Albert J, Wahlberg J, Lundeberg J, Cox S, Sandström E, Wahren B, Uhlén M
Department of Virology, National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.
J Virol. 1992 Sep;66(9):5627-30. doi: 10.1128/JVI.66.9.5627-5630.1992.
The rate of reversion from azidothymidine (zidovudine; AZT) resistance was studied by direct sequencing of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) virion RNA in sera from four patients who discontinued long-term treatment. Before cessation of treatment, all four patients harbored HIV-1 with multiple mutations reported to confer AZT resistance. In three patients, slow reversions of these mutations starting after 9, 9, and 18 months were detected. The slow reversions indicate that AZT-resistant HIV-1 variants are likely to have an unaltered replicative capacity and pathogenic potential. Furthermore, there were discrepancies between the in vivo RNA sequences and the sequences of virus isolates, indicating that the isolation procedure may select for nonrepresentative virus variants.
通过对4名停止长期治疗患者血清中的1型人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV-1)病毒体RNA进行直接测序,研究了从叠氮胸苷(齐多夫定;AZT)耐药性逆转的速率。在停止治疗前,所有4名患者携带的HIV-1都有多个据报道可导致AZT耐药性的突变。在3名患者中,检测到这些突变在9个月、9个月和18个月后开始缓慢逆转。这些缓慢逆转表明,对AZT耐药的HIV-1变体可能具有未改变的复制能力和致病潜力。此外,体内RNA序列与病毒分离株序列之间存在差异,这表明分离程序可能会选择非代表性的病毒变体。