In vivo emergence of vicriviroc resistance in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C-infected subject

Athe M.N. Tsibris, Manish Sagar, Roy M. Gulick, Zhaohui Su, Michael Hughes, Wayne Greaves, Mani Subramanian, Charles Flexner, Françoise Giguel, Kay E. Leopold, Eoin Coakley, Daniel R. Kuritzkes

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Abstract

Little is known about the in vivo development of resistance to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) CCR5 antagonists. We studied 29 subjects with virologic failure from a phase lib study of the CCR5 antagonist vicriviroc (VCV) and identified one individual with HIV-1 subtype C who developed VCV resistance. Studies with chimeric envelopes demonstrated that changes within the V3 loop were sufficient to confer VCV resistance. Resistant virus showed VCV-enhanced replication, cross-resistance to another CCR5 antagonist, TAK779, and increased sensitivity to aminooxypentane-RANTES and the CCR5 monoclonal antibody HGS004. Pretreatment V3 loop sequences reemerged following VCV discontinuation, implying that VCV resistance has associated fitness costs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)8210-8214
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of virology
Volume82
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Insect Science
  • Virology

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