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Screening and Evaluation of Novel Compounds against Hepatitis B Virus Polymerase Using Highly Purified Reverse Transcriptase Domain. Viruses 2020; 12:v12080840. [PMID: 32752057 PMCID: PMC7472185 DOI: 10.3390/v12080840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase seems to be very hard to express and purify sufficiently, which has long hampered the generation of anti-HBV drugs based on the nature of the polymerase. To date, there has been no useful system developed for drug screening against HBV polymerase. In this study, we successfully obtained a highly purified reverse transcriptase (RT) domain of the polymerase, which has a template/primer and substrate binding activity, and established a novel high-throughput screening (HTS) system using purified RT protein for finding novel polymerase inhibitors. To examine whether the assay system provides reliable results, we tested the small scale screening using pharmacologically active compounds. As a result, the pilot screening identified already-known anti-viral polymerase agents. Then, we screened 20,000 chemical compounds and newly identified four hits. Several of these compounds inhibited not only the HBV RT substrate and/ template/primer binding activity, but also Moloney murine leukemia virus RT activity, which has an elongation activity. Finally, these candidates did show to be effective even in the cell-based assay. Our screening system provides a useful tool for searching candidate inhibitors against HBV.
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Turner MB, Purse BW. Fluorescent Tricyclic Cytidine Analogues as Substrates for Retroviral Reverse Transcriptases. Chempluschem 2020; 85:855-865. [PMID: 32378814 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We report on the ability of the reverse transcriptases (RTs) from avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV), Moloney murine leukemia virus (M-MLV), and human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) to generate labeled DNA using the fluorescent tricyclic cytidine analogues d(tC)TP and d(DEA tC)TP as substrates. Michaelis-Menten kinetics for the insertion of these analogues show Vmax /KM from 0.0-5 times that of natural dCTP across from G, depending on the polymerase and whether the template is RNA or DNA. The analogues are prone to misinsertion across from adenosine with both RNA and DNA templates. Elongation after analogue insertion is efficient with RNA templates, but the analogues cause stalling after insertion with DNA templates. A model reverse transcription assay using HIV-1-RT, including RNA-dependent DNA synthesis, degradation of the RNA template by the RT's RNase H activity, and synthesis of a second DNA strand to form fluorescently labeled dsDNA, shows that d(tC)TP and d(DEA tC)TP are compatible with a complete reverse transcription cycle in vitro.
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- M Benjamin Turner
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA
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Schillinger T, Lisfi M, Chi J, Cullum J, Zingler N. Analysis of a comprehensive dataset of diversity generating retroelements generated by the program DiGReF. BMC Genomics 2012; 13:430. [PMID: 22928525 PMCID: PMC3521204 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 08/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Diversity Generating Retroelements (DGRs) are genetic cassettes that can introduce tremendous diversity into a short, defined region of the genome. They achieve hypermutation through replacement of the variable region with a strongly mutated cDNA copy generated by the element-encoded reverse transcriptase. In contrast to “selfish” retroelements such as group II introns and retrotransposons, DGRs impart an advantage to their host by increasing its adaptive potential. DGRs were discovered in a bacteriophage, but since then additional examples have been identified in some bacterial genomes. Results Here we present the program DiGReF that allowed us to comprehensively screen available databases for DGRs. We identified 155 DGRs which are found in all major classes of bacteria, though exhibiting sporadic distribution across species. Phylogenetic analysis and sequence comparison showed that DGRs move between genomes by associating with various mobile elements such as phages, transposons and plasmids. The DGR cassettes exhibit high flexibility in the arrangement of their components and easily acquire additional paralogous target genes. Surprisingly, the genomic data alone provide new insights into the molecular mechanism of DGRs. Most notably, our data suggest that the template RNA is transcribed separately from the rest of the element. Conclusions DiGReF is a valuable tool to detect DGRs in genome data. Its output allows comprehensive analysis of various aspects of DGR biology, thus deepening our understanding of the role DGRs play in prokaryotic genome plasticity, from the global down to the molecular level.
