A376s in the connection subdomain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase confers increased risk of virological failure to nevirapine therapy

Roger Paredes, Maria Carmen Puertas, Wendy Bannister, Mónica Kisic, Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri, Christian Pou, Rocío Bellido, Gilberto Betancor, Johannes Bogner, Panagiotis Gargalianos, Dénes Bánhegyi, Bonaventura Clotet, Jens Lundgren, Luis Menéndez-Arias, Javier Martinez-Picado*, M. Losso, C. Elias, N. Vetter, R. Zangerle, I. KarpovA. Vassilenko, V. M. Mitsura, O. Suetnov, N. Clumeck, S. De Wit, B. Poll, R. Colebunders, L. Vandekerckhove, V. Hadziosmanovic, K. Kostov, J. Begovac, L. Machala, H. Rozsypal, D. Sedlacek, J. Nielsen, G. Kronborg, T. Benfield, M. Larsen, J. Gerstoft, T. Katzenstein, A. B.E. Hansen, P. Skinhøj, C. Pedersen, L. Oestergaard, K. Zilmer, Jelena Smidt, M. Ristola, C. Katlama, J. P. Viard, P. M. Girard, J. M. Livrozet, P. Vanhems, C. Pradier, F. Dabis, D. Neau, J. Rockstroh, R. Schmidt, J. Van Lunzen, O. Degen, H. J. Stellbrink, S. Staszewski, G. Fätkenheuer, J. Kosmidis, G. Xylomenos, J. Perdios, G. Panos, A. Filandras, E. Karabatsaki, H. Sambatakou, D. Banhegyi, F. Mulcahy, I. Yust, D. Turner, M. Burke, S. Pollack, G. Hassoun, S. Maayan, S. Vella, R. Esposito, I. Mazeu, C. Mussini, C. Arici, R. Pristera, F. Mazzotta, A. Gabbuti, V. Vullo, M. Lichtner, A. Chirianni, E. Montesarchio, M. Gargiulo, G. Antonucci, F. Iacomi, P. Narciso, C. Vlassi, M. Zaccarelli, A. Lazzarin, R. Finazzi, M. Galli, A. Ridolfo, A. D'Arminio Monforte, B. Rozentale, P. Aldins, S. Chaplinskas, R. Hemmer, T. Staub, P. Reiss, V. Ormaasen, A. Maeland, J. Brunn, B. Knysz, J. Gasiorowski, A. Horban, E. Bakowska, D. Prokopowicz, R. Flisiak, A. Boron-Kaczmarska, M. Pynka, M. Beniowski, E. Mularska, H. Trocha, E. Jablonowska, E. Malolepsza, K. Wojcik, F. Antunes, E. Valadas, K. Mansinho, F. Maltez, D. Duiculescu, A. Rakhmanova, E. Vinogradova, S. Buzunova, D. Jevtovic, M. Mokráš, D. Staneková, J. Tomazic, J. González-Lahoz, V. Soriano, L. Martin-Carbonero, P. Labarga, S. Moreno, A. Jou, C. Tural, J. Puig, I. Bravo, J. M. Gatell, J. M. Miró, P. Domingo, M. Gutierrez, G. Mateo, Ma Sambeat, A. Karlsson, P. O. Persson, L. Flamholc, B. Ledergerber, R. Weber, P. Francioli, M. Cavassini, B. Hirschel, E. Boffi, H. Furrer, M. Battegay, L. Elzi, E. Kravchenko, N. Chentsova, G. Kutsyna, S. Servitskiy, M. Krasnov, S. Barton, A. M. Johnson, D. Mercey, A. Phillips, M. A. Johnson, A. Mocroft, M. Murphy, J. Weber, G. Scullard, M. Fisher, C. Leen, J. Gatell, B. Gazzard, O. Kirk, A. Cozzi-Lepri, D. Grint, M. Ellefson, D. Podlekareva, J. Kjær, L. Peters, J. Reekie, J. Kowalska, J. Tverland, A. H. Fischer

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Abstract

Background. The clinical relevance of mutations in the connection subdomain and the ribonuclease (RNase) H domain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) is uncertain. Methods. The risk of virological failure to nonnucleoside RT inhibitor (NNRTI)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) was evaluated in NNRTI-naive patients who started NNRTIs in the EuroSIDA study after July 1997 according to preexisting substitutions in the connection subdomain and the RNase H domain of HIV-1 RT. An observed association between A376S and virological failure was further investigated by testing in vitro NNRTI susceptibility of single site-directed mutants and patient-derived recombinant viruses. Enzymatic assays also determined the effects of A376S on nevirapine and template-primer binding to HIV-1 RT. Results. Virological failure occurred in 142 of 287 (49%) individuals: 77 receiving nevirapine (67%) and 65 receiving efavirenz (38%) (P < .001). Preexisting A376S was associated with an increased risk of virological failure to nevirapine (relative hazard [RH] = 10.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.0-54.7), but it did not affect efavirenz outcome the same way (RH = 0.5; 95% CI, 0.1-2.2) (P value for interaction 5 .013). A376S conferred selective low-level nevirapine resistance in vitro, and led to greater affinity for double-stranded DNA. Conclusions. The A376S substitution in the connection subdomain of HIV-1 RT causes selective nevirapine resistance and confers an increased risk of virological failure to nevirapine-based ART.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)741-752
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Infectious Diseases
Volume204
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2011
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
AIDS network Red Temática Cooperativa de Investigación en SIDARD06/0006
Collaborative HIV and Anti-HIV Drug Resistance Network
European Commission FP6LSHP-CT-2006-018632
Fundación para la Investigación y Prevención del Sida en España36771/08
Boehringer Ingelheim
Pfizer
GlaxoSmithKline
Merck
Roche
Gilead Sciences
Seventh Framework Programme223131
European Commission
Office Fédéral de l'Education et de la Science

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