Budget Amount *help |
¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
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Research Abstract |
A novel nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitor, 4'-ethynyl-2-fluoro-deoxyadenosine (EFdA) inhibits translocation activity of RT. To elucidate mechanism of the action in detail, resistant HIV-1 and -2 variants to EFdA were induced in vitro. M184I/V in the RT was identified as the primary mutation, while A158T and T165M/R were considered as the secondary mutations. M184I/V much reduced replication kinetics of HIV, but some of the secondary mutations improved the reduced replication. Data obtained from enzymatic assays with recombinant RT well supported those from viral assays. In this study, we provide crucial information of key amino aicds for tranlocation activity and of drug design for novel inhibitors.
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