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Screening for hepatitis C virus non-nucleotide resistance mutations in treatment-naive women.

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Objectives

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) non-nucleoside inhibitors (NNIs) target the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase encoded by the NS5B gene. Several NNIs share a similar allosteric binding site, and their antiviral efficacy is attenuated by a cysteine-to-tyrosine mutation at amino acid 316 (C316Y). In the current study, we assessed NS5B resistance mutations in treatment-naive individuals from a prospective natural history study of viral infections in women.

Methods

Partial NS5B sequences from HCV-positive women were amplified by RT-PCR. Additionally, subcloning was performed to evaluate intrapatient variability in selected samples.

Results

HCV NS5B genotypes were 45 genotype 1a (57.0%), 11 genotype 1b (13.9%), 5 genotype 2a (6.3%), 3 genotype 2b (3.8%), 9 genotype 3a (11.4%) and 6 genotype 4a (7.6%). One HCV genotype 1a-infected patient was found to have the C316Y mutation (1.3%). Clonal analysis further revealed that all NS5B sequences from this individual--representing three serum samples collected 4 years apart--contained the C316Y mutation. In contrast, the S282T resistance mutation was not found in any samples.

Conclusions

The C316Y polymerase resistance mutation was found in 1.3% of samples from HCV-infected women. The presence of this mutation over time suggests significant replicative fitness of this variant and has implications for development of new specifically targeted antiviral therapies against HCV (STAT-C) targeting this region.

SUBMITTER: Dryer PD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2766823 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Screening for hepatitis C virus non-nucleotide resistance mutations in treatment-naive women.

Dryer Peter D PD Limketkai Berkeley N BN Martin Christina M CM Ma Gang G Sherman Kenneth E KE Taylor Lynn E LE Mayer Kenneth H KH Jamieson Denise J DJ Blackard Jason T JT

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 20090918 5

<h4>Objectives</h4>Hepatitis C virus (HCV) non-nucleoside inhibitors (NNIs) target the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase encoded by the NS5B gene. Several NNIs share a similar allosteric binding site, and their antiviral efficacy is attenuated by a cysteine-to-tyrosine mutation at amino acid 316 (C316Y). In the current study, we assessed NS5B resistance mutations in treatment-naive individuals from a prospective natural history study of viral infections in women.<h4>Methods</h4>Partial NS5B seq ...[more]

PMID: 19767319

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