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ArticleBiomolecules2021

Acquired HIV-1 Protease Conformational Flexibility Associated with Lopinavir Failure May Shape the Outcome of Darunavir Therapy after Antiretroviral Therapy Switch.

Simeon Eche, Ajit Kumar, Nelson Sonela, Michelle L Gordon

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Article in Biomolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Simeon EcheDiscipline of Virology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa.
Ajit KumarDiscipline of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville Campus), Durban 4000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7464-1626
Nelson SonelaSchool of Medicine, Physical and Natural Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vegata, 1-00133 Rome, Italy.
Michelle L GordonDiscipline of Virology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa.
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZAUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the underlying molecular interaction during a therapy switch from lopinavir (LPV) to darunavir (DRV) is essential to achieve long-term virological suppression. We investigated the kinetic and structural characteristics of multidrug-resistant South African HIV-1 subtype C protease (HIV-1 PR) during therapy switch from LPV to DRV using enzyme activity and inhibition assay, fluorescence spectroscopy, and molecular dynamic simulation. The HIV-1 protease variants were from clinical isolates with a combination of drug resistance mutations; MUT-1 (M46I, I54V, V82A, and L10F), MUT-2 (M46I, I54V, L76V, V82A, L10F, and L33F), and MUT-3 (M46I, I54V, L76V, V82A, L90M, and F53L). Enzyme kinetics analysis shows an association between increased relative resistance to LPV and DRV with the progressive decrease in the mutant HIV-1 PR variants' catalytic efficiency. A direct relationship between high-level resistance to LPV and intermediate resistance to DRV with intrinsic changes in the three-dimensional structure of the mutant HIV-1 PR as a function of the multidrug-resistance mutation was observed. In silico analysis attributed these structural adjustments to the multidrug-resistance mutations affecting the LPV and DRV binding landscape. Though DRV showed superiority to LPV, as a lower concentration was needed to inhibit the HIV-1 PR variants, the inherent structural changes resulting from mutations selected during LPV therapy may dynamically shape the DRV treatment outcome after the therapy switch.

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Anti-Retroviral AgentsDarunavirDrug Resistance, ViralHIV-1HIV InfectionsHIV ProteaseHumansHydrogen BondingKineticsLopinavirMolecular Dynamics SimulationMutationProtein StabilityRecombinant ProteinsThermodynamicsTreatment FailureAnti-Retroviral AgentsDarunavirHIV ProteaseLopinavirp16 protease, Human immunodeficiency virus 1Recombinant Proteinsconformational flexibilitydarunavirHIV-1 proteaseHIV-1 protease inhibitorlopinavir

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PMID33805099
PMCPMC8064090
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