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- Thomas Schillinger
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Yang S, Froeyen M, Lescrinier E, Marlière P, Herdewijn P. 3-Phosphono-l-alanine as pyrophosphate mimic for DNA synthesis using HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Org Biomol Chem 2011; 9:111-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c0ob00554a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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FIV as a Model for HIV: An Overview. IN VIVO MODELS OF HIV DISEASE AND CONTROL 2007. [PMCID: PMC7121254 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-25741-1_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Animal models for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection play a key role in understanding the pathogenesis of AIDS and the development of therapeutic agents and vaccines. As the only lentivirus that causes an immunodeficiency resembling that of HIV infection, in its natural host, feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) has been a unique and powerful model for AIDS research. FIV was first described in 1987 by Niels Pedersen and co-workers as the causative agent for a fatal immunodeficiency syndrome observed in cats housed in a cattery in Petaluma, California. Since this landmark observation, multiple studies have shown that natural and experimental infection of cats with biological isolates of FIV produces an AIDS syndrome very similar in pathogenesis to that observed for human AIDS. FIV infection induces an acute viremia associated with Tcell alterations including depressed CD4 :CD8 T-cell ratios and CD4 T-cell depletion, peripheral lymphadenopathy, and neutropenia. In later stages of FIV infection, the host suffers from chronic persistent infections that are typically self-limiting in an immunocompetent host, as well as opportunistic infections, chronic diarrhea and wasting, blood dyscracias, significant CD4 T-cell depletion, neurologic disorders, and B-cell lymphomas. Importantly, chronic FIV infection induces a progressive lymphoid and CD4 T-cell depletion in the infected cat. The primary mode of natural FIV transmission appears to be blood-borne facilitated by fighting and biting. However, experimental infection through transmucosal routes (rectal and vaginal mucosa and perinatal) have been well documented for specific FIV isolates. Accordingly, FIV disease pathogenesis exhibits striking similarities to that described for HIV-1 infection.
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Klarmann GJ, Eisenhauer BM, Zhang Y, Gotte M, Pata JD, Chatterjee DK, Hecht SM, Le Grice SFJ. Investigating the "steric gate" of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase by targeted insertion of unnatural amino acids. Biochemistry 2007; 46:2118-26. [PMID: 17274599 DOI: 10.1021/bi061772w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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To investigate how structural changes in the amino acid side chain affect nucleotide substrate selection in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT), a variety of non-natural tyrosine analogues were substituted for Tyr115 of p66 RT. RT variants containing meta-Tyr, nor-Tyr, aminomethyl-Phe, and 1- and 2-naphthyl-Tyr were produced in an Escherichia coli coupled transcription/translation system. Mutant p66 subunits were reconstituted with wild-type (WT) p51 RT and purified by affinity chromatography. Each modified enzyme retained DNA polymerase activity following this procedure. Aminomethyl-Phe115 RT incorporated dCTP more efficiently than the WT and was resistant to the chain terminator (-)-beta-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine triphosphate (3TCTP) when examined in a steady-state fidelity assay. However, 2-naphthyl-Tyr115 RT inefficiently incorporated dCTP at low concentrations and was kinetically slower with all dCTP analogues tested. Models of RT containing these side chains suggest that the aminomethyl-Phe115 substitution provides new hydrogen bonds through the minor groove to the incoming dNTP and the template residue of the terminal base pair. These hydrogen bonds likely contribute to the increased efficiency of dCTP incorporation. In contrast, models of HIV-1 RT containing 2-naphthyl-Tyr115 reveal significant steric clashes with Pro157 of the p66 palm subdomain, necessitating rearrangement of the active site.
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- George J Klarmann
- HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Rungrotmongkol T, Mulholland AJ, Hannongbua S. Active site dynamics and combined quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) modelling of a HIV-1 reverse transcriptase/DNA/dTTP complex. J Mol Graph Model 2006; 26:1-13. [PMID: 17046299 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2006.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2006] [Revised: 09/07/2006] [Accepted: 09/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We have investigated the structure and dynamics of the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-RT) active site, by modelling the active conformation of the HIV-1 RT/DNA/deoxythymidine triphosphate (dTTP) ternary complex. This has included molecular dynamics simulations with the CHARMM27 force field, and combined quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) calculations. Three different ternary systems were studied to investigate the effects of different protonation states of the dTTP substrate (a deprotonated and two different mono-protonated triphosphate forms of dTTP at the active site), and the effects of different possible protonation state of potentially catalytic aspartate residues (Asp185 and Asp186) were tested. Several potentially important hydrogen-bonding interactions with amino acids and bound water molecules in the deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) binding pocket were examined. The model of the deprotonated form of the dTTP substrate with the two aspartates in their charged (basic) form seemed to be the most stable and its orientation was in good agreement with X-ray crystallographic structure. In addition, two different semiempirical (AM1/CHARMM and PM3/CHARMM) QM/MM methods were tested for the HIV-RT system, in structural optimizations. Both methods provided conformations of the triphosphate moiety in either fully deprotonated or mono-protonated forms, which agreed well with the experimental structure of dTTP. The only significant difference between the AM1/CHARMM and PM3/CHARMM minimized structures is that the PM3/CHARMM Palpha-O3' optimized distance (important for nucleotide addition) is longer by 0.66 A in the deprotonated system but shorter by 0.37 A in the mono-protonated triphosphate system as compared with those obtained from AM1/CHARMM minimized structure. The obtained results suggest that both of these QM/MM methods, and the stochastic boundary molecular dynamics approach applied in this work, can give reasonable results for modelling the catalytically active complex of this important enzyme. The results provide insight into the structure and interactions of the active site of this important enzyme, with implications for its mechanism, which may be useful in inhibitor design.
