Evidence of increasing diversification of hepatitis C viruses

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1377-1382

  Colina, Rodney ^a,b   Azambuja, Carlos ^c   Uriarte, Rosario ^b   Mogdasy, Cristina ^b   Cristina, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Centro Calidad de Vida   (Uruguay)

^c GENIA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032978004     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-6-1377     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Adams, N. J., Chamberlain, R. W., Taylor, L. A., Davidson, F., Lin, C. K., Elliott, R. M. & Simmonds, P. (1997). Complete coding sequence of hepatitis C virus genotype 6a. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 234, 393-396.
2. Aizaki, H., Aoki, Y., Harada, T., lshii, K., Suzuki, T., Nagamori, S., Toda, G., Matsuura, Y. & Miyamura, T. (1998). Full-length complementary DNA of hepatitis C virus genome from an infectious blood sample. Hepatology 27, 621-627.
3. Chamberlain, R. W., Adams, N., Saeed, A. A., Simmonds, P. & Elliott, R. M. (1997 a). Complete nucleotide sequence of a type 4 hepatitis C virus variant, the predominant genotype in the Middle East. Journal of General Virology 78, 1341-1347.
4. Chamberlain, R. W., Adams, N. J., Taylor, L. A., Simmonds, P. & Elliott, R. M. (1997 b). The complete coding sequence of hepatitis C virus genotype 5a, the predominant genotype in South Africa. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 236, 44-49.
5. Chan, S.-W., McOmish, F., Holmes, E. C., Dow, B., Peutherer, J. F., Follett, E., Yap, P. L. & Simmonds, P. (1992). Analysis of a new hepatitis C virus type and its phylogenetic relationship to existing variants. Journal of General Virology 73, 1131-1141.
6. Chayama, K., Tsubota, A., Koida, I., Arase, Y., Saitoh, S., lkeda, K. & Kumada, H. (1994). Nucleotide sequence hepatitis C virus (type 3b) isolated from a Japanese patient with chronic hepatitis C. Journal of General Virology 75, 3623-3628.
7. Chen, P. J., Lin, M. H., Tai, K. F., Liu, P. C., Lin, C. J. & Chen, D. S. (1992). The Taiwanese hepatitis C virus genome: sequence determination and mapping the 5′ termini of viral genomic and antigenomic RNA. Virology 188, 102-113.
8. Cho, J. M., Park, Y.-W., Lee, Y.-B., Yang, J.-Y., Kim, C-H., Choo, S.-H. & Ryu, W.-S. (1995). Molecular cloning of hepatitis C virus genome from a single Korean blood donor. Molecular Cells 5, 317-324.
9. Choo, Q.-L, Richman, K., Han, J. H., Berger, K., Lee, C., Dong, C., Gallegos, C., Coit, D., Medina-Selby, A., Barr, P. J., Weiner, A., Bradley, D. W., Kuo, G. & Houghton, M. (1991). Genetic organization and diversity of the hepatitis C virus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 88, 2451-2455.
10. Davidson, F., Simmonds, P., Ferguson, J. C., Jarvis, L. M., Dow, B. C., Follett, E. A. C., Seed, C. R. G., Krusius, T., Lin, C, Medgyesi, G. A. and others (1995). Survey of major genotypes and subtypes of hepatitis C virus using RFLP of sequences amplified from the 5′ non-coding region. Journal of General Virology 76, 1197-1204.
11. Dusheiko, G. M. & Simmons, P. (1994). Sequence variability of hepatitis C virus and its clinical relevance. Journal of Viral Hepatitis 1, 1-13.
12. Enomoto, N., Sakuma, I., Asahina, Y., Kurosaki, M., Murakami, T., Yamamoto, C., Izumi, N., Marumo, F. & Sato, C. (1995). Comparison of full-length sequences of interferon-sensitive and resistant hepatitis C virus 1b. Journal of Clinical Investigation 96, 224-230.
13. Farci, P., Alter, A. J., Wong, D., Miller, R. H., Shin, J. W., Jett, B. & Purcell, R. H. (1991). A long-term study of hepatitis C virus replication in non-A, non-B hepatitis. New England Journal of Medicine 325, 98-104.
