scholarly journals Respiratory disease in cats associated with human-to-cat transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret J Hosie ◽  
Ilaria Epifano ◽  
Vanessa Herder ◽  
Richard J Orton ◽  
Andrew Stevenson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Disease ◽  
Viral Genome ◽  
High Throughput Sequencing ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Histological Findings ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
The World ◽  
Oropharyngeal Swab ◽  
The Uk

AbstractTwo cats from different COVID-19-infected households in the UK were found to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 from humans, demonstrated by immunofluorescence, in situ hybridisation, reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR and viral genome sequencing. Lung tissue collected post-mortem from cat 1 displayed pathological and histological findings consistent with viral pneumonia and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antigens and RNA. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in an oropharyngeal swab collected from cat 2 that presented with rhinitis and conjunctivitis. High throughput sequencing of the virus from cat 2 revealed that the feline viral genome contained five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) compared to the nearest UK human SARS-CoV-2 sequence. An analysis of cat 2’s viral genome together with nine other feline-derived SARS-CoV-2 sequences from around the world revealed no shared catspecific mutations. These findings indicate that human-to-cat transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, with the infected cats developing mild or severe respiratory disease. Given the versatility of the new coronavirus, it will be important to monitor for human-to-cat, cat-to-cat and cat-to-human transmission.

scholarly journals Different Within-Host Viral Evolution Dynamics in Severely Immunosuppressed Cases with Persistent SARS-CoV-2

Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 808
Author(s):  
Laura Pérez-Lago ◽  
Teresa Aldámiz-Echevarría ◽  
Rita García-Martínez ◽  
Leire Pérez-Latorre ◽  
Marta Herranz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Evolutionary Dynamics ◽  
Viral Evolution ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
New Variant ◽  
History Of ◽  
Evolution Dynamics ◽  
The Uk

A successful Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant, B.1.1.7, has recently been reported in the UK, causing global alarm. Most likely, the new variant emerged in a persistently infected patient, justifying a special focus on these cases. Our aim in this study was to explore certain clinical profiles involving severe immunosuppression that may help explain the prolonged persistence of viable viruses. We present three severely immunosuppressed cases (A, B, and C) with a history of lymphoma and prolonged SARS-CoV-2 shedding (2, 4, and 6 months), two of whom finally died. Whole-genome sequencing of 9 and 10 specimens from Cases A and B revealed extensive within-patient acquisition of diversity, 12 and 28 new single nucleotide polymorphisms, respectively, which suggests ongoing SARS-CoV-2 replication. This diversity was not observed for Case C after analysing 5 sequential nasopharyngeal specimens and one plasma specimen, and was only observed in one bronchoaspirate specimen, although viral viability was still considered based on constant low Ct values throughout the disease and recovery of the virus in cell cultures. The acquired viral diversity in Cases A and B followed different dynamics. For Case A, new single nucleotide polymorphisms were quickly fixed (13–15 days) after emerging as minority variants, while for Case B, higher diversity was observed at a slower emergence: fixation pace (1–2 months). Slower SARS-CoV-2 evolutionary pace was observed for Case A following the administration of hyperimmune plasma. This work adds knowledge on SARS-CoV-2 prolonged shedding in severely immunocompromised patients and demonstrates viral viability, noteworthy acquired intra-patient diversity, and different SARS-CoV-2 evolutionary dynamics in persistent cases.

scholarly journals Investigation of Genetic Relationships within Miscanthus using SNP Markers Identified using SLAF-Seq

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHIYONG Chen ◽  
Yancen He ◽  
Yasir Iqbal ◽  
Yanlan Shi ◽  
Hongmei Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Throughput ◽  
High Throughput Sequencing ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
Female Parent ◽  
Snp Markers ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Sequencing Method ◽  
Specific Locus