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Dash C, Fisher TS, Prasad VR, Le Grice SFJ. Examining interactions of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase with single-stranded template nucleotides by nucleoside analog interference. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:27873-81. [PMID: 16867979 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m603970200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Crystallographic studies have implicated several residues of the p66 fingers subdomain of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 reverse transcriptase in contacting the single-stranded template overhang immediately ahead of the DNA polymerase catalytic center. This interaction presumably assists in inducing the appropriate geometry on the template base for efficient and accurate incorporation of the incoming dNTP. To investigate this, we introduced nucleoside analogs either individually or in tandem into the DNA template ahead of the catalytic center and investigated whether they induce pausing of the replication machinery before serving as the template base. Analogs included abasic tetrahydrofuran linkages, neutralizing methylphosphonate linkages, and conformationally locked nucleosides. In addition, several Phe-61 mutants were included in our analysis, based on previous data indicating that altering this residue affects both strand displacement synthesis and the fidelity of DNA synthesis. We demonstrate here that altering the topology of the template strand two nucleotides ahead of the catalytic center can interrupt DNA synthesis. Mutating Phe-61 to either Ala or Leu accentuates this defect, whereas replacement with an aromatic residue (Trp) allows the mutant enzyme to bypass the template analogs with relative ease.
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- Chandravanu Dash
- Resistance Mechanisms Laboratory, HIV Drug Resistance Program, NCI-Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Smith RA, Anderson DJ, Preston BD. Hypersusceptibility to substrate analogs conferred by mutations in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase. J Virol 2006; 80:7169-78. [PMID: 16809322 PMCID: PMC1489025 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00322-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2006] [Accepted: 04/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) contains four structural motifs (A, B, C, and D) that are conserved in polymerases from diverse organisms. Motif B interacts with the incoming nucleotide, the template strand, and key active-site residues from other motifs, suggesting that motif B is an important determinant of substrate specificity. To examine the functional role of this region, we performed "random scanning mutagenesis" of 11 motif B residues and screened replication-competent mutants for altered substrate analog sensitivity in culture. Single amino acid replacements throughout the targeted region conferred resistance to lamivudine and/or hypersusceptibility to zidovudine (AZT). Substitutions at residue Q151 increased the sensitivity of HIV-1 to multiple nucleoside analogs, and a subset of these Q151 variants was also hypersusceptible to the pyrophosphate analog phosphonoformic acid (PFA). Other AZT-hypersusceptible mutants were resistant to PFA and are therefore phenotypically similar to PFA-resistant variants selected in vitro and in infected patients. Collectively, these data show that specific amino acid replacements in motif B confer broad-spectrum hypersusceptibility to substrate analog inhibitors. Our results suggest that motif B influences RT-deoxynucleoside triphosphate interactions at multiple steps in the catalytic cycle of polymerization.
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- Robert A Smith
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, K-084 HSB, Box 357705, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, 98195, USA.
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Hamburgh ME, Curr KA, Monaghan M, Rao VR, Tripathi S, Preston BD, Sarafianos S, Arnold E, Darden T, Prasad VR. Structural determinants of slippage-mediated mutations by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:7421-8. [PMID: 16423828 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511380200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Single-base deletions at nucleotide runs or -1 frameshifting by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) result from template slippage during polymerization. In crystal structures of HIV-1 RT complexed with DNA-DNA template-primer, the palm subdomain in the template cleft contacts the template backbone near the proposed site of slippage via the Glu(89) side chain. We investigated the role of Glu(89) in frameshifting by perturbing this interaction. Substitutions with Asp, Gly, Ala, Val, Ser, Thr, Asn, or Lys were created in recombinant HIV RT, and frameshift frequencies of the resulting mutant RTs were measured. All substitutions led to reduced -1 frameshifting by HIV-1 RT (2-40-fold). Interestingly, the suppression of -1 frameshifting frequently coincided with an enhancement of +1 frameshifting (3-47-fold) suggesting that Glu(89) can influence the slippage of both strands. Glu(89) substitutions also led to reduced rates of dNTP misincorporation that paralleled reductions in -1 frameshifting, suggesting a common structural mechanism for both classes of RT error. Our results reveal a major influence of Glu(89) on slippage-mediated errors and dNTP incorporation fidelity. The crystal structure of HIV-1 RT reveals a salt bridge between Glu(89) and Lys(154), which may facilitate -1 frameshifting; this concept is supported by the observed reduction in -1 frameshifting for K154A and K154R mutants.
