African Origin of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 2 (HTLV-2) Supported by a Potential New HTLV-2d Subtype in Congolese Bambuti Efe Pygmies

1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 4327-4340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Mieke Vandamme ◽  
Marco Salemi ◽  
Marianne Van Brussel ◽  
Hsin-Fu Liu ◽  
Kristel Van Laethem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
African Origin ◽  
Entire Genome ◽  
T Lymphotropic Virus ◽  
Tax Protein ◽  
Human T Cell

ABSTRACT We identified a potential new subtype within human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2), HTLV-2d, present in members of an isolated Efe Bambuti Pygmy tribe. Two of 23 Efe Pygmies were HTLV-2 seropositive, with HTLV-2 Western blot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay reactivities. From one of them the entire genome of the HTLV-2 strain Efe2 could be amplified and sequenced. In all gene regions analyzed, this strain was the most divergent HTLV-2 strain, differing by 2.4% (tax/rex) to 10.7% (long terminal repeat) from both subtypes HTLV-2a and HTLV-2b, yet major functional elements are conserved. The similarity between the HTLV-2 Efe2 Gag and Env proteins and the corresponding HTLV-2a and -2b proteins is consistent with the observed serological reactivity. In the proximal pX region, one of the two alternative splice acceptor sites is abolished in HTLV-2 Efe2. Another interesting feature of this potential new subtype is that it has a Tax protein of 344 amino acids (aa), which is intermediate in length between the HTLV-2a Tax protein (331 aa) and the HTLV-2b and -2c Tax proteins (356 aa) and similar to the simian T-cell lymphotropic virus type 2 (STLV-2) PP1664 Tax protein. Together these two findings suggest a different phenotype for the HTLV-2 Efe2 strain. Phylogenetic analyses confirmed that the Pygmy Efe2 strain potentially belonged to a new and quite divergent subtype, HTLV-2d. When the STLV-2 bonobo viruses PP1664 and PanP were used as an outgroup, it was clear that the Pygmy HTLV-2 Efe2 strain had the longest independent evolution and that HTLV-2 evolution is consistent with an African origin.

scholarly journals Resistance to Fas-Mediated Apoptosis of Human T-Cell Lines Expressing Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type-2 (HTLV-2) Tax Protein

Virology ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 281 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianguglielmo Zehender ◽  
Stefania Varchetta ◽  
Chiara De Maddalena ◽  
Chiara Colasante ◽  
Agostino Riva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
T Lymphotropic Virus ◽  
Tax Protein ◽  
Human T Cell ◽  
T Cell Lines

scholarly journals Complete Sequence of a Novel Highly Divergent Simian T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus from Wild-Caught Red-Capped Mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus) from Cameroon: a New Primate T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 3 Subtype

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Meertens ◽  
Renaud Mahieux ◽  
Philippe Mauclère ◽  
John Lewis ◽  
Antoine Gessain
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Splice Junction ◽  
Complete Sequence ◽  
Proviral Sequence ◽  
T Lymphotropic Virus ◽  
Cercocebus Torquatus ◽  
Human T Cell ◽  
Type 3

ABSTRACT Among 65 samples obtained from a primate rescue center located in Cameroon, two female adult red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus) (CTO-602 and CTO-604), of wild-caught origin, had a peculiar human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2)-like Western blot seroreactivity (p24, RGD21, +/-K55). Analyses of the simian T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (STLV-3)/CTO-604 complete proviral sequence (8,919 bp) indicated that this novel strain was highly divergent from HTLV-1 (60% nucleotide similarity), HTLV-2 (62%), or STLV-2 (62%) prototypes. It was, however, related to STLV-3/PH-969 (87%), a divergent STLV strain previously isolated from an Eritrean baboon. The STLV-3/CTO-604 sequence possesses the major open reading frames corresponding to the structural, enzymatic, and regulatory proteins. However, its long terminal repeat is shorter, with only two 21-bp repeats. Furthermore, as demonstrated by reverse transcriptase PCR, this new STLV exhibits significant differences from STLV-3/PH-969 at the mRNA splice junction position level. In all phylogenetic analyses, STLV-3/CTO-604 and STLV-3/PH-969 clustered in a highly supported single clade, indicating an evolutionary lineage independent from primate T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (PTLV-1) and PTLV-2. Nevertheless, the nucleotide divergence between STLV-3/PH-969 and STLV-3/CTO-604 is equivalent to or higher than the divergence observed between the different HTLV-1 or HTLV-2 subtypes. Thus, the STLV-3/CTO-604 strain can be considered the prototype of a second subtype in the PTLV-3 type. The presence of two related viruses in evolutionarily distantly related African monkeys species, living in two opposite ecosystems (rain forest versus desert), reinforces the possible African origin of PTLV and opens new avenues regarding the search for a possible human counterpart of these viruses in individuals exhibiting such HTLV-2-like seroreactivities.

