Selection and analysis of HIV-1 integrase strand transfer inhibitor resistant mutant viruses

Autor: Marc V. Witmer, Robert M. Danovich
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Methods. 47:277-282
ISSN: 1046-2023
Popis: This report describes methods for the selection and analysis of antiretroviral resistance to HIV integrase strand transfer inhibitors (InSTIs) in cell culture. The method involves the serial passage of HIV-1 in the presence of increasing concentrations of test inhibitors, followed by the cloning and sequencing of the integrase coding region from the selected viruses. The identified mutations are subsequently re-engineered into a reference wild-type molecular clone, and the resulting replication capacity and level of drug resistance are determined relative to the wild-type virus. Here we describe examples of selection and analysis of InSTI-resistant viruses using four integrase inhibitors from three structurally distinct chemical classes; a diketo acid, two naphthyridines, and a pyrimidinecarboxamide. Each inhibitor selected an independent route to resistance. Interestingly, the shift in the IC50 required to suppress the re-engineered resistant mutant viruses closely matched the concentration of compound used during the selection of drug resistance.
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