Title

Combating susceptibility to drug resistance: lessons from HIV-1 protease

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Publication Date

2004-10-19

Document Type

Article

Subjects

Binding Sites; Drug Resistance, Viral; *Genetic Predisposition to Disease; HIV Protease; HIV Protease Inhibitors

Disciplines

Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health

Abstract

Drug resistance is a major obstacle in modern medicine. However, resistance is rarely considered in drug development and may inadvertently be facilitated, as many designed inhibitors contact residues that can mutate to confer resistance, without significantly impairing function. Contemporary drug design often ignores the detailed atomic basis for function and primarily focuses on disrupting the target's activity, which is necessary but not sufficient for developing a robust drug. In this study, we examine the impact of drug-resistant mutations in HIV-1 protease on substrate recognition and demonstrate that most primary active site mutations do not extensively contact substrates, but are critical to inhibitor binding. We propose a general, structure-based strategy to reduce the probability of drug resistance by designing inhibitors that interact only with those residues that are essential for function.

DOI of Published Version

10.1016/j.chembiol.2004.08.010

Source

Chem Biol. 2004 Oct;11(10):1333-8. Link to article on publisher's site

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Chemistry and biology

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PubMed ID

15489160

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