Title
Comprehensive serological profiling of human populations using a synthetic human virome
Date Issued
05 June 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Xu G.J.
Kula T.
Xu Q.
Li M.Z.
Vernon S.D.
Ndung'u T.
Ruxrungtham K.
Sanchez J.
Brander C.
Chung R.T.
O'Connor K.C.
Walker B.
Larman H.B.
Elledge S.J.
Publisher(s)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Abstract
The human virome plays important roles in health and immunity. However, current methods for detecting viral infections and antiviral responses have limited throughput and coverage. Here, we present VirScan, a high-throughput method to comprehensively analyze antiviral antibodies using immunoprecipitation and massively parallel DNA sequencing of a bacteriophage library displaying proteome-wide peptides from all human viruses. We assayed over 108 antibody-peptide interactions in 569 humans across four continents, nearly doubling the number of previously established viral epitopes. We detected antibodies to an average of 10 viral species per person and 84 species in at least two individuals. Although rates of specific virus exposure were heterogeneous across populations, antibody responses targeted strongly conserved "public epitopes" for each virus, suggesting that they may elicit highly similar antibodies. VirScan is a powerful approach for studying interactions between the virome and the immune system.
Volume
348
Issue
6239
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Genética, Herencia Virología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84930635082
PubMed ID
Source
Science
ISSN of the container
00368075
Sponsor(s)
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative - UKZNRSA1001 National Institutes of Health - AI082630 National Institutes of Health - DA033541 National Institutes of Health - N01-A1-30024 National Institutes of Health - N01-AI-30024 National Institutes of Health - N01-Al-15422 National Institutes of Health - R37AI067073 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - R01DE018925
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