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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Jun 1997, 1313-1318, Vol 41, No. 6
M Tanaka, RV Srinivas, T Ueno, MF Kavlick, FK Hui, A Fridland, JS Driscoll and H Mitsuya
2'-beta-Fluoro-2',3'-dideoxyadenosine (F-ddA) is an acid-stable purine
dideoxynucleoside analog active against a wide spectrum of human
immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2 strains in vitro. F-ddA is
presently undergoing a phase I clinical trial at the National Cancer
Institute. We induced HIV-1 variants resistant to F-ddA by exposing
wild-type HIV-1 (HIV-1LAI) to increasing concentrations of F-ddA in vitro.
After 18 passages, the virus was fourfold less sensitive to F- ddA than
HIV-1LAI. Sequence analyses of the passage 18 virus revealed changes in
three amino acids in the reverse transcriptase (RT)-encoding region of the
pol gene: P to S at codon 119 (P119S; present in 3 of 13 and 28 of 28
molecular clones before and after F-ddA exposure, respectively), V179D (0
of 13 and 9 of 28, respectively), and L214F (9 of 13 and 28 of 28,
respectively). Drug sensitivity assays using recombinant infectious clones
confirmed that P119S was directly responsible for the reduced sensitivity
of HIV-1 to F-ddA. Various infectious clones with single or multiple amino
acid substitutions conferring viral resistance against nucleoside RT
inhibitors, including HIV-1 variants with multi-dideoxynucleoside
resistance, were generally sensitive to F-ddA. The moderate level of
resistance of HIV-1 to F-ddA, together with the lack of conferment of
significant cross-resistance by the F-ddA-associated amino acid
substitutions, warrants further investigation of F-ddA as a potential
antiviral agent for use in treatment of HIV-1 infection.
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
In vitro induction of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variants resistant to 2'-beta-Fluoro-2',3'-dideoxyadenosine
Experimental Retrovirology Section, Medicine Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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