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Long‐term monitoring of genotypic and phenotypic resistance to T20 in treated patients infected with HIV‐1
Author(s) -
PérezAlvarez L.,
Carmona R.,
Ocampo A.,
Asorey A.,
Miralles C.,
Pérez de Castro S.,
Pinilla M.,
Contreras G.,
Taboada J.A.,
Nájera R.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.20520
Subject(s) - peripheral blood mononuclear cell , viral load , lentivirus , ic50 , genotype , virology , pharmacokinetics , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , viral disease , in vitro , genetics , gene
The aim of this study was to investigate the susceptibility to T20 and the dynamics of amino acid changes in HR1 and HR2 of gp41 of HIV‐1 obtained from plasma, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), and primary isolates (PI) in four highly antiretroviral‐experienced patients. These patients received T20 plus an antiretroviral regimen and were followed‐up over a period of 40–72 weeks. In one non‐responder patient, N43D substitution was detected at 12 weeks of treatment, in association with a value of T20‐IC 50 of 10 µg/ml (10‐fold increase). Double mutations N42T + N43D were observed in plasma RNA at 32 weeks and remained detectable up to 16 weeks after the withdrawal of the drug. The S138A substitution in HR2 was observed in plasma RNA at 32 weeks, and both in plasma RNA and in PI DNA at 40 weeks, associated with an increase of the T20‐IC 50 to 25 µg/ml (25‐fold increase). Mutations V101G and E137K, not reported previously, were also observed in the HR2 region. Whether these new substitutions play a role in T20 resistance needs to be examined. In three temporary responders, coinciding with viral load rebound, G36D, and N42T substitutions were observed at 12, 24, and 40 weeks. G36D mutation was associated with a value of T20‐IC 50 of 5 µg/ml. The HR2 S138A mutation was detected after the detection of HR1 substitutions and was associated with an increase in the level of T20‐IC 50 to 125 µg/ml (125‐fold increase) All these data reinforce the role of gp41 amino acids 36–45 and the potential influence of the HR2 S138A mutation in the genotypic/phenotypic resistance to T20. J. Med. Virol. 78:141–147, 2006. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.