Single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes for 2′-5′-Oligoadenylate synthetase and RNase L in patients hospitalized with West Nile virus infection

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Yakub, I
Lillibridge, KM
Moran, A
Gonzalez, OY
Belmont, J
Gibbs, RA
Tweardy, DJ
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[1] Baylor Coll Med, Infect Dis Sect, Human Genome Sequencing Ctr, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Baylor Coll Med, Infect Dis Sect, Dept Mol & Human Genet, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[3] Baylor Coll Med, Infect Dis Sect, Dept Med, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[4] Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Houston Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Infect Dis, Houston, TX USA
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10.1086/497340
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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Background. Infection with the flavivirus West Nile virus (WNV) is a growing problem across the United States, where there is a case-fatality rate of 15% - 29% in individuals >70 years old and no consistently effective treatment. Susceptibility to WNV disease in inbred strains of mice was mapped to a nonsense mutation in the gene encoding the 1b isoform of 2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS), a member of the OAS/RNase L system of innate viral resistance. Genetic susceptibility to severe WNV disease in humans has not been determined. Methods. We sequenced each exon within all OAS and RNASEL genes in 33 individuals hospitalized with WNV infection in Houston to assess if there is a defect in this system in patients with severe WNV disease. Results. Sequencing did not reveal any insertions, deletions, or nonsense mutations in any OAS or RNASEL gene. However, comparison of the exonic sequences between case patients and control subjects identified 23 single nucleotide polymorphisms ( SNPs), including a synonymous SNP in OASL exon 2 (rs3213545), in which the reference allele occurred at a higher frequency in case patients (P <.004). Conclusion. Because the reference allele contains a splice enhancer site, our finding suggests that the RNA transcripts generated from this allele may undergo increased splicing, which results in a dominant-negative OASL isozyme similar to the nonsense/truncation mutant form of Oas1b in mice.
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