PMID- 33343925 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201222 IS - 2057-1577 (Print) IS - 2057-1577 (Electronic) IS - 2057-1577 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 2 DP - 2020 Jul TI - HIV-1 p24Gag adaptation to modern and archaic HLA-allele frequency differences in ethnic groups contributes to viral subtype diversification. PG - veaa085 LID - 10.1093/ve/veaa085 [doi] LID - veaa085 AB - Pathogen-driven selection and past interbreeding with archaic human lineages have resulted in differences in human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-allele frequencies between modern human populations. Whether or not this variation affects pathogen subtype diversification is unknown. Here we show a strong positive correlation between ethnic diversity in African countries and both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 p24gag and subtype diversity. We demonstrate that ethnic HLA-allele differences between populations have influenced HIV-1 subtype diversification as the virus adapted to escape common antiviral immune responses. The evolution of HIV Subtype B (HIV-B), which does not appear to be indigenous to Africa, is strongly affected by immune responses associated with Eurasian HLA variants acquired through adaptive introgression from Neanderthals and Denisovans. Furthermore, we show that the increasing and disproportionate number of HIV-infections among African Americans in the USA drive HIV-B evolution towards an Africa-centric HIV-1 state. Similar adaptation of other pathogens to HLA variants common in affected populations is likely. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. FAU - Kist, Nicolaas C AU - Kist NC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1081-6594 AD - Division of Clinical Neurology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK. AD - Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. FAU - Lambert, Ben AU - Lambert B AD - Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. AD - Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Medical School Building St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK. FAU - Campbell, Samuel AU - Campbell S AD - Division of Clinical Neurology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK. AD - Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. FAU - Katzourakis, Aris AU - Katzourakis A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5665-4041 AD - Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. FAU - Lunn, Daniel AU - Lunn D AD - Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, St Giles', Oxford OX1 3LB, UK. FAU - Lemey, Philippe AU - Lemey P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2826-5353 AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven B-3000, Belgium. FAU - Iversen, Astrid K N AU - Iversen AKN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3507-5956 AD - Division of Clinical Neurology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201212 PL - England TA - Virus Evol JT - Virus evolution JID - 101664675 PMC - PMC7733611 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HIV-1 OT - HLA OT - adaptation OT - diversification OT - phylodynamics OT - phylogenetics OT - subtype EDAT- 2020/12/22 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/22 06:01 PMCR- 2020/12/12 CRDT- 2020/12/21 06:06 PHST- 2020/12/21 06:06 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - veaa085 [pii] AID - 10.1093/ve/veaa085 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Virus Evol. 2020 Dec 12;6(2):veaa085. doi: 10.1093/ve/veaa085. eCollection 2020 Jul.