Abstract Background: Miscanthus, which is a leading dedicated-energy grass in Europe and in parts of Asia, is expected to play a key role in the development of the future bioeconomy. However, due to its complex genetic background, it is difficult to investigate phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of gene function in this genus. Here, we investigated 50 Miscanthus germplasms: 1 female parent (M. lutarioriparius), 30 candidate male parents (M. lutarioriparius, M. sinensis, and M. sacchariflorus), and 19 offspring. We used high-throughput Specific-Locus Amplified Fragment sequencing (SLAF-seq) to identify informative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in all germplasms.Results: We identified 800,081 SLAF tags, of which 160,368 were polymorphic. Each tag was 264–364 bp long. The obtained SNPs were used to investigate genetic relationships within Miscanthus. We constructed a phylogenetic tree of the 50 germplasms using the obtained SNPs, and found that the germplasms fell into two clades: one clade of M. sinensis only and one clade that included the offspring, M. lutarioriparius, and M. sacchariflorus. Genetic cluster analysis indicated that M. lutarioriparius germplasm C3 was the most likely male parent of the offspring.Conclusions: As a high-throughput sequencing method, SLAF-seq can be used to identify informative SNPs in Miscanthus germplasms and to rapidly characterize genetic relationships within this genus. Our results will support the development of breeding programs utilizing Miscanthus cultivars with elite biomass- or fiber-production potential.

Lifestyle factors and genetic variants on two biological age measures: evidence from 94,443 Taiwan Biobank participants

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan-Yu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variants ◽  
Genome Wide Association Study ◽  
Lifestyle Factors ◽  
Biological Age ◽  
Biological Aging ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
A Genome ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Background Biological age (BA) can be estimated by phenotypes and is useful for predicting lifespan and healthspan. Levine et al. proposed a PhenoAge and a BioAge to measure BA. Although there have been studies investigating the genetic predisposition to BA acceleration in Europeans, little has been known regarding this topic in Asians. Methods I here estimated PhenoAgeAccel (age-adjusted PhenoAge) and BioAgeAccel (age-adjusted BioAge) of 94,443 Taiwan Biobank (TWB) participants, wherein 25,460 TWB1 subjects formed a discovery cohort and 68,983 TWB2 individuals constructed a replication cohort. Lifestyle factors and genetic variants associated with PhenoAgeAccel and BioAgeAccel were investigated through regression analysis and a genome-wide association study (GWAS). Results A unit (kg/m 2) increase of BMI was associated with a 0.177-year PhenoAgeAccel (95% C.I. = 0.163~0.191, p = 6.0×) and 0.171-year BioAgeAccel (95% C.I. = 0.165~0.177, p = 0). Smokers on average had a 1.134-year PhenoAgeAccel (95% C.I. = 0.966~1.303, p = 1.3×) compared with non-smokers. Drinkers on average had a 0.640-year PhenoAgeAccel (95% C.I. = 0.433~0.847, p = 1.3×) and 0.193-year BioAgeAccel (95% C.I. = 0.107~0.279, p = 1.1×) relative to non-drinkers. A total of 11 and 4 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were associated with PhenoAgeAccel and BioAgeAccel (p<5× in both TWB1 and TWB2), respectively. Conclusions A PhenoAgeAccel-associated SNP (rs1260326 in GCKR) and two BioAgeAccel-associated SNPs (rs7412 in APOE; rs16998073 near FGF5) were consistent with the finding from the UK Biobank. The lifestyle analysis shows that prevention from obesity, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption is associated with a slower rate of biological aging.

An update: mechanisms of microRNA in primary open-angle glaucoma

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanping Wang ◽  
Lingzhi Niu ◽  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Mingxuan Wang ◽  
Ke Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intraocular Pressure ◽  
Primary Open Angle Glaucoma ◽  
Open Angle Glaucoma ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Open Angle ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Optic Nerve Damage ◽  
The World ◽  
And Function ◽  
Main Factor

Abstract Glaucoma is a disease with characteristic optic neuropathy and loss of vision, leading to blindness, and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common glaucoma type throughout the world. Genetic susceptibility is the main factor in POAG, and most susceptibility genes cause changes in microRNA expression and function, thereby leading to POAG occurrence and development. Increasing evidence indicates that many microRNAs are involved in the regulation of intraocular pressure (IOP) and play an important role in the increase in IOP in POAG. Additionally, microRNA is closely related to optic nerve damage factors (mechanical stress, hypoxia and inflammation). This review discusses the effect of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in POAG-related genes on microRNA and the value of microRNA in the diagnosis and treatment of POAG.

