Analyses of HIV-1 integrase sequences prior to South African national HIV-treatment program and availability of integrase inhibitors in Cape Town, South Africa
dc.contributor.author | Brado, Dominik | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Obasa, Adetayo Emmanuel | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Ikomey, George Mondinde | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Cloete, Ruben | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Singh, Kamalendra | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Engelbrecht, Susan | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Neogi, Ujjwal | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Jacobs, Graeme Brendon | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-24T12:38:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-24T12:38:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.description | CITATION: Brado, D., et al. 2018. Analyses of HIV-1 integrase sequences prior to South African national HIV-treatment program and availability of integrase inhibitors in Cape Town, South Africa. Scientific Reports, 8:4709, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22914-5. | |
dc.description | The original publication is available at https://www.nature.com | |
dc.description | Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund. | |
dc.description.abstract | ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV-Integrase (IN) has proven to be a viable target for highly specific HIV-1 therapy. We aimed to characterize the HIV-1 IN gene in a South African context and identify resistance-associated mutations (RAMs) against available first and second generation Integrase strand-transfer inhibitors (InSTIs). We performed genetic analyses on 91 treatment-naïve HIV-1 infected patients, as well as 314 treatment-naive South African HIV-1 IN-sequences, downloaded from Los Alamos HIV Sequence Database. Genotypic analyses revealed the absence of major RAMs in the cohort collected before the broad availability of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) and INSTI in South Africa, however, occurred at a rate of 2.85% (9/314) in database derived sequences. RAMs were present at IN-positions 66, 92, 143, 147 and 148, all of which may confer resistance to Raltegravir (RAL) and Elvitegravir (EVG), but are unlikely to affect second-generation Dolutegravir (DTG), except mutations in the Q148 pathway. Furthermore, protein modeling showed, naturally occurring polymorphisms impact the stability of the intasome-complex and therefore may contribute to an overall potency against InSTIs. Our data suggest the prevalence of InSTI RAMs, against InSTIs, is low in South Africa, but natural polymorphisms and subtype-specific differences may influence the effect of individual treatment regimens. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22914-5 | |
dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
dc.format.extent | 9 pages : illustrations | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Brado, D., et al. 2018. Analyses of HIV-1 integrase sequences prior to South African national HIV-treatment program and availability of integrase inhibitors in Cape Town, South Africa. Scientific Reports, 8:4709, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22914-5 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22914-5 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/103973 | |
dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | en_ZA |
dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | en_ZA |
dc.subject | HIV-integrase | en_ZA |
dc.subject | HIV -- Treatment | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Antiretroviral agents | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Resistance to drugs | en_ZA |
dc.subject | INH (Drug) | en_ZA |
dc.title | Analyses of HIV-1 integrase sequences prior to South African national HIV-treatment program and availability of integrase inhibitors in Cape Town, South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |