The mechanism of resistance to favipiravir in influenza.
The mechanism of resistance to favipiravir in influenza.
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1811345115
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发表时间:
2018-11-06
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Barclay WS
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作者:
Goldhill DH;Te Velthuis AJW;Fletcher RA;Langat P;Zambon M;Lackenby A;Barclay WS
Favipiravir is a broad-spectrum antiviral that has shown promise in treatment of influenza virus infections, in particular due to the apparent lack of emergence of resistance mutations against the drug in cell culture or animal studies. We demonstrate here that a mutation in a conserved region of the viral RNA polymerase confers resistance to favipiravir in vitro and in cell culture. The resistance mutation has a cost to viral fitness, but this can be restored by a compensatory mutation in the polymerase. Our findings support the development of favipiravir-resistance diagnostic and surveillance testing strategies and reinforce the importance of considering combinations of therapies to treat influenza infections. Favipiravir is a broad-spectrum antiviral that has shown promise in treatment of influenza virus infections. While emergence of resistance has been observed for many antiinfluenza drugs, to date, clinical trials and laboratory studies of favipiravir have not yielded resistant viruses. Here we show evolution of resistance to favipiravir in the pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus in a laboratory setting. We found that two mutations were required for robust resistance to favipiravir. We demonstrate that a K229R mutation in motif F of the PB1 subunit of the influenza virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) confers resistance to favipiravir in vitro and in cell culture. This mutation has a cost to viral fitness, but fitness can be restored by a P653L mutation in the PA subunit of the polymerase. K229R also conferred favipiravir resistance to RNA polymerases of other influenza A virus strains, and its location within a highly conserved structural feature of the RdRP suggests that other RNA viruses might also acquire resistance through mutations in motif F. The mutations identified here could be used to screen influenza virus-infected patients treated with favipiravir for the emergence of resistance.
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DOI:
10.2183/pjab.93.027
发表时间:
2017
期刊:
Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences
影响因子:
--
作者:
Furuta Y;Komeno T;Nakamura T
通讯作者:
Nakamura T
影响因子:
16.6
作者:
Cheung, Peter P. H.;Watson, Simon J.;Choy, Ka-Tim;Sia, Sin Fun;Wong, Diana D. Y.;Poon, Leo L. M.;Kellam, Paul;Guan, Yi;Peiris, J. S. Malik;Yen, Hui-Ling
通讯作者:
Yen, Hui-Ling
影响因子:
7.6
作者:
Furuta, Yousuke;Gowen, Brian B.;Takahashi, Kazumi;Shiraki, Kimiyasu;Smee, Donald F.;Barnard, Dale L.
通讯作者:
Barnard, Dale L.
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
Delang, Leen;Segura Guerrero, Nidya;Leyssen, Pieter
通讯作者:
Leyssen, Pieter
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Jin Z;Smith LK;Rajwanshi VK;Kim B;Deval J
通讯作者:
Deval J