High prevalence of HIV-1 drug resistance among patients on first-line antiretroviral treatment in Lome, Togo.
PMID: 21663632
2011
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Result: Two patients had virus mutations indicative of the TAM-1 profile (M41L, L210W, T215S), and two of the TAM-2 profile (D67N, K70R, T215F, K219Q/R/E).
Table: K70R
Genotypic resistance at viral rebound among patients who received lopinavir/ritonavir-based or efavirenz-based first antiretroviral therapy in South Africa.
PMID: 21694608
2011
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
Result: Four participants had at least one thymidine-associated mutation (TAM) - two recipients of ZDV+ddI had D67N + K70R, another ZDV+ddI recipient had K70R alone.
Result: Of the 32 individuals who never received EFV, 6 (18.8%, CI: 7.2-36.4%) had NRTI-associated mutations; five had M184V and one with K70R.
Selection of HIV resistance associated with antiretroviral therapy initiated due to pregnancy and suspended postpartum.
PMID: 21765365
2011
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
Method: An OLA was performed on all amplicons derived from plasma and PBMC using probes that detect mutations
Result: In addition, OLA detected 4 resistance mutations in 4 women that were not detected by sequencing, including the mutations encoding K103N, Y181C, M184V, and K70R.
Result: She had ART-associated suppression of viral replication, but subsequently her virus rebounded with the L90M and K70R mutations and M184V was newly detected.
Result: The new NRTI mutations included M184V associated with resistance to 3TC/FTC, and K70R and T215Y associated with resistance to thymidine analogs.
The glutamine side chain at position 91 on the beta5a-beta5b loop of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase is required for stabilizing the dNTP binding pocket.
Result: have reported a concomitant increase in the processivity of the mutant enzyme D76N, K70R, T215F, and K219Q to compensate for the increased pyrophosphorolysis, which they attribute to alterations T215F and K219Q.
Result: have reported such enhanced pyrophosphorolysis in HIV-1 RT due to mutations D76N/K70R in the high-level resistance mutants D76N, K70R,
Prevalence and resistance mutations of non-B HIV-1 subtypes among immigrants in Southern Spain along the decade 2000-2010.
Abstract: Major RT inhibitor resistance mutations K70R and A98G were present in one patient with subtype G, L100I in one patient with CRF01_AE, and K103N in another patient with CRF01_AE.
Result: Patient SE37, naive for antiretroviral treatment, had A98G and K70R major mutations associated with resistance to non-nucleoside RT inhibitors (NNRTI), and nucleoside RT inhibitors (NRTI), respectively.
Table: K70R
Discussion: It is of note that one treatment naive patient, with G subtype, showed major RT mutations associated
Drug resistance patterns and virus re-suppression among HIV-1 subtype C infected patients receiving non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors in South Africa.
PMID: 21927716
2011
Journal of AIDS & clinical research
Discussion: Among eight patients with TAMs, the most common pathway (seen in 6/8 patients) was TAM-2 related (D67N, K70R, K219Q/R/E); and the rest (2/8) were mixed with the TAM-1 pathway (M41L, L210W, T215Y) extending similar prior Southern African observations.
A structural frame for understanding the role of thymidine analogue resistance mutations in resistance to zidovudine and other nucleoside analogues.
Result: Longer duration of virologic failure was found significantly associated with higher risk of all TAM-2 mutations (D67N, K70R, K219Q/E, T215F) and the T215Y mutation with ORs ranging from 1.25 to 1.84 and PP[OR>1]>98% (Figure 2D).
Result: The cluster D67N-K70R-K219Q-M184V, the first three of which are in the TAM-2 pathway, contained the NRTI mutations most likely to occur together in both treatment groups (Figure 3B).
Discussion: Our analysis offers strong evidence that, in contrast to the mutation patterns published for other subtypes, individuals infected with CRF01_AE and experiencing virologic failure while receiving NV
Correlation between resistance profile and immunosuppression in heavily treated HIV-1 infected Romanian patients.
PMID: 22180722
2011
Romanian biotechnological letters
Result: Thymidine analog mutations, TAMs, selected by zidovudine (AZT) and stavudine (D4T) were usually accompanying this mutation; TAM-2 pathway (mutations D67N, K70R, T215F) was most commonly encountered in immunossupressed patients (28.6%), as well as other substitutions that by themselves, or while accompanying other mutations, confer NRTI resistance: K219E/K/Q (38.1%) and T69N (19%).
Postpartum antiretroviral drug resistance in HIV-1-infected women receiving pregnancy-limited antiretroviral therapy.
Result: Mutations associated with resistance to nucleoside analogues (NAMs) were also more frequent among women exposed only to dual-drug PLAT (M41L, 5.0%; D67N, 5.0%; K70R, 10.0; and T215Y, 5.0%) than in those treated with 3 drugs (M41L, 1.1%; D67N, 1.1%; K70R, 1.1%; L210F, 1.1%; K219Q, 1.1%).