scholarly journals Phenotypic analysis of HIV-1 E157Q integrase polymorphism and impact on virological outcome in patients initiating an integrase inhibitor-based regimen

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 1039-1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Charpentier ◽  
Isabelle Malet ◽  
Elisabeth Andre-Garnier ◽  
Alexandre Storto ◽  
Laurence Bocket ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Basma Abdi ◽  
Mouna Chebbi ◽  
Marc Wirden ◽  
Elisa Teyssou ◽  
Sophie Sayon ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Little is known about HIV-1 integrase inhibitor resistance in the CNS. Objectives This study aimed to evaluate integrase inhibitor resistance in CSF, as a marker of the CNS, and compare it with the resistance in plasma. Methods HIV integrase was sequenced both in plasma and CSF for 59 HIV-1 patients. The clinical and biological data were collected from clinical routine care. Results Among the 59 HIV-1 patients, 32 (54.2%) were under antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. The median (IQR) HIV-1 RNA in the plasma of viraemic patients was 5.32 (3.85–5.80) and 3.59 (2.16–4.50) log10 copies/mL versus 4.79 (3.56–5.25) and 3.80 (2.68–4.33) log10 copies/mL in the CSF of ARV-naive and ARV-treated patients, respectively. The patients were mainly infected with non-B subtypes (72.2%) with the most prevalent recombinant form being CRF02_AG (42.4%). The HIV-1 integrase sequences from CSF presented resistance mutations for 9/27 (33.3%) and 8/32 (25.0%) for ARV-naive (L74I, n = 3; L74I/M, n = 1; T97A, n = 1; E157Q, n = 4) and ARV-treated (L74I, n = 6; L74M, n = 1; T97A, n = 1; N155H, n = 1) patients, respectively. Integrase inhibitor resistance mutations in CSF were similar to those in plasma, except for 1/59 patients. Conclusions This work shows similar integrase inhibitor resistance profiles in the CNS and plasma in a population of HIV-1 viraemic patients.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Éva Áy ◽  
Attila Hunyadi ◽  
Mária Mezei ◽  
János Minárovits ◽  
Judit Hohmann

Here we report the evaluation of the antiretroviral effect of two flavonoid 7-O-glucosides, herbacitrin (1) and gossypitrin (2), together with quercetin (3), a well-studied flavonol. Antiviral activity of the flavonoids was assessed by analyzing HIV-1 p24 core protein levels in the supernatants of HIV-1 infected MT-4 and MT-2 cell cultures. The compounds showed mild to weak cytotoxic activities on the host cells; herbacitrin was the strongest in this regard (CC50=27.8 and 63.64 μM on MT-4 and MT-2 cells, respectively). In nontoxic concentrations, herbacitrin and quercetin reduced HIV-1 replication, whereas gossypitrin was ineffective. Herbacitrin was found to inhibit reverse transcriptase at 21.5 μM, while it was a more potent integrase inhibitor already active at 2.15 μM. Therefore, our observations suggest that herbacitrin exerts antiretroviral activity through simultaneously acting on these two targets of HIV-1 and that integrase inhibition might play a major role in this activity.


2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1631-1634 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. P. Young ◽  
G. Cloherty ◽  
S. Fransen ◽  
L. Napolitano ◽  
P. Swanson ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Prats ◽  
Ignacio Martínez-Zalacaín ◽  
Beatriz Mothe ◽  
Eugènia Negredo ◽  
Núria Pérez-Álvarez ◽  
...  

AbstractIntegrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTI) are a main component of the current antiretroviral regimens recommended for treatment of HIV infection. However, little is known about the impact of INSTI on neurocognition and neuroimaging. We developed a prospective observational trial to evaluate the effects of INSTI-based antiretroviral therapy on comprehensive brain outcomes (cognitive, functional, and imaging) according to the time since HIV-1 acquisition. We recruited men living with HIV who initiated antiretroviral therapy with INSTI < 3 months since the estimated date of HIV-1 acquisition (n = 12) and > 6 months since estimated date of HIV-1 acquisition (n = 15). We also recruited a group of matched seronegative individuals (n = 15). Assessments were performed at baseline (before initiation of therapy in HIV arms) and at weeks 4 and 48. Baseline cognitive functioning was comparable between the arms. At week 48, we did not find cognitive differences between starting therapy with INSTI earlier than 3 months or later than 6 months after acquisition of HIV-1 infection. Functional status was poorer in individuals diagnosed earlier. This effect recovered 48 weeks after initiation of therapy. Regarding brain imaging, we found that men living with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy later experienced a greater decrease in medial orbitofrontal cortex over time, with expected negative repercussions for decision-making tasks.


