Gibbon ape leukemia virus

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Gibbon-ape Leukaemia Virus
Virus classification e
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Pararnavirae
Phylum: Artverviricota
Class: Revtraviricetes
Order: Ortervirales
Family: Retroviridae
Genus: Gammaretrovirus
Species:
Gibbon-ape Leukaemia Virus
Synonyms
  • Gibbon sarcoma and leukemia virus

Gibbon-ape leukemia virus (GaLV) is an oncogenic, type C retrovirus that has been isolated from primate neoplasms, including the white-handed gibbon and woolly monkey.[1] The virus was identified as the etiological agent of hematopoietic neoplasms, leukemias, and immune deficiencies within gibbons in 1971, during the epidemic of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Epidemiological research into the origins of GaLV has developed two hypotheses for the virus' emergence. These include cross-species transmission of the retrovirus present within a species of East Asian rodent or bat, and the inoculation or blood transfusion of a MbRV-related virus into captured gibbons populations housed at medical research institutions.[2] The virus was subsequently identified in captive gibbon populations in Thailand, the US and Bermuda.[3]

GaLV is transmitted horizontally by contact with excretory products of infected gibbons.[4] However, it is also hypothesised to be vertically transmitted via parent-progeny transmission.[5] Phylogenetic analysis have revealed 7 strains of GaLV; GaLV-SF, GaLV-SEATO, GaLV-BR, GALV-X, GaLV-Mar, GaLV-H and SSV, which have emerged as a result of selection pressures from the host immune system.[3] Recently, full genome sequences of these strains have been made available which broadens the possibilities for GaLV's utility as a viral vector in gene transfer.[6]

Epizootiology[]

History[]

Cases of malignant lymphomas and leukemias were not described in gibbons until the 1960s, when several cases of haematopoietic neoplasia were reported in a single colony of white-handed gibbons housed at the SEATO research facility in Bangkok, Thailand.[7] In 1971, phylogenetic analysis of the Leukemia-inducing retrovirus, lead to the identification of GaLV-SEATO, published within De Paoli et al. (1971).[3] Following this discovery, five other strains of GaLV was identified from animals whose associated neoplastic syndromes were exclusively recorded in captive gibbon populations, which include:

  • GaLV-SF: identified from a gibbon lymphosarcoma in San Francisco and within captured gibbons populations at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center and the University of California. (Kawakami et al. and Snyder et al., 1973)[4]
  • GALV‐X: detected in cell culture from a human T-cell line infected with HIV-1 in Louvain, Belgium and at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland, US.[8]
  • GALV‐H: identified from a gibbon with lymphocytic leukemias from a colony of free-ranging gibbons at the Hall's Island, Bermuda.[9]
  • GALV‐Br: Identified in frozen brain samples of non-leukemic gibbons at the Gulf South Research Institute in Louisiana. (Gallo et al., 1978)[8]
  • GaLV-Mar: detected in cell culture (in vitro) derived from marmoset cells.[10]
  • Simian sarcoma (SSV): a defective GALV recombinant, derived from a single isolate of fibrosarcoma in a Woolly Monkey that was exposed to a GALV-infected captive gibbon.[2] For viral replication to occur within the host, simian sarcoma-associated virus (SSAV) must also be present.[4]
GaLV Phylogenetic trees derived from genome sequences of GaLV strains; GaLV-SEATO, GaLV-Br, GaLV-H, GaLV-X and GaLV-SF.

These strains exhibit high genetic similarity, demonstrated through DNA sequencing which reveals approx. 90% sequence identity and more than 93% amino acid genome identity between strains of GaLV. Differences between these strains occurs in the env gene, with divergence ranging from 85% to 99%.[4]

Origins[]

The discovery of a contagious oncogenic gammaretrovirus in sub-human primates stimulated a great deal of research into the pathogenesis of GaLV and its origins including the virus' intermediate host, which is currently disputed.[2] Virologist initially suggested that GaLV was related to murine leukaemia virus (MLV) detected in Southeast Asian rodents. The endogenous retroviruses with similar homology are; McERV, detected within Mus caroli, and Mus dunni endogenous virus (MDEV) isolated from the earth-coloured mouse (Lieber et al. 1975, Callahan et al. 1979). Furthermore, this hypothesis was based on results derived from low resolution serological and DNA homology methods.[3] Thus, present phylogenetic analysis of proviral sequences of GALV‐SEATO and MLV shows a 68–69% similarity for pol and 55% similarity for env, thus indicating the limited sequence similarity.[3] Therefore, there are no published proviral sequences from rodent hosts which share a sufficiently high degree of sequence identity to GALV to confirm an intermediate rodent host as the precursor for GaLV.[2]

