Emergence of multi-dideoxynucleoside-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variants, viral sequence variation, and disease progression in patients receiving antiretroviral chemotherapy.
A set of five reverse transcriptase mutations, which include Q151M, is known to confer multi-dideoxynucleoside resistance (MDR) in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). MDR mutations were found in 6 (17%) HIV-1 isolates from 36 patients, most of whom were receiving long-term combination therapy. Q151M was among the first of the substitutions to appear. Additional substitutions were observed, although none were common among all 6 patients. Certain zidovudine-related mutations were not observed together with the MDR mutations, indicating possible enzymatic constraint. During chemotherapy, the HIV-1 RNA levels in the 6 patients initially decreased and then rose. Initially, CD4 cell counts also responded favorably but were near or below baseline beyond 40 months of therapy. Such loss of clinical benefits appeared to coincide with the appearance of the MDR mutations. A common background genotype was not observed among HIV-1 isolates with or without MDR.
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Experimental Retrovirology Section, Medicine Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D002648:Child; D016049:Didanosine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015224:Dideoxynucleosides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase / Q000235:genetics; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017354:Point Mutation; D012367:RNA, Viral; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016047:Zalcitabine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D015224:Dideoxynucleosides; D012367:RNA, Viral; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D015215:Zidovudine; D016047:Zalcitabine; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase; D016049:Didanosine