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ArticleJundishapur journal of microbiology2015

Lamivudine Resistance and Precore Variants in Iranian Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B: Correlation With Virological and Clinical Features.

Vahdat Poortahmasebi, Reza Malekzadeh, Ghodratollah Montazeri, Ehsan Fakhari, Mehdi Norouzi, Azam Khamseh, Masoud Mahmoodi Karkhaneh, Ahmad Tavakoli, Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri

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Vahdat PoortahmasebiHepatitis B Molecular Laboratory, Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Reza MalekzadehDigestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran, IR Iran.
Ghodratollah MontazeriDigestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran, IR Iran.
Ehsan FakhariHepatitis B Molecular Laboratory, Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Mehdi NorouziHepatitis B Molecular Laboratory, Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Azam KhamsehHepatitis B Molecular Laboratory, Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Masoud Mahmoodi KarkhanehHepatitis B Molecular Laboratory, Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Ahmad TavakoliHepatitis B Molecular Laboratory, Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Seyed Mohammad JazayeriHepatitis B Molecular Laboratory, Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRShariati Hospital · IR

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Abstract

backgroundLong-term lamivudine therapy, despite its initial effectiveness against hepatitis B virus (HBV), is associated with the emergence of drug resistance mutations in polymerase protein.

objectivesThe aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of precore and lamivudine drug resistance mutations in lamivudine treated patients with chronic B hepatitis. PATIENTS AND

methodsSequential sera were obtained from 88 chronic HBV carriers who received lamivudine for more than 24 months. Polymerase and precore regions were directly sequenced for these groups: I (before treatment), II, and III (12 and 24 months after treatment, respectively).

resultsAll patients (100%) were contained genotype D, subtype ayw2. One (1.1%), 12 (13.6%), and 22 (25%) members of groups I, II, and III had the replacement of either isoleucine or valine instead of methionine in tyrosine-methionine-aspartate-aspartate (YMDD) motif, respectively. The frequency of mutations from 0 time point to 12 and 24 months showed that there was an increasing trend between sequential samples (P < 0.001). In group I, 31 (35.2%); II, 36 (41.0%) and III, 41 (46.6%) members had the precore stop codon mutations. The frequency of mutations from 0 time point to 12 and 24 months showed that there was an ascending trend between sequential samples. Indeed, frequency of precore stop codon was significantly increased with the passage of time (P < 0.001).

conclusionsPresence of drug resistance mutations among the patients was significant. Precore mutations were common amongst Iranian HBV chronic carriers under lamivudine therapy and these mutations were accompanied by clinical relapse.

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