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- Monica E Hamburgh
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Operario DJ, Reynolds HM, Kim B. Comparison of DNA polymerase activities between recombinant feline immunodeficiency and leukemia virus reverse transcriptases. Virology 2005; 335:106-21. [PMID: 15823610 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2004] [Revised: 12/22/2004] [Accepted: 02/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this study, we present enzymatic differences found between recombinant RTs derived from feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus. Firstly, FIV RT showed low steady state K(m) values for dNTPs compared to FeLV RT. Consistent with this, FIV RT synthesized DNA more efficiently than FeLV RT at low dNTP concentrations. We observed similar concentration-dependent activity differences between other lentiviral (HIV-1 and SIV) and non-lentiviral (MuLV and AMV) RTs. Second, FeLV RT showed less efficient misincorporation with biased dNTP pools and mismatch primer extension capabilities, compared to FIV RT. In M13mp2 lacZalpha forward mutation assays, FeLV RT displayed approximately 11-fold higher fidelity than FIV RT. Finally, FeLV RT was less sensitive to 3TCTP and ddATP than FIV RT. This study represents the comprehensive enzymatic characterization of RTs from a lentivirus and a non-lentivirus retrovirus from the same host species. The data presented here support enzymatic divergences seen among retroviral RTs.
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- Darwin J Operario
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 672, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Bibillo A, Lener D, Tewari A, Le Grice SFJ. Interaction of the Ty3 reverse transcriptase thumb subdomain with template-primer. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:30282-90. [PMID: 15944162 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m502457200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Amino acid sequence alignment was used to identify the putative thumb subdomain of reverse transcriptase (RT) from the Saccharomyces cerevisiae long terminal repeat-containing retrotransposon Ty3. The counterpart to helix alphaH of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RT, which mediates important interactions with a duplex nucleic acid approximately 3-6 bp behind the DNA polymerase catalytic center, was identified between amino acids 290 and 298 of the Ty3 enzyme. The consequences of substituting Ty3 RT Gln290, Phe292, Gly294, Asn297, and Tyr298 (the counterparts of HIV-1 RT Gln258, Leu260, Gly262, Asn265, and Trp266, respectively) for both DNA polymerase and RNase H activities were examined. DNA-dependent DNA synthesis was evaluated on unmodified substrates and on duplexes containing targeted insertion of locked nucleic acid analogs and abasic lesions in either the template or primer. Based on this combined strategy, our data suggest an interaction of Ty3 RT Tyr298 with primer nucleotide -3, Gly294 with primer nucleotide -4, and Asn297 with template nucleotide -6. Substitution of Ala for Gln290 was well tolerated, despite the high degree of conservation at this position. Mutations in the thumb subdomain of Ty3 also affected RNase H activity, suggesting a closer spatial relationship between its N- and C-terminal catalytic centers compared with HIV-1 RT.
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- Arkadiusz Bibillo
- Reverse Transcriptase Biochemistry Section, Resistance Mechanisms Laboratory, HIV Drug Resistance Program, NCI, Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA
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Meyer PR, Smith AJ, Matsuura SE, Scott WA. Effects of primer-template sequence on ATP-dependent removal of chain-terminating nucleotide analogues by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:45389-98. [PMID: 15308646 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m405072200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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HIV-1 reverse transcriptase can remove chain terminators from blocked DNA ends through a nucleotide-dependent mechanism. We show that the catalytic efficiency of the removal reaction can vary several hundred-fold in different sequence contexts and is most strongly affected by the nature of the base pair at the 3'-primer terminus and the six base pairs upstream of it. Similar effects of the upstream sequence were observed with primer-templates terminated with 2',3'-dideoxy-AMP, 2',3'-dideoxy-CMP, or 2',3'-dideoxy-GMP. However, the removal of 2',3'-dideoxy-TMP or 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxy-TMP was much less influenced by upstream primer-template sequence, and the rate of excision of these thymidylate analogues was greater than or equal to that of the other chain-terminating residues in each sequence context tested. These results strongly indicate that the primer terminus and adjacent upstream base pairs interact with reverse transcriptase in a sequence-dependent manner that affects the removal reaction. We conclude that primer-template sequence context is a major factor to consider when evaluating the removal of different chain terminators by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.
