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Journal of Virology, June 2000, p. 5357-5362, Vol. 74, No. 11
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Convergent Evolution of Reverse Transcriptase (RT) Genes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtypes E and B following Nucleoside Analogue RT Inhibitor Therapies

Hironori Sato,1,* Yasuhiro Tomita,1 Kayo Shibamura,1 Teiichiro Shiino,1 Tuyoshi Miyakuni,2 and Yutaka Takebe1

Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640,1 and Naha Prefectural Hospital, Naha, Okinawa 902,2 Japan

Received 23 December 1999/Accepted 28 February 2000

Changes in the drug susceptibility, gene lineage, and deduced amino acid sequences of the reverse transcriptase (RT) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype E following 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) monotherapy or AZT-2',3'-dideoxyinosine combination therapy were examined with sequential virus isolates from a single family. The changes were compared to those reported for HIV-1 subtype B, revealing striking similarities in selected phenotype and amino acids independent of differences in the RT backbone sequences that constantly distinguish the two subtypes. Particularly, identical amino acid substitutions were present simultaneously at four different positions (D67N, K70R, T215F, and K219Q) for high-level AZT resistance. These data suggest that HIV-1 subtypes E and B evolve convergently at the phenotypic and amino acid levels when the nucleoside analogue RT inhibitors act as selective forces.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama 1-23-1, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. Phone: (81)-3-52851111. Fax: (81)-3-52851129. E-mail: hirosato{at}nih.go.jp.

Journal of Virology, June 2000, p. 5357-5362, Vol. 74, No. 11
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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