No selection of CXCR4-using variants in cell reservoirs of dual-mixed HIV-infected patients on suppressive maraviroc therapy

AIDS. 2016 Mar 27;30(6):965-8. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001013.

Abstract

We used ultradeep sequencing to investigate the evolution of the frequency of CXCR4-using viruses in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 22 patients infected with both CCR5 and CXCR4-using viruses treated with the CCR5 antagonist maraviroc for 24 weeks and a stable antiviral therapy. The mean CXCR4-using virus frequency in peripheral blood mononuclear cells was 59% before maraviroc intensification and 52% after 24 weeks of effective treatment, indicating no selection by maraviroc.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-HIV Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Cyclohexanes / administration & dosage*
  • Genotype
  • HIV / classification
  • HIV / genetics
  • HIV / isolation & purification
  • HIV / physiology*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / virology*
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Humans
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / virology
  • Maraviroc
  • Selection, Genetic*
  • Triazoles / administration & dosage*
  • Viral Tropism*

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Cyclohexanes
  • Triazoles
  • Maraviroc