An alternative hypothesis is based on the high sequence similarity of GaLV-SEATO and the Melomys Burtoni retrovirus (MbRV), isolated from a species of rodent from Papua New Guinea. Immunological analysis highlights that MbRV shares 93% sequence homology with GaLV-SEATO which is significantly higher than McERV and MDEV.[2] However, due to the lack of geographic overlap of grassland melomys in PNG and Thailand, MbRV was initially considered ill-suited as the intermediate host of GaLV.[11] However, in 2016 the Mammal Review published "Is gibbon ape leukaemia virus still a threat?" which offered a valid hypothesis for the spread of MbRV from PNG to Thailand by divulging SEATO facility reports and reviewing geographical movement of gibbons during the 1960s and 1970's.[3] The SEATO facility report demonstrated that gibbons were frequently inoculated with biomaterial from humans, Southeast Asian rodents and other gibbons, for pathogenetic study of human diseases including malaria and dengue fever. It is therefore proposed that blood and tissue samples used at SEATO were contaminated with MbRV-related virus and later introduced into Gibbon test subjects via blood transfusion or inoculation, thereby resulting in the development of GaLV within two gibbons (S-76 and S-77).[3]

The last hypothesis is based on the sequence similarity of GaLV and retroviruses present within Southeast Asian bat species.[12] Mobile bat species are potential intermediate hosts of GALV as they can disperse rapidly over large geographical areas and have also been linked to several zoonotic diseases.[13]

Replication cycle[]

GaLV belongs to the retrovirus family which utilises an enzyme called reverse transcriptase in viral replication. Retroviruses have single stranded genomes (ssRNA) which undergoes reverse transcription to form double-stranded DNA (dsNDA) prior to proviral integration into the genome of the host cell. The GaLV replication cycle proceeds as follows:

  1. Binding: The first step of GaLV retroviral replication is the adsorption of adsorbate particles on the surface of human cells using receptor molecules SLC20A1 (GLVR-1, PIT-1) and SLC20A2 (GLVR-2, PIT-2).[14] Both molecules are cellular proteins (phosphate transporters).
  2. Entry into host cell: Then GaLV particles use these cell-surface proteins on the cell membrane, as specific receptors to enter their host cells.[15]
  3. Reverse transcription: The viral core then enters the cytoplasm of the target cell where the enzyme, reverse transcriptase, generates a complementary DNA strand from 3' to 5'.[15]
  4. Nuclear entry: The proviral integration of GaLV into the host genome requires entry into the nucleus of the target cell. However, GaLV is incapable of infecting non-dividing cells and therefore relies on the breakdown of the nuclear membrane during mitosis cell division for nuclear entry.[15]
  5. Replication: Once the proviral DNA enters the nucleus of the host cell, replication occurs via polypeptide synthesis and becomes integrated into the host genome.[15]

Viral resistance[]

Research published within the Retroviruses and Insights into Cancer Journal, highlights the potential of viral resistance within gibbon-apes, due to the partial proviral transcription of an intact envelope gene. The expression of the GaLV envelope gene was exhibited within an asymptomatic gibbon despite long term exposure to another highly viremic gibbon. Therefore, the expression of the GaLV envelope in the absence of replication-competent GaLV may have rendered the animal resistant to GaLV infection.[16] Furthermore, antibodies against the retrovirus was identified in gibbons without evidence of disease which suggests a natural immunological resistance to GaLV.[17]

Transmission[]

GaLV is an exogenous virus that is horizontally transmitted via contact with GaLV contaminated biomaterials such as urine and faces.[18] This is confirmed within hybrizidation assay which evidenced the lack of proviral genome within uninfected gibbons. Furthermore, experimental research conducted at the Comparative Oncology Laboratory demonstrates the "horizontal transmission of GaLV within a 14-month-old uninfected gibbon which contracted GaLV within six weeks of exposure to viremic individuals." Furthermore, GaLV is also transmitted prenatally via parent-progeny transmission in utero, of which offspring exhibit a large quantity of proviral DNA in opposed to postnatal transmission.[5]

Signs and symptoms[]

See also: Granulocytic leukemia

Conditions associated with GALV include neoplastic syndromes leading to susceptible secondary and often fatal diseases including; malignant lymphoma, lymphoblastic leukemia, osteoporosis and granulocytic leukemia. In cases of granulocytic leukemia, increased granulocytes in the peripheral blood infiltrated bone marrow and liver lymph nodes, causing a greenish hue (chlorosis) within these tissues.[17] Pathology study published by Kawakami et al in 1980, identifies the development of chronic granulocytic leukemia within young GaLV infected gibbons after latency periods of 5–11 months. Additionally, the introduction of GaLV into 14-month-old gibbons, demonstrated the production of neutralising antibodies which enabled individuals to remain asymptomatic and free of hematopoietic disease, thereby demonstrating the host's immune response to GaLV infection.[8]

Gammaretrovirus outbreaks[]

See also: Gammaretrovirus

Koala retrovirus (KoRV)[]

