TABLE 4.
Virus | Amino acid substitution(s) in protease | Mean EC50 in nM ± SD (fold change) |
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DRV | GRL-1388 | GRL-1398 | ||
cHIV-1ERS104pre | L63P | 4.0 ± 1.0 | 2.5 ± 0.4 | 0.4 ± 0.1 |
HIV-1DRVRP10 | L10I, I15V, K20R, L24I, V32I, M36I, M46L, I54V, I62V, L63P, K70Q, V82A, L88M | 29.1 ± 0.9 (7) | 24.6 ± 6.9 (10) | 3.3 ± 0.3 (8) |
HIV-1DRVRP20 | L10I, I15V, K20R, L24I, V32I, M36I, M46L, L63P, A71T, V82A, L88M | 214.1 ± 47.9 (54) | 150.8 ± 46.7 (60) | 21.9 ± 5.7 (54) |
DRV-resistant HIV-1 variants were selected in vitro by propagating a mixture of eight CLHIV-1MDR isolates in the presence of increasing concentrations of DRV in MT-4 cells. Six of the eight isolates were the same as those used for drug susceptibility assay (Table 3). Amino acid substitutions identified in protease of the other two isolates compared to the consensus type B sequence cited from the Los Alamos database include L10I, I15V, E35D, N37E, K45R, I54V, L63P, A71V, V82T, L90M, I93L, and C95F in CLHIV-1MDR/A and L10R, N37D, M46I, I62V, L63P, A71V, G73S, V74I, V82T, L90M, and I93L in CLHIV-1MDR/SS. Numbers in parentheses represent the fold changes of EC50s against each isolate compared to the EC50s against HIV-1ERS104pre. All assays were conducted in duplicate or triplicate, and the data shown represent mean values (±1 standard deviation) derived from the results of three independent experiments. PHA-PBMCs were derived from a single donor.