2018 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muthukumar Balasubramaniam ◽  
Jing Zhou ◽  
Amma Addai ◽  
Phillip Martinez ◽  
Jui Pandhare ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe HIV-1 capsid protein (CA) facilitates reverse transcription and nuclear entry of the virus. However, CA’s role in post-nuclear entry steps remains speculative. We describe a direct link between CA and integration by employing the capsid inhibitor PF74 as a probe coupled with the biochemical analysis of HIV-1 preintegration complexes (PICs) isolated from acutely infected cells. At a low micromolar concentration, PF74 potently inhibited HIV-1 infection without affecting reverse transcription. Surprisingly, PF74 markedly reduced proviral integration owing to inhibition of nuclear entry and/or integration. However, a 2-fold reduction in nuclear entry by PF74 did not quantitatively correlate with the level of antiviral activity. Titration of PF74 against the integrase inhibitor raltegravir showed an additive antiviral effect that is dependent on a block at the post-nuclear entry step. PF74’s inhibitory effect was not due to the formation of defective viral DNA ends or a delay in integration, suggesting that the compound inhibits PIC-associated integration activity. Unexpectedly, PICs recovered from cells infected in the presence of PF74 exhibited elevated integration activity. PF74’s effect on PIC activity is CA specific since the compound did not increase the integration activity of PICs of a PF74-resistant HIV-1 CA mutant. Sucrose gradient-based fractionation studies revealed that PICs assembled in the presence of PF74 contained lower levels of CA, suggesting a negative association between CA and PIC-associated integration activity. Finally, the addition of a CA-specific antibody or PF74 inhibited PIC-associated integration activity. Collectively, our results demonstrate that PF74’s targeting of PIC-associated CA results in impaired HIV-1 integration.IMPORTANCEAntiretroviral therapy (ART) that uses various combinations of small molecule inhibitors has been highly effective in controlling HIV. However, the drugs used in the ART regimen are expensive, cause side effects, and face viral resistance. The HIV-1 CA plays critical roles in the virus life cycle and is an attractive therapeutic target. While currently there is no CA-based therapy, highly potent CA-specific inhibitors are being developed as a new class of antivirals. Efforts to develop a CA-targeted therapy can be aided through a clear understanding of the role of CA in HIV-1 infection. CA is well established to coordinate reverse transcription and nuclear entry of the virus. However, the role of CA in post-nuclear entry steps of HIV-1 infection is poorly understood. We show that a CA-specific drug PF74 inhibits HIV-1 integration revealing a novel role of this multifunctional viral protein in a post-nuclear entry step of HIV-1 infection.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki Hoon Park ◽  
Minjee Kim ◽  
Seoung Eun Bae ◽  
Hee Jung Lee ◽  
Kyung-Chang Kim ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Integrase (IN) is an essential protein for HIV replication that catalyzes insertion of the reverse-transcribed viral genome into the host chromosome during the early steps of viral infection. Highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) is a HIV/AIDS treatment method that combines three or more antiviral drugs often formulated from compounds that inhibit the activities of viral reverse transcriptase and protease enzymes. Early IN inhibitors (INIs) mainly serve as integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTI) that disrupt strand transfer by binding the catalytic core domain (CCD) of IN. However, mutations of IN can confer resistance to INSTI. Therefore, non-catalytic integrase inhibitors (NCINI) have been developed as next-generation INIs. Methods: In this study, we evaluated and compared the activity of INSTI and NCINI according to the analysis method. Antiviral activity was compared using p24 ELISA with MT2 cell and TZM-bl luciferase system with TZM-bl cell. Each drug was serially diluted and treated to MT2 and TZM-b1 cells, infected with HIV-1 AD8 strain and incubated for 5 and 2 days, respectively. Additionally, to analyze properties of INSTI and NCINI, transfer inhibition assay and 3'-processing inhibition assay were performed. Results: During screening of INIs using the p24 ELISA and TZM-bl luciferase systems, we found an inconsistent result with INSTI and NCINI drugs. Following infection of MT2 and TZM-bl cells with T-tropic HIV-1 strain, both INSTI and NCINI treatments induced significant p24 reduction in MT2 cells. However, NCINI showed no antiviral activity in the TZM-bl luciferase system, indicating that this widely used and convenient antiretroviral assay is not suitable for screening of NCINI compounds that target the second round of HIV-1 replication. Conclusion: Accordingly, we recommend application of other assay procedures, such as p24 ELISA or reverse transcription activity, in lieu of the TZM-bl luciferase system for preliminary NCINI drug screening. Utilization of appropriate analytical methods based on underlying mechanisms is necessary for accurate assessment of drug efficacy.


