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J Med Virol. 2012 Feb;84(2):217-22. doi: 10.1002/jmv.23191.
Pre-existing YMDD mutants in treatment-naïve patients with chronic
hepatitis B are not selected during lamivudine therapy.
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22170540
Lee SH, Kim HS, Byun IS, Jeong
SW, Kim SG, Jang JY, Kim YS, Kim BS. SourceDepartment of Internal Medicine,
Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Abstract
Although the rate at which mutations in the
tyrosine-methionine-aspartate-aspartate (YMDD) motif of hepatitis B virus
polymerase form is high during prolonged lamivudine (LAM) therapy, these
mutations sometimes occur naturally in treatment-naïve patients with
chronic hepatitis B. The prevalence of natural YMDD mutants differs
geographically, and its clinical significance during LAM therapy is
unknown. This study aimed to investigate whether pre-existing YMDD mutants
were selected during LAM therapy. It included 14 treatment-naïve patients
who were treated with LAM for at least 9 months. LAM resistance was
evaluated before and at 3-month intervals during treatment. Mutations were
analyzed by direct sequencing, restriction fragment mass polymorphism
(RFMP) assays, and a single-step multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
test using dual-priming oligonucleotide (DPO) primers. DPO-based multiplex
PCR showed two YMDD mutations in two patients before LAM therapy; rtM204V
and rtL180M?+?rtM204V/I. Further, two patients had an rtL180M mutation
without an accompanying rtM204V/I mutation. No mutant was detected in any
patient by direct sequencing or the RFMP assay before LAM therapy. A
virological response was observed at 3 months in all patients with
pre-existing YMDD mutants. All mutations disappeared after 3 months of LAM
therapy, and during the follow-up period, no re-emergence was detected by
any of the three methods. Further, the viral load was suppressed optimally.
In conclusion, pre-existing YMDD mutants were cleared early during the
course of LAM therapy, which produced a consistent virological response,
and the mutants were not selected by LAM therapy. J. Med. Virol.
84:217-222, 2012. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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