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- Peter R Meyer
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136-1015, USA
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Girouard M, Diallo K, Marchand B, McCormick S, Götte M. Mutations E44D and V118I in the reverse transcriptase of HIV-1 play distinct mechanistic roles in dual resistance to AZT and 3TC. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:34403-10. [PMID: 12819190 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m303528200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Retroviral resistance to AZT and 3TC has been associated with two different mechanisms. The M184V mutation in the reverse transcriptase (RT) of the human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV-1) diminishes the incorporation of 3TC-monophosphate (3TC-MP), whereas AZT resistance-conferring mutations were shown to facilitate the phosphorolytic excision of incorporated AZT-MP in the presence of ATP. Both mechanisms show a certain degree of incompatibility; however, previous clinical data revealed that mutations E44D and V118I, when present in a background of classical AZT mutations (M41L, D67N, L210W, and T215Y), confer dual resistance to AZT and 3TC. We have purified RT enzymes that contain E44D and V118I either alone or in a background of different combinations of AZT mutations to study the underlying biochemical mechanisms. We found that enzymes containing E44D in a background of these latter mutations increase the efficiency of excision of 3TC-MP. Unexpectedly, V118I-containing enzymes show dramatic reductions in rates of incorporation of AZT-MP and 3TC-MP. The V118I mutant is also associated with diminished rates of ATP-dependent primer unblocking. The additional presence of mutations M41L, D67N, L210W, and T215Y can partially neutralize this deficit, which helps to explain the concurrent presence of these changes in resistant isolates. These biochemical data make clear that mutations E44D and V118I play distinct mechanistic roles in dual resistance to AZT and 3TC. Our findings are consistent with an increasing number of clinical studies suggesting that the V118I cluster constitutes a novel pathway for HIV resistance to multiple nucleotide analogue RT inhibitors.
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- Mélanie Girouard
- McGill University AIDS Centre, Lady Davis Institute-Jewish General Hospital and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Diamond TL, Souroullas G, Weiss KK, Lee KY, Bambara RA, Dewhurst S, Kim B. Mechanistic understanding of an altered fidelity simian immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase mutation, V148I, identified in a pig-tailed macaque. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:29913-24. [PMID: 12740369 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211754200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have recently reported that the reverse transcriptase (RT) of SIVMNE 170 (170), which is a representative viral clone of the late symptomatic phase of infection with the parental strain, SIVMNE CL8 (CL8), has a largely increased fidelity, compared with the CL8 RT. In the present study, we analyzed the mechanistic alterations of the high fidelity 170 RT variant. First, we found that among several 170 RT mutations, only one, V148I, is solely responsible for the fidelity increase over the CL8 RT. This V148I mutation lies near the Gln-151 residue that we recently found is important to the low fidelity of RT and the binding of incoming dNTPs. Second, we compared dNTP binding affinity (Kd) and catalysis (kpol) of the CL8 RT and the CL8-V148I RT using pre-steady state kinetic analysis. In this experiment, the high fidelity CL8-V148I RT has largely decreased binding to both correct and incorrect dNTP without altering kpol. The fidelity increase imparted by the V148I mutation is likely because of the major reduction seen in RT binding to dNTPs. This parallels our findings with the Q151N mutant. Third, site-directed mutagenesis targeting amino acid residue 148 has revealed that a valine amino acid at this position is essential to RT infidelity. Based on these findings, we discuss possible structural impacts of residue 148 (and mutations at this site) on the interaction of RT with incoming dNTPs and infer how alterations in these properties may relate to viral replication and fitness.
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- Tracy L Diamond
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, New York, 14642, USA
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Fisher TS, Darden T, Prasad VR. Mutations proximal to the minor groove-binding track of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase differentially affect utilization of RNA versus DNA as template. J Virol 2003; 77:5837-45. [PMID: 12719577 PMCID: PMC154037 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.10.5837-5845.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2002] [Accepted: 02/07/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT), like all retroviral RTs, is a versatile DNA polymerase that can copy both RNA and DNA templates. In spite of extensive investigations into the structure-function of this enzyme, the structural basis for this dual template specificity is poorly understood. Biochemical studies with two mutations in HIV-1 RT that affect residues contacting the template-primer now provide some insight into this specialized property. The mutations are N255D and N265D, both adjoining the minor groove-binding track, in the thumb region. The N265D substitution led to a loss of processive polymerization on DNA but not on RNA, whereas N255D drastically reduced processive synthesis on both templates. This differential template usage was accompanied by a rapid dissociation of the N265D variant on DNA but not RNA templates, whereas the N255D variant rapidly dissociated from both templates. Molecular dynamics modeling suggested that N265D leads to a loss of template strand-specific hydrogen bonding, indicating that this is a key determinant of the differential template affinity. The N255D substitution caused local changes in conformation and a consequent loss of interaction with the primer, leading to a loss of processive synthesis with both templates. We conclude that N265 is part of a subset of template-enzyme contacts that enable RT to utilize DNA templates in addition to RNA templates and that such residues play an important role in facilitating processive DNA synthesis on both RNA and DNA templates.