Acta Naturae ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Korolev ◽  
O. V. Kondrashina ◽  
D. S. Druzhilovsky ◽  
A. M. Starosotnikov ◽  
M. D. Dutov ◽  
...  

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase is one of the most attractive targets for the development of anti-HIV-1 inhibitors. The capacity of a series of 2,1,3-benzoxadiazoles (benzofurazans) and their N-oxides (benzofuroxans) selected using the PASS software to inhibit the catalytic activity of HIV-1 integrase was studied in the present work. Only the nitro-derivatives of these compounds were found to display inhibitory activity. The study of the mechanism of inhibition by nitro-benzofurazans/benzofuroxans showed that they impede the substrate DNA binding at the integrase active site. These inhibitors were also active against integrase mutants resistant to raltegravir, which is the first HIV-1 integrase inhibitor approved for clinical use. The comparison of computer-aided estimations of the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties of the compounds studied and raltegravir led us to conclude that these compounds show promise and need to be further studied as potential HIV-1 integrase inhibitors.


2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 3233-3244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Fenwick ◽  
Ma'an Amad ◽  
Murray D. Bailey ◽  
Richard Bethell ◽  
Michael Bös ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTBI 224436 is an HIV-1 integrase inhibitor with effective antiviral activity that acts through a mechanism that is distinct from that of integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs). This 3-quinolineacetic acid derivative series was identified using an enzymatic integrase long terminal repeat (LTR) DNA 3′-processing assay. A combination of medicinal chemistry, parallel synthesis, and structure-guided drug design led to the identification of BI 224436 as a candidate for preclinical profiling. It has antiviral 50% effective concentrations (EC50s) of <15 nM against different HIV-1 laboratory strains and cellular cytotoxicity of >90 μM. BI 224436 also has a low, ∼2.1-fold decrease in antiviral potency in the presence of 50% human serum and, by virtue of a steep dose-response curve slope, exhibits serum-shifted EC95values ranging between 22 and 75 nM. Passage of virus in the presence of inhibitor selected for either A128T, A128N, or L102F primary resistance substitutions, all mapping to a conserved allosteric pocket on the catalytic core of integrase. BI 224436 also retains full antiviral activity against recombinant viruses encoding INSTI resistance substitutions N155S, Q148H, and E92Q. In drug combination studies performed in cellular antiviral assays, BI 224436 displays an additive effect in combination with most approved antiretrovirals, including INSTIs. BI 224436 has drug-likein vitroabsorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) properties, including Caco-2 cell permeability, solubility, and low cytochrome P450 inhibition. It exhibited excellent pharmacokinetic profiles in rat (clearance as a percentage of hepatic flow [CL], 0.7%; bioavailability [F], 54%), monkey (CL, 23%;F, 82%), and dog (CL, 8%;F, 81%). Based on the excellent biological and pharmacokinetic profile, BI 224436 was advanced into phase 1 clinical trials.


2007 ◽  
Vol 93 (10) ◽  
pp. 3613-3626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadtanet Nunthaboot ◽  
Somsak Pianwanit ◽  
Vudhichai Parasuk ◽  
Jerry O. Ebalunode ◽  
James M. Briggs ◽  
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