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Antigenic diversification is correlated with increased thermostability in a mammalian virus.
Virology. 2016 Jun 23;496:203-214
Authors: Presloid JB, Mohammad TF, Lauring AS, Novella IS
Abstract
The theory of plastogenetic congruence posits that ultimately, the pressure to maintain function in the face of biomolecular destabilization produces robustness. As temperature goes up so does destabilization. Thus, genetic robustness, defined as phenotypic constancy despite mutation, should correlate with survival during thermal challenge. We tested this hypothesis using vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). We produced two sets of evolved strains after selection for higher thermostability by either preincubation at 37°C or by incubation at 40°C during infection. These VSV populations became more thermostable and also more fit in the absence of thermal selection, demonstrating an absence of tradeoffs. Eleven out of 12 evolved populations had a fixed, nonsynonymous substitution in the nucleocapsid (N) open reading frame. There was a partial correlation between thermostability and mutational robustness that was observed when the former was measured at 42°C, but not at 37°C. These results are consistent with our earlier work and suggest that the relationship between robustness and thermostability is complex. Surprisingly, many of the thermostable strains also showed increased resistance to monoclonal antibody and polyclonal sera, including sera from natural hosts. These data suggest that evolved thermostability may lead to antigenic diversification and an increased ability to escape immune surveillance in febrile hosts, and potentially to an improved robustness. These relationships have important implications not only in terms of viral pathogenesis, but also for the development of vaccine vectors and oncolytic agents.
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