scholarly journals Identification of Allelic Variation in Drought Responsive Dehydrin Gene Based on Sequence Similarity in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapan Kumar ◽  
Neha Tiwari ◽  
Chellapilla Bharadwaj ◽  
Ashutosh Sarker ◽  
Sneha Priya Reddy Pappula ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Cicer Arietinum ◽  
Allelic Variation ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Residual Moisture ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
The World ◽  
Dehydrin Gene

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an economically important food legume grown in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Chickpea is cultivated mainly in the rainfed, residual moisture, and restricted irrigation condition. The crop is always prone to drought stress which is resulting in flower drop, unfilled pods, and is a major yield reducer in many parts of the world. The present study elucidates the association between candidate gene and morpho-physiological traits for the screening of drought tolerance in chickpea. Abiotic stress-responsive gene Dehydrin (DHN) was identified in some of the chickpea genotypes based on the sequence similarity approach to play a major role in drought tolerance. Analysis of variance revealed a significant effect of drought on relative water content, membrane stability index, plant height, and yield traits. The genotypes Pusa1103, Pusa362, and ICC4958 were found most promising genotypes for drought tolerance as they maintained the higher value of osmotic regulations and yield characters. The results were further supported by a sequence similarity approach for the dehydrin gene when analyzed for the presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and indels. Homozygous indels and single nucleotide polymorphisms were found after the sequencing in some of the selected genotypes.

Differentiation between wild-type and vaccines strains of varicella zoster virus (VZV) based on four single nucleotide polymorphisms

2017 ◽  
Vol 145 (12) ◽  
pp. 2618-2625
Author(s):  
L. JIN ◽  
S. XU ◽  
P. A. C. MAPLE ◽  
W. XU ◽  
K. E. BROWN
Keyword(s):  
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Varicella Zoster Virus ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Chain Reactions ◽  
Varicella Zoster ◽  
Polymerase Chain Reactions ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Uk

SummaryVaricella–zoster virus (VZV) infection (chickenpox) results in latency and subsequent reactivation manifests as shingles. Effective attenuated vaccines (vOka) are available for prevention of both illnesses. In this study, an amplicon-based sequencing method capable of differentiating between VZV wild-type (wt) strains and vOka vaccine is described. A total of 44 vesicular fluid specimens collected from 43 patients (16 from China and 27 from the UK) with either chickenpox or shingles were investigated, of which 10 had received previous vaccination. Four sets of polymerase chain reactions were set up simultaneously with primers amplifying regions encompassing four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), ‘69349-106262-107252-108111’. Nucleotide sequences were generated by Sanger sequencing. All samples except one had a wt SNP profile of ‘A-T-T-T’. The sample collected from a patient who received vaccine 7–10 days ago, along with VZV vaccine preparations, Zostavax and Baike-varicella gave a SNP profile ‘G-C-C-C’. The results show that this method can distinguish vaccine-derived virus from wt viruses from main four clades, (clades 1–4) and should be of utility worldwide.

scholarly journals 11 Million SNP Reference Profiles for Identity Searching Across Ethnicities, Kinship, and Admixture

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian S. Helfer ◽  
Darrell O. Ricke
Keyword(s):  
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
In Silico ◽  
High Throughput Sequencing ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Mixture Analysis ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Public Repositories

AbstractHigh throughput sequencing (HTS) of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) provides additional applications for DNA forensics including identification, mixture analysis, kinship prediction, and biogeographic ancestry prediction. Public repositories of human genetic data are being rapidly generated and released, but the majorities of these samples are de-identified to protect privacy, and have little or no individual metadata such as appearance (photos), ethnicity, relatives, etc. A reference in silico dataset has been generated to enable development and testing of new DNA forensics algorithms. This dataset provides 11 million SNP profiles for individuals with defined ethnicities and family relationships spanning eight generations with admixture for a panel with 39,108 SNPs.

scholarly journals Effect of Polymorphisms of ABCB1 and MTHFR on Methotrexate-Related Toxicities in Adults With Hematological Malignancies

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Han ◽  
Lu Liu ◽  
Li Meng ◽  
Huan Guo ◽  
Jin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hematological Malignancies ◽  
Optimal Dose ◽  
Disease Type ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Leucovorin Rescue ◽  
Hematopoietic Toxicity

