Inference of host-pathogen interaction matrices from genome-wide polymorphism data

Author:

Märkle Hanna,John Sona,Metzger Lukas,Consortium STOP-HCV,Azim Ansari M,Pedergnana Vincent,Tellier AurélienORCID

Abstract

AbstractCoevolution is defined as the evolutionary change in one antagonist (host) in response to changes in the other antagonist (pathogen). At the genetic level, these changes are determined by genotype x genotype (GxG) interactions. We build on a general theoretical model of a host-pathogen interaction to derive four indices to retrieve key features of GxG interactions. The four developed indices extract relevant information from polymorphism data of randomly sampled uninfected hosts as well as infected hosts and their respective pathogen strains. Using these indices as summary statistics in an Approximate Bayesian Computation method, we can show their power to discriminate between GxG interaction matrices. Second, we apply our ABC method to a SNP data set of 451 European humans and their infecting Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) strains supplemented by polymorphism data of 503 individuals from the 1,000 genomes project. As our indices encompass and extend previous natural co-GWAs we recover many of the associations previously reported for this dataset and infer their underlying interaction matrix. We reveal a new candidate gene for resistance to HCV in the human genome, and two groups of significant GxG associations exhibiting gene-for-gene interactions. We suggest that the inferred types of GxG interactions result from the recent expansion, adaptation and low prevalence of the HCV virus population in Europe.Significance statementWhy are some host individuals susceptible/resistant to infection by certain pathogen genotypes and others not? Understanding the genetic characteristics of genes driving host-pathogen interactions is crucial to predict epidemics. We develop four indices based on a mathematical model and build a Bayesian statistical method computing these indices on full genome data of infected hosts and their infecting pathogen strains and data of non-infected hosts. We can pinpoint the genes underlying host-pathogen interactions and infer their characteristics. Applying our framework to data from European humans and the Hepatitis C virus, we discover a new potential resistance gene in humans and reveal how the virus has adapted in the last 150 years to match the genetic diversity of the European human population.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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