title: Dynamics of drug-resistant HIV-1 in plasma and peripheral blood cells in patients during and after enfuvirtide therapy.
abstract: Genetic analysis of HIV-1 gp41 in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) compartments was performed longitudinally in 10 HIV-infected patients treated with enfuvirtide. The appearance of enfuvirtide resistance mutations in PBMCs (DNA) generally occurred after (from 23 to 157 weeks) being recognizable in plasma (RNA). The disappearance of drug-resistant HIV-1 mutations to enfuvirtide in seven patients who discontinued the drug was directly dependent of the exposure time failing enfuvirtide, being associated mainly with the selection of secondary/compensatory mutations recognizable in proviral DNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Poveda
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Briz
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paraskevis
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barreiro
authors.forename: Angelos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hatzakis
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soriano
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D024882:Drug Resistance, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D000077560:Enfuvirtide; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41 / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D023581:HIV Fusion Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41; D023581:HIV Fusion Inhibitors; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012367:RNA, Viral; D000077560:Enfuvirtide