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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Feb 1996, 292-297, Vol 40, No. 2
AK Patick, H Mo, M Markowitz, K Appelt, B Wu, L Musick, V Kalish, S Kaldor, S Reich, D Ho and S Webber
AG1343 ([3S-(3R*,4aR*,8aR*,2'S*,3'S*)]-2-[2' hydroxy-3'-
phenylthiomethyl-4'-aza-5'-oxo-5'-(2''-methyl-3''-hydro xy-phenyl)
pentyl]-decahydroiso-quinoline-3-N-t-butylcarboxamide methanesulfonic acid)
is a selective, nonpeptidic inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
protease (Ki = 2 nM) that was discovered by protein structure-based drug
design methodologies. AG1343 was effective against the replication of
several laboratory and clinical HIV type 1 (HIV-1) or HIV-2 isolates
including pyridinone- and zidovudine-resistant strains, with 50% effective
concentrations ranging from 9 to 60 nM. In reversibility studies,
inhibition of gag (p55) proteolytic processing in HIV-1 particles from
cells treated with AG1343 was maintained for up to 36 h after drug removal.
The ability of virus to develop resistance to AG1343 was studied by serial
passage of HIV-1 NL4.3 in the presence of increasing concentrations of
drug. After 28 passages, a variant with a 30-fold reduction in
susceptibility to AG1343 was isolated. Molecular analysis of the protease
from this variant indicated a double change from a Met to Ile at residue 46
and an Ile to Val or Ala at residue 84 (M46I+I84V, A). Consistent with
these findings, reductions in susceptibility were observed for recombinant
viruses constructed to contain the single I84V change or the double
M46I+I84V substitutions. Resistance, however, was not detected for
recombinant viruses containing other key mutations in HIV-1 protease,
including a Val to Ile change at residue 32 or a Val to Ala or Phe at
residue 82. The potent anti-HIV activity of AG1343 against several isolates
suggests that AG1343 should perform well during ongoing human phase II
clinical trials.
Copyright © 1996 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Antiviral and resistance studies of AG1343, an orally bioavailable inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus protease
Department of Pharmacology, Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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