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- Timothy S Fisher
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461,USA
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Klarmann GJ, Chen X, North TW, Preston BD. Incorporation of uracil into minus strand DNA affects the specificity of plus strand synthesis initiation during lentiviral reverse transcription. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:7902-9. [PMID: 12458216 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m207223200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Many retroviruses either encode dUTP pyrophosphatase (dUTPase) or package host-derived uracil DNA glycosylase as a means to limit the accumulation of uracil in DNA strands, suggesting that uracil is detrimental to one or more steps in the viral life cycle. In the present study, the effects of DNA uracilation on (-) strand DNA synthesis, RNase H activity, and (+) strand DNA synthesis were investigated in a cell-free system. This system uses the activities of purified human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase to convert single-stranded RNA to double-stranded DNA in a single reaction mixture. Substitution of dUTP for dTTP had no effect on (-) strand synthesis but significantly decreased yields of (+) strand DNA. Mapping of nascent (+) strand 5' ends revealed that this was due to decreased initiation from polypurine tracts with a concomitant increase in initiation at non-polypurine tract sites. Aberrant initiation correlated with a change in RNase H cleavage specificity when assayed on preformed RNA-DNA duplexes containing uracilated DNA, suggesting that appropriate "selection" of the (+) strand primer is affected. Collectively, these data suggest that accumulation of uracil in retroviral DNA may disrupt the viral life cycle by altering the specificity of (+) strand DNA synthesis initiation during reverse transcription.
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- George J Klarmann
- Eccles Institute of Human Genetics and the Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112, USA.
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Dobrikov MI, Grady KM, Shaw BR. Introduction of the alpha-P-borano-group into deoxynucleoside triphosphates increases their selectivity to HIV-1 reverse transcriptase relative to DNA polymerases. NUCLEOSIDES, NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2003; 22:275-82. [PMID: 12816386 DOI: 10.1081/ncn-120021427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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A series of 2'-deoxynucleoside 5'-triphosphates (dNTPs) and their alpha-P-thio or alpha-P-borano analogues, i.e., (Sp-dNTPalphaS), (Rp-dNTPalphaB) and (Sp-dNTPalphaB) were studied as substrates for DNA dependent DNA polymerases and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT). For HIV-1 RT the Rp-dNTPalphaB isomers are 1.2-fold better substrates than natural dNTPs. For DNA polymerases their efficiencies of incorporation are 3-fold (Klenow, Sequenase) and 5-fold (Taq) lower than for dNTPs. Thus, introduction of the alpha-boranophosphate group into dNTPs increases their selectivity to HIV-1 RT relative to bacterial DNA polymerases.
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- Mikhail I Dobrikov
- Department of Chemistry, P.M. Gross Chemical Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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Murry JP, Higgins J, Matthews TB, Huang VY, Van Rompay KKA, Pedersen NC, North TW. Reversion of the M184V mutation in simian immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase is selected by tenofovir, even in the presence of lamivudine. J Virol 2003; 77:1120-30. [PMID: 12502828 PMCID: PMC140811 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.2.1120-1130.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The methionine-to-valine mutation in codon 184 (M184V) in reverse transcriptase (RT) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) or simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) confers resistance to (-)-2'-deoxy-3'-thiacytidine (3TC; lamivudine) and increased sensitivity to 9-[2-(phosphonomethoxy)propyl]adenine (PMPA; tenofovir). We have used the SIV model to evaluate the effect of the M184V mutation on the emergence of resistance to the combination of 3TC plus PMPA. A site-directed mutant of SIVmac239 containing M184V (SIVmac239-184V) was used to select for resistance to both 3TC and PMPA by serial passage in the presence of increasing concentrations of both drugs. Under these selection conditions, the M184V mutation reverted in the majority of the selections. Variants resistant to both drugs were found to have the lysine-to-arginine mutation at codon 65 (K65R), which has previously been associated with resistance to PMPA in both SIV and HIV. Similarly, in rhesus macaques infected with SIVmac239-184V for 46 weeks and treated daily with (-)-2'-deoxy-5-fluoro-3'-thiacytidine [(-)-FTC], there was no reversion of M184V, but this mutation reverted to 184 M in all three animals within 24 weeks of treatment with (-)-FTC and PMPA. Although the addition of PMPA to the (-)-FTC therapy induced a decrease in virus loads in plasma, these loads eventually returned to pre-PMPA levels in each case. All animals receiving this combination developed the K65R mutation. These results demonstrate that the combination of PMPA with 3TC or (-)-FTC selects for the K65R mutation and against the M184V mutation in SIV RT.
