Abstract: Southern blot analysis using wild-type HBV (HBVWT)-encoding-plasmid-transfected HepG2 cells revealed that CdFA efficiently suppresses the production of HBVWT (IC50 = 153.7 nM), entecavir (ETV)-resistant HBV carrying
L180M/
S202G/
M204V substitutions (HBVETVR; IC50 = 373.2 nM), and adefovir dipivoxil (ADV)-resistant HBV carrying
A181T/
N236T substitutions (HBVADVR; IC50=192.6 nM), whereas ETV and ADV were less potent against HBVETVR and HBVADVR (IC50: >1,000 and 4,02
Result: We then analyzed the interactions of ETV-TP and CdFA-TP with HBV-
RT, in which three amino acid substitutions associated with HBV's resistance to ETV (
L180M/
S202G/
M204V) have been introduced (RTETV-R).