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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Aug 1995, 1704-1710, Vol 39, No. 8
M Tisdale, RE Myers, B Maschera, NR Parry, NM Oliver and ED Blair
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitor- resistant
variants, isolated on passage of HIV-1HXB2 in MT-4 cells with five
different protease inhibitors, have been examined for cross- resistance to
five inhibitors. The protease inhibitors studied were Ro 31-8959, A-77003,
XM323, L-735,524, and VX-478. Resistant variants with two to four mutations
within their protease sequence and 9- to 40-fold- decreased susceptibility
were selected for all five inhibitors within six to eight passes in cell
culture. Passage of a zidovudine-resistant mutant in Ro 31-8959 generated a
dual reverse transcriptase- and protease-resistant virus. Variants were
cloned directly into a modified pHXB2-D infectious clone for
cross-resistance analysis. Although the resistant variants selected
possessed different combinations of protease mutations for each inhibitor,
many showed cross-resistance to the other inhibitors, and one showed
cross-resistance to all five inhibitors. Interestingly, some mutants showed
increased susceptibility to some inhibitors. Further HIV passage studies in
the combined presence of two protease inhibitors demonstrated that in vitro
it was possible to delay significantly selection of mutations producing
resistance to one or both inhibitors. These studies indicate that there may
be some rationale for combining different protease inhibitors as well as
protease and reverse transcriptase inhibitors in HIV combination therapy.
Copyright © 1995 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Cross-resistance analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variants individually selected for resistance to five different protease inhibitors
Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, United Kingdom.
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