Study of the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of methotrexate (MTX) pathway genes and MTX-related toxicity in the treatment of hematological malignancies is popular. Here, we studied the association between SNPs of MTHFR and ABCB1 and MTX-related toxicity in 157 adult Chinese patients diagnosed with hematological malignancies. Patients were genotyped for MTHFR rs1801131, MTHFR rs1801133, and ABCB1 rs1045642 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Patients with MTHFR rs1801133T allele had a significantly higher risk of hematopoietic toxicity compared with those with CC genotype (p=0.003). With respect to MTHFR rs1801131, patients with CC and AC genotypes had significantly lower frequency of hematopoietic toxicity than patients with AA genotype (p=0.044). In conclusion, we identified an important influence of the SNPs of ABCB1 and MTHFR on MTX-related hematopoietic toxicity in adults with hematological malignancies. To optimize high-dose (HD)-MTX therapy and reduce related hematopoietic toxicity, it is necessary to detect the SNPs of MTHFR and ABCB1 before initiating HD-MTX and deciding the optimal dose of MTX and duration of leucovorin rescue, according to genetic tests and disease type in adults with hematological malignancies.

Computational detection, analysis and interpretations of genomic variants in human diseases associated GENEMDM 2

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-154
Keyword(s):  
Computational Methods ◽  
High Throughput Sequencing ◽  
Cancer Susceptibility ◽  
In Silico Analysis ◽  
Human Diseases ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide Variants ◽  
Mdm2 Gene ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Computational Tools

Most of the mutations described in human MDM2 are tolerated without significantly disrupting the corresponding structural or molecular function. However, some of them are associated with a variety of human diseases, including cancer. Numerous computational methods have been developed to predict the effects of missense single nucleotide variants (SNVs). The non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms affect the function of XRCC1, which impairs the ability to repair DNA and therefore increases the risk of diseases such as cancer. In this study, sequence and structure-based computational tools were used to screen the total listed coding SNPs of the MDM2 gene in order to recognize and describe them. The potential 6 ns SNP of MDM2 were identified from 29 ns SNP by consistent analysis using computational tools PolyPhen 2, SIFT, PANTHER and cSNP. The computational methods were used to systematically classify functional mutations in the regulatory and coding regions that modify the expression and function of the MDM2 enzyme. The HOPE project also made it possible to elaborate the structural effects of the substitutions of amino acids. In silico analysis predicted that rs759244097 is harmful. This study concluded that identifying this SNP will help to determine an individual's cancer susceptibility, prognosis and further treatment. Furthermore, current high-throughput sequencing efforts and the need for extensive interpretation of protein sequence variants requires more efficient and accurate computational methods in the coming years.

scholarly journals Genetic Screening of Plasticity Regulating Nogo-Type Signaling Genes in Migraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Gabriella Smedfors ◽  
Franziska Liesecke ◽  
Caroline Ran ◽  
Lars Olson ◽  
Tobias E. Karlsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Screening ◽  
Grey Matter ◽  
Haplotype Analysis ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Haplotype Blocks ◽  
The World ◽  
Prevalent Disease ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
Subcortical Regions

Migraine is the sixth most prevalent disease in the world and a substantial number of experiments have been conducted to analyze potential differences between the migraine brain and the healthy brain. Results from these investigations point to the possibility that development and aggravation of migraine may include grey matter plasticity. Nogo-type signaling is a potent plasticity regulating system in the CNS and consists of ligands, receptors, co-receptors and modulators with a dynamic age- and activity-related expression in cortical and subcortical regions. Here we investigated a potential link between migraine and five key Nogo-type signaling genes: RTN4, OMGP, MAG, RTN4R and LINGO1, by screening 15 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within these genes. In a large Swedish migraine cohort (749 migraine patients and 4032 controls), using a logistic regression with sex as covariate, we found that there was no such association. In addition, a haplotype analysis was performed which revealed three haplotype blocks. These blocks had no significant association with migraine. However, to robustly conclude that Nogo-type genotypes signaling do not influence the prevalence of migraine, further studies are encouraged.

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