[Detection of genotypic and phenotypic drug-resistant HIV-1 in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy].
We have analyzed the sequences of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and protease genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells obtained from patients receiving antiretroviral therapy to evaluate the drug resistance-associated mutations. Of 84 HIV-1-infected individuals treated with reverse transcriptase inhibitors, 43 (51.2%) have been found to carry amino acid substitutions predicted to acquire drug-resistances. One to 3 mutations at amino acid residues reported to be associated with protease inhibitor-resistance were detected in more than 80% of protease inhibitor-naive patients. However, these pre-existing mutations did not seem to raise a real resistance after the initiation of therapy with protease inhibitors. Phenotypic resistance assay was performed with 6 clinical isolates to compare with genotypic resistance. In most of the cases, phenotype was correlated with genotypic changes, however, two strains which were isolated from patients having no experience of chemotherapy showed a decrease in susceptibility to several drugs without any resistance-related mutations detected in their genes. Taken together, determination of phenotypic resistance is necessary, especially when a newly-infected patients starts antiviral therapy.
Mori
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H
Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health.
Kojima
Y
Y
Kawahata
T
T
Otake
T
T
Oishi
I
I
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011480:Protease Inhibitors