14. Felsenstein, J. (1993). Phytogeny inference package, version 3.5. Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
15. Garson, J. A., Uhnoo, I., Whitby, K., Braconier, J. H., Deaville, R., Duberg, A., Wallmark, E., Wistron, J., Goldin, R. D. & Spacey, B. (1997). Virological, biochemical and histological effects of human lymphoblastoid interferon in Swedish patients with chronic hepatitis. Journal of Viral Hepatitis 4, 325-331.
16. Hayashi, N., Higashi, H., Kaminaka, K., Sugimoto, H., Esumi, M., Komatsu, K., Hayashi, K., Sugitani, M., Suzuki, K., Tadao, O. and others (1993). Molecular cloning and heterogeneity of the human hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome. Journal of Hepatology 17 (Suppl. 3), S94-S107.
17. Honda, M., Kaneko, S., Unoura, M., Kobayashi, K. & Murakami, S. (1992). Sequence comparisons for a hepatitis C virus genome RNA isolated from a patient with liver cirrhosis. Gene 120, 317-318.
18. Inchauspe, G., Zebedee, S. L., Lee, D.-H. H., Sugitani, M., Nasoff, M.S. & Prince, A. M. (1991). Genomic structure of the human prototype strain H of hepatitis C virus : comparison with American and Japanese isolates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 88, 10292-10296.
19. Kato, N., Hijikata, M., Ootsuyama, Y., Nakagawa, M., Ohkoshi, S., Sugimura, T. & Shimotohno, K. ( 1990). Molecular cloning of the human hepatitis C virus genome from Japanese patients with non-A, non-B hepatitis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 87, 9524-9528.
20. Kolykhalov, A. A., Agapov, E. V., Blight, K. J., Mihalik, K., Feinstone, S. M. & Rice, C. M. (1997). Transmission of hepatitis C by intrahepatic inoculation with transcribed RNA. Science 277, 570-574.
21. Krug, L. P., Lunge, V. R., lkuta, N., Fonseca, A. S., Cheinquer, H., Ozaki, L. S. & Barros, S. G. (1996). Hepatitis C virus genotypes in Southern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 29, 1629-1632.
22. Kumar, U., Monjardino, J. & Thomas, H. C. (1994). MEGA: molecular evolutionary genetic analysis for minicomputers. Computer Applications in the Biosciences 10, 189-191.
23. Kuo, G., Choo, Q. L., Alter, H. J., Gitnick, G. L., Redeker, A. G., Purcell, R. H., Miyamura, T., Dienstag, J. L., Alter, M. J., Stevens, C. E. and others (1989). An assay for circulating antibodies to a major etiologic virus of human non-A, non-B hepatitis. Science 244, 362-364.
24. Kurosaki, M., Enomoto, N., Marumo, F. & Sato, C. (1994). Evolution and selection of hepatitis C virus variants in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Virology 205, 161-169.
25. McOmish, F., Yap, P. L., Dow, B. C., Follett, E. A. C., Seed, A. J., Keller, A. J., Cobain, T. J., Krusius, T., Kolho, E., Naukkarinen, R., Lin, C., Lai, C., Leong, S., Medgyesi, G. A., Hejjas, M., Kiyokawa, H., Fukada, K., Cuypers, T., Saeed, A. A., Al-Rasheed, A. M., Lin, M. & Simmonds, P. (1994). Geographical distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in blood donors - an international collaborative survey. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 32, 884-892.
26. Manzin, A., Solforosi, L., Petrelli, E., Macarri, G., Tosone, G., Piazza, M. & Clementi, M. (1998). Evolution of hypervariable region 1 of hepatitis C virus in primary infection. Journal of Virology 72, 6271-6276.
27. Nakao, H., Okamoto, H., Tokita, H., lnoue, T., lizuka, H., Pozzato, G. & Mishiro, S. (1996). Full-length genomic sequence of a hepatitis C virus genotype 2c isolate (BEBE1) and the 2c-specific PCR primers. Archives of Virology 141, 701-704.
28. Okamoto, H., Okada, S., Sugiyama, Y., Yotsumoto, S., Tanaka, T., Yoshizawa, H., Tsuda, F., Miyakawa, Y. & Mayumi, M. (1990). The 5′-terminal sequence of the hepatitis C virus genome. Japanese Journal of Experimental Medicine 3, 167-177.