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- Jeffrey P Murry
- Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Fisher TS, Prasad VR. Substitutions of Phe61 located in the vicinity of template 5'-overhang influence polymerase fidelity and nucleoside analog sensitivity of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:22345-52. [PMID: 11948182 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m200282200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase (RT) is an error-prone DNA polymerase. Structural determinants of its fidelity are incompletely understood. RT/template primer contacts have been shown to influence its fidelity and sensitivity to nucleoside analog inhibitors. The Phe(61) residue, located within the beta 3 sheet of the finger subdomain, is highly conserved among retroviral RTs. The crystal structure of a ternary complex revealed that Phe(61) contacts the first and second bases of the 5'-template overhang. To determine whether such contacts influence the dNTP-binding pocket, we performed a limited vertical scanning mutagenesis (Phe --> Ala, Leu, Trp, or Tyr) at Phe(61). The F61A mutant displayed the highest increase in fidelity, followed by the F61L and F61W variants, which had intermediate phenotypes. F61Y RT had a minimal effect. The increase in fidelity of the F61A mutant was corroborated by a 12-fold decrease in its forward mutation rate. The Phe(61) mutant RTs also displayed large reductions in sensitivity to 2',3'-dideoxythymidine triphosphate and 2',3'-dideoxy,2'3'-didehydrothymidine triphosphate. Mutants displaying the largest increase in fidelity (F61A and F61L) were also the most resistant. These results suggest that contacts between the finger subdomain of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RT and the template 5'-overhang are important determinants of the geometry of the dNTP-binding pocket.
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- Timothy S Fisher
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Ray AS, Yang Z, Shi J, Hobbs A, Schinazi RF, Chu CK, Anderson KS. Insights into the molecular mechanism of inhibition and drug resistance for HIV-1 RT with carbovir triphosphate. Biochemistry 2002; 41:5150-62. [PMID: 11955063 DOI: 10.1021/bi0121858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Abacavir (1592U89, or Ziagen) is a powerful and selective inhibitor of HIV-1 viral replication that has been approved by the FDA for treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Abacavir is metabolized to the active compound carbovir triphosphate (CBVTP). This compound is a guanosine analogue containing a 2',3'-unsaturation in its planar carbocyclic deoxyribose ring that acts on HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT(WT)) as a molecular target, resulting in chain termination of DNA synthesis. A single amino acid change from methionine 184 to valine in HIV-1 RT (RT(M184V)) has been observed clinically in response to abacavir treatment. The ability of the natural substrate, dGTP, or CBVTP to be utilized during DNA- and RNA-directed polymerization by RT(WT) and RT(M184V) was defined by pre-steady-state kinetic parameters. In the case of RT(WT), CBVTP was found to be a surprisingly poor substrate relative to dGTP. In both DNA- and RNA-directed polymerization, a decrease in the efficiency of CBVTP utilization with respect to dGTP was found with RT(M184V), suggesting that this mutation confers resistance at the level of CBVMP incorporation. The relatively low incorporation efficiency for RT(WT) was unanticipated considering earlier studies showing that the triphosphate form of a thymidine nucleoside analogue containing a planar 2',3'-unsaturated ribose ring, D4TTP, was incorporated with high efficiency relative to the natural substrate, dTTP. The difference may be related to the isosteric replacement of oxygen in the deoxyribose ring with carbon. This hypothesis was tested by synthesizing and evaluating D4GTP (the planar 2',3'-unsaturated deoxyribose guanosine analogue that is complementary to D4TTP). In contrast to CBVTP, D4GTP was found to be an excellent substrate for RT(WT) and no resistance was conferred by the M184V mutation, thus providing novel insight into structure-activity relationships for nucleoside-based inhibitors. In this work, we illustrate how an understanding of the molecular mechanism of inhibition and drug resistance led to the discovery of a novel prodrug of D4G. This compound shows promise as a potent antiviral especially with the drug resistant M184V HIV-1 RT that is so often encountered in a clinical setting.
