Investigation of polymorphisms in the genome of Dengue virus

Authors

  • Roberto Fabian Santos de Araújo Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Núcleo de Biologia Computacional e Gestão de Informações Biotecnológicas, Itabuna-Ilhéus, BA, Brasil
  • Nicolas Carels Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Genômica Funcional e Bioinformática, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Paulo Roberto Santana de Melo Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil
  • Diego Gervásio Frias Suárez Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Núcleo de Biologia Computacional e Gestão de Informações Biotecnológicas, Bahia, BA, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v1i2.927

Keywords:

Dengue, NS5, polymerase, virulence, polymorphism

Abstract

In the present study, we investigated the nucleotide polymorphisms among the four genotypes of the Dengue virus - DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4 - by qualitative and quantitative characterization. We studied the Nucleotide Substitution Density (NSD) along each genome identifying the regions with higher degree of mutation and/or conservation. Then, we calculated the Average Nucleotide Substitution Density (ANSD) for each serotype. We observed that the ANSD of DENV-2 is larger than for DENV-1 by 44.21%, DENV-3 by 85%, and DENV-4 by 163.31%. In contrast to DENV-2 and DENV-4, DENV-1 and DENV-3 showed a similar mutational behavior. The NS5 domain from DENV-2 that corresponds to the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase also has a higher mutation rate compared to that of the other DENVs. This suggests that the polymorphism and the virulence can be correlated in DENV-2, which could contribute to the understanding of the disease evolution.

Published

2007-12-31

How to Cite

Araújo, R. F. S. de, Carels, N., de Melo, P. R. S., & Frias Suárez, D. G. (2007). Investigation of polymorphisms in the genome of Dengue virus. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v1i2.927