29. Okamoto, H., Okada, S., Sugiyama, Y., Kurai, K., lizuka, H., Machida, A., Miyakawa, Y. & Mayumi, M. (1991). Nucleotide sequence of the genomic RNA of hepatitis C virus isolated from a human carrier: comparison with reported isolates for conserved and divergent regions. Journal of General Virology 72, 2697-2704.
30. Okamoto, H., Kojima, M., Okada, S., Yoshizawa, H., lizuka, H., Tanaka, T., Muchmore, E. E., Peterson, D. A., lto, Y. & Mishiro, S. (1992α). Genetic drift of hepatitis C virus during an 8·2-year infection in a chimpanzee: variability and stability. Virology 190, 894-899.
31. Okamoto, H., Kurai, K., Okada, S., Yamamoto, K., Lizuka, H., Tanaka, T., Miyakawa, S. & Mayumi, M. (1992b). Full-length sequence of a hepatitis C virus genome having poor homology to reported isolates: comparative study of four distinct genotypes. Virology 188, 331-341.
32. Okamoto, H., Kojima, M., Sakamoto, M., lizuka, H., Hadiwandowo, S., Suwignyo, S., Miyakawa, Y. & Mayumi, M. (1994). The entire nucleotide sequence and classification of a hepatitis C virus isolate of a novel genotype from an Indonesian patient with chronic liver disease. Journal of General Virology 75, 629-635.
33. Oubina, J. R., Quarleri, J. F., Rudzinski, M., Parks, C, Badia, I. & Gonzalez-Cappa, S. M. (1995). Genomic characterization of hepatitis C virus isolates from Argentina. Journal of Medical Virology 47, 97-104.
34. Picchio, G. R., Nakatsuno, M., Boggiano, C., Sabe, R., Corti, M., Darvich, J., Perez-Bianco, R., Tezanos-Pinto, M., Kokka, R., Wilber, J. & Mosier, D. (1997). Hepatitis C (HCV) genotype and viral titer distribution among Argentinean hemophilic patients in the presence or absence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Journal of Medical Virology 52, 219-225.
35. Pujol, F. H., Loureiro, C. L., Devesa, M., Blitz, L., Parra, K., Beker, S. & Lipriandi, F. (1997). Determination of genotypes of hepatitis C virus in Venezuela by restriction fragment length polymorphism. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 35, 1870-1872.
36. Sarto, I., Miyamura, T., Ohbayashi, A., Harada, H., Katayama, T., Kikuchi, S., Watanabe, Y., Koi, S., Onji, M., Ohta, Y. and others (1990). Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with development of hepato-cellular carcinoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 87, 6547-6549.
37. Sakamoto, M., Akahane, Y., Tsuda, F., Tanaka, T., Woodfield, D. G. & Okamoto, H. (1994). Entire nucleotide sequence and characterization of a hepatitis C virus of genotype V/3a. Journal of General Virology 75, 1761-1768.
38. Seki, M. & Honda, Y. (1995). Phosphorothioate antisense oligodeoxy-nucleotides capable of inhibiting hepatitis C virus gene expression: in vitro translation assay. Journal of Biochemistry 118, 1199-1204.
39. Seki, M., Honda, Y., Kondo, J., Fukuda, K., Ohta, K., Sugimoto, J. & Yamada, E. (1995). Effective production of the hepatitis C virus core antigen having high purity in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biotechnology 38, 229-241.
40. Shiratori, Y., Kato, N., Yokosuka, O., Hashimoto, E., Hayashi, N., Nakamura, A., Asada, M., Kuroda, H., Ohkubo, H., Arakawa, Y., Iwama, A. & Omata, M. (1997). Quantitative assays for hepatitis C virus in serum as predictors of the long-term response to interferon. Journal of Hepalology 27, 437-444.
41. Simmonds, P., Alberti, A., Alter, H. J., Bonino, F., Bradley, D. W., Brechot, C., Brouwer, J. T., Chan, S. W., Chayama, K., Chen, D. S. and others (1994 α). A proposed system for the nomenclature of hepatitis C viral genotypes. Hepatology 19, 1321-1324.