Abstract LB-66: Oncogenic properties of tax protein from human T cell leukemia virus type 2

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Ren ◽  
Wen Dong ◽  
Yoshinori Takahashi ◽  
Di Xiang ◽  
Yunsheng Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Leukemia Virus ◽  
T Cell Leukemia ◽  
Cell Leukemia ◽  
Cell Leukemia Virus Type ◽  
Tax Protein ◽  
Human T Cell ◽  
T Cell Leukemia Virus

scholarly journals Kinetics of human-T cell leukemia virus type 2 (HTLV-2) mRNA expression in PBMCs isolated from infected subjects

Retrovirology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. P86
Author(s):  
Cecilia Bender ◽  
Paola Ronzi ◽  
Francesca Rende ◽  
Alessia Cotena ◽  
Marco Turci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Mrna Expression ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Leukemia Virus ◽  
Cell Leukemia ◽  
Cell Leukemia Virus Type ◽  
Human T Cell ◽  
T Cell Leukemia Virus ◽  
Kinetics Of

scholarly journals Cloning of Novel Isoforms of the Human Gli2 Oncogene and Their Activities To Enhance Tax-Dependent Transcription of the Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Genome

1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 3958-3964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Tanimura ◽  
Shingo Dan ◽  
Mitsuaki Yoshida
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Leukemia Virus ◽  
Cell Leukemia ◽  
Cell Leukemia Virus Type ◽  
Tax Protein ◽  
Human T Cell ◽  
T Cell Leukemia Virus

ABSTRACT The expression of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is activated by interaction of a viral transactivator protein, Tax, and cellular transcription factor, CREB (cyclic AMP response element binding protein), which bind to a 21-bp enhancer in the long terminal repeats (LTR). THP (Tax-helping protein) was previously determined to enhance the transactivation by Tax protein. Here we report novel forms of the human homolog of a member of the Gli oncogene family, Gli2 (also termed Gli2/THP), an extended form of a zinc finger protein, THP, which was described previously. Four possible isoforms (hGli2 α, β, γ, and δ) are formed by combinations of two independent alternative splicings, and all the isoforms could bind to a DNA motif, TRE2S, in the LTR. The longer isoforms, α and β, were abundantly expressed in various cell lines including HTLV-1-infected T-cell lines. Fusion proteins of the hGli2 isoforms with the DNA-binding domain of Gal4 activated transcription when the reporter contained a Gal4-binding site and one copy of the 21-bp sequence, to which CREB binds. This activation was observed only in the presence of Tax. The 21-bp sequence in the reporter was also essential for the activation. These results suggest that simultaneous binding of hGli2 and CREB to the respective sites in the reporter seems to be critical for Tax protein to activate transcription. Consequently, it is probable that the LTR can be regulated by two independent signals through hGli2 and CREB, since the LTR contains the 21-bp and TRE2S sequences in the vicinity.

scholarly journals Inability to Detect Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 2-Specific Antibodies in a Patient Coinfected with HIV-1, Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1, Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 2, and Hepatitis C Virus

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adele Caterino-de-Araujo ◽  
Mariana Cavalheiro Magri ◽  
Neuza Satomi Sato ◽  
Helena Kaminami Morimoto ◽  
Luis Fernando de Macedo Brigido ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Specific Antibodies ◽  
Human T Cell ◽  
Hiv 1
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