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ArticleAntiviral therapy2011

Telbivudine exerts no antiviral activity against HIV-1 in vitro and in humans.

Noortje M van Maarseveen, Annemarie Mj Wensing, Dorien de Jong, Greg L Beilhartz, Aleksandr Obikhod, Sijia Tao, Marieke Pingen, Joop E Arends, Andy Im Hoepelman, Raymond F Schinazi and 2 more

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Article in Antiviral therapy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Noortje M van MaarseveenDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Virology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. N.M.vanMaarseveen-2@umcutrecht.nl
Annemarie Mj Wensing
Dorien de Jong
Greg L Beilhartz
Aleksandr Obikhod
Sijia Tao
Marieke Pingen
Joop E Arends
Andy Im Hoepelman
Raymond F Schinazi
Matthias Götte
Monique Nijhuis
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLEmory University · USMcGill University · CA

Funding

Virology and Molecular Biomarkers CoreP30AI050409 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Carlos del Rio · 2002 to 2026
$74.0M
NUCLEOSIDES WITH DUAL ANTI-HIV AND HBV ACTIVITYR37AI041980 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI SCHINAZI, RAYMOND FELIX · 2000 to 2009
$2.1M
CIHRNIAID NIH HHS 5P30-AI-50409NIAID NIH HHS 5R37-AI-0419801NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI050409NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI041980
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHIV-HBV-coinfected individuals who need to be treated only for their HBV infection have limited therapeutic options, since most approved anti-HBV agents have a risk of selecting for drug-resistant HIV mutants. In vivo data are inconclusive as to whether telbivudine (LdT) may exert antiviral effects against HIV. Thus, we investigated in further detail the antiviral activity and the biochemical properties of LdT against HIV-1.

methodsTo investigate the activity of LdT against HIV-1 in humans we analysed viral dynamics and genotypic and phenotypic resistance development in two HIV-HBV-coinfected individuals with no prior antiviral exposure. To investigate the activity of LdT against HIV-1 in vitro, LdT susceptibility for HIV-1 wild-type strains as well as drug-resistant strains was determined. Furthermore, we studied whether the 5'-triphosphate form of LdT (LdT-TP) can act as a substrate for wild-type HIV-1 RT.

resultsIn the two patients studied, LdT treatment did not result in a significant decline of HIV-1 RNA load nor in selection of genotypic or phenotypic resistance in HIV-1 RT. In vitro virological analyses demonstrated that LdT had no activity (50% effective concentration >100 μM) against wild type HIV and drug-resistant variants. Biochemical analyses demonstrated that LdT-TP is not incorporated by wild-type HIV-1 RT.

conclusionsBased on the in vivo and in vitro evidence obtained in this study, we conclude that LdT has no anti-HIV-1 activity and is currently the only selective anti-HBV agent among the five FDA-approved nucleoside/nucleotide analogues for treatment of HBV infections in HIV-infected individuals.

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Drug Resistance, ViralAdultAntiviral AgentsCD4 Lymphocyte CountCell LineCoinfectionDNA, ViralGenotypeHEK293 CellsHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B virusHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedAntiviral AgentsDNA, ViralNucleosidesPyrimidinonesRNA, ViralTelbivudineThymidine

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PMID22024528
PMCPMC7732022
OpenAlexW2331891559

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