In Silico and In Vitro Comparison of HIV-1 Subtypes B and CRF02_AG Integrases Susceptibility to Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors

Most antiretroviral medical treatments were developed and tested principally on HIV-1 B nonrecombinant strain, which represents less than 10% of the worldwide HIV-1-infected population. HIV-1 circulating recombinant form CRF02_AG is prevalent in West Africa and is becoming more frequent in other cou...

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Main Authors: Xiaoju Ni, Safwat Abdel-Azeim, Elodie Laine, Rohit Arora, Osamuede Osemwota, Anne-Geneviève Marcelin, Vincent Calvez, Jean-François Mouscadet, Luba Tchertanov
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Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Virology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/548657
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Rohit Arora
Osamuede Osemwota
Anne-Geneviève Marcelin
Vincent Calvez
Jean-François Mouscadet
Luba Tchertanov
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description Most antiretroviral medical treatments were developed and tested principally on HIV-1 B nonrecombinant strain, which represents less than 10% of the worldwide HIV-1-infected population. HIV-1 circulating recombinant form CRF02_AG is prevalent in West Africa and is becoming more frequent in other countries. Previous studies suggested that the HIV-1 polymorphisms might be associated to variable susceptibility to antiretrovirals. This study is pointed to compare the susceptibility to integrase (IN) inhibitors of HIV-1 subtype CRF02_AG IN respectively to HIV-1 B. Structural models of B and CRF02_AG HIV-1 INs as unbound enzymes and in complex with the DNA substrate were built by homology modeling. IN inhibitors—raltegravir (RAL), elvitegravir (ELV) and L731,988—were docked onto the models, and their binding affinity for both HIV-1 B and CRF02_AG INs was compared. CRF02_AG INs were cloned and expressed from plasma of integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI)-naïve infected patients. Our in silico and in vitro studies showed that the sequence variations between the INs of CRF02_AG and B strains did not lead to any notable difference in the structural features of the enzyme and did not impact the susceptibility to the IN inhibitors. The binding modes and affinities of INSTI inhibitors to B and CRF02_AG INs were found to be similar. Although previous studies suggested that several naturally occurring variations of CRF02_AG IN might alter either IN/vDNA interactions or INSTIs binding, our study demonstrate that these variations do affect neither IN activity nor its susceptibility to INSTIs.
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spelling doaj-art-d9f9cb628c4a464caf5ee0fa2dc271162025-08-20T02:21:25ZengWileyAdvances in Virology1687-86391687-86472012-01-01201210.1155/2012/548657548657In Silico and In Vitro Comparison of HIV-1 Subtypes B and CRF02_AG Integrases Susceptibility to Integrase Strand Transfer InhibitorsXiaoju Ni0Safwat Abdel-Azeim1Elodie Laine2Rohit Arora3Osamuede Osemwota4Anne-Geneviève Marcelin5Vincent Calvez6Jean-François Mouscadet7Luba Tchertanov8LBPA, CNRS, LabEx LERMIT, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 61 Avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, FranceLBPA, CNRS, LabEx LERMIT, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 61 Avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, FranceLBPA, CNRS, LabEx LERMIT, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 61 Avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, FranceLBPA, CNRS, LabEx LERMIT, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 61 Avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, FranceLBPA, CNRS, LabEx LERMIT, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 61 Avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, FranceLaboratoire de Virologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, EA 2387, UPMC Université Paris VI, 75013 Paris, FranceLaboratoire de Virologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, EA 2387, UPMC Université Paris VI, 75013 Paris, FranceLBPA, CNRS, LabEx LERMIT, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 61 Avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, FranceLBPA, CNRS, LabEx LERMIT, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 61 Avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, FranceMost antiretroviral medical treatments were developed and tested principally on HIV-1 B nonrecombinant strain, which represents less than 10% of the worldwide HIV-1-infected population. HIV-1 circulating recombinant form CRF02_AG is prevalent in West Africa and is becoming more frequent in other countries. Previous studies suggested that the HIV-1 polymorphisms might be associated to variable susceptibility to antiretrovirals. This study is pointed to compare the susceptibility to integrase (IN) inhibitors of HIV-1 subtype CRF02_AG IN respectively to HIV-1 B. Structural models of B and CRF02_AG HIV-1 INs as unbound enzymes and in complex with the DNA substrate were built by homology modeling. IN inhibitors—raltegravir (RAL), elvitegravir (ELV) and L731,988—were docked onto the models, and their binding affinity for both HIV-1 B and CRF02_AG INs was compared. CRF02_AG INs were cloned and expressed from plasma of integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI)-naïve infected patients. Our in silico and in vitro studies showed that the sequence variations between the INs of CRF02_AG and B strains did not lead to any notable difference in the structural features of the enzyme and did not impact the susceptibility to the IN inhibitors. The binding modes and affinities of INSTI inhibitors to B and CRF02_AG INs were found to be similar. Although previous studies suggested that several naturally occurring variations of CRF02_AG IN might alter either IN/vDNA interactions or INSTIs binding, our study demonstrate that these variations do affect neither IN activity nor its susceptibility to INSTIs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/548657
spellingShingle Xiaoju Ni
Safwat Abdel-Azeim
Elodie Laine
Rohit Arora
Osamuede Osemwota
Anne-Geneviève Marcelin
Vincent Calvez
Jean-François Mouscadet
Luba Tchertanov
In Silico and In Vitro Comparison of HIV-1 Subtypes B and CRF02_AG Integrases Susceptibility to Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors
Advances in Virology
title In Silico and In Vitro Comparison of HIV-1 Subtypes B and CRF02_AG Integrases Susceptibility to Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors
title_full In Silico and In Vitro Comparison of HIV-1 Subtypes B and CRF02_AG Integrases Susceptibility to Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors
title_fullStr In Silico and In Vitro Comparison of HIV-1 Subtypes B and CRF02_AG Integrases Susceptibility to Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors
title_full_unstemmed In Silico and In Vitro Comparison of HIV-1 Subtypes B and CRF02_AG Integrases Susceptibility to Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors
title_short In Silico and In Vitro Comparison of HIV-1 Subtypes B and CRF02_AG Integrases Susceptibility to Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors
title_sort in silico and in vitro comparison of hiv 1 subtypes b and crf02 ag integrases susceptibility to integrase strand transfer inhibitors
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/548657
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