Faculty Opinions recommendation of A structural and thermodynamic escape mechanism from a drug resistant mutation of the HIV-1 protease.

Author(s):  
Matthew Jacobson
2004 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 594-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Vega ◽  
Lin-Woo Kang ◽  
Adrian Velazquez-Campoy ◽  
Yoshiaki Kiso ◽  
L. Mario Amzel ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Liyan Jiao ◽  
Hanping Li ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
Daomin Zhuang ◽  
Yongjian Liu ◽  
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Objective. To clarify the impact of H221Y mutation on drug resistance to NVP.Methods. 646 bp HIV-1polgene fragments (from 592 to 1237 nucleotide) with different NNRTIs mutation profiles from AIDS patients receiving antiretroviral therapy containing NVP regimens were introduced into pNL4-3 backbone plasmid. H221Y and (or) Y181C mutations were reverted to wild type amino acids by site-directed mutagenesis, then strains containing various mutation patterns were packaged. Phenotypic drug resistance was analyzed on TZM-bl cells.Results. 12 strains containing different drug-resistant mutation profiles were constructed, including the K101Q series (K101Q/Y181C/H221Y, K101Q/Y181C, K101Q/H221Y, and K101Q), the V179D series (V179D/Y181C/H221Y, V179D/Y181C, V179D/H221Y, and V179D), and the K103N series (K103N/Y181C/H221Y, K103N/Y181C, K103N/H221Y, K103N). For strains containing the mutation profiles (K101Q/Y181C, K101Q, V179D/Y181C, V179D, K103N/Y181C, and K103N), the presence of H221Y reduced NVP susceptibility by2.1±0.5to3.6±0.5fold. To the mutation profiles K101Q/H221Y, K101Q, V179D/H221Y, V179D, K103N/H221Y, and K103N, the presence of Y181C reduced NVP susceptibility by41.9±8.4to1297.0±289.1fold. For the strains containing K101Q, V179D, and K103N, the presence of Y181C/H221Y combination decreased NVP susceptibility by100.6±32.5to3444.6±834.5fold.Conclusion. On the bases of various NNRTIs mutation profiles, Y181C remarkably improved the IC50to NVP, although H221Ymutation alone just increases 2.1 ∼ 3.6-fold resistance to NVP, the mutation could improve 100.6 ∼ 3444.6-fold resistance to NVP when it copresent with Y181C, the phenotypic drug resistance fold was improved extremely. For strains containing the mutation profiles (K101Q/Y181C, K101Q, V179D/Y181C, V179D, K103N/Y181C, and K103N), the presence of H221Y reduced NVP susceptibility by2.1±0.5to3.6±0.5fold.


2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianping Sun ◽  
Liying Ma ◽  
Xiaoling Yu ◽  
Yang Huang ◽  
Lin Yuan ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadhak Sengupta ◽  
Jaclyn Marrinan ◽  
Caroline Frishman ◽  
Prakash Sampath

Malignant glioma, or glioblastoma, is the most common and lethal form of brain tumor with a median survival time of 15 months. The established therapeutic regimen includes a tripartite therapy of surgical resection followed by radiation and temozolomide (TMZ) chemotherapy, concurrently with radiation and then as an adjuvant. TMZ, a DNA alkylating agent, is the most successful antiglioma drug and has added several months to the life expectancy of malignant glioma patients. However, TMZ is also responsible for inducing lymphopenia and myelosuppression in malignant glioma patients undergoing chemotherapy. Although TMZ-induced lymphopenia has been attributed to facilitate antitumor vaccination studies by inducing passive immune response, in general lymphopenic conditions have been associated with poor immune surveillance leading to opportunistic infections in glioma patients, as well as disrupting active antiglioma immune response by depleting both T and NK cells. Deletion of O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) activity, a DNA repair enzyme, by temozolomide has been determined to be the cause of lymphopenia. Drug-resistant mutation of the MGMT protein has been shown to render chemoprotection against TMZ. The immune modulating role of TMZ during glioma chemotherapy and possible mechanisms to establish a strong TMZ-resistant immune response have been discussed.


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