Further information: Koala retrovirus

KoRV belongs to the gammaretrovirus genus and is closely related to GaLV with an 80% nucleotide similarity.[19] The retrovirus is isolated from lymphomas and leukemias, present within infected captive and free-living koala populations in Australasia.[20] Accordingly, a study published within the journal of virology, Molecular Dynamics and Mode of Transmission of Koala Retrovirus as It Invades and Spreads through a Wild Queensland Koala Population, highlights that 80% of koalas that developed neoplasia was also KoRV-B positive, thereby linking the widespread infection of leukemia and lymphoma to KoRV. At present, KoRV is the only retroviral that induces germ-line infections and therefore presents the opportunity for scientists to understand the processes regulating retrovirus endogenization.[21]

9 subtypes of KoRV have been identified, with the primary strains being; KoRV-A, KoRV-B and KoRV-J, which induces immodulation resulting in neoplastic syndromes and chlamydiosis. Moreover, the study demonstrated the diseases associated with KoRV-B including; developed abdominal lymphoma, a nonspecified proliferative/bone marrow condition, osteochondroma and mesothelioma.[22] Nature by Tarlington and colleagues, provides epidemiological evidence that germline infections are present in populations found in Queensland, yet some individuals in Southern Australia lack the provirus, suggesting that retroviral endogenization began in Northern Australia between the last 100 to 200 years.[21] Pathology study of the endogenizing integration of KoRV-A into the host's genome is essential in developing a therapeutic vaccine which decreases the incidence rate of 3% per year.[23][22]

Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV)[]

Further information: Feline leukemia virus

FeLV is an oncogenic gammaretrovirus belonging to the orthoretrovirinae subfamily and retroviridae family.[24] First discovered in 1964 within a cluster of cats with lymphosarcoma. FeLV is identified as the infectious agent causing immunomodulation within bone marrow and the immune system, which renders infected cats susceptible to a variety of secondary and opportunistic infections.[25] Associated diseases of FeLV include; lymphoma, non-regenerative anemias and thymic degenerative disease.[26] Currently, the prevalence of FeLV has decreased since the 1970s and 1980s, due to veterinary interventions, vaccination, biosecurity protocols and quarantine or euthanasia of infected animals.[27] Accurate blood testing procedures revolving around the detection of FeLV P27 enables diagnosis via two methods; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), which detects the presence of free FeLV particles that are found in the bloodstream and indirect immunofluorescent antibody assay (IFA), which detects the presence of retroviral particles within white blood cells.[28]

FeLV is horizontally and vertically transmitted through biomaterials; saliva, blood, breast milk, urine and feces. Furthermore, transmission can also occur postnatally or prenatally within parent-progeny relationships. The potency of parasitic fleas as a viral vector for FeLV was identified in 2003, which confirmed horizontal transmission of FeLV without close contact with infected individuals.[29] Furthermore, the three strains of FeLV are A,B,C. FeLV-A is the least pathogenic strain that is transmittable in nature especially within unvaccinated animals.[30] Contrarily, FeLV-B is derived via recombination of exogenous FeLV-A with endogenous sequences (enFeLV) whilst the limited research into the origins of FeLV-C leans towards recombination/ or mutation.[31]

Porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV)[]

Further information: Porcine endogenous retrovirus

PERV was first described in 1970, belonging to the gammaretrovirus genus, Orthoretrovirinae subfamily and Retroviridae family,.[32] PERV is categorised into three replication competent subtypes: PERV-A, PERV-B and PERV-C. PERV-A and PERV-B are polytropic viruses which are capable of infecting humans and porcine cells, whereas PERV-C is an ecotropic virus which effects only porcine cells.[33] The cross-species transmission of PERV's in human cells have been demonstrated in vitro which raises concern regarding the xenotransplantation of porcine cells, tissues and organs.[33] However, diagnosis of PERV in vivo has not occurred within; recipients of pig nerve cells or skin grafts, patients with porcine-based liver or pancreatic xenografts, and butchers in contact with porcine tissue.[32]

In medicine[]

GaLV envelope protein[]

GaLV Envelope Protein has biomedical significance due to its utility as a viral vector in cancer gene therapy and gene transfer.[20] Retroviral vectors are used in ex vivo gene therapy, which involves the modification of cells in vitro, to replace genes that code for dysfunctional proteins. The inserted gene undergoes transcription and translation within the nucleus and ribosome of the host cell producing "normal" secretable proteins.[34] The earliest retroviral vectors were based on the Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) which when pseudotyped with GaLV envelope protein, enabled gene transfer to various host cells.[35] Furthermore, the development of "hybrid murine amphotropic viral envelope with the extracellular domains of GALV also helps to increase the cell infection rate within the host during gene therapy."[36][37]

Gene transfer is dependent on the relationship between receptor expression and transduction efficiency. Human T-lymphocytes have two surface receptors (GLVR-1 and GLVR-2) that detect the presence of GaLV. Furthermore, Lam et al evidenced the 8 fold greater expression of GLVR-1 than GLVR-2, which demonstrates that human T lymphocyte gene transfer methods should utilise the GaLV envelope protein that binds to the GLVR-1 surface receptor.[38] However, because gammaretroviruses are incapable of infecting non-dividing cells, the utility of GaLV envelope protein in gene transfer is being superseded by lentiviral vectors.[35]

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