomic diversity in the regulatory nef gene sequences in Indian isolates of HIV type 1: emergence of a distinct subclade and predicted implications. AIDS research and human retroviruses, 22 (12). pp. 1206-19. ISSN 0889-2229