42. Simmonds, P., Smith, D. B., McOmish, F., Yap, P. L., Kolberg, J., Urdea, M. S. & Holmes, E. C. (1994b). Identification of genotypes of hepatitis C virus by sequence comparisons in the core, E1 and NS-5 regions. Journal of General Virology 75, 1053-1061.
43. Simmonds, P., Mellor, J., Sakuldamrongpanich, T., Nuchaprayoon, C., Tanprasert, S., Holmes, E. C. & Smith, D. B. (1996). Evolutionary analysis of variants of hepatitis C virus found in South-East Asia: comparison with classifications based upon sequence similarity. Journal of General Virology 77, 3013-3024.
44. Sugiyama, K., Kato, N., Mizutani, T., Ikeda, M., Tanaka, T. & Shimotohno, K. (1997). Genetic analysis of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome from HCV-infected human T cells. Journal of General Virology 78, 329-336.
45. Takamizawa, A., Mori, C., Manabe, S., Murakami, S., Fujita, J., Onishi, E., Andoh, T., Yoshida, I. & Okayama, H. (1991). The structure and organization of the hepatitis C virus genome isolated from human carriers. Journal of Virology 65, 1105-1113.
46. Tanaka, T., Kato, N., Nakagawa, M., Ootsuyama, Y., Cho, M. J., Nakazawa, T., Hijikata, M., lshimura, Y. & Shimotohno, K. (1992). Molecular cloning of hepatitis C virus genome from a single Japanese carrier: sequence variation within the same individual and among infected individuals. Virus Research 23, 39-53.
47. Tokita, H., Okamoto, H., Luengrojanakul, P., Vareesangthip, K., Chainuvati, T., Iizuka, H., Tsuda, F., Miyakawa, Y. & Mayumi, M. (1995). Hepatitis C virus variants from Thailand classifiable into five novel genotypes in the sixth (6b), seventh (7c, 7d) and ninth (9b, 9c) major genetic groups. Journal of General Virology 76, 2329-2335.
48. Tokita, H., Okamoto, H., Iizuka, H., Kishimoto, J., Tsuda, F., Lesmana, L. A., Miyakawa, Y. & Mayumi, M. (1996). Hepatitis C virus variants from Jakarta, Indonesia classifiable into novel genotypes in the second (2e and 2f), tenth (10a) and eleventh (11a) genetic groups. Journal of General Virology 77, 293-301.
49. Trowbridge, R. & Gowans, E. J. (1998). Molecular cloning of an Australian isolate of hepatitis C virus. Archives of Virology 143, 501-511.
50. Wang, Y., Okamoto, H., Tsuda, F., Nagayama, R., Tao, Q. M. & Mishiro, S. (1993). Prevalence, genotypes, and an isolate (HC-C2) of hepatitis C virus in Chinese patients with liver disease. Journal of Medical Virology 40, 254-260.
51. Yamada, N., Tanihara, K., Mizokami, M., Ohba, K., Takada, A., Tsutsumi, M. & Date, T. (1994). Full-length sequence of the genome of hepatitis C virus type 3a: comparative study with different genotypes. Journal of General Virology 75, 3279-3284.
52. Yanagi, M., Purcell, R. H., Emerson, S. U. & Bukh, J. (1997). Transcripts from a single full-length cDNA clone of hepatitis C virus are infectious when directly transfected into the liver of a chimpanzee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 94, 8738-8743.
53. Yanagi, M., St Clare, M., Shapiro, M., Emerson, S. U., Purcell, R. H. & Bukh, J. (1998). Transcripts of a chimeric clone of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b are infectious in vivo. Virology 244, 161-172.
54. Yen, C. T., Chu, C. M. & Liaw, Y. F. (1996). Distinct composition of viral quasispecies between ascites and serum samples from patients with late stage chronic hepatitis C. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 227, 524-529.
55. Zein, N. N., Rakela, J., Krawitt, E. L., Reddy, K. R., Tominaga, T. & Pershing, D.H. (1996). Hepatitis C virus genotypes in the United States: epidemiology, pathogenicity, and response to interferon therapy. Collaborative Study Group. Annals of Internal Medicine 125, 634-639.