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Schalkwijk, Hanna Helena; Georgala, Aspasia; Gillemot, Sarah; Temblador, Arturo; Topalis, Dimitri; Wittnebel, Sebastian; Andrei, Graciela; Snoeck, Robert
The Journal of infectious diseases, 11/2023, Volume: 228, Issue: 11Journal Article
Abstract Background Herpes simplex virus 1 can cause severe infections in individuals who are immunocompromised. In these patients, emergence of drug resistance mutations causes difficulties in infection management. Methods Seventeen herpes simplex virus 1 isolates were obtained from orofacial/anogenital lesions in a patient with leaky severe combined immunodeficiency over 7 years, before and after stem cell transplantation. Spatial/temporal evolution of drug resistance was characterized genotypically—with Sanger and next-generation sequencing of viral thymidine kinase (TK) and DNA polymerase (DP)—and phenotypically. CRISPR/Cas9 was used to introduce the novel DP Q727R mutation, and dual infection-competition assays were performed to assess viral fitness. Results Isolates had identical genetic backgrounds, suggesting that orofacial/anogenital infections derived from the same virus lineage. Eleven isolates proved heterogeneous TK virus populations by next-generation sequencing, undetectable by Sanger sequencing. Thirteen isolates were acyclovir resistant due to TK mutations, and the Q727R isolate additionally exhibited foscarnet/adefovir resistance. Recombinant Q727R mutant virus showed multidrug resistance and increased fitness under antiviral pressure. Conclusions Long-term follow-up of a patient with severe combined immunodeficiency revealed virus evolution and frequent reactivation of wild-type and TK mutant strains, mostly as heterogeneous populations. The DP Q727R resistance phenotype was confirmed with CRISPR/Cas9, a useful tool to validate novel drug resistance mutations. Long-term follow-up of a patient with immunodeficiency was conducted before and after stem cell transplantation, and it revealed herpes simplex virus 1 evolution and frequent reactivation of wild-type and mutant virus strains. The multidrug resistance phenotype of the novel Q727R DNA polymerase mutation was confirmed by gene editing.
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