Objectives: This proof-of-concept study aimed to identify whether mutations considered not yet relevant for drug resistance (but located at key drug-resistance positions) can act as 'sentinels' of minority resistant variants in HIV-1 drug-naive patients. Methods: We focused our attention on three reverse transcriptase (RT) mutations (T69S, L210M and K103R) easily detected by standard population sequencing [i.e. the genotypic resistance test (GRT)]. Ultra-deep pyrosequencing (UDPS) of HIV-1 RT was performed using GS-FLX Roche, on plasma RNA from 40 drug-naive patients infected with HIV-1 subtype B without primary resistance detected by GRT. Only RT drug resistance mutations detected at >0.1% in both forward and reverse directions were considered. Associations between GRT sentinel mutations and UDPS drug resistance were assessed using Fisher's exact test. Results: UDPS detected drug resistance mutations in 18/40 drug-naive patients. Patients carrying HIV-1 strains with T69S and L210M by GRT showed a trend to greater infection by minority drug-resistant variants than control patients infected by HIV-1 without these mutations (5/10 and 7/10 versus 3/10; P not significant). No association was found for K103R by GRT. Notably, T69S and L210M(but not K103R or control viruses) were associated with GRT minority drug resistant variants with a prevalence >1% (3/10 and 4/10 versus 0/20 in K103R and controls; P=0.03 and P=0.008, respectively). Moreover, the presence of L210M or T69S viruses by GRT significantly correlated with that of minority thymidine analogue mutations by UDPS (6/20 patients carrying HIV-1 strains with T69S/L210M versus 0/20 patients carrying HIV-1 having K103R or none of these mutations; P=0.03). Conclusions: This proof-of-concept study suggests the existence of genetic markers, detectable by routine testing, potentially acting as sentinel mutations of minority drug resistance. Their identification may help in the selection of patients at high risk of resistance in reservoirs without the necessity of using UDPS.

Sentinel mutations in standard population sequencing can predict the presence of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase major mutations detectable only by ultra-deep pyrosequencing / C. Alteri, M. Santoro, I. Abbate, G. Rozera, A. Bruselles, B. Bartolini, C. Gori, F. Forbici, N. Orchi, V. Tozzi, G. Palamara, A. Antinori, P. Narciso, E. Girardi, V. Svicher, F. Ceccherini-Silberstein, M. Capobianchi, C. Perno. - In: JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY. - ISSN 0305-7453. - 66:11(2011 Nov), pp. 2615-2623.

Sentinel mutations in standard population sequencing can predict the presence of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase major mutations detectable only by ultra-deep pyrosequencing

C. Alteri
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C. Perno
2011

Abstract

Objectives: This proof-of-concept study aimed to identify whether mutations considered not yet relevant for drug resistance (but located at key drug-resistance positions) can act as 'sentinels' of minority resistant variants in HIV-1 drug-naive patients. Methods: We focused our attention on three reverse transcriptase (RT) mutations (T69S, L210M and K103R) easily detected by standard population sequencing [i.e. the genotypic resistance test (GRT)]. Ultra-deep pyrosequencing (UDPS) of HIV-1 RT was performed using GS-FLX Roche, on plasma RNA from 40 drug-naive patients infected with HIV-1 subtype B without primary resistance detected by GRT. Only RT drug resistance mutations detected at >0.1% in both forward and reverse directions were considered. Associations between GRT sentinel mutations and UDPS drug resistance were assessed using Fisher's exact test. Results: UDPS detected drug resistance mutations in 18/40 drug-naive patients. Patients carrying HIV-1 strains with T69S and L210M by GRT showed a trend to greater infection by minority drug-resistant variants than control patients infected by HIV-1 without these mutations (5/10 and 7/10 versus 3/10; P not significant). No association was found for K103R by GRT. Notably, T69S and L210M(but not K103R or control viruses) were associated with GRT minority drug resistant variants with a prevalence >1% (3/10 and 4/10 versus 0/20 in K103R and controls; P=0.03 and P=0.008, respectively). Moreover, the presence of L210M or T69S viruses by GRT significantly correlated with that of minority thymidine analogue mutations by UDPS (6/20 patients carrying HIV-1 strains with T69S/L210M versus 0/20 patients carrying HIV-1 having K103R or none of these mutations; P=0.03). Conclusions: This proof-of-concept study suggests the existence of genetic markers, detectable by routine testing, potentially acting as sentinel mutations of minority drug resistance. Their identification may help in the selection of patients at high risk of resistance in reservoirs without the necessity of using UDPS.
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HIV-1 RT mutations; minority variants; drug resistance; UDPS
Settore MED/07 - Microbiologia e Microbiologia Clinica
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nov-2011
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Sentinel mutations in standard population sequencing can predict the presence of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase major mutations detectable only by ultra-deep pyrosequencing / C. Alteri, M. Santoro, I. Abbate, G. Rozera, A. Bruselles, B. Bartolini, C. Gori, F. Forbici, N. Orchi, V. Tozzi, G. Palamara, A. Antinori, P. Narciso, E. Girardi, V. Svicher, F. Ceccherini-Silberstein, M. Capobianchi, C. Perno. - In: JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY. - ISSN 0305-7453. - 66:11(2011 Nov), pp. 2615-2623.
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