Konstantin A, Tsetsarkin and E , Sreekumar and Scott C., Weaver (2014) Multi-peaked adaptive landscape for chikungunya virus evolution predicts continued fitness optimization in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. nature communications . ISSN 2041-1723

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Abstract

Host species-specific fitness landscapes largely determine the outcome of host switching during pathogen emergence. Using chikungunya virus (CHIKV) to study adaptation to a mosquito vector, we evaluated mutations associated with recently evolved sub-lineages. Multiple Aedes albopictus-adaptive fitness peaks became available after CHIKV acquired an initial adaptive (E1-A226V) substitution, permitting rapid lineage diversification observed in nature. All second-step mutations involved replacements by glutamine or glutamic acid of E2 glycoprotein amino acids in the acid-sensitive region, providing a framework to anticipate additional A. albopictus-adaptive mutations. The combination of second-step adaptive mutations into a single, ‘super-adaptive’ fitness peak also predicted the future emergence of CHIKV strains with even greater transmission efficiency in some current regions of endemic circulation, followed by their likely global spread.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Viral Disease Biology
Depositing User:	Central Library RGCB
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2017 05:06
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2017 05:06
URI:	http://rgcb.sciencecentral.in/id/eprint/173

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