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- Adrian S Ray
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8066, USA
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Vastmans K, Froeyen M, Kerremans L, Pochet S, Herdewijn P. Reverse transcriptase incorporation of 1,5-anhydrohexitol nucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res 2001; 29:3154-63. [PMID: 11470872 PMCID: PMC55830 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.15.3154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2001] [Revised: 06/14/2001] [Accepted: 06/14/2001] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Several reverse transcriptases were studied for their ability to accept anhydrohexitol triphosphates, having a conformationally restricted six-membered ring, as substrate for template-directed synthesis of HNA. It was found that AMV, M-MLV, M-MLV (H(-)), RAV2 and HIV-1 reverse transcriptases were able to recognise the anhydrohexitol triphosphate as substrate and to efficiently catalyse the incorporation of one non-natural anhydrohexitol nucleotide opposite a natural complementary nucleotide. However, only the dimeric enzymes, the RAV2 and HIV-1 reverse transcriptases, seemed to be able to further extend the primer with another anhydrohexitol building block. Subsequently, several HIV-1 mutants (4xAZT, 4xAZT/L100I, L74V, M184V and K65A) were likewise analysed, resulting in selection of K65A and, in particular, M184V as the most succesful mutant HIV-1 reverse transcriptases capable of elongating a DNA primer with several 1,5-anhydrohexitol adenines in an efficient way. Results of kinetic experiments in the presence of this enzyme revealed that incorporation of one anhydrohexitol nucleotide of adenine or thymine gave an increased (for 1,5-anhydrohexitol-ATP) and a slightly decreased (for 1,5-anhydrohexitol-TTP) K(m) value in comparison to that of their natural counterparts. However, no more than four analogues could be inserted under the experimental conditions required for selective incorporation. Investigation of incorporation of the altritol anhydrohexitol nucleotide of adenine in the presence of M184V and Vent (exo(-)) DNA polymerase proved that an adjacent hydroxyl group on C3 of 1,5-anhydrohexitol-ATP has a detrimental effect on the substrate activity of the six-ring analogue. These results could be rationalised based on the X-ray structure of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.
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- K Vastmans
- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Delaney WE, Locarnini S, Shaw T. Resistance of hepatitis B virus to antiviral drugs: current aspects and directions for future investigation. Antivir Chem Chemother 2001; 12:1-35. [PMID: 11437320 DOI: 10.1177/095632020101200101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Despite the existence of vaccines, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major health problem worldwide. Interferon therapy successfully controls infection in only a small percentage of chronically infected individuals. The recent approval of the nucleoside analogue lamivudine for the treatment of chronic HBV infection has ushered in a new era of antiviral therapy. While lamivudine is highly effective at controlling viral infection short-term, prolonged therapy has been associated with an increasing incidence of viral resistance. Thus, it appears that lamivudine alone will not be sufficient to control chronic viral infection in the majority of individuals. In addition to lamivudine, several new nucleoside and nucleotide analogues that show promising antihepadnaviral activity are in various stages of development. Lamivudine resistance has been found to confer cross-resistance to some of these compounds and it is likely that resistance to newer antivirals may also develop during prolonged use. Drug resistance therefore poses a major threat to nucleoside analogue-based therapies for chronic HBV infection. Fortunately, combination chemotherapy (antiviral therapy with two or more agents) can minimize the chance that resistance will develop and can be expected to achieve sustained reductions in viral load, provided that suitable combinations of agents are chosen. Here we review the basis of drug resistance in HBV, with emphasis on aspects that are likely to affect drug choice in future.
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MESH Headings
- 2-Aminopurine/analogs & derivatives
- 2-Aminopurine/pharmacology
- 2-Aminopurine/therapeutic use
- Adenine/analogs & derivatives
- Adenine/pharmacology
- Adenine/therapeutic use
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Anti-HIV Agents/pharmacology
- Antimetabolites/pharmacology
- Antimetabolites/therapeutic use
- Antiviral Agents/chemistry
- Antiviral Agents/pharmacokinetics
- Antiviral Agents/pharmacology
- Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use
- Biological Availability
- Cell Line
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- DNA Replication/drug effects
- DNA, Viral/biosynthesis
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/chemistry
- Drug Design
- Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
- Drug Resistance, Multiple/genetics
- Drug Resistance, Viral/genetics
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Famciclovir
- Gene Products, pol/antagonists & inhibitors
- Gene Products, pol/chemistry
- Gene Products, pol/genetics
- Gene Products, pol/physiology
- HIV/drug effects
- Hepatitis B/drug therapy
- Hepatitis B virus/drug effects
- Hepatitis B virus/genetics
- Hepatitis B virus/physiology
- Hepatitis Viruses/drug effects
- Hepatitis Viruses/genetics
- Hepatitis, Animal/drug therapy
- Hepatitis, Animal/virology
- Humans
- Lamivudine/pharmacology
- Lamivudine/therapeutic use
- Models, Animal
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Structure
- Nucleosides/pharmacology
- Nucleosides/therapeutic use
- Organophosphonates
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Species Specificity
- Virus Replication/drug effects
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Affiliation(s)
- W E Delaney
- Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Australia.
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